Third Sleeve Syndrome - D'Arcy Encore
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| My friend Reneé took this photo of my D'Arcy when I visited last week! She has a "sweet spot" in her home, perfect for photos....the light is wonderful and the colour of the wall makes a great backdrop! D'Arcy by Marie Wallin, Rowan Magazine 58 I know I keep going on about it, but I LOVE IT, and I LOVE FAZED TWEED! |
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| Now, I did tell you that I am a new crocheter....and this was my first official foray into following a crochet pattern for a garment. My first sleeve was frogged (do you use that term for crochet) many times....so many times that I decided to knit two fresh sleeves...and here they are. But that left me with my spare "practice" sleeve, and loving this yarn so much, like I do....well, I just didn't want to toss it or frog it one final time....so..... |
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| The sleeve was lying on my coffee table, as all my knits do :) It is a gradual increase from cuff to sleeve cap... I folded these two ends in towards each other, and seamed the edge... not all the way..... I'd say just over half way... |
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| Flipping it over, well, what to you see? I see a cow! |
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| Looking down the neck opening, yup, loops like a cowl to me. |
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| Place it over the neckline of D'Arcy, still looking like a cowl! |
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| It definitely wears like a cowl! Who would have thought that a crochet cowl would be so warm! |
You may (or may not) know that I am slightly fixated on simple cowl "swatch" designs. When I first got my hands and needles on Rowan's Fine Art Aran yarn, I created a trio of Swatch Cowls. You can find them as downloads on the Rowan web site...
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| Fine Art Aran Stocking Stitch Swatch Cowl |
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| Fine Art Aran 4x4 Rib Swatch Cowl |
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| Fine Art Aran Seed Stitch Swatch Cowl |
Then I decided, why not try a crochet sampler swatch cowl....the "recipe" for this is here on the blog...
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| Fine Art Aran Crochet Swatch Cowl |
There are some gorgeous new shades of Fine Art Aran...I have some Dormouse in my stash, and if there is any left over from whatever I decide to knit with it...well, you know another swatch style cowl will be in my future :)
Happy Knitting,
Anne
xx with Lackie and Daisy at her feet (always)
Very clever Anne - that sleeve cowl looks great with the rest of the sweater. I am stalled on Marie Wallin's Anemone. Done the knitting bits, no problem, but a bit intimidated to try the crocheted sleeves. I think they'll be too small to turn into cowls if they go wrong though.
ReplyDeleteFor someone new to crochet that looks so good.That was such a great idea creating the cowl and just what you need with snow on the ground. I wonder what Tavi would think of snow,he hasn't seen it yet! Sarah x
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