Cocoon Me!

I like to pick up the old Speed Stix from time to time. I don't know. For some strange reason, I just like the way they feel in my hand. Big ol' size 50s, all hard and smooth...

But, I digress.


This is the Cocoon Shrug from Lion Brand.I didn't think much of the original pattern. It looked a little plain, a little unfinished. But I decided to try it using a combination of yarns. So this is Moda Dea Dream in Black, some black Wool
Ease, and Yarn Bee Aurora in Night Glow. Held all three together and knitted this up in two nights.

I'm not sure about it now that I've knitted it, though. It's a good pattern, very easy, very simple to understand. But I think my yarn choices are maybe a little bolder than my actual personality.

This is almost like 80's bold.


I'm thinking of edging this in a solid black, maybe tone it down a bit, pull it all together. I dunno. I will say, though. This thing is pretty warm. You wouldn't think so, with all these giant stitches, but it is. I'm thinking I may do this in a solid color.

What do you think?