Hiya from a.,
Today I have a couple of infinity scarves/cowls to show you. One is a pattern I've done before (the calm cowl) but in the magic awesome birthday box I got from the FLBs there was a couple balls of this gorgeous mini mochi that I knew would look killer in this pattern:
So this is the cowl, the yarn came out in all these nice dark blue/purple/green stripes and is all soft and cozy. Here is a better look at the striping:
It was a simple granite/seed stitch but I didn't want to take anything away from the yarn itself. I love how that one bright blue just pops out. This scarf is a shorter infinity and I can't really wrap it around my neck, but I am fine with that because I also made this:
This is a really nice mottled yarn that was an alpaca wool blend. Again the colouring in the yarn was such that I didn't want to do anything too wild with it. What I did was just grab a large hook (that yarn is an aran weight) and working in the back loop only just did half double crochet stitches. It gave it a bit of texture and just let the yarn shine through. Here is the scarf stretched out:
I'm pleased with how both turned out. What's nice is that where we've moved to is more mild than where we were. This means that I'll be able to wear all the scarves I make more easily as I don't have to wear a huge charlie brown kind of winter coat as much (just a normal light winter coat).
see you space cowboy... (and yup I love cowboy bebop enough that this is now how I'll be signing off).
That blue is gorgeous!
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