My last post was "How Long Has It Been...."

How long has it been since I started this lovely crochet pattern? It's called "Journey Scarf" and was created by Kim Guzman.  Journey Scarf for certain... if you click the link you will see that it has been over 18mos since I started this project and that there have been some u-turns and route changes along the way.  I decided the baby yarn I was using was too bright and tiny and so switched to the denim and ivory colored cotton yarn I found on sale at Walmart (in the states).  I also decided to make a shell stitch doggy scarf for my girlfriend's intelligent and much beloved Shih Tzu.  Their photo is included below. I hope she likes them!

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" -Lao Tzu

Work in Progress? Wednesday

Do you remember the old parable...

"For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him...."

Well, I'm not that well-planning man. I'm always getting in to the middle of crafts without having taken everything in to consideration. I get excited (some may say impatient) and plow ahead only to find there's some pertinent thing that I need. At this point, I often feel overwhelmed and give up in discouragment. (This latter consequence would be the reason why I, now, seldom get started in the first place.)

Anyway, such is the case with my crocheted afghan. Marie Anne created this lovely pattern. And I began it joyfully (actually, I did have to start over once); but soon realized that I was lacking the yarn to finish. I did go back to my favorite little corner knitting shop to see if they had any more skeins; but alas, the store was torn down. So now I am contemplating transforming my afghan into a scarf, but I'm not exactly sure how to finish it off. Any ideas?

Work in Progress - Journey Scarf

The scarf pattern that I choose to work on for my friend comes from the NaturallyCaron.com website. It's a wonderfully delicate scarf pattern created by Kim Guzman called "Journey Scarf." As you can see, I haven't progressed very far in these past few weeks. The motifs are so pretty and easy to make. Kim gives excellent instructions. If all I had to do was crochet motifs, we'd probably have a hundred scattered all over the house by now. But the joining has been my downfall. The motifs are meant to be joined as you go. I tried to interpret the instructions several different ways, but it just was beyond my skill level. Finally, I contacted Kim Guzman at her website. She was very gracious and kind and pointed me to a video that explained this method of joining. Seeing a similar technique was very helpful and I have sort of developed my own way to progress. But I have to really think about it every time; thus the slow progression. I hope it turns out even half as beautiful as Kim's.

Work in Progress

Marie Anne at Every Day Crochet is hosting a Work in Progress Wednesday. I've been working on a scarf in natural from the Wavy Edge Shells Skinny Scarf pattern by Sandi Marshall (merely requiring a long chain and five double crochets to one single crochet every third stitch). I should be finished by now; but I had to set it aside when I ran out of yarn, and just haven't picked it up again.