June and July Project Spectrum Review

another two months have passed and it's time for my june-july project spectrum retrospective.  for these two months, the colors showcased were red, black and metallics.

i thought that working with this color triad would be easy since black and red are two of my favorite colors.  but they're also winter colors to me.  i don't even wear red and black in the summer.  i did manage to finish a "red" project though:  the boteh scarf from the spring '07 issue of interweave crochet.

yeah it's kind of a dumb picture but i didn't feel like modeling it.  anyway, the pattern called for two skeins of lorna's laces sock yarn, so i used a 100g skein of sock yarn (of unknown pedigree -- i just know i bought it on ebay) and a size F (3.75 mm) crochet hook.  i think my "petals" or whatever you want to call them, were smaller than in the original pattern so i was able to make 20 of them rather than 16 as written in the pattern. 

yeah i didn't check gauge but it's a scarf.  a scarf always fits.  this one ended being 76 inches long. anyway, even if you're a relatively new crocheter, i think you can give this a try (just check for the errata first).  it's deceptively simple and very fun to make.  honest.  kind of cool looking and a great way to dip into your sock yarn stash.  go on.  i know you want to make one.