Last night I felt a certain shiver and when I walked into the garden I could definitely smell that autumnal smell... I don't know what it is.. a chill in the damp air maybe... but my first thought was, "Scarves", closely followed by, "Hot water bottle"!
I know it's a little sad, my daughter calls me a geek, but I do love wearing scarves and I LOVE going to bed with a hot water bottle! Now I know that there is a joke about English women preferring to go to bed with a hot water bottle rather than their husband, but I don't count in that because my hubby works in Madrid...
In August I blogged about some new yarn in stock - Louisa Harding's Hand Dyed Grace... I couldn't wait to see how it worked up, but then I forgot to blog the results... so here it is.....
Close-up of a green crochet scarf / cowl ... I don't know what to call this. It is a scarf with no ends, a large loop really... there are 3 ways to wear it...
Long...(excues the slight blur in the photo)...
Medium (wrapped twice)..
Or short, as a cowl (my favourite)..
My daughter is modeling... she only agreed to do on the proviso that I cropped her out almost completely!
This scarf/cowl used 2 1/2 skeins of Hand Dyed Grace...it is great to work with, and is lovely and soft...not at all prickly...
Can you spot the mistake though? I really should have worked 2 skeins at once because the hand-dyed nature of the yarn means that the skeins are unique, which resulted in a 'blocky' appearance in the middle skein... live and learn x
My daugther would love this, like you she is a great fan of scarfs and hot water bottles. She lives in Melbourne where it gets really cold though. We are up on the coast of NSW so you don't see a lot of scarfs around here. Although we complain its cold when it gets down to 10 degrees. LOL
Posted by: Karisma | 16 September 2011 at 03:15
I love your scarf! The green is fantastic!
My diagnonal scarf pattern came from:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cuddly-cotton-baby-blanket
But it's slightly modified because this blanket is square. I followed the tutorial until I had the desired width, then you have to increase and decrease each end.
To explain properly... When you have the width you want, knit into the front and back of the first stitch (kfb) then knit until there are 2 stitches left on the needle and knit them together. I did this as a k2tog but the pattern said SSK.
Then turn the work and do another k2tog (or ssk), knit to the last stitch at kfb. Then turn the work and do another kfb and so on...
I hope this makes sense! What you want is to increase and decrease each side of the work, the top of the diagonal will be the increases, the bottom end will be the decreases1
Let me know if you need anymore help x
Posted by: Nicole | 19 September 2011 at 18:45