Wow my knitting mojo has come back with a vengeance! I seriously have had very little desire to knit this past year since J was born. Personally I think I was too sleep deprived and distracted. But now I really look forward to my knitting time after J goes to bed. The only problem is that knitting has NEVER been relaxing for me - it's way too exciting to be relaxing, so I end up staying up much too late!!
I've been scouring through Ravelry more than ever lately and came across a very prolific and talented knitter in Malaysia whose knits are very flattering, well executed and of course are super cute. While checking out all of her FOs, I came across her scarf version of the fan bookmark crochet pattern. I immediately loved the colours and was keen to use some Noro Kureyon since I've never knit with it before. So after work I stopped by Yuzawaya (Japan's largest craft store, which just happens to be directly above our train station so I can pop in there very easily on the way home from work - this equals danger, danger!) and bought some Kureyon. I checked out all of the other colourways but had already fallen for colourway 215 which Loopy had used!!
This is a very fast and easy project which would make a great gift for yourself or someone else. Shame the Kureyon is so scratchy though - it would be THE perfect scarf if it was soft and cozy.
So here is my copycat 'fan bookmark' scarf:
pretty! silk garden is nice and soft, maybe you could try that?
btw, you are looking very trim young lady!
Posted by: claire | November 17, 2008 at 04:39 PM
that is gorgeous! i really need to learn crochet...
Posted by: kirsten | November 17, 2008 at 04:48 PM
How funny! I was just looking at the exact same pattern yesterday. Of course, this means I need to re-learn how to crochet again. Great FO. Now I'm more inspired than ever.
Posted by: winnie | November 17, 2008 at 04:58 PM
OMG, love it! Would make a perfect birthday present for oh, say, no-one in particular, no-one with a birthday coming up in a week or so......
Posted by: Martine | November 18, 2008 at 01:02 AM
What a fun scarf! There are times when I wish I knew how to crochet... this would be one of them!
Posted by: Steph VW | November 18, 2008 at 01:17 AM
I looooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvve that scarf...wish I was a crocheter!
Posted by: knitterista | November 18, 2008 at 06:51 AM
such a great scarf!
Posted by: gleek | November 18, 2008 at 12:09 PM