So I was shopping at a flea market with the family and my mom pointed this out.
Bless her.
As soon as I saw it I HAD to have it.
It’s Cowichan (see more about Cowichan in my post here) with maple leaf and curling motifs. CURLING.
Did I mention it’s handmade? And IN MY SIZE?!
It’s a bit bulky, but then that’s how cowichans are supposed to fit. At least it’s not a man’s size and I’m swimming in it.
Done!
Here is the pattern. I wanted to make this usable in the summer, so I used cotton yarn. Just good ol’ Sugar n’ Cream in the batik ombre colourway. I’m pleasantly surprised at how it turned out.
Now that the mittens from my last post are done, I’ve finally had time to work on my wedding shrug prototype (originally mentioned here).
Aaaaand *drum roll*
Ta-da!
Now to start it in white!
… and then take it to where my dress is beings stored to make sure the colour matches. Man, getting married is a lot of work.
Speaking of the wedding, I also need to start making some prototype flowers. My fiancé and I have decided we’d like to have homemade flowers at our wedding. I originally got the idea when I was first looking at knitted possibilities back when we first got engaged, and he agrees that it would be a nice, personal, (and inexpensive!) touch, and very “me.”
One idea:
Bunch of other ideas:
Patterns I’m leaning towards:
Knit version. However, I like the leaves and stems from here better.
Another knit version that I really like for the corsages and boutineers, simply because it is flatter.
And, since I’ll need about 50 flowers, I’m very lucky to have awesome knitting friends who have said they’ll help 😀
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