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A teeny tiny embellishment

Posted on by Alice Neal

I bought myself some clogs.

I have some brown ones already, from Schuh, and I live in them come spring and summer.

But I wanted some black / grey ones. My wardrobe palette seems to be autumn browns and beiges, or blacks and greys just now.

I found these, charcoal grey felt from Birkenstock:

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But they felt a little plain, a little too unisex. They needed embellishing.

I had a spark of an idea, which began here:

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A very fine, natural undyed wool. A teeny granny square. But it still wasn’t quite right. Too angular. I wanted softer.

It ended here:

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with the teeniest tiniest of crochet hearts. Sometimes, it’s the littlest things 🙂

In other news, my hook is back on this Spring Scarf project:

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A Spring Scarf

Posted on by Alice Neal

The sun is shining and my mood is appropriately springy.

Yes, it’s in the air! At last! Emerging from the cold and snowy wardrobe, blinking into the light. Hurrah!

And to celebrate, here is a scarf I’ve oh-so-nearly finished. I suspect it may be the start of something as my head is whirring with ideas and I don’t feel I’m anywhere near the end of this particular new obsession 😉 It is worked with Louisa Harding ‘Ianthe’ which is 50% cotton and 50% merino wool, beautifully soft but also wonderfully sturdy.

So, without further ado, here it is in pictures:

Humble beginnings - an evening lapful of busyness
Humble beginnings – an evening lapful of busyness
Contrasting colours
Contrasting colours
A little variety of size, colour and beginning to attach them...
A little variety of size, colour and beginning to attach them…
Getting longer...
Getting longer…
Ok ok, it's *still* not quite finished, but this is what it's going to look like.
Ok ok, it’s *still* not quite finished, but this is what it’s going to look like.

But I’d better get on with one of the other 105 projects I have on the go 😉