I teach an enrichment class after school Monday through Thursday. On average, I have about seven girls who stay regularly and recently we have been making Valentines for our local nursing home residents. Thursday, we had a special treat. One of my former students stopped by to show us how to make the beautiful Sashay scarves that are really popular right now. When it comes to knitting with needles, I tend to be all thumbs. But after our forty-five minute lesson, I brought home my yarn and my number 5 crochet hook and began to work. Saturday morning required a trip to the tax preparers, so as I waited in line to hand the government a few more tax dollars, I concentrated on my scarf. It's now midway through Sunday afternoon and I almost have two completed!! These are so simple to make and actually the Red Heart Yarn company has a tutorial for them on their website:
http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/royally-ruffled-scarf
It's pretty simple a matter of rotating between ten stitches and two stitches....do you call them stitches in crochet??? Just be extra careful, your yarn coming off the hook accidentally can result in the whole scarf unraveling!! Sounds like I know from experience huh??!! Anyway, a group of faculty and students are going to get together next week to teach others!! Really easy and results really fast. If you haven't tried this project, it is a simple way to create a quick and beautiful gift in an hour's time!! Thanks for visiting!!
Patty
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