Kerosene Creek Shrug

Kerosene Creek is a wonderful hot-water stream near Rotorua where you can bathe under ferns and large trees. The water runs fast through a deep river bed, and is so hot that tendrils of steam rise up off the surface. I chose to create a garment that uses a lace-weight mohair yarn to create the light, cloudy effect of this steamy river.

This shrug is knitted from the top down in one piece, with the sleeves separated and then completed after the body is worked.