
I keep meaning to put this picture up because I finished my
Koigu wool pillow.
I am so glad I didn't pursue a whole blanket.... could have taken forever and I was ready for the next thing. In the end I decided to make it a pillow 14x18". I bought the insert at
Economy Foam and Futons on West 8th St in NYC and based the size on that. I decided the little blanket had to cover the front of a grey flannel pillow cover. I happened to have some fabric left over from a jacket I made as my final project in tailoring at Parsons 10 years ago... The fabric made a beautiful case - kinda want to make another one like that or a series in different menswear fabrics. I used the koigu yarns as well as some glitzy gold yarn (maybe a mistake?) and
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Detail view- I decided I like the "wrong" side better. |
some mohair. I also decided that I liked the back side of the granny square blanket. The correct side was too delicate/girly looking so in the end the back turned out to be the winner!
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the back of my pillow. |
this looks a bit disjointed but I'm still learning about the blogging thing.... My next posting will be about Tunisian crochet. It's pretty cool and you rarely see it anywhere at least I haven't seen much!