One

Going to work every day means I have to walk past my patch of front yard and look at the dead grass and the stems from the chicks & hens that I didn't clean up in the Fall.  It's a pathetic sight.  We had a couple of warm days when I could have gone out and tidied up a bit, but I didn't.  Yard work isn't my idea of fun after a hard day at work.  But I figure I have time before I really have to do something about it.

So imagine my surprise when I saw this:

And this:

I adore Spring.  Pretty flowers and a chance to wear sweaters instead of coats.

And speaking of Spring, remember that little trip I took to String (the yarn store) and I bought two really bulky yarns?  Well, they became something.  I borrowed some US #35 needles from Joyce and took that skein of yarn with me to lunch:

An hour later I had a cowl called Kimbo which is being modeled here by Sanja:

Here's the one I made on Tuesday past being modeled by Anna:

And lest you think they are the exact same cowl, here they are together:

The yarn is Riviera and each cowl used one skein.  The needles are US #35 and the pattern is Kimbo, which I couldn't find online, but it's the same as this one, only I cast on 9 stitches.

The only problem was that my cast on row had 9 stitches and my bind off row had 17 or 18 stitches, so on the last row, I reduced my stitches to 9 and sewed the ends together, but you can do a 3 needle bind off if you wish.

The blue cowl went to Sanja, she was leaving for home this evening (she lives in London, England)  and I imagine it'll keep her neck warm during her flight.

I think joining the Ravelry group 12 in 2012 was the best thing to happen to me.  I can commit to 12 small projects in 12 months easily and I've already made April's project in March.  I'm ahead of the game for once.

Now back to my sock.