I finally worked out some of the bugs with my phone, and was able to upload some pictures I took the other day of some of my finished work. I know, scarves are basic and easy, and I’ve made tons of them in the past, but I’m super excited because these scarves have matching hats!!!  What’s so big about matching hats, you ask? Well, these are the first hats I’ve ever made. They look cute, they fit, and from what the ‘models’ say, they’re comfortable as well. The blue hat was the first, and I followed the pattern to the letter, but the gray and green hat I modified a little bit to make it bigger. These are not the intended wearers of the hat, they were just nice enough to model them for me so that I could get a few pictures of my latest accomplishments. My daughter, Em, was a somewhat reluctant participant, if you can’t tell. My friend Brian on the other hand was all about showing off the goods.

 

 

The scarves each took about 5-6 hours to make. That seems like a long time, but it was something I worked on while doing other things like watching t.v., talking with the other moms while our kids were in dance, or chatting on the phone.

The hats took about 3 hours each, and because it requires changes in stitches with each row, and a lot of counting, I didn’t do anything else while I was making them. I didn’t do it all in one shot(who has 3 hours to sit and crochet?), so the 3 hours were spread out over several days.

The gray and green scarf and hat set will be sent to a friend in the Netherlands. Eventually I will get around to knitting him a set as well, but that takes so much longer and a lot more concentration/skill.

The blue set was going to be for him as well, but it turned out a little small. It will be put away in the closet and taken out next winter for my son. He loves the blue camaflouge-style pattern the yarn makes.

I haven’t been able to do any knitting or crocheting for more than a week as I’m trying to focus on all these school projects I have coming due, the kids upcoming dance recital and all that surrounds it, and keeping the house in order. I do have one of my next projects picked out though: a beanbag crochet multi-colored turtle. It’s really cute and measures 7 inches long. From the pattern it looks like it will require some focus, and not the mindless crocheting of a scarf. The first one will be for a friend in NY. I always get him some kind of turtle whatever for birthdays, Christmas, and just because. He has a birthday coming up in July, and this will be perfect.