For a few years I have been reading a number of blogs, totally amazed by what these bloggers can do with fabric, yarn and a lot of creativity. I love that some bloggers have such great tutorials from which I have learned to do lots of new things. And some things which I could do, I can do much, much better now. I sort of always knew how to crochet, not well, mind you, but I knew how to make a chain and a few other things. Then for a long while I really disliked crocheted objects. (My Grandma Alice ,who is 92, loves crocheted items and used to make a lot of them… mostly with plastic-like yarn from the five and dime store.) So that may have influenced my dislike, the yarn I mean not that my Grandma made them. In any case I happened upon a blog a couple of years ago that changed my mind, and I check that blog nearly every day to see what she is doing and making. Her blog attic 24 is one of the most cheerful, colourful blogs I’ve seen.
In early February she had an entry about a scarf pattern she found in a Japanese crochet book. It is really unbelievably lovely. She also links to another site in French with other nice examples of the scarf. Since I don’t read French or Japanese I decided to find a similar flower motif and make something similar. I found several free patterns on line for flower motifs and tried them out and finally found this one that was easy and quick to hook up and bears at least a distant resemblance to the one at attic 24. I found it on about.com vintage pattern. 
I started off with tons of circles: one in each color of yarn I have in my basket, then did the second round and finished about four or five. I really like the way each one turns out and I got some help with the color choices from my daughter who just has a much better eye for color than I do!
I keep wondering while I am working how long I will need to get enough done to wear this scarf to school. I just think it will cheer me up in the dark rainy morning on the way to school. So off I go to finish some more…
February 28, 2011 at 8:56 pm |
I wish I could crochet! These are darling!
March 10, 2011 at 11:18 am |
Ah Hah, you have been working on your page and didn’t tell me. I like your little flowers and looked on the blog that has the scarf. It is very pretty and I also like the one of just two colors also.
Mom