This Lane Raglan is not for me, it's for my mom. I had to put it on before I shipped it off to her this week. I absolutely love this print!
It's a double brushed poly that I have seen from a number of shops this winter, but I purchased it from Allielane in Abbyville. I think DBP is popular with sewists because of its low price and it's also super soft and warm for the winter. I don't wear it as a rule because South Carolina is a sweaty swamp, but I make an exception for winter. And winter here lasts like 2 months, tops. My coworker found pollen on her car this morning, so I know spring is coming STAT!
When I made this cowl I had no idea what I was doing. I made the collar out of two trapezoids, the angled sides sewn together into a tube and the shorter sizes attached to the collar. I found out afterwards that I could have just sewn a rectangle into a tube the width of the neckband. Oh well, maybe my mom will never notice the extra seam. It turned out really cute, anyhow. I made it 12" tall (folded). I think a cowl any taller would overwhelm her petite figure. She is, after all, 4" shorter than me!
I also love how the cowl looks with my red bomber jacket. Isn't that slick? The lighting's kind of sucky in the last photo. What idiot decided to cut back my neighbor's pine tree branches?! Don't they know I need those there to soften the late afternoon light? Like, that's way more important than keeping them out of power lines.
Have I mentioned how versatile the Lane Raglan pattern is? Like, you seriously need this in your life. And I'm probably going to keep posting about them and you are going to keep being sad that you don't have it, so you should just order it now, lol!