It all began with a skein of the ugliest beige / camel color I somehow managed to buy due to a bad lighting in my yarn shop. There was I in the yarn shop, scratching my head over the limited supply of yarn colors I needed to buy for my projects, when I happened upon this camel / dirty sand cotton yarn and knowing from experience that one could never have enough of beige (read: neutral) colors in one's stash, I decided to buy not one but 4 of these hideous skeins as I discovered the next morning under natural light.
And they spent their last 3 years waiting for their destined project. As I am not the person who gets rid of stuff easily, especially crochet yarn, I decided to use the unfortunate yarn for a project where it might get disguised and when I finished these warmers I knew this was the right project for it.
I have loved this idea of making warmers where the surface would be covered with flowers - saw that in a Japanese crochet magazine and fell in love with it. The design is mine - of both the warmers and the flowers. The thing is that when I had the first one ready - it was covered with 8 flowers - and it was ugly. So fast frogging ahead, ditching half of the flowers I reworked the design and arranged the flowers in the most pleasing (at least to my eyes) and attractive way. They are still kind of bulky when I put them on, but in a good way and I am sure they will be head turners. People will be either pleasantly amazed or wonder what the heck I was thinking about.
While working on them I got an idea for a new pair of warmers I am itching to try. Stay tuned!
Oh Maya, you made me laugh with your description of the beige yarn! I don't think it's a hideous color and I like it but we all have different opinions on yarn and color. I love the way you decorated the hand warmers with the pretty flowers!!!
ReplyDeleteIt is sometime hard to see the color of yarn in a store and then when you get it home. At least you decorated them.
Julie
Thank you Julie! The yarn loving gods work magic when xou try to take a photo of the poor yarn. It looks fantastic in my pictures. Believe me. It's sorcery. It is yucky in reality. But with all the flowers, I think I saved it :)
DeleteI love this idea! I giggled at your yarn disaster that turned into a beautiful mistake! (Been there and done that!)
ReplyDelete@Snap:Thank you so much my fellow sufferer!
DeleteI think that the flowers really liven the beige/tan base up. How you do think powder blue and pink flowers will look on a gray base?
ReplyDeleteIndeed they do. Powder blue and pink flowers would be perfect on a grey base. You read my mind. The base would be grey for the next ones, but without the blue flowers :)
DeleteUgly yarn can be beautiful too! Well done with those soft pink flowers on it. I love it!
ReplyDeleteHave a great Saturday, Sigrid.
PS: I once used ugly green and brown in a blanket, but in combination with red, yellow and many other colors, I loved the result so much that I kept the blanket myself :-)
Thank you Sigrid!There are always ways to use the "ugly" colors and I am sure your blanket turned lovely. I don't remember seeing it in your blanket selection. Did I miss it?
DeleteI love your idea and the warmers will definitely be a head turner! I made something somewhat similar some years ago: pink warmers with tiny pink flowers and pearls. Have a lovely weekend!
ReplyDeleteThank you Tina! Happy weekend too!
DeleteI love your idea and the warmers will definitely be a head turner! I made something somewhat similar some years ago: pink warmers with tiny pink flowers and pearls. Have a lovely weekend!
ReplyDeleteYou're absolutely right: one cannot have enough neutrals. But oddly enough I have plenty of neutrals, hardly ever use them though. Me too I tend to buy 4 skeins of anything. Either 2 or 4 but buying 4 skeins I always hope it'll suffice for making anything "larger".
ReplyDeleteYour dislike of this beige notwithstanding: Your wristwarmers are absolutely beautiful!
Have a lovely weekend,
Marjan
Really Marjan? I use neutrals in most of my projects and always take care to have enough. Thank you on the lovely comment.
DeleteThese are so elegant. I would love to make a pair for myself! Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much J'adore!
DeleteΙ lllllllllllove this great idea, Maya! These gloves are soooooooooo beautiful! Kisses, my friend.
ReplyDeleteThank you dear Mia! I am glad they sparkled interest.
DeleteThey are so pretty and romantic!
ReplyDeleteThank you Olga!
DeleteThese are absolutely beautiful - you chose the perfect colours for the flowers to enhance the neutral shade - well done, you. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you dear Kate on such a sweet comment!
DeleteStunning Maya. I would buy these in an instant. I love the colors, the look. Everything about them is just gorgeous
ReplyDeleteThank you Michelle! I now know all the effort was worth and all my wonderful readers saved the lives of the unfortunate 3 skeins left :)
DeleteThese are super cute! Wish I could crochet as beautifully as you do. You are one talented lady!
ReplyDeleteThank you on the lovly compliment dear Jelica!
DeleteIs there a pattern?
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Davette B
Yes, Davette. There is one under way. The feedback and requests for a pattern were overwhelming. I hope to have it ready by next week. Stay tuned.
DeleteMaya, these are adorable!! Thank you for sharing at Create, Bake, Grow & Gather this week. I'm delighted to be featuring this post at tonight's party and pinning too.
ReplyDeleteHugs - Kerryanne
Lindo, maravilhoso. Feliz fim de semana.
ReplyDeleteThese are darling, and I love the colors you used! Thanks for sharing on Homestead Blog Hop!
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