An Infinity Scarf of My Own Design

A few years ago, Rebekah rejected all things made by mom.  No pajamas, no scarves, hats or any crafts.  She has come around again and I couldn't be happier.

She was at Michaels recently where she spied this wool:




Just wait, it makes a beautiful scarf!

She immediately asked for an infinity scarf.  These scarves are easy to make to be sure, but Rebekah's discerning taste made me nervous.  I needed to find her a good pattern.  I sent her the link to Ravelry and asked her to find a scarf that she liked and I would make it for her.  She never went there and just asked me to make something simple that she could wrap around her neck a few times.  This made me nervous.

I am currently working on a blanket for an occasional reader of this blog so I will not show it.  But I thought it was a nice enough pattern to turn into a scarf. 

Here is a run down of my pattern in case you want to make one yourself:

Crochet hook used: US I 9/5.50MM or desired hook to make it look nice.
Chain 278 (more or less depending upon how many times you want to wrap it around your neck)
Row One: Double crochet in third chain and double crochet all along, Chain three and turn.
Row two: Double crochet in next stitch, chain two, skip two, 2 double crochet along row to end, chain one
Row three: Single crochet along row, chain three,
Repeat row two: Double crochet in next stitch, chain two, skip two, 2 double crochet along row to end, chain three, repeat entire row
Repeat row one: Double crochet all along row
Repeat until reaching the desired width, fasten off.



Am I right?! Beautiful!

You now have one massive scarf, to turn into an infinity scarf, join ends, either stitch along seam to join together, I prefer a single crochet along the seam to finish it nicely.  Weave in ends and you are done. 

Rebekah 'voguing' for me...

Rebekah loves it! Let me know if you make one!

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Heather

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Crocodile Stitches

In the waning days of winter, I wanted some colour in my wardrobe.  Everyone in southern Ontario seems to be dressed in black.  It serves the purpose, black holds the dirt and you look at least decent on the way to meetings.  But after a while the dreary days and lack of colour just makes you a little depressed.

Here is what is left of the wool

I got some wool for my birthday recently and one ball of it was a beautiful royal blue.  Last year, I made a cool crocodile neck warmer from a pattern I purchased from Zoomyummy.  It was a challenge, it looked so difficult that I did not thing that I would be able to make it.  Like all things, a read of the instructions showed that it was some simple double crochet.  I made the original with left over wool I had kicking around.

The original was colourful, but not too professional.  I wore it once on a casual day but mostly I wear it  for walking the dog.

When I got the royal blue wool, I thought that this was the perfect wool to revisit the neck warmer and make it in a more professional colour.  (Not to mention that I happen to have a coat that happens to match the wool perfectly!)

I made this one a bit tighter so you can get the feel for the crocodile stitch, it looks more like a ruffle.

Here is the completed neck warmer.  And yes, that is me in my basement in my jammies.  Don't judge....

Dressed, my neck warmer and the coat.

So what do you think?  As I purchased the pattern, I cannot share it with you, but here is the link to Petra, tell her I sent you and make one or two for yourself.  Hopefully, we will not need neck warmers for too long.



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Live High,


Heather

Silver Scallops Scarf

close up on the stitches

My office is freezing.  I keep a large black wool cape behind my office door.  We have space heaters in everyone's office for the extra cold days.  I started this silver scallops scarf to add to my collection.  I wear it to my office on the not so cold days to add a bit more style to my outfits.  Winters for me are mainly pants and turtlenecks.  I hate being cold and this extra long scarf makes my days nice and toasty.

It is a simple pattern that anyone can make.  It take s a bit to make and it took me longer because I get a sore back from sitting so long. Click  to check out the pattern here

I wore it to a meeting recently and recieved a request to make one for my friend Jennine, I will, happy to, it just may arrive for the warm weather.

Live High,

Heather