At the preview for Outlander I attended, I hadn’t really paid much attention to this cutout of Claire rocking a cowl.
However, since I have had a chance to watch the Outlander series, I have become obsessed with the knitting that is featured on the show. Claire, and the other women on the show, rock some of the best knits: chunky cowls, cozy shawls and some cool arm warmers which make me want to become a healer (or at least work up a pair of my own!).
I think the knits are like a character on the show; each accessory quietly making it’s presence known and making people like me ooh and ahh. There’s even a Buzzfeed article about the knits (which I helpfully linked here!) for people like me who can’t get enough of the looks.
I hit up Ravelry (good ole Ravelry!) for info about the patterns and, as expected, Ravelry delivered.
My first attempt at a cowl was not great. Too impatient to wait until I could get larger needles, I grabbed the largest knitting needles I had in my home, a pair of 19s and tried to make adjustments to my hand at a cozy cowl but I didn’t have the right materials for the job. I grabbed the largest needles I had at home, a size 19 (mm) and tried to adjust the this pattern I found on Polly Foo Foo.
Nope!
I ran out of yarn and the cowl was just not stretchy enough.
Me being all posey as I show off my cowl
I got a pair of size 50 needles from Michaels (use my affiliate link to get 40% Off Any One Regular Price Item!) and tried it again.
Comparing size 50 knitting needles to size 19
Working with size 50 needles is a bit of a workout! I used Bernat Mega Chunky
Double strand mega bulky yarn on size 50 needles
My third time is a charm!
So far the yarn is working up cozy and has a good feeling to it. I should be finished working this up this week and will post photos of the finished product on Instagram (I’m on there as “sayitrahshay“).
Join me each day (ish) for the A to Z Blogging Challenge! Each day I will share a post inspired a letter of the alphabet.
Great that you managed to knit yourself a sweater. That 50″ knitting needle is really enormous!!
Great job! I have always wanted to learn how to knit. Maybe one of these days….
I haven't knit in a while–if I did pick it up again I'd love to make myself one of these— I have a cream one I picked up a few years back at a craft show, starting tolook warn–The color you picked is SUPER!!!
Wow, I am impressed! I don’t knit, but would love to give it a try someday…if only I had more time!
Knitting takes patience and dexterity. My mother-in-law was great at it. I can crochet much better. I noticed your A to Z posts, which are super interesting, aren’t following alphabetical order. I think it might confuse people and they think you’ve dropped out if they see a ‘c’ on ‘f’ day. Lovely pictures too.
I really wish that I knew how to knit. I learned how to crochet a few years ago and love making stuff.
I can’t even remember when I last knit, this looks amazing!
Thanks! I appreciate your compliment!
I used to love knitting when I was in high school! I may have sucked at sewing, but I’m quite proud of my knitting skills. 🙂
That’s awesome! I wish I could see.
that’s really cool. I couldn’t do that if i tried. I just don’t have the skill and patients to do it.
This is awesome indeed. I have the needles but have to get the yarn for it. Can't wait to see the pictures when you done. Thanks for sharing.
I can imagine how you felt when you thought the yarn was running out. I know that feeling well. 🙂 Your cowl turned out really nice in the posey pic. 🙂
This reminds me of my mother who loves to knit. I bet my wife would love to read this. Thank you for sharing
Good for you to make such a pretty cowl neck infinity scarf. It looks like you matched the yarn colors very well too.