Friday, October 4, 2013

Headwraps and Scarves

Last Friday I decided to walk home from work which is a 6 mile walk for me. It was a very nice day when I started the walk. Well, by the time I was 4 miles into my walk the weather became colder and it began to snow. I didn't have anything for my head to keep me warm, so I ended up with a head cold all weekend. What do you do when you are sick in bed all weekend? I crocheted headwraps and scarves!! Hopefully, these headwraps will keep the head cold at bay for the rest of the winter.

 
This is a very simple pattern that I found on Ravelry. The pattern can be found here. It is by blogger Frayed Knot. You can actually modify it by increasing the stitch row to adjust the width. I had to because of the yarn weight I used. The cactus flower headwrap was crocheted with Lion Brand Amazing yarn which is 1.75 oz weight and required an increase to 14 stitches wide. The Ozark forest wrap is made with Lion Brand Tweed and I increased to a 14 stitch wide wrap because of how tight I crocheted the stitches. The woodland tweed is also made from the Lion Brand Tweed and kept it at the 12 stitch wide pattern. This is an easy 1 hour project and great for a quick Christmas gift. I have a few nieces that will benefit from this pattern. :-) Plus my scarf thief has now also became a headwrap thief. I hadn't even sewn the button on the Cactus Flower one before my daughter snatched it up!
 
Since my DD wants to always own the items I crochet, she was commissioned as my head model! She added a little whimsical to the look by adding leopard spots to her makeup!
  
I have also made a couple of scarves to go along with the headwraps. I had already made a woodland tweed scarf, you might remember it from this post. It is an easy granny square scarf.
  
 
I made a scarf out of the Ozark forest colored yarn as well. It is the Spring Petal Scarf pattern. I loved how the sc and dc stitch combination makes this gorgeous shell.
 
 
Last, but not least, I completed the Tunisian Crochet Scarf! It turned out great. I did this one up without a pattern, but it is a pretty basic stitch. I just did 2 rows of Tunisian simple stitch, a row of Tunisian reverse stitch, and then Tunisian double crochet until I reached the length I wanted and ended it the same way I began. I made it into an infinity scarf mainly because Tunisian crochet really rolls up at the ends. I added a few buttons as well. 
 
 
I hope everyone enjoys their weekend! I'm linking up with Tami's blog again this Friday. Please take a moment and check out other FOs!
 
Just a quick pic of what I woke up to this morning.
 
Snow and lots of it!!
 


17 comments:

  1. I'm sure those hats will keep you warm. Snow? Already? Do you like it?

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    1. I love the snow! But it is so early in the season it won't last. :)

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  2. Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. I see you are into hats and scarves as well. You have made some lovely items.

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  3. Beautiful sets! Your model looks like she is having fun.

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    1. Thank you! She had a great time and then had to edit which pics I could upload...she is my little diva. :)

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  4. It's seems early for snow. We're expecting a cold front this weekend but no snow in the forecast thank goodnes. Love your headwraps!

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    1. Thanks!! :)

      We normally receive a small dusting about this time frame, but 6-8 inches of snow over night is out of the ordinary.

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  5. Gorgeous! Iove how the scarves loop with the buttons.

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    1. Thanks!! BTW, something went crazy and posted your comment 4 times so I removed the other 3.

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  9. These are all very beautiful! Hard to believe those wonderful hats stitch up so quickly!! I'm particularly partial to the Woodland Tweed!

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    1. Thanks! I do love the Woodland Tweed as well, but loving the Cactus Flower because of the vibrant colors. :)

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  10. Those headwraps are CUTE! And how nice that you can make them so quickly, too! Love the combo with the scarves, too.

    BTW, when I first looked at the chair picture I thought "why is there sheepskin on the arms of that chair?" - then I read your caption. Obviously I don't live in a snowy area...but wow. That seems like a lot of snow for early October!

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    1. Thanks! LOL..sheepskin!! It is early for snow, but most has melted in the lower elevations. So my porch is clear of snow now. :)

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