March 01, 2005

Turtleneck thing and wrist warmers

Since it's so cold here lately - it's not getting much above freezing and often staying between -3 and -6 at night - I decided to make myself some warm things.

First I made these small wrist warmers. I played around with various hooks, yarns, patterns, etc., but I finally ended up making a shortened version of this pattern.

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Then yesterday I decided to pull some Red Heart yarn that's been in my stash forever and create myself this ribbed neck warmer pattern by Dot.
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It think it's a couple rows too big, but it's in the wash right now to see if it shrinks any. Also, I dropped a couple of stitches somewhere along the way, so it's not completely uniform, but it's good enough to keep my neck and chin warm! I finished it on the train and put it right on! That got me some curious looks. :)

Posted by Jinglelady at March 1, 2005 09:38 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Love the neckwarmer! another WIM to add to my list LOL

Posted by: Jewels at March 2, 2005 04:34 AM

Neck protector, Huh? :)
Looks really nice and toasty.
(Smiles!)

Posted by: Brat at March 3, 2005 05:45 AM

If you wore what you're wearing there with a coat, it would just look like you were wearing a crocheted turtleneck. But still, who cares if people gave you curious looks. You were the one that was warm, right? :)

Posted by: Amanda at March 5, 2005 05:50 AM