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January 25, 2023

From Susan — It’s a Killer…Queen, That Is!

Filed under: Updates — surly @ 6:02 pm

The Killer Queen Cowl is running rampant through my Wednesday Social Knitting group at BeWoolen in Champlin.  Being someone with strong FOMO* genes,  I jumped on the bandwagon!

I already owned a skein of Malabrigo Washted in Cumparista, so I just needed the main color.  I went with Malabrigo Rios in Teal Feather — it takes 1 ½ skeins of the background color.  At first I was concerned about the lack of contrast, but I think it’s okay.  The cowl is a pretty quick knit.  There’s always something to “get to” and the stitches used are fun.

The back can be seamed or buttoned, but most of us thought the buttons really added.  The cowl is long and narrow in the front, but can be made wider by unbuttoning some of the buttons.

PS to Chloe: I have no idea what the name means, nor do I care for it!

PS2 to Anne: I’ve heard the reference to Queen before, but I am not at all familiar with their music!  But it makes sense!!

* Fear of Missing Out

6 Comments »

  1. I Love the colors and often strive for that affect.

    Comment by Chloe — January 26, 2023 @ 8:42 am

  2. Beautiful! Just purchased the pattern. I love your colors! Some of the overly contrasty (is that a word?) ones are not nearly as lovely!

    Comment by Mary — January 26, 2023 @ 11:04 am

  3. Rich AND subtle, this is beautiful.

    Comment by Pru — January 30, 2023 @ 8:14 pm

  4. It’s beautiful and I love the colors which are rich and subtle. Not overly contrasting is good in this case, IMO.

    Comment by Anne — January 30, 2023 @ 9:31 pm

  5. A second thought…somehow with that name, I expect to see bees on it. Am I missing them?

    Comment by Chloe — February 2, 2023 @ 10:11 am

  6. Those colors play really well together; I agree that subtlety is often better in the multi-stitch patterns.

    (I’m guessing the name is from the Queen song, rather than bees themselves… I saw that the designer has several patterns with song names.)

    Comment by Anne C. — February 7, 2023 @ 1:08 pm

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