bunrab | Jan. 16th, 2006

fadethecat, here's a preview of your afghan - this is a little less than a quarter of it, which is as much as I've gotten sewn together so far.
( granny squares )

This red scarf is pretty small, but the "keyhole" in it means you can fasten it by looping the other end through the hole, which means you don't need to tie a knot. The yarn is an alpaca blend. The stitch is a slightly textured stitch mainly alternating sc and dc. Fade, you're getting stuck with this one. (This is the second try at a keyhole; the first, in tan alpaca, I'm using myself.)
( The image looks purple; it's really redder than that )

And a purple scarf, now, which really is purple. This is a perfectly ordinary double-crochet scarf, remarkable only for the speed at which it was made: except for weaving in the ends, the entire scarf was made during the trip home from Philadelphia yesterday, in the car, in the dark. I started out trying some smaller patterns and using one strand and a small hook, and after about 30 miles/30 minutes got fed up with the way none of the things I was attempting were cooperating with me, so I ripped it out, and thus the final version was done during the last 100 miles/hour and a half of the trip. It's two strands held together, and I'll include the scraps of yarn that are left so you can see them separately. It's really soft 100% wool sock yarn.
( This purple scarf really is purple )

Tra la, projects are getting finished at an amazing rate.