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December 07, 2003
Scarf in progress
No, not THAT one. Sigh. I decided to use this fabulous Italian yarn I got while traveling for a Christmas present for my nanny. The second I started knitting it, I knew it would make a fantastic coat. The colors are soooooo warm. The material is coming out almost as though it were slightly felted. It is a boucle called Carezza (Pumpkin) by Filatura Di Crosa. It is 85% wool, but the thread is acrylic. It is super soft - you just want to put your face into it. I am making the scarf on the skinny side because the material is fairly bulky (12 st/ 4 in on size 10), but I will make it long enough to wrap twice if she wants. I am going to put a fairly short, loose fringe on the bottoms too. Here is what it looks like so far:
<img src=http://debcodding.com/elenorescarf.jpg></a><br>
I am hunting around now for some more polar weight yarn or boucle to do a coat - there is a zippered cardigan pattern in the new Vogue Knitting (page 53) that I wanted to do for myself. My apologies to Vogue for lifting the picture but click on it for the link to their homepage.
<a href="http://www.vogueknitting.com/homepage.html"><img src="http://www.vogueknitting.com/vkm/preview/2003/H03/VKH03YOUNG07.jpg"></a>
Posted by DebC at December 7, 2003 10:15 PM