[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Easy slip-stitch colorwork pattern

[Ramona]

Tracy, I never heard of a cowl that is separate from a shirt or sweater. Is that what you have? Do you wear it like a scarf? It sounds like a fun pattern, but getting something from ravalrie is beyond me. 
Ramona

On Apr 18, 2020 8:46 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I am working on a cowl that has an easy slip-stitch colorwork pattern.  It 
> would be a good beginner colorwork project.  It's even blind-friendly, which 
> a lot of colorwork doesn't seem to be. 
>
> It's the Morton Cowl, a free pattern on Ravelry. 
>
> It uses a ball of chunky and a ball of fingering, so there's a clear 
> difference between the 2.  I chose gold for the chunky, and a multi-color 
> for the fingering, which has dark orange, green, blue and light blue, and 
> maybe even more. 
>
> To me, slip-stitch comes out feeling a bit like weaving.  Mine has a line of 
> V's with dimples between.  The V's are the chunky gold, and the dimples are 
> the darker multi-color.  Really nice. 
>
> I had to considerably cut down the number of cast-on stitches, because mine 
> was coming out too wide, even though I used the exact materials in the 
> pattern, but other people I know have not had that problem. 
>
> Just thought I'd recommend it, if someone is up for trying something 
> different. 
>
> Tracy 
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