Comments on: a cowl by any other name… http://savannahchik.com/2015/02/a-cowl-by-any-other-name.htm savannahchik knits, sews, cooks Sun, 04 Oct 2015 16:52:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: jody http://savannahchik.com/2015/02/a-cowl-by-any-other-name.htm/comment-page-1#comment-11140 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 09:29:22 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/?p=2637#comment-11140 Nice summary – I tend to agree with you! I’d add that a shawl can also be rectangular in my book.

Or is that a stole?

]]> By: jody http://savannahchik.com/2015/02/a-cowl-by-any-other-name.htm/comment-page-1#comment-11139 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 09:25:56 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/?p=2637#comment-11139 Right before we started yelling at kids to get off our lawn 😉

]]> By: jody http://savannahchik.com/2015/02/a-cowl-by-any-other-name.htm/comment-page-1#comment-11138 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 09:24:47 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/?p=2637#comment-11138 Ha. In most ways it doesn’t matter to me, but it became a challenge when searching in Rav. It was clear that designers called the same item several different things.

]]> By: Alicia http://savannahchik.com/2015/02/a-cowl-by-any-other-name.htm/comment-page-1#comment-11137 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:29:27 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/?p=2637#comment-11137 Oh yes, the trick of naming things. In my opinion:
cowl = circular accessory that goes primarily around the neck, either with a short circumference and tall width (to hug the neck), or long circumference (a big loop, infinity scarf)
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capelet = a shoulder-hugging tube, much wider than a cowl. I think of most of those things you pictured as capelets.

cape = another shoulder-hugging garment but more like a shawl (worked flat) that is tied or toggled closed. Not knit as a big tube.

shawl = triangular, crescent, or semi-circle piece of knitting worked flat and not attached to itself in any way. None of those things you pictured are shawls.

I would probably call everything you pictured a capelet, except for the Appia cowl. My two cents!

]]> By: PamelaR http://savannahchik.com/2015/02/a-cowl-by-any-other-name.htm/comment-page-1#comment-11136 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 08:28:59 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/?p=2637#comment-11136 You have hit on a pet peeve of mine. To me, a shawl covers your arms, all the way past your elbows. You can actually snuggle up in a shawl. But the things people are calling shawls are really scarves. When did this happen? I guess I got old all of a sudden. :-)

]]> By: Andrea @ This Knitted Life http://savannahchik.com/2015/02/a-cowl-by-any-other-name.htm/comment-page-1#comment-11135 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 06:33:07 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/?p=2637#comment-11135 Hmmm. Tricky. I myself have pondered long and hard on shawl vs shawlette. Also triangle scarf vs shawl.

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