Closing ceremonies

Ravellenic Games 2012 has come to a close and I'm happy to report that I finished two cowls!  Upon finishing up my blue Brush Suri Loop Scarf (Cowl), I realized that I had enough left over from the blue & white version to make a striped version.  I had 57 yards of both and opted for a helical striped version using the blue for the top & bottom edging.  The key to helical knitting is to divide the number of colors you are working as evenly as possibly over the number of stitches.  For example, if you are working with 3 colors and your patten is 12 stitches, then you would divide such that each color is cast on over 4 stitches.  Then just work your pattern in the round as directed, switching colors as you come to them.

After working the four rounds of ribbing, I then knit half of the stitches (70 sts) in blue and switched to white for the second half (70 sts).  The pattern ended up using all of the blue I had left over, in fact I actually had to rip back some because I knit too much before realizing I wouldn't have enough blue to do the final four rounds of ribbing.  I have a decent amount of white left, so I'm thinking of doing another colored version.

I blocked this cowl a little too aggressively and as a result, the striping effect was somewhat lost. I'm not going to re-block it yet, but will just wait until the next time I need to wash/block it. You can also tell in my photo of it being worn that it's a little too long length wise. I'm not sure if I will be keeping this one or the blue one for that matter.  I might end up donating them to charity and/or gifting them, only time will tell.  Because really, do I need three cowls???