Wednesday 26 August 2015

SAL Wednesday 34/15: Scales

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I have just a moment to update you, as I have escaped for a breather from cleaning up the aftermath of a sleepover for 7 12 year old girls - there is one bin full of sweetie wrappers already. I don't even want to think about the bathrooms ...

After I had shovelled as much pizza into them as was humanly possible last night, I hid out in a darkened corner of the house and played with my latest project, a cushion cover.

I know, I know, don't keel over with all the excitement. 

I'd bought a ball of King Cole Flash DK in the colorway 150 'Waterfall', and wanted a pattern where the color changes wouldn't be lost or wasted, and a textured stitch seemed the way to go. I found an interesting pattern for a Crocodile Stitch Pillow, and this is what I have so far:




I'm really liking it; however, it EATS yarn - I am definitely going to need another ball if I want to do the back in the same yarn ... perhaps I will call it a reward for all the pizza, pancakes and cleaning up ...

 

7 comments:

  1. oh Viv - that is ever so pretty!

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  2. That is lovely, all mermaidy and soothing. BB

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  3. It just occurred to me that you could make an awesome (and I do mean awesome) mermaid tail with that :D

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    1. It would ! But 290m of DK makes a 12'' x 11'' rectangle ...

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  4. That crocodile stitch (I think I've also seen it called dragon scale) pattern is great and the yarn is perfect for it. Your cushion will be beautiful. Unfortunately, I didn't find it until I couldn't crochet any more. There are similar knit stitch patterns, but I haven't tried them.

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  5. It looks like a mermaid's scales. Just lovely.

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