My local craft studio, the Create Place was running an afternoon course to learn how to make a crochet cowl so I thought I'd pop along. Lisa (our teacher), the other student and I had a lovely afternoon chatting away and learning how to make Lisa's crochet cowl design (hopefully coming to a bookshop near you fairly soon!). I'm not sure there's a better way to spend an afternoon! We were using chunky wool and so the design came together pretty fast - a few hours in the class and a couple more at home and I was left with this beast:
Its HUGE and really snuggly.I really like the way it can be worn in so many ways - long like a scarf, across the shoulders, one end tucked inside the other or doubled round to keep my neck super warm. I'm a bit disappointed it hasn't been cold enough to wear it since I finished making it!!
I really like working with the chunky yarn and larger hook size (it was a size 10). It meant that the cowl came together really fast so there was a real sense of achievement plus it didn't hurt my hand and turn it into a claw like some of the smaller hooks can do!I'm not sure if you can see from the picture but the yarn is an interesting mix of colours - from a distance it looks grey but close up there are hints of pink, turquoise and green. You might be able to see it on this picture better even though its a little blurry:
I wasn't sure about the yarn to start with but it has really grown on me. It is Wendy Serenity Super Chunky which is 10% wool, 20% alpaca and 70% acrylic. I think the colour is called thistle. I've bought another ball to make the matching wrist warmers. Which I am looking forward to starting on as soon as I finish that bloomin' essay!!Hope you have a lovely week xx
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6 comments:
What a lovely way to spend the day! I love my cowls, they were one of my first projects. In your course do you use the text book "An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology"? I only ask because two very good friends of mine helped write it :)
Ooooo, loving the cowl!
Super-snuggly. Great colours, too.
Have a great week.
Xx
Thanks for your lovely comment on my Anniversary post. I did do Child Psychology so if that's ever any help to you ask away x
That cowl looks sooo cosy! And I really love the colour blend x
Gorgeous cowl! There is something fabulous about big hooks and big wool, love the instant gratification of finishing something so quickly :-)
YOur cowl looks lovely, love the colours. Cowls always make me think of Simon cowell which perhaps isn't a good thing.
On another note - i used to love writing essays. Is that a bit weird?
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