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<\/p>\nSo, here it is! I can finally share some photos of my very first design and I must say I’m pretty in love with it. It’s just a preview at the moment as I still have to write out the pattern. \u00a0You can expect early in the new year, or possibly before if I find the time to settle in and get it done. \u00a0It’s the holidays, so you know how it is!<\/p>\n
I finished knitting it a few weeks ago and have taken it on holiday with me. As you can see from the photo below I came across some pretty cold weather and it kept me nice and warm while I was out walking my dogs. \u00a0I was a bit worried that it wasn’t going to come out the way I imagined in my head but it totally did, even better, actually. \u00a0While in the planning stages I initially planned for larger, more silver coloured beads, and at the last minute I decided to go with something more subtle. \u00a0It really made a huge difference! \u00a0The only problem is that \u00a0the weather has gotten drastically warmer and with temps in the mid teens (Celsius), I’ve not been able to wear it for the last few days. \u00a0We’ve actually been walking around outside in sweaters and not even getting cold. It’s almost Christmas, it’s amazing!<\/p>\n
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I decided to name this after a river near my hometown in Canada. The Mira River is a place that most of us Cape Bretoners (from Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada) hold pretty near and dear to our hearts. I’m pretty sure we all have a friend or relative with a cottage out there, or just drove out for a swim. \u00a0There is a very well known song written about it, which I honestly can’t listen to without getting teary eyed. \u00a0Ah, homesickness! \u00a0It’s also my go-to shower crooning song. \u00a0You can hear it\u00a0here on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n When I chose the colours for this scarf and put it together with the beads, I saw the beads sparkling in the sun and it made me think of the sun on the water of the Mira. \u00a0So, the Mira River Wrap\u00a0was born…<\/p>\n I was so nervous going into making this but I’m really quite proud of it for my first design. \u00a0It has given me the confidence to explore and experiment with new things and lots of thoughts for future designs. I hope you like it too!<\/p>\n This wrap is quite easy to adjust in size, which I will explain in the pattern. So if you want more shawl sized that is possible to make as well, you will just need a few more balls of yarn and more beads<\/p>\n This design is made with Sheepjes Alpaca Rhythm lace yarn. \u00a0You can find a list of retailers that sell it\u00a0here on the Scheepjes website<\/a>. \u00a0It is also available worldwide via\u00a0Wool Warehouse<\/a>*.<\/p>\n Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season! \u00a0Catch you in the new year!<\/p>\n *Affiliate Link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, here it is! I can finally share some photos of my very first design and I must say I’m pretty in love with it. It’s just a preview at the moment as I still have to write out the pattern. \u00a0You can expect early in the new year, or possibly before if I find …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,897],"tags":[55,895,82,899,898],"class_list":["post-15632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-crafty-creations","category-designs","tag-crafts","tag-designing","tag-knitting","tag-mira-river-wrap","tag-scarf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15632"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16217,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15632\/revisions\/16217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"smockedfinal5wm\"](\"http:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/smockedfinal5wm-600x806.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/i>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>If you are interested in making this wrap, here is what you will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nI used approximately 300 silverlined ab Aqua coloured beads. \u00a0The beads are optional, I will also include instructions on how make the wrap without them, for those that prefer it.<\/li>\n