Persian Tiles - a tryout

I have long wanted to translate some real Persian tiles into crochet hexagons. My folders are full to the brim with pictures of these lovelies, and not until I decided upon one, did I realize what a paramount task that would be.

 

Nevertheless, I had to get it out of my system (and brain!), so I created the one above. Then, as it always happens with me, I got tickled by the idea of using self-srriping yarn to see how the same pattern would go, mainly because I got bored with changing the yarn in every new round, and I also wanted chunkier yarn so that it would grow bigger and faster, and let me tell you, I was not disappointed. Not at all!

 

Here I stopped the project, but I guess I will return to it at some point as I am not done with the Persians.

Woodland Walk Scarf - pattern release

This self-striping yarn is one of the best sellers in my shop. It's a wool/acrylic blend in DK weight. The minute it arrived in the shop, I knew I had to test it. I decided on a scarf, and wanted to see how long a scarf I can pull off with just one skein. 

I love the combination of colors in this one and I think the lacy pattern gave more life and texture to the stripey parts. 

The pattern with all technicalities is in my ravelry shop  and on lovecrafts.