This is a scarf I finished last year, but never blogged about for some reason, which is peculiar since I have worn it once or twice… just never got around to photographing it, I guess. I discovered it anew in…
Tag: Calico and Ivy
Semi-Fauve socks
Just in time to see in the last days of winter (yay!) last night I finished some new SOCKS!! I’m dubbing these the “Semi-Fauve socks”; as obviously only half of each sock bears the wild vivid gaudy colours that was…
Bluey/pink loopy scarf
I’ve made quite a lot of these loopy scarves, here and here are two of them… this is the one I made for Mum’s birthday a few years back. She looks lovely in this group of blues and purply pinks,…
The wind and the tides as our companions…
Walking along a wintery morning beach. The wind whips at our hair, tying curly tangles in sudden lusty gusts, prompting me to seek the warm sanctuary of my cosy handknit hoodie about my ears and saving the hair from a…
Black with rose-pink accents
My husband wittily suggested I title my post “Amish chic”, he he cheeky… It’s my hat. But we’ve lived amongst the Amish and I never saw an Amish lady in jeans. “Amish menswear chic”? I hope not. I prefer to…
Birthday scarf
It was A’s birthday a week ago, my sister-in-law, and I’ve made her a loopy scarf for a present. She has a lovely olive complexion and reddish and caramel highlights in her dark hair, so I’m thinking these warm strong…
Noro baggy beanie
So, here is the other baggy beanie I’ve made for this winter. This is made using one ball of Noro Kuryon? I think? I bought it a few months ago, and have lost the tag so colourway is unknown, sorry!……
Spicey Rose chenille scarf
Here I’m in soccer Mum mode again… we lost… Not to worry, my scrummy scarf is to be talked about here today. I’ve possibly worn this before on the blog but not mentioned anything about its province, so today it…