I made it through nearly 6 inches of this 280 stitch double wrap cowl before diving into my second skein. Only to realize that the pinks were way more "pinky" in the second, and the gorgeous teal was pretty much nonexistent. After having to redo the cast on several times to begin with (280 stitches on size 8 needles needs a long long long tail cast on, yo), it was so painful to rip it out.
After nice strong beer that night and a feel good movie, I have resolved to take this as a lesson to alternate between skeins within a large garment, and will be making something a bit different now that I'm back at square one. I decided that I'm going to make a single wrap cowl along with a matching headband and fingerless mitts. It'll be a cute little set that will still have the twisted rib and slip stitch "fish scale" elements of the first.
But for now, I need another project to take my mind off of the tragedy that is frogging... flushing... whatever I want to call it. My twin nephews' birthdays are coming up in March... and I think they may need a neck warmer that goes with their adorable fox jackets my mom made them :)
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