I’m back to knitting for my next “in the car” project. I bought some beautifully dyed fingering weight merino wool by Bashful Armadillo and wanted to do a double knit project.

I tried a cast on technique that makes a knit transition on the edge, but I couldn’t keep track of the edge; it kept twisting. So I did a two color double cast on instead. I uploaded a short video, mostly so I remember how I did it, because the edge was easy to handle and came out nice and stretchy.

The pattern I drew out on graph paper. I had to make some adjustments after the first round of dots because I was thinking in rows, rather than spirals. Depending on how it comes out, the finished double knit tube will either be a cowl or I’ll make it into a bag. Options.

I’m pleasantly surprised how easy this project is to pick up and put down, essential qualities for a waiting project. I put markers every 24 stitches, and the pattern repeats within that frame, so figuring out where I am is fairly easy. When it is time to stop I don’t have to get to the end of a row, I just pop on a couple end caps and put the project back in the bag.