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Much craftiness involved

Thursday, 25 October, 2007

Stuff I've been making lately:


Tua cha fingerless gloves in black chenille (because every year I lose a pair of fingerless gloves):

Tua cha fingerless gloves in black chenille
Tua cha fingerless gloves in black chenille

Odessa hat in light blue chenille (Christmas present):

Odessa hat in light blue chenille--top view
Odessa hat in light blue chenille--side view

Urchin hat for Fiona—this one knitted with yarn spun by Marinka's grandmother (photos posted with permission):

Urchin hat in homespun yarn
Urchin hat in homespun yarn

... and for the daughter of a family friend (this one was made with Mecha Flame from Wool Connection):

Urchin hat in Mecha Flame 100% wool--side view
Urchin hat in Mecha Flame 100% wool--top view

Then I had some of that yarn left over—about 40 metres worth—so I thought I'd make a scarf. I wanted something like this but I don't crochet so I took the basic idea from this bookworm pattern and adapted it for a scarf. I cast on 400 stitches on 8mm needles, row 1 was k2tog, row 2 was k2tog and cast-off. This was the result:

Twist scarf in Mecha Flame 100% wool--scarf uncoiled

which looks kind of weird. But when you double it around your neck, it looks like this:

Twist scarf in Mecha Flame 100% wool--scarf doubled around neck
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Love your stuff Karen!!



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