Yesterday I received this beautiful issue of Interweave Crochet Summer 2020 in the mail with my Midnight Graphique Scarf included in the beautiful designs in this issue.
A little background on this scarf/wrap design.... It originally started out as a scarf I made in Nazli Gelin Garden Metallic in the color Midnight/Silver. It is a beautiful thread with a silver thread running thru it. Easy to work with, too. I had seen it advertised in the Herrschner's catalog (here is the link to that thread)
and wanted to try a project with it. The thread balls aren't very large so it took almost all of 3 of them to make this long skinny scarf.
Here is a closeup of the pattern on the original scarf.
It is 71 1/2" long without the fringe and 91 1/2" long with x 6 3/4" wide.
I love the super long fringe on it, too. That's what took a LOT of the thread to make.
So I submitted it to Interweave Crochet and they chose it for this issue. They wanted it to be wider to be it more of a wrap and a scarf. The finished size turned out to be 18" x 60" without the fringe and it has 10" of fringe on each end. Since the thread is about a size 10 it is very lightweight and not bulky at all. The thread they chose for the project is Omega Rustica Eclat (distributed by Creative Yarn Source) and it is in the color C68 Royal/Silver. Almost identical to the thread I had used originally. Maybe a little bit lighter blue but has the silver thread running thru it. It is also worked using a size 6/1.8mm hook. It was one of those projects I took with me to work on different places and the one time I was working on it this man said "I don't know what you are making but it looks like it is going to take a while" !! It wasn't that bad, I just had bits and pieces of time to work on it since it was in the fall when we are busy harvesting so it seemed like it took longer than it did. The editor also wanted the fringe more spread out on the wider scarf/wrap. Looks great this way, too!! It would have been to "heavy" looking to have had it in every space across the end of the wider piece.
Here is a picture of it on the blocking board....
....and a full view of it on the blocking board.
And here are 4 awesome photos of it that Interweave Crochet took and shared with me. They make all my projects look so professional!!!
It would be a great little wrap around the shoulders on a summer evening after the sun goes down. It is very easy to make in filet crochet with a very simple repeat pattern to follow.
Thank you Interweave Crochet for including my design in this beautiful issue. If you want to get your own copy it will be available at https://www.interweave.com/crochet/ after May 28th and should be in the stores around June 9th. It will also be on Ravelry after May 28th as well for more details on this pattern. I hope you will give it a try!!
