Monday, April 14, 2008

The Dark Side

I spent a very enjoyable weekend at Rowan on a crochet workshop. Much fun was had & apart from being late as I got hopelessly lost (and very stressed) it was a lovely relaxing time. A couple of small projects were undertaken:

Crocheted felted bowl
Crocheted felted bowl in Rowan Big Wool


The fawn colour was quite plain so I added two rows of a beautiful chocolate brown which i think just lifted it a bit:

Crocheted felted bowl
Crocheted felted bowl


I'm considering filling it with lovely things & giving it to my SIL for her birthday next month but then again it might stay here:

Crocheted felted bowl
Crocheted felted bowl


and still in progress a curly scarf:

crochet scarf
Curly scarf in Rowan Tapestry Highland


I haven't made one of these for ages but the colours in the yarn are so subtle & I'm really enjoying using it. I've never had the chance to squidge this before as I don't have a local Rowan stockist & I love it. Then to edge it a ball of Kidsilk Spray, or Kidsilk Crack as Susoolu calls it, to finish it off:

Kidsilk Spray
Kidsilk Spray in Regal


Arianwen & I shared a room in a local hotel but didn't get much sleep thanks to an over enthusiastic DJ celebrating an 80th birthday party downstairs. Then my rather loud phone woke us up with a text from DH at 6:20 a.m. informing me that the dogs aren't ever going to have a raw bone again, as they'd both been rather ill during the night & he'd had a lot of cleaning up to do I think I had the better weekend don't you!

4 comments:

Linda said...

The bowl is lovely, felted crochet does look effective. I ope the dogs and husband have recovered from your absence!

Arianwen said...

That is a pound you owe me for mentioning chocolate!! Great weekend cant wait till the next!

Steph said...

Glad your journey to the dark side was so fruitful!

Cinders said...

Your bowl looks good. Arnt you glad you missed the dog saga!!