My mom's birthday was last Friday and I decided that I wanted to knit something for her. She knit a beautiful hooded scarf for my birthday last year. She even dyed the white yarn for the trim in earl grey tea to create a softer white!
I decided a cowl would be something I could realistically finish in time and also something that she could wear a lot on her daily hikes along the coast in the fog. I found a nice pattern on Ravelry for a Dolores Park Cowl, which happens to be named after a park here in San Francisco. So I renamed it the Bolinas Cowl for my mom's quaint little hippie town in Marin.
The pattern is really simple so I wanted to find a unique yarn to make it look more textured and patterned. When I went to Atelier Yarn in my neighborhood I could hear Mama N's voice warning me not to pick out one of those multi-colored granny yarns that comes out looking like a frumpy country mouse knit. I hope Mama N will approve of the yarn I chose.
I knit the cowl each night while Miss V took her 2:00 am feed and slept. Master Q only interrupted to feed on a few occasions. Last Friday we packed all three children in the car and took a day trip out to Bolinas to spend my mom's birthday with her. It was a beautiful day - sunny and warm. We spent the day lounging on the deck while Miss L chased after my my mom's dog and watered the flowers with her little water pail.
Currently I am trying to knit three little bunnies for Easter. The twins' bunnies will have jingle bells stuffed inside to make them into rattles. I have been inspired by Mama N's absolutely adorable bunny egg warmer. I hope my bunnies will turn out as cute!
The cowl is lovely! I'm sorry I said to steer clear of the variegated yarn. That was just personal opinion. Yours is beautiful with the colour changes nice and short. I just took a risk and spent a fortune on some and still don't like it for me.
ReplyDeleteThe bunnies sound like fun! Will have to check out your progress on Ravelry. I enjoyed knitting the first egg cosy and will need to get to work on the remaining set.
Really admire you knitting at 2am! I hope you're getting a nap during the day.
You are amazing Mama H- I'm sure your mom loved it!
ReplyDeleteI love this! When I have knit in the past I love the large yarns for speedy knitting.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great cowl - I could have used one like it yesterday and today (what happened to spring, Mamas?). You have one lucky mom, though it sounds like you two are peas in a pod. My mom and I stick to the far less creative sipping of the Earl Gray tea together.
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ps What exactly is a "bunny egg warmer", ladies...?
Mama V will post a pic here of the bunny in question. About time I blogged on my knitting. It's been a while!
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