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I'm actually going to my very first Stitch & Bitch tomorrow night. Though I have a few projects in progress or that I need to do (I took on too many scarf projects for Christmas and had to tell some people I'd get them to them eventually), I bought some special yarn today...to finally make a scarf just for me. It's also the first time I've bought some especially nice yarn from a specialty fiber shop. My friend and I met at one today to pick out yarn for our S&B projects.

At the shop I saw a chain-linked scarf that inspired me to try something similar. It was somewhat like this scarf I found through Google images, from www.jennycheck.com/ (image hosted on my Photobucket, though).



Here's the yarn I bought for my project.









Yarn on the left is Artful Yarns Broadway in "All that Jazz". It is 59% acrylic, 28%mohair, 6%polyester, 4%metallic, 3%nylon. The yarn on the right is Crystal Palace Yarns - Merino Frappe in "new sage". It is 80% merino wool and 20% polyamide.

Now it occurs to me that these yarns could be really fun to freeform with. I'm new to freeforming and I still don't know a whole lot about crocheting in general. But the way I see it in my mind is a random assortment of chains, single stitches, double stitches...mostly keeping about the same width along the sides of the scarf. Instead of the chain link.

I'm looking for opinions on which project to go with. I've got other projects to work on tomorrow night if I don't make up my mind and I can even ask the girls there what they think. I think most of them knit, so I'm not sure if they'll understand what it might end up like freeformed.

I appreciate any input!

Oh, if it helps, I'll probably be using a largeish hook...I adore my P sized hook and enjoy open, airy type stitches I can make with it. Might alternate with my K or somesuch...I've misplaced a lot of my hooks since I've only just recently caught the crochet bug again. I might be able to find another size or two before I get started, I dunno.

I just can't decide if I want to do the chain linked scarf or try freeforming with this lovely yarn.

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