Foufy Poufy White and Black Scarf

This is a scarf I whipped up for my cousin, M, for her birthday. She's been complaining that she's wanted me to make her a scarf for YEARS and I hadn't done that yet. Funny thing, is that just a few hours before I gave it to her, she said that again! :) I hope you like your scarf, M! XOXOXO!!

Yes, that is the scarf on the tailgate of our truck. We're like that. HA!




Detail:

Trail of Blossoms Scarf

On our cruise, I started this scarf, and over the weekend I finally finished it. This is a pattern I got from Lion Brand's website for a Trail of Blossoms Scarf. The join-as-you-go pattern was super easy and really fun to make! This pattern I made using yarn by Classic Elite Yarns. It is their Summer Set yarn, a cotton/alpaca/polyester/lyocel blend in 2146/Awning color.





Close-up of motifs:

Marbled green bamboo fiber yarn scarf

Here is a scarf that I've been working on as well. I finished this last night. Surprisingly, it is quite heavy!

Full scarf:




Detail:

Christmas Presents, Revealed!

So, now that my Christmas presents have been to their respective recipients, I can now post pictures of what this little elf has been working on for over the past month or so.

Non-Felted Hats

Men's Green/Tan Cammo Beanie:




Women's Green/Tan Cammo V-Stitch Beanie with Pink Accent and Floral Embellishment:




Close-up of floral embellishment:




Men's Desert Sand Cammo Beanie:




Men's Gray Beanie with Ribbed Band Accent:




Men's Ribbed Gray Beanie:




Women's Blue Chenille Open-work Beanie:




Women's Pink Variegated Shell Pattern Beanie with Matching Shell Pattern Mini-Scarf:




Women's "Curly" Yarn Beanie with Shell Edging and Corkscrew Embellishment:




Women's "Curly" Yarn Beanie with Shell Edging and Corkscrew Embellishment and Matching Corkscrew Scarf:




I really liked the "Corkscrew" set :)





Felted Hats

Women's Derby Style Pink Variegated Felted Hat with Flower Embellishment:




Women's Hunter Green Bell Style Hat with Bauble Embellishment:




Women's Turquoise Bell Style Hat with Yarn Button Embellishment:




Women's Chili Pepper Bell Style Hat with Yarn Button Embellishment:




Women's Bluebell Bell Style Hat with Bauble Embellishment:




Women's Blue and Brown Variegated Bell Style Hat with Yarn Button Embellishment:




Women's Celery Bell Style Hat with Bauble Embellishment:




Women's Heather Gray Bell Style Hat with Yarn Button Embellishment:

Aaahhhh...Waikiki

This is my latest scarf I finished last weekend. The yarn is a fine Italian brand that I found in Tuesday Morning of all places! The maker of the yarn is Laines Du Nord and the line is called Cashsilk, a 50% Merino extrafine unshrinkable wool, 25% silk and 25% cashmere (Color/Lot 656/597). It is sooo soft and yummy. I wasn't able to find their company site. The best I could do is on SkeinsScene.com where they call it "pink". I really got a bargain on the yarn... I only paid $3 per ball!

I found some really great patterns on the Naturally Caron site, and this scarf I used the Wikiki pattern.

I love this scarf! The pattern is suppposed to be small "pineapple" stitches, which they call "strawberries". I think my favorite thing about it is the fringe... just loops of chains. I think this is a great take on the idea of fringe. I'll have to use it on other projects!

Full Scarf (I just had my hair "did" :)




Close-up of one of the "strawberries". If you see up towards the top, there are the "leaves" and then the points that come down from there to form the strawberry.

A few scarves...

After finishing the very large afghan, I wanted to make some quick projects before really getting into Chris' blanket (which will be another large project).

I had sonme yummy yarn that I've been dying to use, so here are two scarves I made that used up all that yarn.

The first one was made with two balls of Plymouth Yarn's #9 Royal Bamboo. As you can see, it made up beautifully and is quite perfect for fall! The scarf is quite long, so I can probably wear it "scooped" around my neck. The yarn is VERY soft, and the weave is quite dainty, enough so that I could wear it IN the office at work when it gets a little colder.





Details:




The next scarf I made out of yarn by Filatura Di Crosa. Since the company website isn't in English, I'm linking to Yarnmarket to show the type of yarn, Dusk, in #4 Tropical Paradise. I love how this yarn self-striped. It also has some "shimmer" to it. So yummy!





Detail:

Pink hat and SKINNY scarf set

Here is a pink hat and SKINNY scarf set I finished last night. This was made with Moda Dea Bamboo Wool in Boysenberry.

Full shot:




Close-up (I added some extra detail on the hat with the little "flower"):

Yes... ANOTHER scarf!

As I told my crochet group last night, I've been experimenting with some new yarns... unfortunately, they are too expensive for me to do much more than a scarf... but, fortunately, they work up lovely to a scarf!

This yarn I bought at AC Moore. It is Moda Dea Bamboo Wool in "blue velvet". This yarn is made of 55% rayon bamboo, 45% wool. I literally just put my hook down and took a picture of the newest creation. I think this is one of the prettiest scarves so far (no offense to anyone I have given a scarf to in the past!).

Stay tuned, I will be posting pictures of new "green" yarn... more to come!

Spumoni, anyone?

I finished another scarf today... I tried my best to get it done on the way from Orlando to Port Orange, but I still had about 15 minutes of work when we got to my in-law's house ;)

When I was working on this scarf at my crochet group meeting, the one lady said that the colors looked so much like spumoni ice cream that she was going to need to stop at Publix (local grocery store) before going home! :)

I gave the scarf to my mother-in-law as part of her Mother's Day gift.

Found more pics!

I just found some pictures of two hat and scarf sets that I made for friends of ours who moved from FL to CO.

For the boyfriend half of the couple:




For the girlfriend half of the couple:

Just finished one and made another ;)

This is a scarf I made between yesterday and today... I made it using Moda Dea Bamboo Wool. I LOVE that yarn! It is sooooo soft!





This is a scarf I made for my mom... she bought the yarn at a specialty yarn store in Pittsburgh when we were there last. I told her if she bought the yarn, I'd make her something... I was buying hanks of yarn for $25 for something for myself (I don't often indulge in such expensive yarn), and told her I was too cheap to do that for anyone else. So, Mom found this great nylon-y type yarn that had two textures... a silky and a more "matte" type finish. It worked up VERY pretty!





Close-up of the edges...

More past work...

This work is a bit more recent than the baby blankets from the last post.

Shawl:




Baby Hats:












Another Baby Blanket:


Soldier Caps:




Hat and Scarf Sets:





...I know that last one has a matching scarf... just can't find it right now.

Scarves: