Blowtorch Crafts

Three cowls and fingerless mittens for presents:

red cowl and mitts with roses

plum cowl and mitts with teeny roses

blue-green cowl and mitts with green silk scrunch

Fast work:

Crazy pic, but great cowl in brown silk alpaca from the stash. Via Insaknitty.

Scarf in pure, unspun merino wool:

I am happy about this one – the only comments so far is “very princess Leia”, and that can’t be bad?

Fast and warm.

On the left is a detail of the finished vest. I am quite happy with it, it turned out more chunky than I imagined, but still very fluffy. I am sure I will use it a lot!

I have now started on a birthday present for a friend – I will remember to take a picture before giving it away this time. I am making a red scarf all in double crochet, with a very chunky yarn called Alfa. It is amazingly soft, and the most perfect colour. I plan on making a little flower pin as well, which will be my first! I’m off to find recipes now…

This is the scarf so far: