A few months ago, Atelier started carrying a brand new hand painted mohair yarn from Art Yarns dyed exclusively for Atelier. As soon soon as I saw this breathtaking slow gradient ombre laceweight yarn, I fell in love.
I used Atelier pattern #327 and an I hook.
It took me nearly 2 months of frantic crocheting to finished the entire cake.
At first I thought I would follow the pattern exactly but by the time I got the end of the cake, I realized that I had crocheted enough fabric to seal the tube in the round and make the cowl long and thick enough to wrap around twice if so desired.
This was a gift for my MIL. The photos simply do not do this yarn justice. It needs to be squished IRL. It is like wearing a cloud around your neck.
Where the dark meets the light is where I SC-ed around to "seal" my "neck ring" (an awesome cowl synonym invented by coworker John's dad).
By using a comparatively large hook with extremely fine yarn, you can create a delicate chain mail pattern simply with SC. If you look closely you will see that the interlocking stitches create a sort of loopy Star of David.
Matt took these photos while we were visiting Irina and Ruslan in Vista (where they now live) after X-Mas.
It was overcast. I just woke up and I wasn't wearing any makeup but before shipping the cowl to my MIL, I wanted to capture it in a photo complimenting the Outline Tee and socks I recently knit.
I thought these outtakes were pretty hilarious. Matt has a real knack for capturing me making the lamest faces.
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