Burda Style For people who sew

Description

During my recent trip to the States, from where I acquired a good sum of knitting/crocheting books, I was inclined to give crocheting another go. My first task: a foxy scarf inspired by something I stumbled upon on pinterest Bees Knees Knitting. I don’t really know how to crochet, so the jargon only confuses me, thus I decided to opt for a freestyle version mimicking the fox – although those who are fluent in crochet reading can buy her pattern for $6 on Etsy.

I found some leftover yarn from god only knows when was last used and armed with my 5.5mm hook and my Happy Hooker (I just love the Stitch’n’bitch bookseries!) I made a fair attempt at crocheting. My mom came to my rescue every single time I had to start a new piece from scratch (I can cast on, but that first row is just beyond my capabilities). I soon found out that I had nowhere near enough yarn to replicate the aforementioned fox inspiration. Hence, my new mission was now to make a children’s version and give it to my 6 year old niece for first of summer. I guess this qualify to be a very belated “paying it forward“ from all the knickknacks my aunt has given me growing up. Besides, it’s not really suited for a 26 year old wannabe-adjunct at the University of Iceland now is it?

Over the past week I has been slowly coming along. But I’ve found out from my handcraft heroes — my 86 year old grandmother and forever 26 aunt that my crocheting skill are [quote] oafish [/quote] and my taste in colors is obscene. It’s supposed to be a fox, and I don’t see many pink foxes running around?! Disregarding their sentiments, I soldiered on and this is what I came up with.

For a first attempt, I’m quite pleased with myself. Lets just hope that my 6 year old niece is not as harsh a critic as other members of my immediate family.

Material Notes

Yarn in brown/rust, beige/white and charcoal/black – 5.5 mm crochet hook – 2 two buttons for eyes

Difficulty

Novice

Related Techniques

• 'Dutch knitting' or Shepherd's crochet
• How to crochet the Black and With Bag

Categories

Season

Fall

For

Children

Garment Type

Accessories

Style

Geek

Material

Wool

Credits

Happy Hooker

http://www.knithappens.com/content/view/15/1/

Bees Knees Knitting

http://www.etsy.com/listing/77751829/pdf-crochet-pattern-for-fox-scarf-diy