Saturday, June 18, 2011

Satuday's Cowl is Warm and Soft

It is such a crystal clear day here today, a typical Brisbane winter day.  The Mr has made the most of it and has gone on a long day walk (bush walk) with some mates.  The smalls and I decided to meander over to a near by school fete.  Of course we made a bee line to the craft stall, were the local mothers (earth mothers, my friend calls them, with an eye roll...)had done a fabulous job with their stall and we walked away with this sweet knitted dino - picture at the end of this post.



Despite the lovely weather, it does actually get cold here.  I find scarves hard to wear, and them came up with the idea for this cowl.  I am sure it is not an original idea.  I grabbed some jersey from the stash, hacked into it to make a long wide strip and then sew the ends together to make a ring.  A bit of zig zags on the raw edges, and there you have it, my 5 min jersey cowl, which for me has the right amount of soft, without the wooly itch.



I am completely rubbish at posing!



Here is the dinosaur, I love his limey "skin" colour



Hoping you are having a lovely weekend

Trace xx

6 comments:

  1. Nice cowl! There is something creepy about the world cowl for me- has children of the corn type connotations for some reason. The colour is lovely on you and the dino is super cute. We are heading off to a trash and treasure school fete tomorrow as well. melx

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  2. Hah! I had the same idea... I pulled an old T-shirt out of the stash on Friday, but haddn't got to it yet. You're one clever chicky! :)
    (I think I like the colour of yours better...)
    P.S. Not going away now - so send you contact details and I will try to get your prize in the post on Monday :) xx

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  3. Great idea for a cowl. Love it!!!

    ... and that dino - fantastic. There are clearly some very talented crafty Mama's in your area. YAY for school fetes.

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  4. Great idea for a cowl. Love it!!!

    ... and that dino - fantastic. There are clearly some very talented crafty Mama's in your area. YAY for school fetes.

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  5. great knitted dinosaur! love his limey color too:) and your little boy looks just proud!

    JenMuna

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