cashmere cowl

 Any sweater thrifter knows that finding cashmere is a kin to striking gold. Discovering one in an extra large is the jackpot! And that's just how I felt when I took home this one in deep red. After several good washings and lavender sachet drying cycles, I was ready to work with it, but decided to save it for holiday gifts. 

I've been caressing its luxuriousness every time I enter my studio... longing to wrap it around me somehow. So I did... As the first snow flurry began to fall this morning, I grabbed my scissors and cut off the bottom and top of the body of the sweater. This left me with a center ring that was 16" in height and plenty of leftovers for crafting arm/legwarmers, earbands, flowers, etc. 

That red cashmere ring is THE softest infinity scarf and the coziest cowl. EVER!

And just what I needed to keep me warm and get me into the holiday spirit. Do you think it's too early? Nahhh!

p.s. my pics have been "noisier" as I've been relying all month on my iPhone. I do love that little phone camera, but can't wait for my canon to be working again.