Merino Wool all the way!

I love merino wool and my latest favourite has to be James C. Brett

Pure Merino DK (update: which now goes by the name JW Pure Merino, the JW stands for Jenny Watson).  Check out the website here.

Luxuriously delicate to the touch and incredibly soft yarn made from 100% Merino Wool and available in a range of colours (18 approx). 

I've used this JW pure merino wool to make baby hats and mittens, adult hats, headbands, neck warmers and mittens, and I love how super soft it feels, without the scratchy feeling usually associated with natural wool yarns. simply I love, love, love it!

AND I have yet to find any other yarn similar, so if any one out there knows of a beautifully super soft pure merino, please let me know I would love to compare them.

JW Pure Merino Crochet Projects

I decided to make a silly pair of mittens which I have called "LOOPY" because of the loops within the pattern and of course a matching headband/neckwarmer.

I first designed the mittens in late 2011, all in one colour, as you can see in photo below.

and then left the pattern sitting on the back burner because I just wasn't sure about them. Luckily last year I was playing around with my stash of odd balls of yarn and decided to make the mittens again but this time using two colours. 

and what a surprise, they looked so much better with the two colour combination than with one, I much prefer the two colour combination and now I have ideas for all kinds of other stuff using this LOOPY design, just need to have the time to crochet them up. 

LOOPY Crochet Mittens AND Headband/Neckwarmer 

pattern is available from my online shops

Ravelry          Craftsy  

Enjoy every moment,

focus on every stitch,

create a masterpiece....

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Enjoy!

ciao, ciao!

Barbara Summers Hand Knit and Crochet   www.crocknit.com
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