{made} — red fire lace cowl
Made this crocheted lace cowl for a scarf swap at Wildfiber yarn store in Santa Monica this past week. This time around everyone swapping had to use the same brand of yarn to keep things on an even playing field. We used Madelinetosh Merino Light hand dyed yarn and it was amazing to work with. I even bought a few extra skeins to use for another project. Everyone picked their favorite color, it went into a stash and each person randomly picked a skein to make a scarf with. The lovely ladies at the store kept track of who had what color and all was revealed at the swap. I picked this bright red color because it’s out of my normal color palette so it was a nice change of pace to work with.
I followed the pattern except I doubled the width of the scarf to 10 inches, and made it into a nicely draped cowl instead of a scarf. We had to use the whole skien of yarn which was 440 yards, but since I made mine wider I was running dangerously low to compete a scarf long enough to wear. To finish the cowl off, I added a few rows of single crochet on the top and bottom with a picot edging.
All the scarfs turned out fabulous, I’ll take some pictures of the one I received and post them soon!
This pattern is available for free on ravelry, if you have an account.
