Sunday, November 13, 2011

To Infinity and Beyond.......

Ok, so there is no beyond, but I have made a couple of Infinity scarfs.

This little one was made using one skein of Vanna's Choice in Mustard. The pattern I used was Caron's Bellflower Infinity Scarf.  I needed another skein to make it long and able to loop around, but I didn't have one so a short one it is. It's very warm and would have probably been too thick looped around anyway. Has anyone else noticed that Mustard is a popular color right now?


Now for my second one. I made this one in about 4 hours on Friday. The yarn I used is Lion Brands Tweed Stripes in color 206 Woodlands. LOVE this colorway! This was my first time using a self striping yarn and will definitely use it again.  

I started out similar to the patter for the Mustard scarf, and changed up the shells a little. 
Here's how I did it.
-2 skeins of Lion Brand Tweed Stripes
-H hook

Start with a chain of 34.
ROW 1-
DC in the 4th chain from the hook.
*Skip next two ch's.
2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc in the next ch.
dc in each of the next two ch's.*
Repeat from * to the end. Ending with dc's in last two ch's.
You should have 4 shell clusters and 5 two dc spaces.


ROW 2-
ch 3 and turn, dc in next dc.
*in ch 1 space of shell- dc, ch 2, dc
skip to 2 dc's and dc in each.
repeat from * to the end with a dc in the last dc and a dc in the top of the ch 3.

ROW 3-
ch 3 and turn, dc in the next dc.
*in ch 2 space of shell-2 dc, ch1, 2 dc
skip to 2 dc's and dc in each.
repeat from * to end with a dc in the last dc and a dc in the top of ch 3.


Repeat rows 2 and 3 until you reach the desired length. You could leave this as a scarf or sew the two ends together to make a Mobius or Infinity scarf.  I hope I explained the instructions well enough, but if not please feel free to leave me a message.

I have dinner simmering away in the Crock Pot, Beef Tips and Gravy. Pammy Sue at Scotty's Place posted the recipe a while back. This is always a hit with my family. Basically you just add a package of beef tips, (I use the large pack, got a lot of mouths to feed here) and 2 cans of Beef Gravy. Throw it in a crock pot on high for 4 hours. I am going to cook some egg noodles and add them to it. Perfect for a chilly day. I am gonna go now and make a Butter Pecan Pound Cake. If you would like the recipe let me know, I will be glad to share.

TTYS!

8 comments:

  1. I love your Infinity Scarf - it's terrific. Thank you very much for sharing! :) :)
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    Lee Ann

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  2. I love self-striping yarns and use them a lot, your infinity scarf is so pretty in those colours.
    Sandra x

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  3. Hello Tracie! I came across this pattern just love it! I am the editor of AllFreeCrochet.com and would love to feature your tutorial on my site with full credit to you. I know my readers would love it as well, and in return would generate some nice traffic to your site. If you agree and would like us to feature your project, our readers will simply click the link to your blog to get your full tutorial. It's really that simple. Please let me know if this would be ok. I look forward to hearing from you!
    Jenny
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  4. Hi!
    This scarf is beautiful! Could you tell me how much yarn you used please as I'd love to try it. Thanks
    Cally

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  5. Hi Cally, I used two skeins of the yarn to use this. I hope you enjoy!

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  6. I started this last night, but I end up with 6 shells and 5 dcs - even when I try the math and count the chains, I cannot see how you got 4 and 5. Regardless, it is still working up beautifully! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Hi all! I just started this beautiful scarf and it took me 3 tries until I reviewed the mustard colored scarf instructions. That one calls for a beginning chain of 32 and skip 2 ch's between the shell and dc's in next 2 ch's also. When I changed it then the pattern works up with 4 shells and 5 dc's spaces! That is as far as I've gotten, so we'll see if there are anymore corrections needed.

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