I have a dark confession: I was suckered by advertising to knit this pattern.
Over the summer I was clicking through Ravelry, as one does, and a picture of this pattern kept popping up on the side. I kept looking at it and was slowly coming around to liking it a lot. I can’t recall this happening with a Ravelry ad before, but let’s just roll with it.
Meet the Aurelia Cowl by Hilary Smith Callis.
After perusing some of the completed projects on Ravelry and seeing some of the variegated versions, I knew exactly what yarn I wanted to make. It was an already-wound skein of Dream in Color Smooshy in a long-forgotten colorway. If I recall correctly, this was a special limited edition colorway for The Loopy Ewe.
Since I wound this skein many moons ago (and started a sock, which I just cut off from the rest of the skein, haha) it was already ready to go. The sock that I abandoned was actually in a similar feather and fan pattern so I knew that the variegation in the yarn would work well with this pattern.
Anyway, it basically knit itself and I immediately made plans for another one in a honey-colored skein of my precious Bugga! That one took a little longer to finish due to work getting in the way of my knitting time, but is also completed.
But back to the FO. This pattern knits up very quickly, though definitely needs a full wet block in order to reach its full potential. I have really enjoyed knitting these. The only modifications I made were to give both cowls a picot edge. I feel like it needed a little extra something at the edge to call back to the feather & fan lace.
I also started and finished a Marled Mania Sweater by Westknits since I last updated here, and I just need to get some pictures taken of it – it’s really great!