Change of plan!

So my scarf has turned into a collar, of sorts.  I got it to the point where it would wrap around my neck with a little overlap, and decided that I had already made one scarf, this would be perfect.  I decided to make it button to one side.

I didn't realize that this was folly until I started making the buttonhole and realized I had no idea how to make a buttonhole.  This was a problem.

So I punted.  In the middle of the cable twining (the plain space in the center, that is), instead of hdc 4, I chained 4 and worked from there.  The cables obscure the edges a touch, but I'm not overly concerned with it - I figure that should help it be more snug.

The challenge now is finding a button that'll fit that I like.  Those two things aren't always the same.  I'll post pics when it's done and a button has been found and affixed.  Woo!

I learn an important lesson

So, my scarf, right?  It looks neat, I dig it and all.

I've been going through it, thinking how strange it feels when I get to the end of the rows I'm repeating and start over.

Funny story.

I've, um, been repeating one more row than I need to.  Says "rows 3-10", not "rows 2-10".  That makes a difference, dunnit?


*pattern-reading fail*  However, it doesn't LOOK bad, and that gives me a little extra length, so . . . it could be worse.  And we've all made mistakes like that, haven't we? . . . haven't we?

Scarf/hat combo!

Well, at least part of it.  I haven't done any real work on the hat yet.  It's my first time working with serious, grown-up cables, and I thought that it might be easier to get the idea of how things work without having to work in the round.

I was right.

Both patterns are off of Ravelry (the scarf and the hat), but I've obviously changed the yarns to Misti Alpaca Tonos Worsted.  I love it, it's so soft and squishy!

I hate when colorways are just letters and numbers, but this one is TW16 - I'm calling it grape, so there.

The scarf is coming along - I'm having a few issues with putting it down, and then having to remember how to cable again after a few days, but other than that, it's pretty easy.  Front/back post crochet is easier than I had thought, waaaaay back when I first saw a piece of cabled crochet.

The squishiness of the yarn, however, means that stitch definition isn't what it might be.  I don't care, I'm making the scarf because I want a cabley scarf and hat, and I like the color and feel, but it explains why the pattern calls for superwash wool.  Here's a pic of the stitchwork, though it didn't turn out awesome (purple-on-purple with the iPhone camera doesn't turn out so great).

I like how it's working up, even if it does look a little clumsy.  I'm hoping to get it done in time to block it before chilly weather starts up.  It's really hard to stay focused on making cold-weather gear when it's nice out and all I want is a ball of cotton to make myself a new purse.  But I'm in love with this color and the idea of having something sassy and matched for Thanksgiving/Christmas.

It's moving, a little at a time.

My hat!

I'm not a hat-maker, as a general rule.  Probably because I'm not a hat-wearer.  Hats look sort of silly on me; or at least, I feel like they do, which amounts to the same thing, right?  But I finally gave up on my hat protests, because I need a winter hat.  I just get too darned cold without one, when it's snowing and 3 degrees out.

So I made m'self a hat from some leftover yarn (Cascade Eco Wool, if you're curious; giant skeins = more left when you finish a project!), and it's awesome!  I'd never made a hat before . . . well, not one that fit, at least.

Isn't it pretty?  And it fits and everything!  I was so proud.