I’m crocheting again, making this vertical stripe scarf in a deliberately bright gay rainbow pattern. I wasn’t able to find any decent rainbow scarves that I liked, so I went to the store and bought yarn to make my own. (I have a few half-balls of primary colors, but I wanted to get a good matching set.) Unfortunately none of the soft and lush yarns came in all six colors that I needed, so I ended up with good old Red Heart (or was it Caron?) sport yarn. It’s not super soft, but I think it will be okay for a winter scarf.

I haven’t crocheted anything in a long time, much less started a new project. I think the most recent thing I crocheted was a couple of years ago when I worked on little dresses for our American Girl dolls; I ended up making one and a half dresses - and the half-a-dress is still sitting around in my closet. This scarf should go pretty quickly, though, as I’m using a P hook. It’s probably about nine feet long, though; once I’d made the chain and started doing the first row I stood up and wrapped it around me - it’s going to be a big scarf! I have no idea how many stitches are in the chain, I’m just doing two rows of each color and then a border in either white or black (haven’t decided yet).