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A quick iPad photo of my Shadow Box Cowl. After seeing Candice's cowl last year done in Rowan Lima....I've been wanting to knit one of these myself. So....when I started the socks in Lima...that just pushed me over the cliff...so to speak....and more Machu Pichu Lima was obtained on a trip to The Needle Emporium..... Although Lima isn't at all similar to the suggested yarn in this pattern....I knew from Candice's cowl that somehow it worked. In an unusual cavalier attitude for me, I just cast on.....for the largest size and started knitting. The pattern calls for a gauge of 13 sts and 25 rows to 10 cm. There is a lot of knitting in this cowl...knit in the round, one round of knit, one of purl, gives a lovely squishy garter stitch. You knit straight up to the shoulder point where you decrease on one side to define a shoulder...while continuing straight up on the other. A very unique design that I was intrigued with. A few days of intense knitting and it was done.....6...

On my needles right now......the Rockfall Socks from Rowan 52 in lovely Lima.... The leg is done...and I've decided to adapt this pattern to make boot top warmers...sort of leg warmers you wear under your boots....either under...or over your jeans....so I'm finishing them by knitting a stirrup sort of strap..... I think they'll look great with my boots. Happy Knitting! Posted with Blogsy

With a bit of finagling... ,..the crossover has been fixed... And I think it looks good! We've had light dustings of snow the last couple of days....so these will come in handy soon. Happy knitting. Posted with Blogsy

Can you see it! The twist that's going the WRONG way.... Drats......serious repairs are required.....when things were just humming along..... Posted with Blogsy

The Rockall Socks from Rowan 52, in Lima.....shade 885 Machu Picchu.....sort of orange wouldn't you say? This is the first time I've knit with Lima...I have a sweater lot in stash.....it's so lovely and soft. Tonight I had my first cup of Taylor's of Harrogate Spiced Christmas Leaf tea. Notice it's orange label? And it has orange peel in it! Yes, the orange trend continues....and yes, I know I'm being annoying LOL. Posted with Blogsy