You know how it is. Sometimes you’ve set your sights in one direction when another – long forgotten – jumps right out at you and you say to yourself, “Where have you been?” Thus it is twixt me and crochet.
I rejoined the land of the crafty going on four years now, and crochet was my ticket to ride. Since then, I’ve strapped myself to a knitting rocket, intent on expanding my knowledge and improving my skills with socks, lace and beads. Now, physical circumstances have conspired to pull me up by the shorts and forced me to face the fact that I have production needs and not much time in which to meet the (self-imposed) demand. Enter crochet, handspun merino purchased in a frenzy from Fun With Yarn ages ago, a few yards of pink and cream Louise Harding Kimono Ribbon, and a leftover bit of Rowan Polar as hatband / edging.
Fury fueled last weekend’s fulled hat. Nostalgia and necessity nudged this weekend’s hat and scarf into being:
Hello, my friend. I guarantee this is not the last we’ll be seeing of one another. I’ve got yarn to burn and time’s a-wastin’!
So pretty! You did a wonderful job of putting those colors together, and the hat shape is so flattering. Are they for you or a gift?
holy you are a knitting machine…i stumbled across your blog on the counting the things i know blog. looks awesome. i knit too and am excited to look through all your posts!
I LOVE the hat and scarf. Very cute!
What an adorably sophisticated palette, m’dear!
AWESOME stitching…
Beautiful set! I love your yarn mix 😀
Sweet hat and scarf set. Love it.
Well, I had no idea you were a HOOKER, Karen.
*giggle*
Love them!
VERY cute! And frugal too, you clever girl…
Blessings!
Love them! Great job…and btw, I adore your model!
(((hugs)))
You have such a great eye — those go beautifully together!
Love that set, Karen! You know I learned crochet as a kid, and can still churn something out so quickly with a hook.
ok, i have no idea how to crochet.
i would so love to learn just to make that!
you, my friend, have many talents!!!
You have *such* a sense of style and colour. That’s a lovely set!
Beautiful!
Soooo cute!!
Crochet is my fallback as well. It’s easy and calming. I have MANY afghan books if you’d like to borrow some.
Your hat and scarf are bellisimo!
I started as a crocheter and loved that I could turn out a scarf and hat so quickly. I was always intrigued by the intricasies of knitting (all those pointy needles) and taught myself to do it. I still like crochet and make chemo caps out of soft yarns and scarves for kids and adults that I know don’t want to handwash anything. I don’t know why so many knitters are afraid of the hook, maybe it’s the urban legend/ghost stories about men with hooks?
Very nice. Love the model, too!
I haven’t crocheted a garment in YEARS (like 30!!) but I find myself contemplating doing so more and more.. there is definitely something to be said for the swiftness of the single needle!
Your set it lovely Karen!
Beautiful!!
These are tooooo lurvely. Love it!