Cowl gushing

The Bandana Cowls were serious fun. Working with three very different yarns made it extra exciting. Let me gush on the fiber a little, will ya? 

Pictured in the natural oatmeal is the Cascade Baby Alpaca Chunky, all alpaca and completely luxurious. Alpaca wool is a very warm fiber and suits the wear of a cowl perfectly as long as you don't mind it being a bit hairy. Ah, a blanket of alpaca? Maybe if I found a pile of alpaca sweaters to unravel at a few bucks each. 

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The slightly variegated light blue cowl was made with Manos Maxima. This wool is so fine I hardly wanted to move quickly just to savor it's soft feel between my fingers. I've always eyed this gorgeous merino wool at our shop as it lives under warm light and is at eye level when you're standing behind the counter. It is marvelously displayed the way it arrives from Uruguay in loose, bountiful, untwisted hanks, color after slightly and not so slightly variegated color piled atop one another, full like pretty reachable clouds. Here's a post from Leah at Close Knit about the maxima, in case you need more gushy yarn information. I love it in the form of a midwife cowl.

Featured on the fine bearded man is the Cascade 128 Superwash. I think the superwash factor makes the yarn supersoft. This has been one of my go to fibers for baby clothes making. I had some extra and love the color. It makes a very sturdy and warm cowl. This one will go to the one midwife who is a mom. She is most likely to dip it in kid snot or maybe by the end of a week's worth of making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches she'll finally look down at her gifted cowl and notice it needs a washing machine wash? Perfect. It looks good on him too. 

Good day!