It’s… …erm… …a ring…

• Kamicha, January 6th, 2009, in finished, my style
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An unexpected inspiration surprised me when I stared to strange amount of Colourmart bulky cashmere I’ve stashed in the past. Two cones, about 400 yards, too much for beanie. There might be enough for beanie & mitts – but on the other hand I don’t use beanies often, and I lose all my mitts. And that would be shame, the yarn is gorgeous.

So I let my brain go on process idle a while, and something just popped out. What if I made a ring scarf? I remember that those separate funnel hoodies were very fashionable… …well… …on the beginning of nineties? Ending of eighties? Dunno, but the idea of that kind of “separate funnel neck” just started to haunt me. I would only like to make a large, sculptural one, using some scrumptuous texture stitch.

Here it is. Some stockinette stitch in the beginning, simple lace rib body and then again couple of rows stockinette. Couldn’t be much simpler. I like to wear it like in the previous image, just thrown over a jumper or coat.

But it is large as a small poncho and I can easily slip it over my shoulders for some extra warmth.

My soggy bottom harem pants really enjoy its company.

Bonus task: find the cat from the picture!

There should be also an image of the thing as a hood, but none of those qualified to be published, sorry. This page could also include images of the thing as a skirt, top, coffeepan warmer, cat bed etc. What a multipurpose little thingie! I actually got so excited about the idea that probably some laceweight yarn from my stash will end up as a longer, larger, lacy version of this kind of ring scarf.

I’m so sorry about the image quality. The first thing I will invest in when I have more money is better optics for my camera. This light is simple not enough for my current one (and I stubbornly refuse to use the direct flashlight).

One closeup of the texture. It will probably soften out even more, I guess that the yarn has still some oil residue left in it.