No matter how much I plan to make something it inevitably turns out to be something else. The Rabbit Scarf is a great example of this Law of Crochet physics.
I found this great purse pattern that I planned to make for a co-worker and I knew exactly what type of yarn I wanted to use…bamboo. It had to be bamboo. I had never worked with bamboo yarn before, but the fact that it was made from a sustainable resource just screamed Jenn, for whom the purse was being made.
A few rows into the project it became very clear that this bamboo yarn was far from ideal for a purse. It lacked any stiffness and just wanted to lay down (much like me on a rainy day with a self-educed Star Wars marathon playing). The yarn cried to be a scarf. A lacy, flowy scarf.
As I realized that Necessity is truly the mother of Invention, I started looking for filet crochet patterns of a rabbit (Jenn likes rabbits. Jenn owns two rabbits. Jenn’s a rabbit freak.) and began improvising a filet crochet scarf. This was one for the records books. Knowing my time was short, I cranked this out in just over three days.
The bamboo yarn blocked beautifully and drapes like a dream. I love it!!
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