Sea Oats Serenade Release

Sea Oats Serenade Cowl will be available on Ravelry starting 06/20/18.  It has an easy to remember slip stitch cable pattern that will be challenging for adventurous beginners, yet keep more experienced knitters interested as they watch the sea oats pattern emerge.

This cowl is the right size to use as a layering piece during the cool weather of spring or fall, as well as a barrier to the frigid air conditioning that you may find blowing on your neck in some buildings during the heat of summer. Your hands created this little piece of warmth and remind of your time at the beach.

Listen to the breeze sing its ancient song as it makes the sea oats, sway to its rhythm in its eternal dance. You can hear it if you try, especially when stillness surrounds you.

I am offering an exclusive discount to my newsletter subscribers which will arrive in their inbox before the pattern release. You can sign up for the newsletter here.  

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Sea Oats Serenade Test Knitter Appreciation,...part two

In the last post about my excellent crew of test knitters, I profiled the pictures of five of the twelve. I am going to get the rest of them in this post on the countdown to releasing this pattern!

I finally had my photoshoot, so am completing the layout and getting looked over one more time by Heather Folkner of Crafty Ferret Tech Editing, before releasing it. I will be giving an exclusive discount to my newsletter subscribers, so you can sign up here. I will be sending out discount codes before the pattern release, so watch your inbox once you sign up.

Now on to the shameless praise and exhibiting of pictures from my test knitters, who have gone above and beyond in the pursuit of helping to test this pattern. So many beautiful colors were chosen from solids to speckled wonders, it really does show the versatility of this cowl.

Please review these pretties to see an example from each of the seven remaining test knitters.....

Andrea of Artistic Fibers rocking her cowl!S

This lovely cowl is from dimpls742

This from Pam aka knitziwhitzi

Mewmui models her cowl

This pretty blue from yarnsmithdori

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This pretty purple is from aromanov

Yvonna13 first one done & got a prize

Sea Oats Serenade Test Knitter Appreciation ....part one

I got really lucky with my Sea Oats Serenade test knit! I was overwhelmed by the response of people who wanted to test knit for me. I had to shut it down in less than 24 hours and decided on 12 test knitters and decided to run it like a mini-KAL to get some experience, since I planned on having my first one within a month or so.

I was amazed at the variety of yarns people chose and how each one suited the pattern differently. I have to thank Heather Folkner of Crafty Ferret Tech Editing, for the bang-up job she did of checking my pattern and making sure it was ready for the test knitters. If you are in need of tech editing services, you can find her at her website.

I am showing off a few progress photos of the test knitter versions below.  As soon I have my final photo shoot with my model, I can finish the final layout and release the pattern. These photos will give you a feel for how versatile this pattern is and if you would like to see more you can check out my Instagram feed here, where I have been shamelessly praising and showing off test knitter accomplishments  I am only including a smattering here, but want to thank all my testers and I plan on featuring more when I have more photos of blocked or modeled cowl

This is from @spunbyrj! I really like her mini photo shoot!

This beauty is by @anneswolle! So pretty!

This is from egypte on Ravelry! Love the colors!

@slmetaime modeled this one beautifully.

We folded this one from @lacinitting. She's local!