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Verde innevato / Snowy green

Oggi vi mostro due lavori insieme, perché presi singolarmente rendono, ma credo che diano il meglio di sé abbinati, in qualche modo si mettono in risalto a vicenda. Amo le tonalità più scure del verde, specie lo smeraldo, perciò appena ho trovato una lana di questo colore ne ho acquistata una discreta quantità, in attesa di trovare l’ispirazione per trasformarla in qualcosa da indossare. Ho optato per un collo (o infinity scarf, non so se e quale sia la differenza), il primo che ho realizzato, scegliendo come motivo il bel pattern di Ana. I mezzi guanti sono arrivati dopo aver trovato un unico gomito sfumato nei toni del verdone e del bianco. Anche se collo e guanti sono nati separati trovo che si accompagnino bene, i loro colori nella neve mi ricordano le pinete imbiancate che fanno brillare di verde anche l’inverno…

Today I’m showing you two works, because they’re nice by themselves, but I think that together they’re even better, someway they highlight each other. I love the darkest shades of green, especially emerald, so as soon as I found it in yarns I bought a discrete quantity of it, waiting for the inspiration to create something with them to come. I decided to make myself a cowl (or infinity scarf, not sure about the difference), my very first, and as a pattern I chose this very pretty one by Ana. The fingerless gloves came some time after, when I happened to find a lonely yarn in the shades of even darker green and white. Even if the cowl and the gloves were born separately I think they mesh well, and their colours remind me of the snowy pinewoods that make the Winter shine with green as well…


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  1. Il tuo collo è di un bel verde, e il punto non è da meno. Ciao, Anna. P.s. dispiace che l'inverno stia finendo (almeno da me) perchè non si potranno indossare questi caldi abbinamenti.

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  2. I love your scarf and gloves !!!!! Very beautiful !!!!!!

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  3. Wonderful, Melatia! Your cowl is so beautiful, and I love it in color green ♥ Thank you for letting me know :-) I will follow your blog from now on...
    Ana BC

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  4. I love your works! Beautiful! I follow you.. Silvia

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  5. A wonderful set, Melatia! ♥ I like this pattern very much, too, and it looks great in that green. The gloves' color combination with white is very nice. About the expression, I'm not 100% sure, but on my blogland journeys I got the following impression: Scarf - a long piece with two ends. Cowl - a round piece with no ends, goes 1 time around your neck. Loop or infinity scarf - a round piece with no ends, goes 2 or more times around your neck. Greetings, Nata :-)

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  6. Bellissimo questo colore!Ma..hai cambiato nome al blog?

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  7. Questo abbinamento è proprio di mio gusto e i guanti non ho ancora provato a farli ma mi piacciono davvero tanto . Credo che il collo sia quello da infilare e basta , tipo un tubo , mentre l'infinity è una sciarpa lunga ma unita in modo da poterla arrotolare . Ops ! Mi sono accorta adesso che qualcuno ti aveva già risposto....
    Fa niente , ti abbraccio e a presto
    Maddalena

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