I recently finished a neckwarmer and started searching for the perfect closures. I really could not settle on any buttons that suited the piece and wished I had a small shawl pin set (most are rather large to accommodate larger stitches and pieces). A stick pin would be perfect, but I wasn't about to donate one of mine to the project. I decided to fiddle with wood sticks, beads, stain and the dreaded glue gun to see what I could cook up. The result was surprisingly rewarding and worked perfectly with the neck scarf. I've made several more since and will continue to refine and create more over the next few months. Some will be incorporated into original designs and some will offered directly for sale. Check back on the website in the weeks to come!
The neckwarmer is from a wonderfully soft and lovely yarn from Manos del Uraguay http://manosdeluruguay.co.uk/silkblend.html and trimmed with a mohair yarn from Habu Textiles.
http://www.habutextiles.com/ . Neckwarmers and other cool weather wearable art items will be available in late August. If interested before then, please write to me at
info@knittenkaboodle.com.
