Special Olympics

teakaycee · August 30, 2008

Okay gang........... here is scarf #1 from me. :hook

I hope its okay.

darn smudge on the lens....................... *sigh*

:mug

hockeymomcrochets · August 30, 2008

looks great! i picked out some patterns today. hope to get started on some over the weekend. i got some dark burgandy for red scarf's too.

SmoothFox · August 30, 2008

When I heard about crocheting scarves for the Special Olympics I remembered this scarf pattern from the Crochet World Feb 2008 magazine.

Here's the close up.

Donna

SweetPea65 · August 30, 2008

DesertCrocheter: I live in Tucson also and you can find the Red Heart Delft Blue at WalMart @ Speedway/Kolb. They're remodeling the store so the yarn section is near the shoe department (last time I was there anyway). I'm working on a 'Starry Night Afghan' using 5 shades of blue, which amazingly enough, was able to find all at WalMart. Hope this helps.

Christina92786 · August 30, 2008

Yay! I'm excited for this project! I'd better go and pick up some of this yarn next time I'm out and about! Thanks for the heads up everyone!

hockeymomcrochets · August 31, 2008

Donna....love the scarf! great job.

kel · August 31, 2008

Thanks for the info, I am passing along to my groups as well! :hug

DesertCrocheter · August 31, 2008

DesertCrocheter: I live in Tucson also and you can find the Red Heart Delft Blue at WalMart @ Speedway/Kolb.

Oh, thank you, SweetPea! That was the one place I hadn't checked because it's always so crowded in there. But I will check them out later this week when I am on Kolb to go to the Tech Park to teach. Thanks!

Aren't you just loving this last bit of rainy season? But I'll be glad when the Old Pueblo isn't steamy anymore. Come on, autumn!!

Patty

Ankh · September 1, 2008

Here is scarf 2 I need to add the fringe and Scarf number 3. It's 60% finished. NiYa :yarn

SweetPea65 · September 1, 2008

Oh, thank you, SweetPea! That was the one place I hadn't checked because it's always so crowded in there. But I will check them out later this week when I am on Kolb to go to the Tech Park to teach. Thanks!

Aren't you just loving this last bit of rainy season? But I'll be glad when the Old Pueblo isn't steamy anymore. Come on, autumn!!

Patty

Oh, you're welcome! Hopefully there are some skeins left. I do love the rain. In fact, it's POURING on the eastside as we speak.

Andrea

The_Virginia_Hooker · September 1, 2008

Mine is 1/4 completed, bought yarn and started on it 2 days after i read about it in CT.

The_Virginia_Hooker · September 1, 2008

And just an FYI -- the pattern in Crochet Today lists incorrect color numbers. They call for Soft White, and that is not correct. You should use 311 White along with 885 Delft Blue. They're posting a correction on their web site.

Oh, GREAT, soft white was what i got and started using, because of what the CT mag said

ETA: Y'all think i can use this white anyway?

kel · September 1, 2008

I hope I am not repeating anyone - but I just tried to order from Knitting-Warehouse.com and I got a message that said the delft blue is currently unavailable and to check back later.

Good thing I have tomorrow off, I can hit the local WalMarts & Ben Franklin to see if they have any.

truckin Patty · September 1, 2008

Oh, GREAT, soft white was what i got and started using, because of what the CT mag said

ETA: Y'all think i can use this white anyway?

I think they want all the scarves to look the same color wise you could give that one to grannyannie for her charity.

dragonpuck · September 1, 2008

I hope I am not repeating anyone - but I just tried to order from Knitting-Warehouse.com and I got a message that said the delft blue is currently unavailable and to check back later.
.

HMM

my walmart has had it but maybe i better get a couple of extra just in case, i was going to make more later on - (when some of my other WIP are finished) and as thinking that the color would still be there - but maybe not!! :eek

we seem to be running the Nation out of Delft Blue- i wonder what the Special Olympics people will do if they get 10 thousand scarves instead of the 5 they are looking for!!!????

kel · September 1, 2008

WhooHoo! :cheer I scored 4 skeins of Delft Blue at WallyWorld (Walmart) this morning. They had about a dozen but my wallet didn't permit me to be a yarn hog. Thats ok, I have plenty to get going & I am happy.

The_Virginia_Hooker · September 1, 2008

I think they want all the scarves to look the same color wise you could give that one to grannyannie for her charity.

I happened to remember that i had 311 white leftover from a 'commissioned' scarf project last year. I put that and soft white together side by side outside, oh yeah, big difference.

So i ripped the whole scarf out, since, even if S.O. wouldn't have minded, it would have bugged me. So now i get to start over.

Good thing the deadline isn't around the corner lol.

At least i have almost a whole skein of the required white already. Not to mention since i was holding two strands together, it was a pain to frog, but the b/f helped me by separating the colors while i frogged, and then wound the soft white into a ball (after i got the ball started). :c9

The_Virginia_Hooker · September 1, 2008

HMM
my walmart has had it but maybe i better get a couple of extra just in case, i was going to make more later on - (when some of my other WIP are finished) and as thinking that the color would still be there - but maybe not!!

we seem to be running the Nation out of Delft Blue- i wonder what the Special Olympics people will do if they get 10 thousand scarves instead of the 5 they are looking for!!!????

Maybe start passing them to families of the atheletes?

teakaycee · September 2, 2008

Well........ I'm proud of myself... I finished another scarf in the middle of all my other things I'm doing..... :yay

:mug

cdschlea · September 2, 2008

Well, we're in. Me and my 17 year old daughter Libby. I've got one and a half done and she's started in on her first one. She's doing them for community service hours for school and I love to sit and crochet with her so it's a bonus for both of us. Pictures when we get a couple more done (but I've run out of white. Gotta go the store tomorrow!)

:hookColleen and Libby!

SmoothFox · September 2, 2008

I love it Tam. You did a great job. What is the stitch called and how many stitches wide is it?

hockeymomcrochets · September 2, 2008

My tested scarf for SmoothFox is going to Special Olympics.

Image is clickable

Details on the scarf itself and additional pictures are in post #18 here.

teakaycee · September 2, 2008

I love it Tam. You did a great job. What is the stitch called and how many stitches wide is it?

Hey hon..............thanks for the compliment.

This one is a really simple scarf... its your simple 'V' stitch.. started with a ch of 22. rows of 12 per color.

:mug

Ankh · September 2, 2008

I finished scarf number three :woo

and am starting on number 4. It is going to be broomstick lace as of right now. NiYa :yarn

hockeymomcrochets · September 2, 2008

I had some of the Delft Blue and the White skeins left over after making the scarf with SmoothFox's pattern so I just chained a really long chain and did the following and had it done in about 2 hours with a bit more of yarn left over:

2 Stripe Scarf

By: HockeyMomCrochets

chain length of scarf in delft blue

1 row dc, chain 4 turn

1 row trc, chain 3 turn

1 row dc, chain and turn

1 row sc

chang to white

1 row sc, chain 3 turn

1 row dc, chain 4 turn

1 row trc, chain 3 turn

1 row dc, end

Closeup of the stitches

The full scarf

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