Misty Clouds Scarf and 2013 Hooky Pleasures

Hello!  This is another scarf (yeah, I am fixated) hanging from my hooks. I wanted to share a few photos with you before the clock strikes 12 in three more days, even though the item is only half finished! I am still finding my way around this gorgeous yarn but think I will be able to push the boundaries and hook really interesting items once the creative juices are in full swing again. 

Misty Clouds Scarf

Pattern: hooked in hdc, 28 stitches per row

Hook size: 8mm

Yarn: African Expressions Love, brushed mohair, 100 gram  

 

Psst - Long post alert!

I decided to take a quick look at what I created during 2013 and am quite pleased with the results. Below is a collection of my projects with hyperlinks to all the postings. The postings include links to patterns, my own patterns or tutorials.
I have also thoroughly enjoyed all the blog hopping, commenting, link parties and blog week (See my posting Bamboo is Best for a chuckle). Thank you for stopping by here at the Pigtails Blog so often, have a fantastic New Year. Cheers!

  

1&3 African Flower Handbags 2. Roly Poly Pillow Seat & Roly Poly Pentagon pattern 4. African Flower Tutorial

1. Elize Shawl  2. Placemat 3. Shell Crochet Scarf  4. Mandala 

1. Necklace 2. Spotty Dotty Scarf & Spotty Dotty Planning 3. Circles Scarf 4. Dentelle Scarf 

1. New Yarn 2. Raw Rustic Throw & Raw Rustic Progress & Blocking Raw Rustic Squares & Rustic Squares Pattern 3. Blocking Cotton 4. Tutorial: Joining squares with DC2Tog 

1. Crochet Frames 2. Drops Design Top 3. Doilies 4. Ziggy Lace Scarf 

1. Delphine Cowl  2. Throw Main Bedroom 3. Crochet Frame 4. Bamboo is Best

1. Ivory Handbag 2. Crochet Pot 3. Mohair Scarf & Planning Mohair Scarf 4. Crochet Vessel 

1. Pattern: Squaring the Treble Circle 2. Vintage Fan Ripple 3. Doilies 4. Skinny Scarf & Skinny Scarf Inspiration 

1. Circles Scarf  2. Triangles & Kaleidoscopic triangles & Planning Triangles 3. Babette Style Throw finished & Babette Progress & Babette Inspiration 4. Erica Cowl  

1. Checkerboard Blanket  2. Spotty Dotty Cushion 3. Baby Ryder Blanket 

Mohair Scarf

 

Hello!  We are enjoying a great holiday at the moment and I decided to post a picture story for you today in order to showcase The Mohair Scarf.  For more details about the pattern and yarn, see my posting Something a little different.  Below are typically the items I would choose from my own wardrobe in order to create an interesting outfit.Cheers!

Travelling. It leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller - Ibn Battuta

Something a little different!

Hello! I won a few skeins of this soft, misty, almost magical brushed mohair in the October Monthly Challenge hosted by the gregarious Maryanne from Woolhogs fame and WOW! At first I was speechless - what is a cotton lover to do with mohair yarns?!  It is so delicate and raw simultaneously that I was completely in awe. 

Inspiration struck after I touched the strands, played with the yarn between my fingers and put mood boards together. I started dreaming up endless ideas, possibilities and patterns so utterly suitable to the raw look of the yarn, but finally settled on a mesh pattern.   

Mood-boards put together from my Raw Rustic Pinterest

 

Yarn: African Expressions Love Brushed Mohair

Hook Size: 7mm

Pattern: liveinternet.ru nr 10 as found on Pinterest

Hint:

In order to prevent total chaos, I imported the pattern into the Doceri app on the Ipad and colour coded the rows as seen in the below image.