Earlier, I had made a blend of merino wools that I dyed in various muted colors thus creating a gently heathered color way. A bit on the neutral side, yes?
I made a lot; enough blended fiber to spin a few types of yarn.
The second yarn was still thick and thin but more of a light worsted weight, you know, to change things up a bit. Crazy.
After watching the episode of Outlander that featured an amazing chunky cowl and also researching on Ravelry I began knitting the larger of the two yarns. As I had made two skeins of this weight it was easy to jump in with double strands and my US35 circulars. I cast on a total of 21 stitches, knitted the first row then every other row with a drop stitch row in between.
Later, I made some more yarn of this type in purples and undyed merino but I didn't have enough to make this cowl; I had half. Believe me, I tried to make it work. To make it work I used a 3 ply wintery looking art yarn; cold pale grey with tiny bits of sparkly bits (angelina) and soot grey (silk). I think the final result is stunning!
