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Uno sguardo indietro pt 2 / Looking back pt 2

Oggi condivido con voi il mio primo lavoro all'uncinetto in assoluto: una sciarpa per il mio moroso. L'ho iniziata verso la fine dell'agosto scorso, in una cupa mattina di temporale, con il cielo pieno di nuvole scure, proprio del colore di questa lana. Il filato era piuttosto sottile e io piuttosto inesperta, perciò ci ho impiegato un'infinità di tempo a finirla: è stata pronta per la fine di settembre. Anche se qui sui monti le temperature scendono presto, sono comunque riuscita a regalargliela in tempo per i primi freddi. Trattandosi del primo progetto che ho portato a termine vi sono particolarmente legata; riguardandola oggi mi ricorda di quanto fossi lenta a lavorare, e mi dà la misura di quanto sia migliorata.

Today I'll share with you my very first crochet work: a scarf for my boyfriend. I started it towards the end of last August, during a gloomy and stormy morning, the sky full of dark clouds, just the colour of this wool. The yarn was pretty thin and I was pretty unexperienced, so it took me an unbelievably long time to finish it: it was ready by the end of September. Even if on our mountains the temperatures lower early, I was able to give it to him before the real cold days. Being my first project ever, I was pretty fond of it (still am); when I look at it now it reminds me of how slowly I used to crochet, and it makes me realize how much I've improved, too.


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  1. Wow, what a fantastic first crochet work!! ♥ The color is great, really like a dark sky. Perfect for a man but also nice for women. And again a very nice photo!! Greetings, Nata :-)

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  2. Come primo lavoro,sei stata non solo brava ,ma anche molto paziente!Proprio vero che l'Amore fa fare di tutto!;-))

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  3. Alla fine è venuta benissimo.
    Stefy

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  4. Sono contenta di averti trovata e mi iscrivo tra i tuoi folowers mi piacciono i lavori pubblicati e anche l' atmosfera e i luoghi che ti circondano !
    A presto
    Maddalena

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