Pinterest Challenge Fall Edition

Woo Hoo! 

Young House Love along with friends, Katie Bower, Ana White, and Erin have issued their newest Pinterest Challenge.  Lots of people will be presenting their best ideas and I can't wait to see everyone's creations. 

With the holidays just around the corner I'm sure we'll see posts on ornaments, decorations as well as gift ideas from very talented Pinterest fans.  Even Sherry mentioned that she might try some ornaments.  Since I'm the kind of person who does their Christmas shopping throughout the year (even though I can't bear the idea of putting Christmas decorations up until after Thanksgiving) I wanted to work on some gift items for those on my list.  But what to make????


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I've been wanting to crochet an afghan for some time now even though the last time I picked up a crochet needle was over 10 years ago.  But I have the perfect person to gift this to and they are totally worth the time I know an afghan will take to make.  After finding a great pattern and some yarn in the perfect colors I sat down to start the project........apparently crocheting is not like riding a bike......I needed a refresher on stitches and terminology.  After finding the information on Google and YouTube I started the project again.....and again....and again.  Needless to say my crocheting skills needed more practice before tackling a huge project like an afghan so off to Pinterest to find a smaller project. 

And I found it!  And it's a perfect gift for another person on my list!

 

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 It's an Infinity Scarf (also know as mobius scarf, eternity scarf or circle scarf). 

I saw several patterns that I liked some free and some on etsy.  I loved the esty pattern above but knowing that my friend is cold natured the scarf could not have lots of open areas but rather need to be more closely stitched.  I started a couple of tutorials I found but decided to go with a standard double crochet (dc) stitch. 

Here's the pattern I did: 

Chain 27.  In third chain from needle dc.  Continue to end of chain. Chained two, turned and started dc all over again.  Repeat, repeat, repeat.....

I didn't count how many rows were there I just continued until I ran out of yarn in the skien I was using.  I connected the two ends with a single crochet.  Some sites said to twist the scarf before connecting the ends so it would lay "right" but I found just connecting it in a full circle worked just fine.  This entire project took me Desperate Housewives, Pan Am and part of my local news (well, a little less cause you know I had to stop every so often to catch up on what was happening on Wysteria Lane!).

I think my friend will enjoy this gift and for the price of a skein of yarn and a little time I couldn't find a more affordable gift.  I'm thinking about one for myself.....but before then I decided my friend who's getting the afghan should also have a scarf.  This one follows the same basic pattern except I didn't connect the ends since I know she likes her scarf this way.  I added a contrasting color around the outside using a single crochet and then added three little flowers in the same contrast color just to make it interesting.  I'm happy with the way they turned out but even happier that now I can go back to the afghan.

Although the afghan is not complete as of the date of this Pinterest Challenge I am more than half done with it.  Here's hoping to a finished project after a couple of more weekends. 

PSSST!!  I've been up to more Pinterest inspired projects.....check 'em out here and here!



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