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Inspired by Ashley Martineau’s pattern and free video, I’ve created this cowl out of my own hand spun Suri Art Yarn. Though the bulky, very textured yarn is a bit of a challenge, the results were well worth it!
NEEDLE
Circular 16″ Needles US Size 15 – 10.0 mm
MATERIALS
50 Yards of Hand Spun Suri Art Yarn
PATTERN NOTES
Roughly 30 inches around at neck edge, 8 inches wide, and 38 inches around bottom edge depending on how loosely or tightly you knit.
DIRECTIONS
Make a Slip Knot, then cast on 30 stitches. Knit in the round using the double elongated stitch until you’re reached the desired length. Bind off loosely.
Super easy, quick too, with our Snuggle yarn and a large crochet hook! For this cowl, I used Plethora of Pinks colorway.
HOOK
US Size 9.0 mm (M/N) Hook
MATERIALS
2 skeins of Snuggle yarn (took about 137 yards)
PATTERN NOTES
Roughly 48 inches around and 8 inches wide, depending on how loosely or tightly you crochet.
DIRECTIONS
Make a Slip Knot, then crochet 95 Chains. (With a 12mm crochet hook, crochet 55 and with a 10mm crochet hook chain 81.)
Row 1~ Chain 3, skip one stitch, then hdc into the following stitch (5th Stitch). *Chain 1, skip one stitch, then crochet a hdc into the next stitch.* Repeat from the * mark all across, making sure to end with a hdc into the last Chain. Row 2~ Chain 2, then hdc into the Chain one space. *Chain 1, skip one stitch, then crochet a hdc into the next Chain one space.* Repeat from the* mark all across, making sure to end with a hdc into the top of the 3 Chains you made in the previous row. Row 3 – 13~ Chain 2, then hdc into the Chain one space. *Chain 1, skip one stitch, then crochet a hdc into the next Chain one space.* Repeat from the* mark all across, making sure to end with a hdc into the top of the 2 Chains you made in the previous row.
When you’ve completed all the rows, connect the two ends of the scarf together to create a circle. Add half a twist before Slip Stitching the two ends together.
Fasten off, and weave in ends.
Pattern adapted from a free pattern by Hopeful Honey! Her pattern calls for a bigger hook, which I may try next time and the finished dimension of her cowl is 14″ wide.
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Congratulations to our winner and thank you to those that voted!
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It is the season for hunting these Spring delicacies…the morel mushroom…and in Ohio there seems to be a plethora of them! Be sure to read Into the Woods on My Hunt for Morel Mushrooms. Hope you enjoy this Treasury with The Magical Morel as its theme.
Leave a comment and vote for your favorite Etsy item, that is not your own. The winner will be posted here and on my FB page!
Women’s Morels Screen Printed Tee by Critical Eggplant’s Shop
As I finish up this post, I realize I have selected duplicate entries from the same shops. I must have been in the woods too long, staring at my feet, hunting mushrooms! I apologize for not giving each of you a fair chance at winning the contest.
Hope you’ll vote anyway and enjoy these selections from some very talented Etsy artists!
Such delight I felt when I saw robins in the back yard yesterday – surely Spring is just ahead!
Enjoy this Treasury of lovely items from some very talented Etsy artists…
Leave a comment and vote for your favorite Etsy item, that is not your own. The winner will be posted here, in next week’s announcements, and on my FB page!
I was inspired by the love of my now 5 year old daughter, Eva…aka, Nushkie… to create natural toys and homemade clothes for her. My favorite material for toys and collectibles is wool. I started making little felted sculptures and wall hangings for her and as gifts for others and was so overwhelmingly encouraged by those who received these to sell them, that I thought. Ok. I’ll do it. So, I created Nushkie Design. (Named after my little one’s nickname…) I have been fortunate to sell many pieces, have others hanging at the nearby Waldorf School, and look forward to showing them in a local gallery early next year. Each needle or wet felted item is made with love and care with the recipient in mind. It is my mission to create beautiful one of a kind treasures that are natural, gentle, inspire the imagination and are worthy of passing along to future generations.
Congratulations to our winner!
Be sure to check out this Etsy shop for more wonderful Nuskie Designs…
Dancing a jig in the fallen leaves.
Cider warming on the fire,
Winter in the air,
Ah, to be a fox and not have a care!
The artist’s name is Amber Alexander. She lives in Vermont with her husband and two crazy poodles. She paints whimsical animal art and sells her original paintings as well as prints.
My mind wanders all over the place. What is a jig, anyway? This is the definition according to Wikipedia…
The Jig (Irish: port) is a form of lively folk dance, as well as the accompanying dance tune, originating in England in the sixteenth century and today most associated with Irish dance music and Scottish country dance music.Jigs were originally in 2/4 time, but have been adapted to a variety of time signatures, by which they are often classified into groups, including light jigs, slip jigs, single jigs, and treble jigs.
There you go!
So anyway, I know you would enjoy visiting Amber Alexander’s Shop. Take a look and post your favorite piece here!
Etsy says, “They are curated galleries of items chosen by the Etsy community. They are not intended for self-promotion, but instead to acknowledge and share the many cool things for sale on Etsy. Etsy Administration often chooses an exceptional Treasury list to promote on the home page.”
It sure is fun to get featured, good for business too!
This is the Treasury currently being featured on Etsy. They are always fun to see, the creativity is endless, and I get inspired!
I’ve been doing Blog Treasuries, because it is fun, it promotes other artists, and it introduces them to my blog because I notify them that they are in my Treasury and they come to see it!
I was recently asked how to make a Treasury and in order to answer the question I did a little research.
What I found was an Etsy Treasury Demo Blog. It is a wonderful resource that should help anyone interested in doing this, pictures too!
I’m sure it’s not complicated once you have done it, but I got lost in all the instructions and didn’t want to spend so much time trying to get my Treasury chosen.The following is what I have figured out how to do, works for me!
3. Having deciding on a theme or a color palette, choose a Favorite Item and click on it. Select and copy the item number that you see in the address bar. In this case, it would be 45184230.
4. Paste it in one of the listing id boxes in your Poster Sketch Tool and click ok. Your first item will appear. Continue doing this until all boxes are filled. From the current item you have chosen in your other screen, you can use the back arrow to go back to your Favorites. You can rearrange the items in the Poster Sketch Tool by dragging and dropping.
I guess I’ll finish the one I’m working on, so I can show you.
5. Next I click on View, then Full Screen, then Ctrl Paste which will copy what you see on the screen. Open a program that you can paste your new image into, I use Microsoft Publisher. Paste it, then crop out what you don’t want. I like to add a background that complements your Treasury. Save it as a jpeg and upload to wherever you plan to post it!
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