Release party: Nadia’s chevron scarf

I made this little scarf for my ex-assistant (ex- because I quit, to be specific) Nadia. I’m a little too embarrassed to mention when I made it, because that would just emphasize how far behind I am in blogging about the stuff I make. Let’s just say that there was snow on the ground and poinsettias in the living room when I took these pictures.

Project details:
Pattern: Improvised chevron
Yarn: Every color is Berroco Ultra Alpaca Light
Hook: G
Time spent: Three days

This crocheted chevron pattern is one that I just intrinsically know. Most of my baby blankets were crocheted in this pattern, I remember watching my mom work in this pattern countless times when I was a kid and working in chevron just comes absolutely naturally when I start to crochet. It’s a biological thing. For this pattern I chose to do 5-row stripes. I chose the colors to go with this awesome gray jacket Nadia has.

This yarn is just wonderful. It’s cheap, it’s easy to work with, it comes in beautiful colors, and it is soft. I would recommend it for just about any wooly project.

 

Motif madness, chapter 14

“It has been my experience that folks with no vices have very few virtues.”
-Abraham Lincoln

Made using pattern #144 in Beyond the Square: Crochet motifs.

Written Jan. 25.

Motif madness, chapter 13

“The middle of the road is where the white line is — and that’s the worst place to drive.”
-Robert Frost

Made using pattern #122 in Beyond the Square: Crochet motifs.

Written Jan. 25.

Motif madness, chapter 12

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”
-Car Gustav Jung

Made using pattern #52 in Beyond the Square: Crochet motifs.

Written Jan. 25.

Motif madness, chapter 11

“I said to my soul
Be still
And wait without hope
For hope would be hope for the wrong thing
And wait without love
For love would be love of the wrong thing
There is yet faith
But the faith and the hope and the love
Are all in the waiting
And do not think
For you are not ready for thought
So the darkness shall be the light
And the stillness
The dancing.”
-T.S. Eliot

Made using pattern #128 in Beyond the Square: Crochet motifs.

Written Jan. 25.

Motif madness, chapter 10

“We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.”
-Virginia Satir

Made using pattern #118 in Beyond the Square: Crochet motifs.

Written Jan. 25.

Motif madness, chapter 9

“The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.”
-Barbara de Angelis

Made using pattern #70 in Beyond the Square: Crochet motifs.

Written Jan. 25.

Motif madness, chapter 8

“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.”
-Peace Pilgrim

Made using pattern #20 in Beyond the Square: Crochet motifs.

Written Jan. 25.

Motif madness, chapter 7

“I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.”
-bell hooks

Made using pattern #89 in Beyond the Square: Crochet motifs.

Written Jan. 25.

Motif madness, chapter 6

“Lying is done with words and also with silence.”
-Adrienne Rich

Made using pattern #101 in Beyond the Square: Crochet motifs.

Written Jan. 25.