For this week's challenge over at Opus Gluei, I decided to share this bizarre piece of knit and crochet scrumbling that I created. It is perhaps the oddest thing I have ever made! It started with a bag of vintage yarn my Mother found while she was cleaning out the attic. Most of the yarn was mine that I had bought in high school. I'm surprised it wasn't rotted! Anyway, I never use varigated yarn and this bag had such weird colors I felt challenged to put something together that made sense of all the unusual colors. I made two squares measuring approx. 12 x 12 inches and somehow I think the colors turned out working together...if nothing else they are very textural and interesting. Haven't decided if I will make a purse or a throw pillow with them. Hummm.....time will tell!
Joanne Smedley | May 30, 2009 4:41 PM
Wow! Looks very textured. How on earth did you do it? I like weavings that look like that - but I've never seen it done in knit and crochet.
Kathy | May 30, 2009 6:47 PM
Scrumbling is quite freeing...you do one little patch, maybe of crochet, then you pick up the knitting needles,another color and knit into the piece... then perhaps you drop some knitted stitches to allow for some weaving...then you do some little bullions (the spikey looking wheel thingies"), stitch them in and knit or crochet around them .... the hardest part is to quit! :>)
Nancy McCarroll | June 01, 2009 7:11 AM
Very Nice! It would make a great bag.
Kristen H | June 01, 2009 9:19 AM
This is too fun! I think it would make a great bag as well!
My aunt used to wear funky collars under her sweaters that remind me of this. She had an odd sense of fashion that I really loved.
Very cool!!!
Rosemary | June 04, 2009 11:02 AM
I like this very much, I don't know but I go for an eclectic mix of things!
I'm of the contingent that votes for a tote bag!
Casii | June 10, 2009 8:20 PM
I think this is uber cool, love the colors and textures!