Winter is well and truly upon us and although it was quite difficult to say goodbye to summer I am quite ready to embrace the onset of crisp cold air, kicking up piles of golden leaves, and enjoying hot chocolates and christmas drinks by the fire.
I’m also excited for winter because autumn/winter fashion is by far my favourite. I love picking up a new winter coat and a few winter warmers; scarves, gloves, hats, to go with it. But this year instead of just buying everything from the shops I thought I would put my knitting skills to good use and create a scarf for myself. I got my yarns from CosyWool, which arrived conveniently packaged in a vacumm sealed bag so it could easily be slipped through my postbox just like a regular post (what a clever idea!).
I didn’t really have anything complicated in mind in terms of the design for the scarf. I love the look of garter stitch using chunky wool, so all I did was casting on 20 or so stitches on an 8mm knitting needle and simply knit every rows. I knitted with two colours; a light grey and gorgeous baby blue (which is my favourit colour), and alternated 2 rows for each colour (so knit 2 rows with grey and knit 2 rows with blue).
Once the scarf is long enough to wrap once around my neck I casted off, sew the beginning and end rows together to create an infinity scarf or a cowl. I love wearing cowls because you can simply slip it over your neck and everything stays put and perfectly in place, unlike scarves that require continuous rewrapping and difficult to keep in place when it’s windy.
I’m really happy with the results and it was so nice to spend some time at the end of the day relaxing in front of TV with a cup of tea and my knitting; the perfect way to spend cold winter evenings if you ask me!
