Before with marbles in place ready for felting
Lightly felted and so very light, 25 grams
My Naturally Mist yarn which is a 1ply lace weight 80% super fine kid mohair and 20% acrylic yarn made in New Zealand and is around $7 rather than $20 odd for Rowan Kidsilk. I knitted with 4mm needles and it turned out quite a bit smaller than the pattern stated, not sure if it was the yarn or me! Anyway I decided to use less puffs of a smaller size than a macadamia nut and not felt it as much as the original so the scarf might end up being a useful size. So this morning I placed 30 vase marbles in a regular pattern on the lower edges of my scarf and secured them with 30 clear snagless hair elastics and felted the scarf in the washing machine with a pair of jeans for agitation, it took about 15 minutes to felt. I think the Lady with the Lamp really likes this heavenly little neck warmer.
7 comments:
It's divine! Fabulous interpretation.
That is absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the yarn recommendation as well, I love Naturally yarns and my LYS carries them so I'll give this one a try :)
I love that pale blue, and the orderly little rows where it's unfelted.
Hmm, lots of stray Mist hanging around my stash... I also recommend Madil Kid Seta -- very similar to Kidsilk Haze, but a bit easier on the purse.
PS that deleted post was me removing a partial post.
Lovely work and what yarn! It would never have occured to me to felt mohair - glad to see it turned out OK! It looks so elegant on the Lady, too!
Lovely work and what yarn! It would never have occured to me to felt mohair - glad to see it turned out OK! It looks so elegant on the Lady, too!
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