So a friend asked me to make her a scarf a few weeks ago, gave me the yarn, and so last night I put off delaying and buckled down! 3-4 episodes of CSI: Las Vegas later, we had this!
The variegated yarn was made from 70% wool and 30% soy. And it was a pain, it would go on forever before changing, which made it look awfully funny, but the Alpaca was amazing. Super soft, stayed together well, though it did shed sorta like a cat.... You can't really see it in the scarf, but the fringe and the single crochet row on each side of the middle is made from it. It almost matched the beige in the variegation too closely.
Over all I think it came off okay.
If you want to try your own hook at this I found the pattern here. Quite simple and quick.
P.S. I should mention that I think that pattern is slightly wrong and that you need to add a row 7, just by repeating 6. It's up to you, but if you don't do it one side comes out smaller than the other. Also I found that to help make your work look neater if when you go to start Row 2, if you attach it to the other side of your work, where you first started, you get a nice neat outside edge! No border needed to make things pretty! If that's confusing just email me I'll be glad to help you understand it!
No comments:
Post a Comment