If you have read my blog before (hi Mum!*) then you might remember when I started a crazy scarf adventure which went horribly wrong. That's right, this one...
Ummmm...
Oh hai hot mess!
I went to Cyprus last July with a friend, which was beautiful and ever so, ever so hot. So I did what any normal, logical person would do and bought some yarn to make warm garments with. Totally normal... shut up. We crossed over the border to Northern Cyprus for a little shopping trip in the sweltering heat, so technically this is Turkish yarn. I bought two balls of this lovely autumnal orange, two of a dark turquoise/teal colour, and two mixed jewel type colours. I expect you'll see the other two sometime soon in a project.
I started the orange yarn project without a lot of direction, unsure of who I was making it for. Then I completely unwound it all...
And started again.
Looking at the yarn I knew who it was for now. My lovely friend Regina would be perfect for a delicious looking orange - she's got just the right colouring.
So I had a purpose. Go go gadget crochet hook**...
Slowly
Slowly
CATCHY MONKEY
You even got a bonus glimpse of my cat pyjamas there in that last one; you lucky buggers.
I really like this pattern, it reminds me of kites. It's super simple to do too. I'm working on another project at the moment which reminds me of it. I'll save that for another day though.
The only slight difficulty was that the yarn is very splitty, because the strands aren't twisted together. I think a very fiddly pattern would be nigh on impossible with it. It has the texture of silk of something though - it's so soft it's delicious. That's the second time I've said delicious in this post, I hope you don't come away with the impression that I eat knitwear.
The moment I realised that my nail polish matched the yarn
This was a really nice project to work on. Once I'd finished it I decided to block it because the ends were a bit curly. I did some research into blocking methods for different types of yarn and decided to steam block it. I had never done steam blocking before, but I like an adventure. I had to basically guess what I should be doing with it because the wool instructions are all in Turkish.
Ready to steam block and roll
I'm not sure whether I left the steam on too long or whether this was actually the wrong type of wool for steam blocking, but it lost quite a bit of the elasticity of the yarn and became a little bit flat. It's still beautiful but I'm not sure whether to steam block the rest of that kind of yarn.
I like that the stitches are basically little bows
It's got some length to it (that's what she said)
Looks alright don't it?
My Owlyfaced friend loved it, and so I was pretty chuffed.
Right then, that's enough from me. See you soon, be good.
x x x
* Just kidding, even my mum doesn't read this waffle.
** I don't have a mechanical hook that crochets for you, but that sounds like a cracking idea - nobody pinch it.
