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Tue, 2010-06-08 07:52 — PaxKnitter

I knitted this cowl for Chris (however I'm modelling it in the attachment). I saw the pattern in a Lion Brand e-newsletter. It's super simple. I used Lion Brand's Organic Cotton for this, but there's lots of possibilities for substitution. I need to find a stretchier bind-off before I do this again, but overall I'm pretty satisfied with it.

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Thu, 2010-06-10 22:54 — michaelpthompson
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I was watching Knitting

I was watching Knitting Daily on television the other day, and a woman showed a bind off technique that was a lot stretchier than the normal one. It was named after a country, but I can't remember which one. The directions were the same as I found on their web site at:
http://tinyurl.com/2w72pma

There are two versions here, both of which are stretchier than the usual. If I remember what country is was called, I'll let you know. :-)

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Fri, 2010-06-11 15:29 — PaxKnitter
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Thanks, I'll give that a

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

Peace,
Paul

Tue, 2010-06-08 23:59 — TheKnittingMill
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It looks great! I like a

It looks great! I like a lot of cowl patterns that Lion Brand has on their site.

Tue, 2010-06-08 16:35 — Kerry
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That looks great Paul. It's

That looks great Paul. It's winter here now so I'm thinking of knitting one in wool.

Tue, 2010-06-08 14:42 — Joe-in Wyoming
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Very nice, Paul. -- Books,

Very nice, Paul. -- Books, knitting, cats, fountain pens...Life is Good.

Tue, 2010-06-08 09:52 — QueerJoe
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That looks incredibly

That looks incredibly comfortable and fashionable...nice combination and nice choice of yarn.

For a nice stretchier bind-off, I love EZ's sewn bind-off (I use it on collars and toe-up socks) and it kind of replicates the long-tail cast-on:

http://www.socknitters.com/toe-up/lessonsix.htm

It sounds a little intimidating, but it's really quite easy.

Tue, 2010-06-08 11:57 — PaxKnitter
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Thanks, I'll take a look at

Thanks, I'll take a look at that. I was thinking about using Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off on the next one. Maybe I'll try them both.

Peace,
Paul

Tue, 2010-06-08 08:49 — 2manyhobbies
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It does look very nice,

It does look very nice, Paul... i've never knitted one before, but it looks like a great project that wouldn't take a lot of yarn.

Tue, 2010-06-08 09:08 — PaxKnitter
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It takes about one skein and

It takes about one skein and a quarter of the Lion Brand Organic Cotton. I used about a skein and a half as I wanted it to have a bit more length so it would bunch up a little more.

Peace,
Paul

Tue, 2010-06-08 08:01 — PaxKnitter
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Yeah, I'm thinking same

Yeah, I'm thinking same thing. Easy knit-up for X-mas gifts.

Peace,
Paul

Tue, 2010-06-08 07:54 — purlyman
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Nice!! That looks a lot

Nice!! That looks a lot like the "Man (or Anyone's) Cowl". It looks really great! I did about 8 of them last Christmas... great for gifts!!