Go Gryffindor!

One of the items I ordered for my sister-in-law for Christmas did not arrive on time.  They initially sent me the item, but the package was lost in transit.  By the time phone calls were made about the lost package, the missing item went on back order.  I was frustrated so, not wanting to give her merely an empty package to open tomorrow morning that says "your gift is on the way", I quickly knit together a Gryffindor scarf.  I know the colours are off slightly, but the scarf was thrown together in a day and a half using the yarn I had on hand.  Still, I think it turned out nicely!

(NOTE: The scarf is folded up on itself.  It's MUCH longer than it looks.  It's actually extra-long and extra-wide compared to the scarves I normally make.  I wanted to make it as authentic looking as I could with what limited materials I had.)

Project Details

• Needles = Size US 10.5 (way too big for this, BTW, it was just what I had; a US 8 or US 9 would have been more ideal)
• Yarn = Lion Brand Vanna's Choice Brick (133) and Caron One Pound Sunflower (549) -- I know how bad it is to mix 2 different yarns, but it was what I had on hand.  They were fairly comparable in weight, stretch, and texture, so it worked.
• Worked in StSt
• 24 stitches wide, 310 long: 11 sections of 20 rows Brick, 20 sections of 3 rows Sunflower, 10 sections of 3 rows Brick:  20 Brick, 3 Sunflower, 3 Brick, 3 Sunflower, repeat x 10, end with 20 Brick
• Fringe is 2 - 5 inch pieces of Brick , doubled up at end of each row.  Length of attached fringe: approx. 2.5 inches.
• Be sure to block flat when completed, or this scarf will roll.  If you don't want to have to do that, work it twice as wide (if worked flat rather than in-the-round, stitch side together on completion).

Go Team Scarf

When I went back to Texas for Thanksgiving to visit my family, in one of my more lucid non-sick moments, I started talking to my aunt about crafting.  Somewhere in the process of the conversation, I let her know that I had recently learned how to knit.  She excitedly asked me if I could make her a hat and scarf in her twins' high school colours so that she can wear it to football games next year in support of the Color Guard.  My cousins, also, asked me to make hats and scarves for them as well.

Their school colours are purple and gold, however, this can be made with any two colours.  Here is the first of the three scarves (although the last one will be orange and turquoise rather than purple and gold):

Project Details

• Needles = Size US 11
• Yarn = Caron One Pound Sunflower (549) and Iris (550)
• Worked in K
• 15 stitches wide, 300 long: 8 sections of 20 rows Sunflower, 7 sections of 20 rows Iris:  20 rows Sunflower, 20 rows Iris, repeat x 7, end with 20 rows Sunflower
• Fringe is 8 inch pieces of each Sunflower and Iris, doubled up at end of each row.  Length of attached fringe: approx. 4 inches.