First to the finish line

So, my first finished project! This was based on one night, one skien, seed stitch tall cowl from knitandbake.com, one of the first knitting blogs I discovered.  I loved the seed stitch, which I've discovered is the same as British moss stitch but differs from American moss stitch which is a variation of seed stitch.

Seed stitch/British moss stitch is

row 1: *k1,p1*

row 2: *p1, k1*

whereas American moss stitch is

row 1&2: *k1,p1*

row 3&4: *p1, k1*

something to try another time.

I used Wendy Serenity Super Chunky yarn in teal and 10mm, 80cm circular needles.  The pattern requires "hat needles" which I took to mean 40cm circulars but I didn't have any so made it larger and cast on 55 stitches rather than the 49 in the pattern.  This worked quite well, the finished cowl was just a little looser than the patten intended but I like it.

I cast on using the European thumb method and cast off in knit.  I really like the cast on edge but not so keen on the cast off.  Looking at the wrong side I should have cast off in purl to get the finish I prefer.

This was definitely a quick knit.  I started and finished it in one weekend.  My mum has already requested a cowl in this stitch.  I think next time I'll use smaller length needles, probably 60cm, so it's a little narrower and higher.

Overall a super quick knit in a lovely stitch...wool ewe knit it?