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It's been forever since I did a Wordless Wednesday but I have some fantastic new photos to share!

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This beautiful textured cowl is the perfect accessory for winter!

I purchased this pattern back in December and I finally had time to work on it. This pattern is available for purchase on Ravelry from Jennifer Pionk, it's called Timeless Cabled Cowl. My first instinct is to choose grey for all my projects. I just love it and it matches everything! For this cowl I decided to step out of my comfort zone and go for a bold, deep red...

6mm hook

3 balls Loops & Threads Impeccable Yarn(2 whole balls and then a small amount of the third)

When I work other people's patterns, I often deviate from the original and put my own twist on it. I did alter the original pattern for my cowl, but it wasn't intentional. While working the center section(between the cables) I misread the pattern! Instead of working the sc, Modified Extended Single Crochet as it's written, I mistakenly did (sc, Mext sc, sc) in the same stitch. It resulted in a sort of bubble looking stitch. This whole pattern is worked with stitches that I don't normally use, so it took me a while to get into a groove. By the time I had realized my mistake, there was no way I was frogging it.

The next change I made was with the ribbed top and bottom edges. I tried working the pattern as it was written. I swear I was doing it right, but it just felt off. I pulled it out repeatedly but it still seemed like I wasn't getting it right. I finally gave up and worked a regular sc ribbing. This is done by sc in the back loops only and connecting to the main body with slip stitches.

To create holes for the rope, find the center of the cowl and work the top ribbing until you get to that point. After your two sl stitches to the body, work 1 sc in the back loop, ch2, sk 2 sc and continue sc in back loops. Work three rows of sc blo and then repeat the ch 2, sk 2. When you sc over the ch2 section work the 2 sc's into the ch space instead of the back loop.

For the rope I cut 4 strings the length indicated. To get it to twist together I used a hand mixer! This is a big long rope and to twist by hand would take forever. I snapped in one beater and then tied one end of the strings to the end of the beater. I had another person hold the other end of my strings. Pull the strings taught and turn on the mixer until it's twisted enough. Grab the center of your robe and fold in half(watch the video included with the pattern). After the whole thing twists up on itself, tie knots in the ends.

Depending what kind of yarn you use, this might feel a bit bulky and stiff when you're done. Watch this video from BobWilson123 to see how you can soften your projects!

I swear I'm a happy person, my face always looks like that;-)