cashmere cowl

Found some cashmere fiber lingering in my stash, which was a nice surprise. I'd also bought some yak down fiber recently, so thought they'd go well together.

Way more yak than cashmere, so a lot more yardage was 100% yak... But then- what to do with the result? 

I've had Purl Soho's Pivot Cowl in my queue for a while, but never need a cowl for California weather. Winter was drippy and cool this year, however, so I took advantage and made a yak/cashmere cowl.

It is exactly as soft as you'd imagine. 

By the time I had it done, though, there were only 2 more days of cool weather. Spring has since set in. It's too lovely to be terribly upset...

 And, finally, here' Bolt's first turn as a knitwear model. Good pup.

now on instagram

yep, we caved in.

You can find us as KateAndTatum and enjoy all the dog/yarn/knitting pictures you can handle.

Happy Monday.

last year's masterpiece

I finished the 2016 Big Project, aka Tatum Sweater, in only about a month, but am just now getting around to posting these pictures.

Here's the background about the design. Most importantly, it was my first run at designing colorwork and spinning dog fur. Both were a success, to my mind.

designing

Tatum rolags

Taters fur yarn

spun fiber guild samples

and finished! yarn variations sooo obvious, but good fit.

And Tatum loves it.