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Woven Crochet Scarf
Happy day after Mother’s Day! I’m not sure what the weather was like where you are but in WNY it was COLD with winds up to 50-60mph and snow to add icing on the cake. I can’t say I was in the spring mood after such terrible weather so I picked up my crochet hook and alpaca yarn and got to work.
To be honest I really wasn’t sure what I was going to make so I just kept crocheting and decided to let my unconsciousness take over the project. I seriously think I need to do this more often because I just fell in love with the end result! I call it my woven crochet scarf. Actually I made 2 of them. One with a white lattice and one with beige but with the same metallic pink weave.
I was able to recreate it and wrote down the pattern so I will finish the written pattern sometime this week and have it available in our shop for sale.
As for the scarves, I can’t seem to get photography to do them any justice. They are super soft and warm without being bulky and have a great flow to them. I should have them up for sale later this week too but wanted to give you all a sneak peak!
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Fiber Arts Friday – Alpaca Rug
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For those of you who follow me on Twitter or Facebook you know I’ve been working hard all week on this one and I’m sad to say I wasn’t able to finish it yet. Errrr. No worries, here’s what I’ve done so far.
At the Northeast Alpaca Expo last weekend I picked up 2.5lbs of cotton core spun alpaca rug yarn. I was just tickled to find rug yarn around a cotton core instead of jute. This meant I could easily crochet it without too much of a fight. Unfortunately any time you involve a ‘S’ size crochet hook there’s always a fight involved.
I actually made 2 rugs. The first one I made a SC rectangle rug and set it out and looked at it for a day and decided I didn’t like it at all so I ripped it apart. I wanted an oval rug and when I crocheted it the traditional way it was way too thick for my liking and the thickness resulted in a smaller rug size wise.
What I ended up doing was a hybrid between a braided rug and a crochet rug. I made a huge long single crochet line out of the rug yarn and then sewed it together like a braided rug. The last step is to felt it which is where I’m at now.
Here is a photo of my very soggy rug. It is not yet complete and is just in the beginning stages of felting. I must say, felting a rug is fun; it’s a lot like stomping on grapes. Just put it in a kiddy pool with warm water, some good tunes and stomp away!
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Fiber Arts Friday – Scrap Yarn
One thing about making cord out of yarn is there is a lot of scrap. When I get to the end of a skein sometimes a run isn’t long enough to string the 28 feet across my living room so I have all these short bits of yarn. I brought a bunch to work with me to play with on my breaks and lunch and here is what I came up with. Boring squares.
The white/brown square is made out of organic cotton and the tri colored square is made out of alpaca. I figure I could use them as hot pads or mabe even a wash cloth. Any other ideas?
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