Strange Neckwarmer

I was playing with some leftover yarn a few weeks ago. I had two incomplete skeins, each about three quarters. I don't remember the yarn either but I love the colorway, greens to greys. I figured I had enough for a nice scarf but nothing else.

While I sat in front of the TV with the yarn on my lap, my second daughter came over and said she loved the yarn. "Can you make me something with it?" she asked. "Sure," I said, "but I don't have much so I can only do a scarf."

She agreed and I started experimenting with stitches and hooks. By the end of the night I was frustrated and gave up. The frustration went on for a few days. I tried hooks and knitting needles. Seed stitch seemed just right for the yarn. But then I caught a quick glimpse of something on TV - I don't know what I saw, but I changed my mind about the scarf. All of a sudden I knew exactly what I wanted to do. So I called over my daughter, future owner of this yet-to-be-made thing, and drew some squiggles on a piece of paper, explaining my thoughts as I went along. She opened her eyes wide and said, "I'll be the only one with it!"

I took that as a sign of approval and set to work. After a couple of nights in front of the TV, this is what I ended up with.



Crocheting a strange neckwarmer for my daughter





Neckwarmer in progress




Done!



There is no pattern and I've never been successful at writing a pattern, though I've made many things up -- mostly baby afghans, bags, and hats. But, if you're interested, here's more or less what I did.

I started with a foundation single crochet chain, maybe 30 or 32 stitches long. I joined it into a circle, not worrying about keeping anything straight, just joined it. And I continued making foundation sc. Every 6-10 stitches, or whenever I thought it necessary, I joined to a stitch from the 'round' before. I continued joining as I went along, spiraling around the circle until I was out of yarn. This is the result. My daughter loves it and so do I.