homemade@myplace

Last December, I saw a very simple and cute scarf knitted by Angie ( le monde de sucrette) and I thought to knit one for me, too, but then I was busy with the gifts to prepare for family and friends back in Italy .... so nothing was done for me!!! Luckily, some days ago, while browsing through my blogs list, I found a post from Ilaria ( IDA interior lifestyle) , who was proposing the same (she added a pompom!) piece of clothing .... I didn't have any excuse to wait longer for knitting my own triangular scarf!!!! ;oD So, I started .... Do you want to start one, too ??? Well, you need : some yarn ! My personal choice was : Lana Grossa Basics Calmo (59% acrylic, 24% cotton and 17% linen), shade 207. All my 4 balls of yarn (50g each) have been used for this project. Then 2 balls (50g each) from Rowan Classic Cotton Jeans Yarn (100% cotton), shade 365-Sierra, for both stripes and tassels! a pair of 4,5mm  knitting circular needles or, if you prefer, a pair of long ...

The  original pattern  was calling for fringes…. …. So I started with the first one at the bottom … …. and from the base to the top, I went on adding fringes….. …each time I knotted one, I just combed it and then trimmed the ends!!! The fringes are almost 20cm long and when all done, this was the result …. …. but….. for me was not yet done !!!!! So I started to add some tiny pompoms, just to give to the shawl a more ethnic feeling, you know… …. and I continued to add them …. …. After having 15 pompoms, I was finally happy with my work… YAY! ….. Yesterday morning, I took the shawl out in our garden ( no rain!!!!!!) …. …. and my husband generously accepted to model it, with the promise that I had no intention to take pictures of his head/face… …. and this is the pin that I'm going to use with my shawl : the face pictured on is mine, from ages ago ….. !!!!! …. …. still my model in action… and to simply savour the 3D...

…. that is the JOINING…. …. Sometimes boring, but not difficult at all….. completing row 4 …. I just joined the triangles row by row, using slip stitches and changing the colour of the thread at the beginning of each row…. row 5 row 5, upside down! …. and with the progress of the work, it was much more fun to look at the triangles joined together… …. It didn't take a long time to finish even row 6 … I had only to fight to have a good light in my photos, but in these days we have rain after rain and the sky is sooooooo greyish and dark …. SOB! ….. The work went on, mindless of the weather condition, so even the last row (7th) reached the end… …. In this way, I was able to put the shawl on my dummy's shoulders…. back back from top view front right side left side …. I took even a couple of pics with myself wearing my new shawl…. ….So it's really wearable !!!!! Not sure untill all the triangles ...