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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

The Passionate Scarf

When I looked at the photos of my latest creation, I thought that there's a lot of red, pink and purple happening on this blog! But don't fret, if you're starting to find this boring; soon I'll be posting pics of some green and black creations moving towards a more gothic feel.

In the meantime, I did some crocheting for a change and learned the V-stitch pattern and a new type of flower.

The yarn is Sublime Kid Mohair in Rouge (shade 68), the softest Mohair I've felt for ages. One of my bargain buys at just £1.99 each 25g ball (I needed three balls to make this scarf) from The Black Sheep. I wanted to create a romantic piece, that brightens up dull winter days and perk the wearer up a little. In fact, I made it for a friend, who needs a bit of cheering up and will hopefully like it.

5 comments:

  1. Ooh, this is gorgeous! I've been wanting to do ruffles for ages, but don't know where to start. Can't believe you got that yarn for that price, it looks awesome :)

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  2. It's so fantastic, I might be buying more unless someone else gets it first ;-) They have other shades of that yarn, too...

    Hey, I'm sure you can do ruffles, you're making such fabulous scarves and shawls...just put 5 - 6 double crochets into one stitch all around the scarf, 2 - 3 rows. Easy ;-)

    x

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  3. Ooh, thanks. Never done more than one stitch in a stitch but it can't be that hard the way you've explained it :)

    I would definitely stock up on that yarn while it's at a good price. I'm a bargain hunter - if I wasn't I wouldn't have enough money to craft - and I love stocking up on good deals :)

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  4. That is a gorgeous scarf, and what a bargain that wool is!!!! I think you should do a 'how to' so we can all knit one :)

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  5. Hi Meadow,

    thanks for popping by and posting your comment. I crocheted this scarf freeform, so cannot quite remember how I did it, but perhaps I can share with you the crochet V-pattern in a separate post, when I'm using this pattern again. In the meantime, the pattern can also be found in Debbie Stoller's book "Stitch n Bitch, The Happy Hooker", which you can find in the Recommended Books box in the right column of my blog.

    Loving your blog, btw. Glad I found it the other day ;-)

    x

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