#started 2021

[ID: A crochet cowl in blue and green]

The main part is made with the "Nalbinding single crochet" stitch, as invented by Kris Stone of Light And Joy Designs. It's not nalbinding per se, more of a mix of techniques, and done with a normal crochet hook.

For more infos, refer to her video explaining it all:

After finishing that part, wanted to add an increasing edge so the cowl would cover a bit more neck and shoulder area.

That turned into

sc around

blo: (hdc, hdc, hdc inc) around

blo: (hdc, hdc, hdc, hdc inc) around

blo: (hdc, hdc, hdc, hdc, hdc inc) around. Fasten off, weave in ends.

Hook: 7 mm

Yarn: Viking of Norway "Nordlys", colourway 930

The yarn is actually fingering weight, so I actually used my Spinning Skillz and chainplied a skein and got a nice bulky yarn xD

Working on the Hooded Alpaca Poncho, 50 g of self-spun yarn at a time.

And I can even sit in my comfy Poäng chair after last weekend's cleaning marathon xD