Skinny scarf

                Guys are the hardest to shop for and it even harder to make things for them. Its just not fair, but I guess crochet is just too pretty to be considered manly. I showed you the hats I made for my brothers here, but here is another gift I made for a male member of my family for Christmas. My very tall cousin. 

                 Rich is way on the tall side so I wanted to make something skinny and very long to try and match his frame, I used Lion brand yarns Wool-ease thick & Quick stripes and a size I hook. Chained 13 inserted in the 3rd loop from the hook and half doubled my way till I was out of 2 balls of yarn. Trust me when I say its long here is me being anaconda'ed by it 

 

Told you so. 

          Anyway it was really quick and really easy and I hope he will like it as will and manley scarf wearers you might make this for :) 

Yay me!

                 Hurrah for me! I had a very productive night so much so I finished my second hat, yay for me! Plus I only had to undo the first three rows (bad count) and the last row I did twice (tension issue) but it went so much faster than the first one. I'm so happy with the hats, the embellishments didn't work out as well as I wished but I'm not undoing them now.

                 This is the pattern I used basically, I used a G,H,and I sized hook going from biggest to smallest. I on the crown, H on the body, and G on the last 2-3 rows. I didn't do the 2nd color or the pattern for it, after it was long enough I did a row of single crochet to get a good tension. I'm really happy with the hat. I wrote USN and USMC for my brothers and used some yarn and a needle to cover the inside so it wouldn't be scratchy. I feel like the cord I used made the letters look a little strange but oh well, c'est la vie.

This one is for my Big Bro who is in the Navy.

I made the same hat in scarlet with USMC on it for my Lil Bro in the Marines.