Butter yellow crochet scarf with FrootieLoops
I finished this crocheted number off last night. It’s made from a butter yellow mohair/wool/acrylic blend, and has brightly coloured, dry-felted merino wool in the centre of each circle, achieving a kind of FrootieLoops effect!
I bought the wool from a local fete and dusted off my dormant crochet skills this year, which has been a lovely experience for me.
You see, I work during the week in the suburbs in a busy IT job, though moved to the country to take stock of what’s important, and change my life a bit.
On the weekend I like to sit on the deck, knitting or crocheting, defending my work from my Siamese cat Peabody who loves wool, and looking at the bird life and the mountains. I use the steady up and back of knitting & crocheting as a meditation of sorts, to rest from my weekday busyness.
So, life’s pretty good, and I now have 16 scarves in my etsy store.
Hope the creative bug is urging you on.
New green scarf, done in part of a day
I started this scarf last night because the lure of a new bag of wool was too tempting to leave alone. It’s acrylic and a lovely soft, muted olive green colour.
I really like how the pink and red trim works to set it off.
Of course, couldn’t leave the trim at that and crocheted a flower to sit at the throat.
This morning I went to the Yarra Glen market and saw the most beautiful scarves in one lady’s stall. The woman who makes them has such a great eye for matching colours and textures – a real gift. And what I love is she’s got hubbie in on the act. He makes magnificent finger knitting (yes, that’s right) tops. They’re like a loose-weave crochet that you’d wear over a singlet top or skivvy. I was very impressed and looked at my little collection and felt I have a long way to go! If you’d like to see the rest, go to www.handmade3777.etsy.com
Hope you’re having a happy & creative day.
Blue mohair crochet scarf with felted coloured circles
Take a look at my new scarf! Like it?
I took three days’ annual leave this week, because my niece turned 8 and I took her to lunch, and the weather in Melbourne has turned from searing to pleasantly mild. Having said that, there was a wind storm on day two that was strong enough to knock out the power for a few hours.
That didn’t concern me, however. I gathered kitties three in and got out my non-electric crochet to finish the latest scarf, pictured.
I enjoyed crocheting, watching the trees do crazy dances in the wild wind and keeping Peabody Wiggle, my Siamese, away from the Merino wool. Later I found a lump of pink Merino and it was soggy, so his wool-watching vigil was a great success.
Now I’ve moved on to making a butter yellow crochet scarf, which has hand-felted coloured circles, making it look a little like a FrootieLoops surprise. I didn’t like it that much at first but yesterday after I added the felt it’s become my new favourite. It’ll be the next post.
Hope your day is filled with creative thoughts and actions!
Three new scarves
Since my last post, I’ve created three more scarves, as a way of integrating more creative pursuits into my life. The most recent is a free-form crochet number with felting, the second a knitted scarf, with a knitted flower and leaves, and the third is an orange mohair number with feather ‘wool’ stripes and baubles.
On Friday when I took all thirteen scarves, ensconsed in an IKEA tin, to a local shop I like. The shop owner, Louise, agreed to look at them.
And while I’m not hanging all hopes on this vendor buying some, I’ve done a small thing that scared me and I believe it’s good to venture out of one’s comfort zone sometimes.
I have confidence in the product too – I think the scarves are lovely and, at some point, they’ll appeal to someone else with my taste. I have them listed on www.handmade3777.etsy.com and some people have marked a few as favourite items.
So, I am taking small steps in the creative journey and I’m sure it’s doing my brain some good.
Until the next post, I hope you uncover some some time today to do something you love.
Three times lucky?
Last weekend I knit
enter a different state of mind to my dominant one, which is working in IT.
But so desperate am I to reach this other mindset, I’m now amassing a collection of scarves, too many for my own personal use!
I need to move them.
So, I set up a shop on etsy.com (www.handmade3777.etsy.com), a site where you can buy and sell handmade goods. It’s like a big online St Kilda Sunday Market and I fear I’ll buy more than I’ll sell.
So, that’s one avenue. No sales so far, but nice to do some social networking and learn 
more about it, and a few people have liked some of the items in my modest ’shop’.
My partner & I, when down at the local bricks and mortar outlets the other day, went into a gifty kind of place. I’m shy about flaunting my wares so he asked the assistant if the owner would be interested in looking at my scarves. She said, ’sure’ and handed us a card with a name to call.
Since then, I met a friend for lunch in Tooronga. We went into that lovely shop, Turner and Lane on Malvern Road, and my friend, knowing the stage-fright I would exhibit if I had to ask, asked the lady in the shop if the owners were interested in viewing some of my winter wares. I now have another card, with another name to call.
Buoyed by how nice these people were, I phoned a favourite local shop, Morris Brown in Healesville. I spoke to one of the two partners and she has agreed to take a look.
Perhaps three times lucky? I’ll let you know how I get on.
