Lisi is an 11-year boy prodigy whom I met last year when he came to my shop, and I was stunned to learn that he has been crocheting since he was nine. He is a regular and there isn't a brand or type of yarn he hasn't tried from the shop. He started with amigurumi first, but swiftly transferred to making clothes as he has 2 older sisters, and he wanted to make things for them.
Above you can see his cardigan and vest he made. Now he is set on designing his own amigurumi and plans to open an etsy shop and sell the patterns! I hope he clings onto his wishes and becomes a famous designer!
Recently, they shared this magnificent and easy to do scarf using the crochet weave technique with their Angora Gold Batik collection. It is one of my favourite, and the customers are quite taken with it too. Once I saw their shawl and the fascinating weave-effect it got, I was immediately drawn, and there was no way getting it out of my head. Grabbed my skeins, and got to it. If I am honest, working on the mash was boring, but the surface crochet through the mash topped it. However, everything was forgotten when it was finished. I literally couldn't take my eyes off of it!
What I did differently is that theirs is a shawl, mine is a scarf. I wanted a longer one and not as wide. My scarf is 2 meters long (sans the fringes) and 20 cm wide. Expecting lot of happy wears!
If you'd like to try this for yourself, the video tutorial is here.
On Sunday I rummaged through my yarn stash, looking for fabric that would be suitable to turn into yarn. I chose some georgette, polyester and viscose that I cut into strips and turned into little fabric skeins.
I already have a project in mind, and I hope it turns as I imagined it.
Well, what do you know! I once wowed that I am never going to get back to knitting, and now it's time to eat my own words!
Truth be told, last winter I tried making some knitted scarves, but ditched the needles after the 3rd row. And I've come to the conclusion that the bigger the needle size, the more likely I am to tackle the project. So, when I got this yarn, which btw is discontinued, I decided to make something for myself, because the yarn variegation is just so lovely, it would have been a complete waste if used for a non-significant project.
I went with 9mm circular needles, and in hindsight, I could have used even bigger ones, but nevertheless, I like how my new vest looks like. What I like most about it is the arm gap - it's huge and the whole appearance tilts towards the mori girl style.
Looking forward to get the best wears out if it!
P.S. The edges are crocheted. I couldn't help myself! :)-
A couple of weeks ago, a dear customer came with a request for salvaging a crochet valance. I never take up custom orders, but the story was too sweet to turn it down, and it had a sentimental effect on me where I immediately thought of my grandma, and how I finished things she'd started but left off unfinished.
So this lady's cousin had a valance that was a couple of rows shy of being finished, but her mother died never finishing it. She already had one made, but this was a twin curtain, so she wanted it finished as to hang it next to the first one. As my customer is a beginner, she didn't feel she will be able to finish her aunt's work, so she brought it to the shop. As it required only one row of mash and three rows of the border, I agreed to finish it.
It took me a while to get used to the minimalistic hook, which was 0.5 mm by the way, as prior to that I was working with a 5mm hook (pictured together), so it had an enormous strain on my eyes. But the job was done, both ladies were thrilled and happy!
The valance was truly beautiful, but whatever I tried I couldn't snap a good photo as I didn't have the right window to hang it on, and show it in all its beauty.
