Cobweb Wrap
After around 15 months of ongoing work, I’ve finally finished my cobweb wrap which I initially started (original blog post here, complete with links to yarn sources) to make a good travel project. Well it was certainly that – small and lightweight, I took it on three transatlantic trips all told and am now so attached to it that I’m not sure when I’ll wear it!
For once I (loosely) followed a pattern to make something, which is pretty unusual for me. Another unusual feature of this project is that it is actually for me, I mostly make things for other people, not sure why! The pattern is the “Beaded Cobweb Wrap” from Erika Knight’s Essential Crochet, I have a few of her books and love them. This was a brilliant project, it was tiny to pack and with a 6mm hook it grew despite having rows as long as I am tall! Here’s a couple of pictures of the finished product (thanks Kevin for photographing me):
And to show off the beads:
That’s really really lovely! I hope I can get somewhere near that good someday.
I’ve been carrying around a crochet hook, some cotton based yarn, and The Happy Hooker just waiting for spare time to learn to crochet. I also have two knitting projects in my bag :-)
Cyberspice: you can barter the rest of the yarn off me and make your own if you like! It was actually the world’s easiest pattern, although I’ve always been good with keeping an even tension which perhaps helped for this. I will teach you if you haven’t taught yourself before I get chance! Check my crochet videos on flickr as well http://www.flickr.com/photos/lornajane/sets/72157606619961919/
I love your cobweb wrap, congratulations! it looks really nice :)