tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57304019147496420272011-04-21T20:18:37.947-05:00These are the tales of college crochet--sporadic, ADD, and always interesting. I'm not claiming to be a genius designer or even particularly awesome at the craft--I'm just a girl who loves to try stuff and then talk about it for a while.Ronniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09678904104093123855noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730401914749642027.post-13956886326189939052009-04-01T23:01:00.003-05:002009-04-01T23:21:10.476-05:00<div><br /></div><br />So I finally finished the Neck Thingy I've been working on!  Yeah, I know, technical term, right?  Well, it's sort of like a button-on turtleneck, or a really small scarf.  I was walking to drama practice the other night, hunched into the fuzzy-collared coat that I borrowed from my boyfriend, when it hit me: even though scarf season is LONG over, it's still too cold and windy to be without something to fill in the gap between coat/hoodie and hat!  <div><br /></div><div>A partial ball of Bernat Natural Blends Bamboo and a little while later, I had a lovely rectangle with two buttonholes on one end.  Exactly what I wanted, but I still needed buttons to make the creation sing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, today I was able to get to the craft store, and I got these spiffy wooden-looking buttons that go just <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">perfectly</span> with the greenish color of the yarn.  I wore it to practice today, and it is amazing!  I don't even realize I'm wearing it, the yarn is so soft (I am officially addicted to bamboo yarn).  I think it looks pretty cute, too.  Here it is:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h8nqZCqYkGc/SdQ7nVbCSbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bwnoDHPuYHc/s1600-h/neckthingy.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><br /><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h8nqZCqYkGc/SdQ7nVbCSbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/bwnoDHPuYHc/s320/neckthingy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319942606782876082" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>My webcam is not amazing at showing the stitch definition.  I think, if I were to do it over again, I'd make it narrower and then edge it so that it looked a little smoother on the sides.  Ah well, it's comfy and now I have a spiffy Neck Thingy to keep my neck warm while I wait for Chicago to realize that IT IS SPRING TIME!!! GLARG!</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm still debating whether to put up a pattern for this.  It's SO easy...just a rectangle with button holes on one end and then buttons on the other.  On the other hand, I'm pretty proud of it. . . I don't know.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, off to bed before I collapse!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5730401914749642027-1395688632618993905?l=ronniecrochet.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ronniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09678904104093123855noreply@blogger.com0