Good news for all you denim lovers out there: Rowan Denim is out of retirement!  It was discontinued for one year, perhaps you heard the wails and moans. After a decade of popularity it took a year long break. Often it's an issue with the mill and doesn't have much to do with it's popularity.  I am a newbie to Rowan Denim yarn and only know it from seeing it on Ravelry so was excited when I was given two skeins to review.  I do admit to letting it languish for a while.  I'm so fussy about cotton yarn.  It must be soft and easy to knit, and sadly this is not true for too many cotton yarns.  Still I was intrigued to finally find out what all the fuss was about and with needles in hand, set about to make another striped baby cardigan.  I could review it and make something at the same time!

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The sweater above is the Basic Raglan Baby Cardigan pattern by Keya Kuhn.  I added an unidentified white yarn that was in my stash but appeared to be a dk weight and was most definitely cotton.  After knitting I put it in a lingerie bag and machine washed it on warm.  I threw it in the dryer on low and kept it in until it was dry.  The stitches tightened up and the whole fabric looked really pretty, more cohesive, but I didn't notice much shrinkage, only about 1/4" in length if my measurements were correct.  It did fade, not much, but it looks good and I can only imagine that it will look pretty cool the more it is washed.  I love the crisp look of this blue and white and even after the washing detected no bleeding into the white.  I messed around with all sorts of buttons, red, then yellow, but white looked best.  I ended up with slightly mismatched vintage buttons from grandmother's button box that never seems to get slimmer no matter how often I dip into it!  Splish Splash is a gift for the third son of a busy young family.  For that reason, I'm very happy that this will go in and out of the washer and dryer without a care.