Psychic Knitter

 I LOVE colorwork and I LOVE cowls so naturally I am a huge fan of the Pacific Knit Company which is home to Doodles! Doodles are  collections of design charts made for color work knitting. They are easy to follow because they are so well designed.. There are many themes to choose from in order I used colors  to design your own cowl or hat. This set was knitted using the Arctic Collection. I used colors that were almost identical to the colors used in the design shown on the pattern I bought. The Doodles use DK weight yarn. Using DK you will get better details. One of the colors (perhaps even 2 ) are worsted weight because I could not find the right color in DK at my LYS. The gal there helped me find a worsted that was light enough in weight to match the DK I had chosen. This also helped me save a little money since I had to buy four different colors. If you don't have an LYS near you, I recommend Wool and Company. They have an inexpensive line of DK with a good selection of colors to choose from. The headband was something I design myself. It started out as a cowl but I soon realized that it was a bit too small so I finished it off with a rib on the top instead of ripping it out. I did make a matching hat, which like the cowl was easy. I had the pattern for  a hat from one of her other designs so I used that as a template .Colorwork is fun and it doesn't take very long to do on these small projects. It gives you just enough of a challenge to be interesting but it's not that hard that you can't watch television or listen to a book while you knit. Just make sure to stick to just ONE martini because there is a bit of counting involved.