So, my latest crocheting buzz began with a gift for one of my favourite people ever. I had been promising a lovely homemade hat for quite sometime and due to my lack of expertise in the area, it was taking ages and it looked rubbish. I was stuck in bed though, and I decided that due to the continuing cold spell in some countries that I had to power through and complete my project.
No image of the completed head-heating apparatus available, a picture will be posted when I finally get to see it modeled.
Now, I've covered my "Gifts for Others" part to the blog, have to tell y'all about the woolly wonder I made for myself! It all started when I went out to buy black wool for the hat, and I was moseying around the lovely wools and fluffy things. There it was. The most beautiful skein of wool I had ever laid eyes on. It faded from browns to beiges to whites and to greens. Plus, there were sparkles running all the way through it. I knew I had to have it. And it didn't break the bank! €5.50 ain't half bad in my estimation!
There it sat on my bedroom floor for the best part of six months. I looked at it from time to time, less looked, more gazed at its glittery glory. I couldn't for the life of me decide what I wanted to make with it! Disaster! I knew I wanted to make something that I couldn't screw up, and based on the level of difficulty of my hat-project, I decided a nice simple scarf was the way to go.
Once I started, I became obsessed. The fading of the colours into each other just allowed to monitor how speedily the whole thing was going! "Oh, I got from white all the way through beige and on to brown today... Boom". Then my period of imposed laziness was over, and my poor scarf fell by the wayside. Only briefly though! On a whim I decided Kerry was where I had to be this weekend, and with the help of my trusty elf-cat Radley (aka Little Orphan Annie) and with a bit of Quantum of Solace era Bond on d'telly, I finished it!
My little elf insisted that she should model it first... It is stripy, like her, after all...
I knew from the start that I wanted to tassel the ends as I think it makes for a cosier looking scarf, so gauging how much wool I'd need left over to finish it was fun, but I managed to do a pretty good job! Poor Radley got tired from all the work she was doing, so she didn't get to see the finished product. Shame, she worked her paws right down to the pads!
I had to model it, but my face wasn't very camera worthy at this time of night...
Pretty awesome scarf, huh? It shall be debuted on the train tomorrow, just wait til the Iaranrod Eireann boys take a look at it. I'll be sorry I paid for a ticket I'd say!
My inspiration, and the source of my materials...
Right, had best be off, I'm on the lamb...
