New mohair crochet flower and knit scarf
Rose Red - crochet mohair scarf made of flowers and leaves
Meet Rose Red. She’s the latest in my crochet series of wearable sculptures.
I am thinking of making another like this, and felting it, now that I understand the felting process.
You can see more pictures on my etsy site, in the crochet category.
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.
Goal-driven gal knits in spring
It’s spring in Melbourne and quite hard to get wool. When you do, the knitting needles squeak their arm-hair-raising, blackboard-fingernail sound. Just delightful.
Other girls are sipping champagne, wearing floral frocks. I’m trying on a new woollen scarf completed yesterday for my label, 3777 Hand Knut in Healesville.
I plan to knit through spring and summer so I have a pre-winter offering for specialist stores and websites. I feel squirrel-ish, or like someone who has managed to do their previous year’s tax return on August 1.
A side effect of knitting is having plenty of time to think. And the thoughts are not about mortgages or to do lists. Instead, I’m delighted to say, they’re about colour, texture, a new pattern, how I might use what I did this time in a different way next time. Last night, while knitting, it seemed to me I should name my creations.
The one just completed is called Fleur; the one in progress is Poppy.
Perhaps you can suggest names for some of the other scarves I’ve made, pictured on an earlier post.
