intelligently designed

After a trade with Raveler nokorie I ended up with three skeins of Noro Kureyon. I absolutely adore Noro, but sometimes it's hard to find a pattern that suits the variegation of their colorways. Add to that the fact that I was crochet-starved and really wanted to get back into hooking, and I found myself at a loss for what to make. Then I stumbled upon this pattern. The original intention was to make a cute, lacy bookmark, but it turns out that supersizing thread crochet can have great results. (See Jared Flood's Hemlock Ring Blanket modification for further proof!)

The scarf has been getting a lot of use lately, so I only have a few sneak-peak pictures to share.

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I used a size H (5.00mm) hook, and crocheted until it was about 7' long. A bit excessive, but I wanted to use up as much yarn as I could, and I like being able to wrap it around my neck twice and still have plenty of dangle. I modified the edging by doing (sc, ch 3, sc) in each ch space of the previous row. Because of the larger gauge the edging really needed the exaggeration. And this scarf looks spiffy with my green corduroy jacket. Once the weather clears up a bit I'll try for some better shots.