Finally, Judith Bell-Ruffle Boa is ready for her close-up:
Judith Bell-Ruffle Boa
The construction is now correct, and it does what I wanted: it looks frothy, but it has a bit of ‘body’ due to its central spine. And, it layers into three at the back when worn as I have styled it here:
I had a little tussle with it because although the concept was easy and I knew how it would turn out, it took me three goes to get the ‘mechanics’ right. And also to make sure it was using an appropriate quantity of yarn.
Patterns that require, say 8 balls of X luxury yarn plus 6 balls of Y luxury yarn – for a throw, even – are, I admit, highly desirable, but so expensive and it’s such a big commitment. I have seen people get married with fewer ‘what ifs’ and ‘maybes’ than I have seen women weighing up how to spend their yarn pounds or dollars. And I don’t blame them! Luxury: yes please, and that’s about 1 – 4 balls I think; extravagance? mmm, no, I feel those days are so over.
I have worn this boa ‘out’ and it really looks (and feels) great over a winter coat – or more casually, with shirt, sweater and jeans. It’s not too long, but you can fold in half and pull through (as shown), or drape in a casual sweep. Either way, heads will turn, and flouncing may be hard to resist. I never try to, actually. Resisting, that is.
It will become available as a kit on this site and in a few outlets, from March, and will come in these zingy colours or a more subtle but equally alluring black and grey colourway. But…think of the colour palette in Kidsilk Haze! Oh my, how many could we ‘need’? Once you’ve got the pattern, the possibilities are endless. It takes 2 balls of the main colour (in fact, 1.5 balls) and 1 of the contrast colour (in fact, 0.75) so it leaves a comfy, but not annoyingly large quantity of left-overs.
I had a little tussle with it because although the concept was easy and I knew how it would turn out, it took me three goes to get the ‘mechanics’ right. And also to make sure it was using an appropriate quantity of yarn.
Patterns that require, say 8 balls of X luxury yarn plus 6 balls of Y luxury yarn – for a throw, even – are, I admit, highly desirable, but so expensive and it’s such a big commitment. I have seen people get married with fewer ‘what ifs’ and ‘maybes’ than I have seen women weighing up how to spend their yarn pounds or dollars. And I don’t blame them! Luxury: yes please, and that’s about 1 – 4 balls I think; extravagance? mmm, no, I feel those days are so over.
I have worn this boa ‘out’ and it really looks (and feels) great over a winter coat – or more casually, with shirt, sweater and jeans. It’s not too long, but you can fold in half and pull through (as shown), or drape in a casual sweep. Either way, heads will turn, and flouncing may be hard to resist. I never try to, actually. Resisting, that is.
It will become available as a kit on this site and in a few outlets, from March, and will come in these zingy colours or a more subtle but equally alluring black and grey colourway. But…think of the colour palette in Kidsilk Haze! Oh my, how many could we ‘need’? Once you’ve got the pattern, the possibilities are endless. It takes 2 balls of the main colour (in fact, 1.5 balls) and 1 of the contrast colour (in fact, 0.75) so it leaves a comfy, but not annoyingly large quantity of left-overs.
How glam! I would knit it in pink and grey, I think.
mmm, lovely. tones of orange and gold for me I think 🙂