Following finding that crocheted
flower tutorial on youtube a while ago, I realized I had some silky grey wool
sitting around that I got from charity, so I decided to use it to practice
making flowers. 8 flowers later and turning them into a scarf seemed like a
good idea….
‘Cos I really don’t like spending a
long time sewing pieces together, I figured that I could save time by using my
trusty hot glue gun. It turns out that it is pretty easy to stick the pieces
together in terms of tough joins as the glue can fuse the fibers together. Also
it works pretty well when you run a little along the edge and press the edges
of the two pieces together…and so long as you don’t mind the joints being a
little scratchy due to the hardened glue…
I’ve also always been fascinated with
the idea of wearing capes to keep warm – instead of wearing jackets. It turns
out that women were wearing capes during the 1930s rather than coats (as
mentioned by Anais Nin in her diaries). So I thought I’d give making a
crocheted flower cape a go…
