Over the weekend I was finally able to cast on for the cowl I’m working on!
As part of my continuous reporting on “is my new toy useful”? I can say it was useful here during the cast on. I needed to cast on 264 stitches, or 24 x 11. I pulled out 11 little stitch markers, stuck them to the magnet, and started casting on, placing a stitch marker after every 24 stitches. When I got to the last marker I was done. Now, pre-counting my stitch markers and using them to keep track of my cast-on stitches isn’t new. What was new was not freaking out every time the cat jumped on the desk while I was working. My stitch markers were safely stuck to the little magnet. Once my cast on was complete, I took off and set aside the Maker’s Keep.
Here’s what it looks like so far:
The color changes are long enough that you can see a few rows of it before it shifts to the next one. I’ve started the mini brioche section, so the white yarn has been added in as well.
It’s slightly slower going because I have to check each new step against the instructions I wrote up and correct/clarify anywhere that it’s not quite right. I’ll keep you all up to date as it progress, so if you like the looks of it you can look forward to making the pattern yourself.
*note – due to an error, this was supposed to go live May 6th but is just now showing as posted on May 11th