I decided not to knit people gifts for Christmas this year, which has really relieved the December pressure. And also: here is a scarf I made last night for the Special Olympics! (See http://www.scarvesforspecialolympics.com ) The yarn is Red Heart Supersaver in the official red and blue colors for this year. I couldn’t find the red in the local mega-store, so I ordered it directly from Red Heart. Not only were these two colors on sale (to support the Special Olympics project), but they had a deal on shipping, so I now have 3 balls of each yarn, and five new sets of double-pointed needles (unrelated). Yay!
I plan to make as many scarves as I can from these 6 balls, in a mix of knitting and crochet. This first scarf was last years’s pattern “Special Olympics Rib Crochet Striped Scarf” from the Red Heart site (http://www.redheart.com ). Done entirely in half-double crochet, it worked up speedily while still having the visual interest of mock ribbing. The main problem with this pattern is that at the end, you have 28 ends to weave in (I’m only half-done with that part).
Mom introduced me to this program. She’s crocheting the “Be Proud Scarf”, and is almost done with it. My plan is to donate any scarves I finish before Christmas to Mom’s local campaign, and any after Christmas to my own local Special Olympics. (The deadlines are early 2012.) I encourage you to join us and make some scarves! The yarn is cheap and patterns are free, but the athletes’ smiles are priceless.
