SnB:HH Garden Scarf

[rose_anglaise]

I ordered some Lamb's Pride Bulky from the States so that I could knit the "Hot Head" hat from the Stich 'n Bitch Handbook. I made two versions of the hat and still had plenty of yarn left over, so I decided to give the Garden Scarf from SnB: Happy Hooker a go, using the illuminated crochet hook that my husband gave me for my birthday.

 

I gave the scarf to a friend for Christmas. She knits brilliantly, but doesn't really crochet, so it seemed a good gift. This is my scan of part of the scarf:

 

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e382/Omphaloskepsis/crafts/garden_scarf.jpg

 

Her photo of it is more creative!

 

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e382/Omphaloskepsis/crafts/liz_my_scarf.jpg

 

Has anyone else crocheted this scarf and found the instructions for joining the motifs confusing? I couldn't understand them and ended up fudging it ...

[crochet_hen]

I love the colors you chose and the second photo is great! I have the snb book, but haven't tried this pattern yet.

 

I lived in Ely for a year and loved it. We were in England for 4 years and everyone that came to visit got a tour of the cathedral...it is so beautiful!

[rose_anglaise]

Hello Beth! Thank you for commenting. I have a thing about purple & yellow together ... one of my favourite colour combinations ... I think it comes from painting, and playing with complementary colours a lot.

 

Ely is beautiful, isn't it ... I'm so glad I live here. As a resident of the city, you must have been entitled to a free pass to visit the cathedral? It's certainly a lovely place to bring up my baby daughter.

[lilmari]

thats pretty i have the SnB book too but never tried the scarf

maybe i'll give it a try now

[unicorn1394]

I have made it, the first couple of joinings where confusing, but after a few it was easier, and the chart helped alot.

[Shell]

lovely scarf. light enough to wear on cool evenings in the spring/fall too!

[jmccrochet]

A friend of mine made that scarf and the joining confused her on the first few joins. I Love your version

 

Joyce

[pigtailninja]

Your joins look just like mine did, so either we both got it right, or we both got it wrong. Either way, it looks perfect. I did find the instructions for that a bit confusing myself.

 

I know we're a crochet community, but do you have any photos of your finished Hot Head hats? I've been thinking of knitting one, and I'd be curious to see your version in those awesome colors!

[QueenOfCrochet]

That scarf is very pretty. Great job!

[misssmaggie]

That is so cute!!! Thanks for sharing!

[Twinnish]

Hi Rose!

 

The scarf is sweet! I love purple and yellow together, too! Thanks for sharing.

[Riohnna]

Wow, that is very lovely!

[rose_anglaise]

Thanks all!

 

M, here's a link to the (sshhh!) knitted hat. I decided my friend "Clive" made a better model than me

 

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e382/Omphaloskepsis/crafts/clivehat.jpg

 

Here's the Lamb's Pride in all its glory. Their colours are gorgeous. I still have plenty of yarn left over, too!

 

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e382/Omphaloskepsis/crafts/lambspride.jpg

[jessjess]

I love the colours - & that scarf is just the thing for English summer evenings!

[pigtailninja]

rose, that is an awesome job on the hat! Man, now I'm going to have to go buy the needles to make one, and it's not even winter anymore. Fabulous model, by the way. Heehee.

 

*should probably stop talking about needles on the crochet forum - snicker*

 

I really love the Lamb's Pride yarn too. It's definitely worth the money.

[cshort]

Very pretty!

[yarn_monkey]

I love the colors you used! I made one (in off-white and two different purples) and quite honestly I had an AWFUL time figuring out how to join those darned flowers! It must've taken me a few days and finally I figured out some sort of variation of what they were talking about that worked out for me. I still have no idea if I did it right or not. But like yours, it looks fine and that's what matters!

[oliveoil]

Your scarf came out really nice:cheer !! Your "fudging" looks pretty darn good:clap !! I have the SnB, I really want to make that scarf, but the joining keeps me from making one:eek I love the purple and yellow together!!

(P.S. The hat is awesome, is the hat a k2p2:think )????

[cherrypicker]

I just made this scarf, I couldnt work out the join so I just slip stitched mine together! ( oh I just love those colours you used there!)