What a great kit! I designed it? Oh, thank you. (smile)A little background here: I was away from crochet for a while and then I found a single skein of sock yarn. Just laying there all by itself. It wasn't enough for a full pair of socks so I thought I'd do something radical: crochet! At exactly the same time, I fell upon Laurel Hill's crochet hooks. These crochet hooks single-handedly brought me back to crochet. At a show I bought one of the Palmwood hooks and it was so light and lovely to touch, I just had to...well...crochet!
In this lovely marriage of material and tool, I came up with a simple headscarf pattern because I'd been trying to grow out my short locks. After making a couple of these, I really wanted to do more. At the same time, Laura and I were starting this business and I saw the perfect opportunity for just that.
I sent Jen Hintz a picture of some Lichen from here in Portland and asked her to create a hand dyed yarn with withher bamboo/wool sock base that picked up on these colors. She went us a few skeins, but we immediately fell in love with this one.
In our kit, we're including an ebony crochet hook (from reclaimed wood) from Laurel Hill with our pattern and a big skein of Jen's yarn. I seriously hope you'll give this a try and it's a relaxing projects and slips through your fingers in the most delicious way! So Faerie. So Fae.
I've knitted one of these mobius scarves and it was a lot of fun. I like this lacy look the crochet makes. I've been off crochet for decades but I feel myself coming back to it.
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