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| Middle aged woman doing her bat impression. |
Having had lots of miserable failures recently with both sewy and knitty things I thought I would retreat into my "happy place" and do some crochet.So I dug out my hook and the Arrows stole pattern I purchased last year from
Annette Petavy and with some recently donated lace weight yarn from my sister I set to.
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| Damson adding an element of surprise attack in the winding process. |
My sister had dyed this yarn with Indigo and I am told it is an exhaust dye.The yarn is nice and soft and crocheted up well and the dye is a subtle blue colour with a mottled appearance that works well with the pattern and neither swamps the other if you see what I mean.
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The stole is worked from the middle out so is in two halves with three sections of pattern in each half.
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Each pattern was quite easy,providing you remembered it was US terminology,and I only started this on Saturday and finished it yesterday so it did work up quite quickly.
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Because I used lace weight yarn mine came out a little on the small side so I think it should be regarded more as a large scarf rather than a stole but I am really pleased with it none the less.A nice 4-ply weight yarn would make something more substantial without being too chunky.
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This is my second Annette Petavy pattern ,the first being the Falbala shawl (
here) and I am looking forward to having a bash at another one.
The scarf is lovely and a perfect accessory for the Summer-That-Isn't! I think crochet is nicest in very fine yarns. Plus I have a particular fondness for exhaust indigo since that seems to be what I produce mostly. I always try to dye too much in my vat.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind comment.I know nothing about dyes and leave that all to my sister as she is the spinner,weaver and dye specialist in our family!
DeleteI cannot believe you crocheted that so quickly!!! It's beautiful. I take refuge in my safe place of easy knitting too, after things have gone awry. ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you Donna!I seem to be in my place of refuge quite a lot lately!
DeleteThe stitching is so lovely and delicate, and I really love that shade of blue. How beautiful!
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DeleteMmm, lovely color and pattern. I like the smaller gauge and think the size is just perfect.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sigrid...yes I think it has worked out quite well.
DeleteIt's so beautiful! What a beautiful job :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Sarah!
DeleteIt's so pretty and soft looking.
ReplyDeleteThank you! yes it is very soft to the touch!!
DeleteI was so glad you stated how long it took - & then was amazed ....it is beautiful , so delicate & an adorable colou (Ive never heard of exhaust blue, but I like it!!). Great pic of wool winding & Damson! She ooks full of intent!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It just seemed to work up quickly somehow.
DeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou inspired me to try lacey knitting, now it's crochet. That pattern looks far too difficult for me though.
Lovely colour, very pretty.
Do have a go.This particular pattern is not at all difficult if you can crochet a treble and make a chain that is all you need to know.If you want any encouragement we could have a crochet-along-together if you like!
DeleteThat's an exciting idea! I'm sure other people would think so too. You could Teach the World to Crochet! I'd love to work this pattern or something similar.
DeleteI love the colour of the yarn. I am determined to master crochet but after several recent disastrous attempts I am a long way off from making anything. For the moment I will have to continue with my thinly veiled excuse that I am disadvantaged by being left handed!
ReplyDeleteDon't give up....if you can make lace you can crochet although I must admit I think those who are left handed struggle a bit.if you want any help let me know.
DeleteNot disadvantaged at all!!! I am a left handed crocheter and its never held me back at all, although I must admit I am useless at teaching anyone right handed to crochet cause it all looks backwards/wierd to them. If you need any help give me a buzz, always happy to help another lefty. The trick to left handed crochet is to mentally mirror image everything. Plus this is a gorgeous pattern Catherine. I love it, I am big fan of lace weight crochet and that is the perfect scarf size. Gorgeous.
DeleteIt is lovely, looks very chic on you too. I like the bat impersonation.
ReplyDeleteBy the way I keep forgetting to say I get compliments every time I dress RG in the tunic you made!
Thank you Debbie!
DeleteSo glad that the tunic still fits too!xx
I really like the mottled blue colour, and how lovely that your sister dyed it herself. :) The pattern is really pretty, too!
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