Petal Leaf Collar and Cuffs

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/petal-leaf-collar-and-cuffs
Leaf, Flame, Petal, is what this stitch evokes for me.
These are fast and lovely projects, a bit yarn intensive, but their sculptural effect is well worth it.

Jewelry meets warmth in this neck adornment.
Leaves cluster and frame your neck.
This pattern is adaptable and offers options
for reconfiguration as well as matching cuffs.

I created and tested this last year and spent the year sending the set to yarn companies and publishers. While it didn't seem to fit their requirements, it
still thrills me. So I've self published this on my Ravelry site.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/petal-leaf-collar-and-cuffs

Tools and Materials
I/ 5.5 Crochet hook, Yarn needle
G/4.5 mm for button optional
2.5 - 3 oz /70.9 - 80g worsted weight yarn
(0.5 oz/14.2 g for cuffs)
Pattern Level: Intermediate
20 - 23” L x 3- 4.5” T
50.8 cm- 58.4cm x 7.6cm- 11.4cm
Cuffs 10-12”L x 2-3”T
25.4cm -30.5cm x 5 - 7.6 cm
Gauge: (ww) 7 rows/11dc = 4”/10.2cm

Ferris Wheel in Noro Kujaku

I used to dream about yarn like this. Wish my mother could see this yarn --- just the sheer exuberance and over the top-ness of the multicolor bands of colored threads on the yarn itself.....

I was gifted this gorgeous yarn by a stranger-- a painter in NYC (yay, home town!) I could not have afforded it and would not have had the opportunity to design with it, otherwise.

This just makes the Ferris Wheel Design pop!

SunRays Neckwarmer

Another season spanning adornment.
Neck decor achieved in one skein!Frames your face as petals frame a flower.
I hook/ 5.5 mm
Shown in Boku 95% wool 5% silk color13
Approximately 2 oz dk/light worsted weight
and Noro Kujaku Color 18
8” x 22” pattern includes suggestions for enlarging
Intermediate, approximately 2 hours to make

NeckWarmers, Neck Adornments

I'd been happily and busily thinking of new forms for my lariats, and then I thought about something more collar-like... not a scarf, not a scarflette.... well I saw what i sought in Vickie Howell's blue neck decor.

Inspired by a visual realization of what I wanted to make, I created the first of these with some yummy handpsun wool, in purple for my purple-loving niece.






Then I doubled the delicious green wool merino I had awaiting such a great purpose and created a neck adornment for my green-loving step person.




It looks handsomer than the pictures depict, so I tried another version with more ruffly ruffles ( I just happened to
create these swingy ruffles and now want to make something else, so I can make them again).
The green shimmers more as a single thread than it does doubled. I can't figure out why this his so, but so it is.