Good morning, knitters! I hope this week has been filled with love and lots of knitting. Mine has! Today’s new release may come as a bit of a surprise for those of you who were hoping to find the True North Mittens unveiled today. Instead, I have another little treat, the Charlotte Hat & Cowl set! Many thanks to Tipsy Knitter Shayla for helping me bring Charlotte to you a little ahead of schedule.
A delicate combination of cables and eyelets wend their way gently across the surface of this softly unstructured set. Stockinette panels are punctuated with simple rhythmic double cables and pierced with rick rack openwork columns. Whisper soft with a delicate halo, pure alpaca brings these pretty details to light while its two-ply character adds a certain rustic quality.
The hat is slouchy in shape and is topped with a fluffy fur pompom (yarn requirements allow for a matching yarn pompom if you prefer) and the cowl is a generously sized double loop. Both pieces are worked seamlessly in the round from the bottom up. This is a steady, rhythmic knit with just enough activity to delight the knitter.
It always amazes me how much surface energy is contained in a 2-ply yarn, especially this one, Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud Fingering. I find that even smooth stitches appear textured when knitted with 2-ply yarns. One could expect a relatively smooth and even surface in a pure alpaca yarn but because of the 2-ply twist, a homey, slightly rustic fabric results. Read more about the effect that plying has on yarn here.
To welcome Charlotte, I’m offering a 50% discount through Friday, January 25, 2019. Charlotte makes for perfect binge TV or coffeeshop knitting. Just pop in to my Ravelry shop, pick up Charlotte and enter the coupon code LOTTIE3 at checkout. Don’t forget that discount on the Zephyr Hat & Cowl is still available through midnight tonight (coupon code HERE).
Discounts on these 4 shawls are available through Monday, January 21 (coupon code HERE). Feel free to share a link to this page with your friends, but please don’t give out the coupon codes. It helps me a lot when folks come here to visit. If you like these little discounts (I usually offer them on Fridays) and are interested in my work, I’d love to see you over at the Ravelry group Friends of Littlechurch Knits.
I hope you all have a splendid weekend and that you’ll all be cheering for a Saints victory over the LA Rams on Sunday. That would put us into the Superbowl! WHO DAT!
Love,
Cheryl
