Posted by Yes, it’s finished. The ‘Big Herringbone Stitch Cowl’ is complete.
I’ve had enough of Herringbone Stitch for a while but it has been worth it.
Whilst I eventually got quite fast, it was a nightmare to pick up a dropped stitch. Hence there are a couple of little wonky stitches but wrapped around my neck, you’ll not notice.
It took over 30 hours to dry after dunking it in soapy water. So I’ll not be washing it again soon.
Saying that, blocking totally sorted out the wavy casting on and casting off rows.
It is a ‘Purl Soho’ free pattern that I found on Ravelry. This was my first time knitting ‘in the round’, something I’ll definitely be doing again.
This was my inspiration.
Clicking here takes you straight to The Big Herringbone Cowl pattern by Purl Soho on ravelry.
In fact, I would be very happy to work through every one of the Purl Soho designs.
Take a long look here http://www.ravelry.com/designers/purl-soho?page=1 if you are interested.
I used a gorgeous alpaca wool Artesano Aran Alpaca in Violet. It matches my favourite lipstick!
I’ll have to wait for the weather to turn cooler to wear it.
And here is my finished cowl.
It’s that time of year again when it is a nightmare to photograph anything in the daylight.
I will update you with one of me wearing it soon. But you’ll have to wait until a) it is light outside, b) I don’t look completely washed out from a day pouring over construction drawings, c) my daughter is around to take the photo. My OH (born in a previous decade)is hopeless with the iphone camera.
Now I’m looking forward to a few quick turnaround projects before I make a return to my crochet blanket.
Love, Lucie x
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Love, Lucie 
Beautiful! 🙂
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Thank you!
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Well done – what a lovely colour. You are putting me to shame – I undid my first Bergère de France effort as I wasn’t happy with it and haven’t got around to starting anything else yet. It was ever thus with me and knitting which is why I have long gaps between projects involving yarn.
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Oh, no. Sorry to hear about your sweater. Hope you can put the yarn to good use.
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That looks beautiful!
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Thankyou very much;)
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This is lovely and such a pretty colour too! I really like herringbone stitch but have only ever managed a small swatch before as I found it quite fiddly so I admire you for sticking with it!
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The first 3 or 4 rows were a nightmare but I knew I only had 4 skeins to work through so I pushed on. Because I was knitting in the round with interchangeable needles I was able to use a slightly smaller gauge needle on the left which left space in the loops to knit2tog every time. This helped alot.
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That’s a handy tip, I might have to give it another go – thanks!
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It is gorgeous! The stitch looks beautiful in that yarn and the color is just delicious
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Thank you. It’s a lovely yarn and not too fluffy so you can see the stitches, which is what I wanted.
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Beautiful. Now I want to make one to snuggle in.
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I can see myself getting such a lot of wear out of it. Thank you for stopping by.
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The lovely violet shade will work lovely with your grey jumper too.
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Ah yes, it will. And my jumper does need a scarf to lift my colour a little this time of year.
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I can quite see why you like it. It looks so cozy. A great project 🙂
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So pleased with it. Quite addicted to knitting now!
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Could be far worse!
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Oh well done! It’s making me feel like I should go and start on mine again, but I agree with you on the dropped stitches. I was absolutely terrified of making a mistake / dropping a stitch, since I couldn’t figure out how to go back and rectify it. Add that to the cramps I got in my hands and… …oh, I’m just talking myself out of it again, ha ha. But yours looks so lovely and mine really has so little left to do (I think I must be 2/3 of the way through) that I have finishing-envy going on very strongly. I think you’ve inspired me!
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Thank you! To be honest an unfinished project just bugs me so I push on. I can’t wait to get each item finished. I think I need to learn to slow down and just enjoy the process! I love my cowl though.
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It looks like it needed a lot of patience! I love the Purl Bee blog, there are so many lovely knitting and sewing ideas.
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I agree, there is so much I would like to make. Although a lot of it would take the patience of a saint!
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Well done on finishing the cowl. It looks lovely xx
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Thank you. I just need some cold weather so I can wear it. Not that I’m wishing on the onset of winter!
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What a gorgeous stitch! It turned out fabulously!!
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Thank you! I’m really pleased with it.
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So you recommend fully wetting it to block? The pattern says to lightly block but I don’t think that is gonna fix the wonky edges I’ve got going on. I’m actually panicking about it.
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I fully soaked it in warm water with a little wool detergent. It looked nothing like the end result before. Well worth it. It took a couple if days to dry out fully, laid out on a towel in the kitchen. I changed the towel a few times when it got damp.
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