Last year, I said on the Women's Poker Club forum that if I didn't fix the holes in my poker game, I'd have to take up crochet.
Well, I fixed...some. And I took up crochet anyhow, after mom gave me a starter set last Xmas. So far, I've only made simple projects: a few scarves, a case for my Nintendo DS, a half-finished granny-square afghan, etc.
Last week, I evaluated my bankroll and decided it was time for me to jump up in limits again. I did well in a couple sit'n'gos, then decided to hit the cash Omaha games. Of course, I shouldn't have played when I was upset over Chris breaking my Philadelphia Fire Department Bicentennial mug. Long story short and short story boring, I started too aggressive, tried to capitalize on a loose image but got two big hands cracked badly on the river, then tilted off the rest of a double buyin.
So for the last three nights I've been working on a new scarf I'd had kicking around in my mind for a few months but put off until we finally got some twenty-degree temperatures. Watching the first season of Babylon 5 with Chris, then listening to podcasts after she fell asleep, I put about four hours a night into the double-yarn scarf shown at right.
It's six feet long, counting the fringe, with 21 double crochet per row. I used two skeins of Caron Simply Soft yarn, with both skeins on the
size M (9.0 mm) hook from start to finish. The fringe is done with single alternating strands, so there's just a little bit of asymmetry. (One end has pink on the edges with claret between, the other vice versa.) Worn, it rolls halfway around the neck like a collar, then spreads out to protect the whole chest. And oh yeah, it is warm.
I may wear it at the computer even though the radiators in our building get plenty hot at night. It will be a great reminder to be patient next time I'm back at the cash tables.
