Crocodile Shawl

[purplecat]

I had a sudden urge to take up crochet again and, since I'd acquired a book which called itself Geek Chic Crochet* by one Nicki Trench, I thought I would make something from there. I picked a shawl thing that looked like fun and, once I'd figured out how "crocodile stitch" was actually supposed to work, it was pretty easy. B. has started making envious comments about how nice a crocodile stitch cardigan would be (attempts to find a nice crocodile stitch cardigan pattern on Ravelry so far have failed). I decided it would be a good project for "using up" odds and ends of yarn I had about the place. As a result of this I think there is nearly four times as much yarn in the house as when I started. The result is somewhere on the Tom Baker's scarf -> Colin Baker's coat spectrum. I personally think it is closer to the scarf end in terms of sartorial taste, but mileage may vary.









* I will confess to being fairly clueless about fashion, but I think this was more Hipster Chic Crochet than Geek Chic Crochet. I don't know many geeks who would be that impressed by a crocheted tie.

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is very nice. Would you keep the multi-colour idea? It seems to add something (plus, I can see it would have merits from the point of view of not worrying too much if you run out of one yarn... :-D)

[purplecat]

I think multi-coloured is half the attraction TBH. One of the reasons I now have so much yarn is buying fun looking multi-coloured balls for this mythical cardigan.