During chilly Canadian winters my Mom loves to wear warm clothes inside the house. One of her favourite things to wear has been this cardigan which I made in the 1990s! Obviously, it is getting really worn out and I've decided to create something new for my Mom which would be super-warm, yet soft, fluffy and fairly light to wear.
The project is improvised by me. It is worked in a raglan pattern from the top down with front parts (including ribbing) and the back finished as one piece, and sleeves completed individually.
As I had only 2 balls of variegated yarn and 6 balls of fluffy yarn, I needed to ensure I had enough yarn to make the coat, so I included the leftover mohair yarn from my Krymska Shawl project.
Here is how this project turned out. I believe it meets all the requirements of warmth, fluffiness, softness and lightness, despite looking bulky:
The 'unbuttoned' view:
View from the back:
As there were a few meters of yarn left, I crocheted these little decorative flowers, which I tried felting in the washer. They felted but not a 100 percent. That's how they look before felting:
That's how they look after I felted them and embroidered them with various colored beads:
Additional details of sleeves and front:
Here is the close-up that shows how different yarns create the structure of the coat surface.
The project is improvised by me. It is worked in a raglan pattern from the top down with front parts (including ribbing) and the back finished as one piece, and sleeves completed individually.
As I had only 2 balls of variegated yarn and 6 balls of fluffy yarn, I needed to ensure I had enough yarn to make the coat, so I included the leftover mohair yarn from my Krymska Shawl project.
Here is how this project turned out. I believe it meets all the requirements of warmth, fluffiness, softness and lightness, despite looking bulky:
The 'unbuttoned' view:
View from the back:
As there were a few meters of yarn left, I crocheted these little decorative flowers, which I tried felting in the washer. They felted but not a 100 percent. That's how they look before felting:
That's how they look after I felted them and embroidered them with various colored beads:
Additional details of sleeves and front:
Here is the close-up that shows how different yarns create the structure of the coat surface.
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