This design project was a birthday gift for my mom. For her birthday I told her she had to come over and pick her fiber or her yarn and I would design something just for her. My plan was a hat or something small, but she was so excited talking about a lacy shoulder wrap/scarf deal… not the direction I had planned but hey, what momma wants momma is gonna get. She liked a lot of the colors of my on hand rovings and enjoyed the feel of my hand spun but nothing had the perfect combination of feel AND color… what momma wants, momma’s gonna get so she picked her fiber blends for the plies and her colors and now she has her own design in her own colors.

This was a fun challenge of building the yarn for the project, except I was building the yarn for the project I was building for the yarn. I’m excited to play with this whole build the entire piece from thin air again in the very near future.

Version One

Mom’s Design was made in two versions during designing. Version One was my yardage test for the handspun yarn. Yardage does not include fringe.

Hook size- D, 3.25 mm
Yarn- Hobbii Sultan Deluxe
Colorway- Imperial Purple
Yardage- 800 yards
Finished size- Approximately 68 inches wide and 16.5 inches tall.

Version Two

Version Two yardage includes twisted fringe on short sides and an increase in repeats for a longer wrap.

Hook size- D, 3.25 mm
Yarn- Handspun Cashmere and merino / angora, alpaca, mohair
Colorway- Bad Days
Yardage- 1050 yards
Finished size- Approximately 79.5 inches wide and 18.5 inches tall.