My First Knitted Cowl

I’ve crocheted more than I knitted but I haven’t actually made anything for myself. Almost every single project I’ve ever crafted were gifts for friends and family and I just ended up never having the time to make something for myself.

Part of it is because I’m too ambitious, I guess. I only started really learning more about knitting (other than knit and purl) early this year, and instead of making simple things like scarves, I decided that my first project would be a sweater.

I took four months to finish it, and for a first sweater it looks really good! I have to say that I’m really proud of myself, but unfortunately it’s a little too big for me.

It probably wouldn’t have been a problem for me to frog it and just redo the whole thing again, but that’s four months of work gone! That’s a whole lot of wasted time!

So I decided that while I pondered what to do about the sweater, I’ll stick to simple and quick projects for the next couple of months. The days are getting colder and I needed something warm for my neck, so I knitted a cowl.

I simply love the color and I’ve loved wearing it these last couple of days!

I got this free pattern from Ravelry, and I love it so much that I’ll probably make a few more cowls in this pattern with different types of yarn and colors.

I’m working on a headband now, for the cold days that I need to tie up my hair but want my ears to be covered. It’s actually almost done, I just need to sew a button on it and weave in the ends. Pictures soon!