Crafter by Night

Plaid Crochet Scarf?

My brother has requested that I make a scarf for his girlfriend Stephanie. This is no problem – just whip up quick fuzzy scarf, right? So – onto the choices. I put lots of thought into these things.

Stephanie’s personality makes certain things necessary. She needs to be able to wash  & wear this easily. Wool will not work. Also, she wears her stuff until she wears it out – so it has to be long-wearing. She doesn’t approve of a great deal of expense, either (actually, one of her favorite things is “sweet deals”). So it needs to be cheap. And she likes pretty stuff (who doesn’t?) and natural stuff, so we’re going to be approximating pretty wools.

The right yarn appears to be Lion Brand Jiffy. Mohair-look means soft and fuzzy. Acrylic means wash n’ wear and hopefully long-wearing. It’s pretty. And mostly, I really like the colors. This one’s going to be primarily caffe (soft brown) and avocado (bright green) with accents of apple green (essentially a lighter shade of avocado), denim and chili. They’re natural-looking colors, rich but still soft. I’m using a large gauge hook (K) to make it fluffy and because I need to weave it.  Why?

Here’s the kicker: it also needs to be plaid.

So I needed inspiration and looked about, and I found the following useful.  There’s the plaid baby blanket and the felted windowpane purse (the green/brown one) from Lion Brand. Or the afghan plaid crochet (top blue one) on eBay. There’s a Christmasy plaid scarf over at Michaels that has promise. Yarn market sells a kit for a plaid felted bag (the burgundy weaving) that I’d like to buy when I have time for a new project next millenium. An event plaid from the DIY network (the orangey pillow). I may have to purchase this book of tartan plaid crochet blankets. And a lovely pattern for a fringed plaid blanket (the bottom blue one) at Fairy Threads. And finally, because the plaid is really well done and actually really plaid-ish, the lovely green plaid toilet tissue holder. I shall work with these and see what I come up with.