Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Hooded Scarf

Original Pattern (scarf): http://brookenelson.com/leafscarfpattern.html

Original Pattern (hood): http://carissaknits.blogspot.com/2008/10/heelhead-scarf.html

Modifications: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/mmessmer/heelhead-scarf

Much like mmessmer, I improvised in combining these two patterns, and in retrospect I can't remember how at all. I'm not even 100% sure what to call this. A scarood? A hoodarf? Either way, it's headgear that also keeps your neck warm. It's also my first proper commission, as I made it for a colleague of mine.


Since I don't want to post pictures of my own stupid face, I improvised by forming a makeshift head out of carrier bags. Imagine a face on it.



Here is the detail for the scarf, which fishtailed a bit at the end for reasons I can't quite fathom but I like the way it looks:

It's not blocked yet, so I may post another picture of it once it is.