To Sirs With Love

Here's the deal, I have been crocheting away making scarfs to donate to a mens shelter. Things were going well until I decided that the scarfs were too plain. I had this bright idea to change the pattern of the scarfs, well that was a big mistake because I have crocheted and taken one scarf down at least 3 times. I finally finished it this morning...thank God! The pattern was nice, but it was taking forever to complete one scarf, so in the essence of time I decided to go back to the original pattern that allows me to crank the scarfs out in no time at all and now I can finish them while it is still winter. I have been using autumn and winter colored yarns and they can be a little and they have the tendency to fall a little flat and I didn't want that. I also make greeting cards and I've noticed that although the colors are very rich, you still have to enhance them a little to make them pop. Men don't really care about that kind of thing anyway. The main point to this project is to help keep them warm during the winter months. I am trying to locate a crochet pattern for creating hats as well, so if any of you know of one, feel free to share.

My Friend Carolyn

My friend Carolyn says that I should post about how I have promised to make her one of my funny looking scarfs, but that she has yet to receive it. She has been threatening since I walked into the door. I asked her "Carolyn what about love" and she responded "What's love got to do with it".

Scarfs, scarfs and more scarfs

I learned how to make a chain stitch years ago and never did anything with it, that is no more than create a "pot holder" out of yarn. I can't even tell you if I did it with a crochet hook or with knitting needles. Anyway I was talking to someone on the train a few years ago and she mentioned that she and a group of friends would crochet scarfs for the shelters during the winter, I thought it was a cool idea and promised myself that I would learn to make scarfs to donate as well. My mother and my aunt both were excellet with knitting and crocheting. They are both now deceased, but the skill must have been genetically transferred to my oldest niece who has a real skill for it as well. I made my first scarf from yarn that I had been practicing on and had finally decided that I just was going to crochet until it ran out. I came up with a design that I say was an accident, but everyone else seems to love. No one wants to believe that I had no idea what I was doing when I made it. I have since joined a life group that gets together to knit and crochet. We share tips and ideas, but most of all it's just fun to do life with someone who holds the same interest as you. I am making basic scarfs using the double crochet stitch, I am not sure if I am going to add any tassels on any of them. I hope to donate all of the scarfs before the winter is up, but if not I will store them for the upcoming fall and winter seasons 2010.