My dr. daughter has become quite a knitter. I taught all my kids to knit years ago. We recently went through their memory bins in our attic and found some treasures. This was a purse that Annie knit.
And I think Maggie knit this as a gift to Annie. Maggie had quite a few more items in her bin that I do not have a photo of.
But before she graduated med school, she was determined to make me a Celtic Myths Shawl. I had made her one for her St. Patrick’s Day Wedding. So she went to a local knit shop, bought yarn and a lesson and got started. She didn’t make much progress until she moved back to Cleveland. And she was persistent. What a treasure it is! I love it! We took some photos down at the lake. You can read about the Celtic Myths Shawl I made for her here. When she finished, she had some leftover yarn and asked for another, so she made me a celtic headband called Elisbeth.
I encouraged her to have an easy project at the ready for whenever she got stuck or for travel. She whipped out this cowl.
She enjoyed cables so I found a project for her from Ysolda’s Whimsical Little Knits 2. It’s the Emily Capelet. She worked on it during some recent travels and it was a perfect little knit. The cables were much faster. It’s really cute. She has mastered weaving in ends and now I have to teach her how to sew on buttons. But I’m no expert at that. She didn’t have enough time to learn how to block her knitting, so I made a quick pictorial for her to refer down the road.
Use a wool wash that doesn’t require rinsing. 
Follow the directions, but usually you need about a teaspoon per gallon of water. 
Add lukewarm water and swoosh it a bit. 
Drop in your knitting. 
Gently submerge the item and squeeze it a bit to get the wash throughout. 
After 15″ (I usually go longer because I forget about it), gently remove from water and squeeze out excess water without wringing. 
Place between several clean towels (yes, these are clean, but they are our rag towels) 
Roll and squeeze out the excess water. Roll in various directions. 
Lay out the knitting on foam tiles or dry towels. 
Arrange, smoosh, the yarn into place. Often, that is enough. In this case, I pinned out the edge to pull out the lace and the cable a bit.
I’ll update this when she is finished. I can’t wait to see it!
