Grapevine Cowl
Finished
January 28, 2025
February 8, 2025

Grapevine Cowl

Project info
Firenze Cowl by Stella Egidi
Knitting
Neck / TorsoCowl
Me
Needles & yarn
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
286 yards
Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn! Solids
60 yards in stash
0.37 skeins = 131.4 yards (120.1 meters), 73 grams
108196
Green
Mainstays Basic
222 yards in stash
0.39 skeins = 154.8 yards (141.6 meters), 77 grams
Purple
Notes

At the end of Chart 1 my cowl was 3-1/2 inches tall. I decided to work Chart 3 next, then Chart 2, to retain some measure of symmetry and still be able to practice all the techniques the designer incorporated into this pattern.

Transitions. I used the transition between Charts 2 and 3 as the transition before and after Chart 3.

Decreases. I changed to size 5 needles and did my decreases in the row after the p2, k1 row after Chart 3, knitting the first and second and the 13th and 14th stitches together. I knit an extra row in color 2 (purple) for a smoother transition to Chart 2. This also gives the Chart 2 section the same number of rows as Chart 1. This probably would have been the better place to change needles and make the decreases.

Cluster 4 Stitch. The Drops Design video didn’t have any sound, and didn’t seem to match with the written instructions (neither the new nor the old video). I did find a helpful video by Vickie Howell which describes the technique, though she makes the stitch over six stitches instead of over four.

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About this yarn
by Hobby Lobby
Aran
100% Acrylic
355 yards / 199 grams

107376 projects

stashed 31165 times

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  1. squishy
  2. pretty
  3. warm
About this yarn
by Mainstays
Aran
100% Acrylic
397 yards / 198 grams

3937 projects

stashed 1324 times

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marystoverscalais' adjectives for this yarn
  1. soft
  2. the right weight
  3. the right color
  • Originally queued: January 21, 2025
  • Project created: January 29, 2025
  • Updated: February 8, 2025
  • Progress updates: 6 updates