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The scarf that needed 3 years.

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Project: Garter-stitch scarf
Pattern: CO35; k35 – No pattern followed, really, this was just a garter-stitch scarf
Yarn: Brand/color unknown but definitely 100% wool and a delicious eggplant purple
Size: 5ft 4in x ~9-9.5in
Knit skills: Slip knot; CO; k; BO

A scarf should not need 3 years to become a scarf. But this one did and I will say, ten years on, I still love it.

The cast on is the wider edge (9.5in) and the other is the bind off edge (9in)

This scarf began in 2011 with help from a friend who patiently taught me how to cast on (CO) and how to complete a knit stitch (k). In 2014, another friend taught me how to use the last bit of remaining yarn to bind off (BO) and complete the scarf – can you see the tiny tail poking out from the weave in? I still wear and love this scarf, warts and all.

Like a crooked tooth, a little uneven stitch on the edge adds character…

This was a good intro-to-knitting project resulting in a piece of clothing I could wear daily in rough weather. Super cozy and tons of compliments over the years on this (the color is gorgeous and the photos don’t do justice). It’s longer than most scarves, but that’s what I’d wanted – if anything, I wish it were a bit longer, but I ran out of yarn and no longer had access to the Local Yarn Shop (LYS) I’d used to source it.

Crochet afghan

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Very first completed crochet ‘project’!
Project: Small crochet blanket
Pattern: Sorry, no idea
Yarn: Probably 100% acrylic; Color unknown
Size: 48in square
Crochet skills: Slip knot; ch; sc; dc; tr

This is my very first crochet project that was bigger than a bookmark. As memory serves, this blanket was start to ‘finish’ in about two years.

I hadn’t yet learned how to weave in the tail when I completed this afghan…

‘Finish’ because I didn’t technically finish this per the pattern. The pattern was from a Victorian Blanket pattern booklet and had a frilly, scalloped, very Victorian edging that had seemed so wonderful at the onset of the blanket project. As it happened, once I finished the main blanket square, the frilly, scalloped, very Victorian edging seemed somehow less wonderful, but instead rather more fussy, busy, frilly and overdone and altogether better not crocheted and attached to my perfect as-is blanket square.

Uhhh, yeah. Not the prettiest join. But, it has held!

The yarn details have been lost to time, as has the pattern used. Yarn and pattern book were most likely purchased from Hancock Fabrics circa 1993. My guess is the yarn is probably 100% acrylic. I could pick a loose yarn end and burn to test, but I don’t want to – it’s not that important. Ignorance is bliss…