2009 - Year of The Scarf

I read Angie Smith's blog frequently and linked over to Rach's blog at some point and saw this Year of The Scarf button on her blog which I clicked on and it brought me to Rachel's blog, who is hosting the Year of the Scarf Bloggy Carnival which was inspired by Angie Smith. So I decided I wanted to participate in my very first Bloggy Carnival!! After all, I wear scarves. The one I'm wearing most often lately is shown in the picture below. And you know what? I made it! I crocheted it myself and it was one of the first things I ever crocheted.

When I was pregnant with my daughter Autumn, my water ruptured at 21 weeks so I was laid up in a hospital for 8 weeks holding her in while the medical staff prevented my labor! You can read that story here. Anyway, my friend's stepmom came by with a bunch of stuff for me to do to make time go by. She knew I liked to do crafts so she brought me a paint by number, an embroidery kit, and my very first crochet hook with some yarn. She taught me how to make a dishcloth and bought me a crochet book full of patterns! I fell in love with crochet. I made all kinds of things during those 8 weeks. Some of the things were a blanket for Autumn which she uses in her crib now, a blanket for Keaton which is on his bed and this gray scarf. I really love it because it's a really easy pattern for beginners and it's very versatile. I wear it indoors as well as out. Especially when I go somewhere indoors that I know is going to be cold from AC, it's the perfect in between of wearing a coat or not.
Be sure to come back tomorrow for my thoughts on Jason, Melissa, Molly, DeAnna and the whole Bachelor conspiracy fiasco!