Hat!

I finally made the hat to match my scarf and socks! I haven't yet made gloves though, or mittens.

Oooh, I found something I can do with the leftover scarves, and any future ones I make that I don't try to (or don't succeed in) sell: my union had an auction with donated items this past Fall. They're going to collect donations in perpetuity for future auctions. Wouldn't that be a great use of the scarves? :) And if I'm lucky, people will start coming to me directly to buy some. ;)

More Scarves!

I made a bunch more scarves for friends and coworkers for Christmas (and other holidays).



I'm thinking about selling the leftovers. Do you think people would be interested in buying them? How much do you think they'd want to pay? Would you buy one, and how much would YOU pay?

Socks!

I just made the best darned fleece socks in the world! They better be after I broke two sewing machine needles on the second one, and by golly they are. ^_^

[I was using pins to mark where to sew, and ran the needle right over the plastic head of the pin. The first time the needle broke at the eye and so fell apart, the second time it broke right over the eye, leaving the end of the needle around the thread. Thankgoodness nothing else in the machine broke, and I have a goddess for a mother as she gave me 15 replacement needles with the machine itself.)

I'm awesome. I now have matching fleece socks and scarf, and I'm going to try a hat and gloves soon. It took me around 2 hours to make the socks. :( I'm sure I'll get faster, but I don't know how much faster, or faster enough to be worth it, or how fast I'll get faster... Man, if a half-hour scarf is worth $15, these things shoudl be worth $60 all by themselves!


The top edge is a bit messy...


... but not as messy as the heel joint. I'm going to have to sew one of them up by hand already.


And here's a self-portrait in my socks and scarf. :-P

More scarf info

It takes me around 30 minutes to make a scarf, and on average a dollar's worth of material. I've been folding them up small and then rolling and tieing up with a scrap of the same color and putting them in gift bags. All my friends are going to get them for Christmas! :) These things usually run for $15 in stores.