Hood

[mothwing]

So, I tried to crochet this hood, which looks so elegant on the page and sort of quirky.

Even though I stuck to the pattern, my result looks more like something that I wore when I was about three years old and therefore more fuzzy and cutesy rather than elegant. Using two different yarn weights turned out to be a worse idea than anticipated. It means that the non-scaly parts of both the cowl and the hood become unintentionally... springy. Still, it's my first major project and I'm quite pleased.



That's me in the hood, by the way. The angle makes it look as though I'm wearing a crocheted bag over my head.




Oh, I also did more wrist warmers:

Comments

[minervas-eule.livejournal.com]

Oh, such gorgeous colours on the hood!!
And I absolutely LOVE the wrist-warmers.... and in black they are perfect for every orchestra musician - and they need those in the cold churches....

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

I made the wrist-warmers for Crocky for that purpose, actually! Although she doesn't like the fuzziness, so I'll sew them onto her black gloves. :)

Love the colours, too. <3

[woldy]

Love it!

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

=D

[shadowycat.livejournal.com]

I love the color. It looks great to me. :D

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

:) Thanks! Love the blues, too, it's great wool.

[cranky--crocus.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, all this stuff is so effing cool! That hood is brilliant. alskdjfhglaskf so neat.

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

:D Glad you like it!

[dstroyrofworlds.livejournal.com]

I love the hood! Well done! :D

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad you do! :D

[bronnyelsp.livejournal.com]

I'm so impressed! These are awesome. All I'm doing is scarves....

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Bron! It's a lot more simple than it looks, really. I started with pot holders a few years back and this year this suddenly happened, YouTube has made everything so incredibly easy!

[ysilme]

my result looks more like something that I wore when I was about three years old *g*

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Didn't you also have one of these cowls with knitted, interweaving cables around the front? I certainly did. :D

[ysilme]

No. I had many knitted clothing, since my granny owned a knitting machine, but few hand-knitted things.