I’ve been saving this one. It was my first attempt at knitting in the round and I totally twisted my stitches 😂
I read in the pattern about checking your stitches before joining for in the round knitting, but I didn’t quite understood what it meant until I was several rows deep into my project and there was a big turn in the middle lol.
A friend told me that twisted cowls were actually a thing so I went ahead and finished it. I even wore it a few times and then I was made aware I also twisted my stitches from knitting into the back loop xD I could not unsee that so I threw it deep into my closet and forgot about it.
Triple fail:
- Twisted stitches in the round
- Twisted stitches from knitting through the back loop
- Taking the picture with the inside out hah!
But wait, there’s a happy ending.
As I was getting my stuff ready to move I dug it out from my closet and decided to frog the darn thing. I re-knit it in the Free For All pattern and I’m much happier with it now. I’m looking forward to use this version when cold season finally hits.
(In hindsight I should have done this pattern in the first place, it’s been in my favorites forever, but back then I didn’t really know how to read patterns in English so I never realized it was knitted flat lol).
- Original pattern: Meila Cowl by Valerie Hobbs
- New pattern: Free For All Cowl by Jen Peck
A moebius cowl!
On the bright side, your blocking method was genius :D
Better than what my wife makes. She made me a pillow for valentine’s day and it was so hard to hide my judgement because it was ugly and the stitches were kinda lousy. Planning to throw it out when she forgets about it lol.
