Katie's Submarine

Pattern:
Crochet Submarine
Emily Premise-Conclusion

Yarn:
Cascade 220
4147 Lemon Yellow
8895 Christmas Red
Caron Simply Soft
White

A coworker at the museum found this pattern and asked me to make it for her friend. It's so adorable and it was a relatively easy project. It reminded me how much I hate crocheting though. Ugh. It makes my hands ache and it usually involves more sewing and constructing. Overall, it looks decent, to my eye, it's a bit sloppy, but I might be skewed because I was really procrastinating on finishing it. Hopefully Katie and Jenn like it! We'll see!

Crush Depth: 650 ft below surface

Ashburn Scarf

Pattern:
Ashburn
Melanie Berg

Yarn:
Araucania Huasco
107 Deep Periwinkle
Ella Rae Lace Merino
130 Multy
Madelinetosh Merino Light
Curiosity

The Madelinetosh Merino Light yarn was given to me by Barb, and I absolutely fell in love with it. It's my favorite shade of purple and I just can't get over how pretty it is. With only 400 yards or so, I was having trouble finding a pattern that could do the yarn justice. I came across the pattern, Cameo and I figured that I could buy a second skein of yarn and make something really pretty and graphic. However, once I got to the yarn shop, I found the Huasco and Lace Merino yarns, and I decided to splurge and get all three. This pattern really caught my eye when I first saw it because I loved all of the daring color combinations. I also really liked how the three colors subtly integrated together and stood out from each other.

The combination of the yarn and pattern made for a wonderful project. It was super tedious to make, but I love wearing it and it's crazy snuggly. It's much larger than I anticipated, but I love everything about it.

Of the three yarns, the Huasco is my favorite as far as texture and drape go. I'd love to work with it again, and the colors my yarn shop had were so crazy gorgeous, I'm sure I'll be buying more.

It's huuuuuuuuuge!!!

Love the Huasco and Lace Merino

All three blend and contrast so well

The Lace Merino and Merino Light are so gorgeous

Thinking of Waves Shawl

Pattern:
Thinking of Waves
yellowcosmo

Yarn:
Madelinetosh Merino Light
Dusk
Mansfield Garden Party

This yarn was given to me by my coworker Barb. I really like how the Dusk color looks exactly like sand. The Mansfield Garden Party is such an intense and joyful color that I think it works as an ocean color in an odd way. I love how the two unexpectedly work together really well.

The edges of this ended up being really tight, and I was not super happy with it at first, but I absolutely love wearing it, and the edges give it an awesome fluffy feel while I'm wearing it. I absolutely love it and I wear it all the time. It's like a delightful neck hug.

I would love to do this pattern again with a totally different type of yarn. Maybe something really slinky like the sugar cane yarn. It's the perfect size to wrap around my neck.

The colors mixed really well

So cuddly!!!