It's almost the end of the month and I can proudly say that I met my monthly quota of 1 crochet project per month. I was actually starting to doubt if I'll finish this one on time, what with all the out of town trips we got scheduled towards the end of the month. Thankfully, the trip to Baguio took almost 4 hours, and of course, what other way can a crocheter pass the time but to crochet!
My daughter actually requested this one. She has finished reading the Harry Potter books and has decided on a house she wants to belong to. If you are unfamiliar with the houses in Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, here's a quick preview of what they are, and the personalities of the students in each houses. First we got the Gryffindor whose core values circle around courage and chivalry. There's Hufflepuff who look for loyalty in their house members. We got Slytherin who values leadership and great ambition. Then my daughter's favorite house, Ravenclaw whose students are naturally curious and intelligent.
My daughter related to the core values of the Ravenclaw house. Which is why she requested for a Ravenclaw scarf for her next order. Her crochet request list keeps growing and growing longer. I am already thinking of handing over my crochet hooks and yarns to her so that she can make her own. (I have a feeling she thinks I just create these project using magic.)
I actually started this project on the first week of January. The Ravenclaw scarf has 2 colors - blue and white or grey. The yarns I have are blue and off white. I guess that should work. Basically the entire project is already done in my head. I got the concept, I got the yarns, this should be quick and easy.
Or so I thought. I had to frog and stitch again and again because I couldn't find the correct width. There was a point where I was almost halfway but realized I was not happy with how it's coming out so I started over. For the nth time. This scarf is for a very special little person so I want to make sure it turns out as beautiful as I can make it. I always teach my daughter that when we are working on something, be it a copywork, a sketch narration, a painting, or simply anything, we need to make sure that we give it our absolute best. We do not strive for perfection, but we make efforts to make it as beautiful as we possibly can. As her mother and her teacher, I owe it to her to set an example.
The project is basically just made of double crochets with some hdc's on the white stripes. Just 35 stitches of double crochets for each round, back and forth, until you reached the desired length. The beauty of keeping things simple is you can focus all your energy in making each stitch as well as you can. And when you look at the finished product, you can say it's all worth spending your energy for.
The most fun part of this project was when I was crocheting inside the bus. I brought just the right amount of yarns on the way to our Baguio trip. It got to the point where I was at the last strands of my white yarn. I can feel the thrill and suspense towards those last few inches of yarn. There's a kind of rush in that kind of situation.
The yarn made it to the last stitch. That made me so happy. So happy that I finished the project halfway through our trip. So happy that I even weaved the ends off right after I finished the last stitch. When we got to Baguio, the Crochet Ravenclaw scarf was ready for the little person to use. I happened to have brought my black cardigan which served as a wizard's robe for my little Ravenclaw kid.
She absolutely loved it. It definitely helped with the cold weather, but more importantly, she got to do her little Harry Potter cosplay while we were there.
