Can there be a cavalcade of two?  ; )

• Project: Freestyle Cabled Cowl, my own freeform willy-nilliness, starting off with tweaking the basic framework of Caera and ending with a Woven Cowl mash-up
• Yarn: Plymouth Galway, worsted weight, 210 yards, Make.Do.Dyed turquoise-tinged gray 
• Needle: US 8
• Buttons from Iris Fine Yarns
• Start to Finish: November 2 to November 15, 2011

This turned out way better than I expected. First, and surprisingly, I love the color. This is the skein of yarn I threw in to completely exhaust the aqua dye pot a couple of week ago; the color was sort of MEH, so I added some gray and LOVE!

Inspired by Fiona Ellis and the swatch I knit five years ago in her "Morphing Cables" class, I had no plan.

To me, this is the perfect type of project for experimenting with freestyling -- any part that ended up looking hideous could be somewhat hidden by the folds and draping when a cowl is actually worn.

I didn't go super-duper crazy... I combined some very traditional cabling techniques and patterns with travelling stitches and crazy-ass twists and turns.

It's a lot crazier on one side than it is on the other. And there are some parts that I definitely like better than some other.

There are even some areas where I worked straight. Every time I came to those plain stockinette columns I'd think of my sister Sharon and hear her say, "The eye needs a place to rest."

Overall, I give it a great big SQUEE!