Softee Baby Hat

Using this Softee Baby Hat pattern, I made this hat in a little over an hour. I used some DK stash yarn and an H hook. Overall, I really liked the pattern. I followed the directions for an 18 month old, and the only change I made to the pattern was to crochet it in a round instead of rows.

Time on this project: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Time total: 47 hours and 35 minutes

Bellflower Scarf

It's been a long time! My sophomore year was incredibly busy, stressful, wonderful, and rewarding. Unfortunately, my classes were much more difficult and time-consuming than I thought they would be (looking at you, organic chemistry), so I had very little time to crochet. This resulted in a scarf that took about seven months to finish.

I crocheted the Bellflower Infinity Scarf from Caron Yarns, found here. The main alteration I made to the pattern was omitting the process of slip stitching the ends together to form a circular (aka infinity) scarf. I added fringe to the ends to make the scarf more decorative and less plain. To make each individual fringe, I cut five lengths of yarn (about 8-9 inches long) and looped them through the edge of the scarf using a crochet hook. I also did an initial chain 25 stitches instead of 32 to decrease the width since it wasn't an infinity scarf. I used the "passion" color of Caron Simply Soft yarn and an H hook.

Time on this project: 7 hours
Time total: 46 hours and 20 minutes