Inspired by this and motivated by the thought of fishing line and a soft, summery yarn (silk and cotton) with the intent of something that would form a 'structure' around the face and neck, perch on the shoulders…………
….. this cowl resulted.
It was not easy to knit. Fishing line has a mind of its own and had one of those needles fallen out of the work while in progress - I think that would have been it : there would not have been a way to pick up the dropped stitches.
Spinning the line and yarn together came to mind but it was finicky enough to knit the two of them together so I didn't even try.
After some experimenting I decided to go with the lighter fishing line which is 4 lb test but after twelve or so inches on 22 stitches on the number 25 mm needles that reel ran out .
More experimenting, mental this time, and then it felt right to continue knitting with the 25 lb line and I did so until the ball of yarn was almost finished which gave another foot or so but which can be extended, expanded.
I joined the length into a tube, starting with the heavier line piece and then stopped.
Leaving the lighter piece unjoined gives more versatility to the cowl.
It has the intriguing feel that wearable art can have of being both an article of clothing with the added aspect of being art ; and this definitely brings the third dimension into it.
I'm thinking now of something very loosely knit using something with zest in it and then weaving through the gaps; or maybe reversing that idea and using the zest fibre as the weft and seeing if weft can give substance…….hmmmmm…..