Baby, It's Cold Outside

It's starting to feel a little bit like winter. Perfect time to work on scarves! I came up with a new pattern the other day and liked it so much I made it in four colors!

Shells and Scallops Scarves:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18298099
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18298928
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18299508
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18299799

Then the leftover yarn inspired me to think in stripes again!
Chocolate Parfait Scarf:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18300226

I love the way all of these turned out. One of these days I'm actually going to have to make a scarf for myself rather than freeze. Talk about the cobbler's children going without shoes . . . Oh well, one of these days maybe I'll love something so much I won't be able to part with it ;)

It's done!

Well, here are the first pics of the completed scarf.

So there it is: "One Perfect Rose"

I was going to place two 3-d rose squares, one at each end, but Dorothy Parker's poem "One Perfect Rose" kept repeating in my head and I decided to put just one 3-d rose as the second motif on one side and not balance with another on the other side.

Now, for anyone who knows how symmetrically-minded I am, you know that this was a major step away from my comfort zone. I'm very pleased with the results, though, so I may have to spend less time obsessing in my quest for symmetry. Now, when Chris gets home from Jury Duty, I'll have him take pics of me in the scarf (in the nice hot sunlight, ugh) and post it to my store. Hooray!