You have to pick your moment.  And there is a time for everything.

If you want to create a moment, a Wow moment – what, is there another kind of moment? – you will need to create time to make that happen.

Here is something that gets me to Wow every time I wear it.  My golden bronze mohair scarf.  It pours over my shoulders like afternoon sun.

Love it around my neck on cool spring mornings and late summer evenings.

Here’s the secret sauce:

You will need-

One skein of fabulous Italian baby mohair in any color you desire (500 yards)

One skein of equally fabulous bronze, gold or silver silk (500 yards)

One pair of size 12 wooden knitting needles

Directions:

Cast on 15″ worth of stitches using both yarns.  You will need to knit a swatch to find out how many stitches equal one inch.

Knit first row. Then knit every row.  Every few rows, double wrap the yarn as you knit the row and drop the loops on the next row.

Cast off when you get to the length you need to to drape it luxuriously across your shoulders.

This is well worth stopping time for and making for yourself or someone you want to wrap your love around.  I suggest you get used to people stopping for a second look.

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Hoong Yee

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