knit ombre

 hello from ny! we are home now, but photos are from last weekend in brooklyn. chuck and i made an impromptu trip to nyc to pay a visit to two of our children that live there (in brooklyn). i was so excited i forgot about choosing a travel knit project to bring. (i know!) currently there is a fair isle cardigan on the needles here, but carrying eight or nine balls of wool on a trip, oh dear, no

 the day before we left, last wednesday, i hurried over to our local yarn store to find something that would be suitable for travel. lightweight is good, simple pattern, or no pattern (better!) would be good also if it fit in a small project bag, and last the length of time while away. oh dear oh dear. then i remembered. a pattern (non pattern) seen and saved. a cowl that took three very small practically weightless balls of rowan kidsilk haze, the ombre cowl hood

 it is the perfect travel knit! a very simple stockinette-in-the-round pattern. yarn is held double throughout, and colors are alternated to create ombre stripes (rowan makes over thirty shades to choose from)

 early morning at a coffee shop on bedford, knitting and people watching

this knit up so quickly i wished i'd had six balls for two cowls. one to hurry and knit to wear, it was COLD in ny (there was snow!) and one to have on the needles. holding two strands of kid silk at once and using a size eight needle, made this a very favorite travel knit. and so cozy warm to wear.

ravelry notes here
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p.s. met a blogging pal!

lovely, charming frances of city views, country dreams,

we chatted and chatted while...

while my patient family waited (thank you frances for the photos). more ny soon!