I made this over the Christmas holidays. Actually, I frantically tried to knit the entire thing on the drive to Kelowna which is about 7 hours. Turns out this cowl takes more than 7 hours to make! I think the total time including finishing was about 10 hours. That makes me sound like slow knitter. I would make this again, I really liked the lace pattern and the way it drapes. I agree with the author of the pattern that it would look really pretty with a broach. A friend of mine added buttons to hold a certain fold to hers and it also looks adorable. One thing I would suggest if anyone decides to make this, is to highlight sets of 2 or 3 stitches in each row. There are so many yarn overs and knit 1s that it was making me crosseyed, so I colour coded 2 stiches in each row so that my eye could focus on the green bit, the blue bit etc. instead of searching for which set of yarn overs I had just done. Oh and if you make a mistake in the lace pattern, don't worry! It's not that noticable :). That's the tough thing about lace - not much room for error since it will mess up all the rest of your rows!
The pattern I used is A Noble Cowl which is a free pattern on Ravelry.
I used Zen Yarn Garden, Serenity Worsted which is 75% merino, 15% cashmere and 10% nylon, in Japanese Maple Red. This yarn is WONDERFUL and I wish I could afford to use it for more things. The yarn is incredibly soft (well duh, there's cashmere in it!), feels dense and drapes really well so it was a good choice for this project. Also, it did not split at all so it was nice for working in a lace pattern.
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