Happy Mother's Day and 2 Matching Scarves

These are the wonderful gifts from my working daughters. All bought with their own money. The scarves are gifts for David's brother and sister-in-law. They are wool and woven in a houndstooth pattern.

Alpaca Scarf for my Trip

Because we will be in the mountains and it may be cold, I'm taking this alpaca scarf on my trip. It's made using grey alpaca in the warp and a "tweed" of grey and brown for the weft. The embedded diamonds woven throughout are subtle but give the scarf a movement and interesting play with light and shadows. Of course, it's amazingly soft.

Fleece Scarves

These scarves are made from the left-overs of the baby blankets. They are, like the blanket, soft and cuddly--I think they'll be perfect for teenagers, what do you think?

A Baby Blanket

So very soft and cuddly and perfect for a baby. I'm very pleased with this blanket. The only thing I'm not terribly happy about is the seam--I definitely need to work on making that more smooth, but it's servicable and not bad for my first attempt. It's made using Knit One Crochet Two's Fleece yarn and only took me two days warp to finished product. Cool!

23 Coasters

Or Mug Rugs if you're hip...there are 23 of these, I've only highlighted a few t show the colors. They are really cute...more will be on the way, but I've had to take a break becuase I got a bit bored!

Beautiful Spring

I hope everyone is enjoying as beautiful an April as we've had in Mississippi. It hasn't gotten hot yet, which is so nice. The grass is green, the sky is blue and the flowers are blooming everywhere. Going to lunch the other day I smelled gardenias. I am anxiously awaiting ours blooming--there are buds everywhere but no flowers yet. I've even seen a few magnolias in bloom--this is kind of early, which could mean that we'll have double blooms this year. That's always nice. And thanks to my new ears and allergy medication, I'm hoping to go through the remainder of spring without getting sick!

Eight Rainbow Placemats

I am actually not really happy with these placemats. They came as a kit and the instructions were abyssmal. I didn't have a clear sense of where I was going and how much yarn I had to do it with.

At any rate, they show up nicely in the picture. The girls want them really badly, so they may be the first thing in their linen basket! Starting early for college next year!

3 Weeks from Today

In three weeks from today I will be flying my way to Paris, France. I can hardly wait! I'll share my itinerary with hotel info. below. If you want a detailed itinerary of our daily activies once we join the tour, go to http://tours.ricksteves.com/tours08/product.cfm/rurl/code/GAS08/

May 17: Leave for Paris

May 18-19: Paris, France: http://www.beaugency-paris-hotel.com/index.html
We ride a train from Paris to Frankfurt and then a smaller train from Frankfurt to St. Goar where we join our tour group.

May 20-21: St. Goar, Germany:
http://www.hotel-am-markt-sankt-goar.de/html/english_home.html

May 22-23: Baden-Baden, Germany: http://www.hotel-colmar.de/

May 24-25: Murten, Switzerland: http://www.murtenhof.ch/

May 26-27: Murren, Switzerland: www.hoteljungfrau.ch

May 28-29: Munich, Germany: no web site

May 30-May 31: Salzburg, Austria: www.trumer-stube.at

June 1: Hallstatt, Austria: http://www.obertraun.net/accomodation/action/view/frmArticleID/144/

June 2-4: Vienna, Austria: http://www.hotelpension.at/neuermarkt/english/index.htm

June 5: Leave for the states

A Blue and Green Scarf

This one is also a "scrap scarf" made from the leftovers of the point twill color and weave scarf from early last week. All I have left is the dark green. I've already made plans to make a green and burgandy houndstooth which I think will be wonderful. At any rate, I think this scarf is wonderful. The blue with the dark green looks like ripples of water in a river. And it's very soft. This is a really nice wool that I'll be using again.

Book Review: The Sparks Fly Upward

I loved The Sparks Fly Upward by Diana Normand. It was well written, and very enjoyable to read. Hard to put down actually. That's saying something for me...the person who can stop in the middle of a sentence and come back two days later. I think this is the best of the three in the series so far (please tell me there will be a fourth!). In fact, I had to decide Tuesday night--read the book or have a bath?

In this installment and grown-up Phillipa is trying to determine her future. An old maid by any standard at 26, she is still the daughter of a very wealthy Makepeace and is therefore an interest--to everyone but the man she loves. She agrees to marry a good man because she wants children, but finds him stiffling her efforts at political reform. Phillipa meets with one shocking resistance after another and decides to do something drastic--go to France during the middle of the Terror to save the man she admires (a different person from the one she loves) from the guillotine.

Meanwhile Makepeace is grieving the death of her husband Andra and ends up falling in love with an actor who also has some mysterious political schemings of his own.

Norman's writing has improved with every book. This one moves along very quickly and sucks the reader in from the first page. I highly recommend starting with A Catch of Consequences and reading all three of these books.

Scrap Weaving

I don't know if there's a genre of weaving called "scrap weaving" but if there is I'm an avid fan! The scarf above is made from the left-overs of the color and weave scarf pictured from a couple of days ago. I used what I had left of the pink and lavendar wool and then added what was left of the pink silk from the log cabin scarves of a while back. It is woven with the dark green wool in a broken twill pattern. Again, these often complicated patterns are not complicated at all and are a joy to weave.

My favorite thing about this scarf is how the multi colors in the warp really do add lots of depth to the fabric and create almost an overdyed look.

There will be one more scrap scarf from this "collection"...hopefully by tomorrow as I have jury duty on Tuesday!

Living with an older cat...

Last night, I was sleeping peacefully when I heard this boom-boom-boom that woke me up. A couple of second later my orange cat jumped in the bed with a "mrmph!", a sneeze and then jumped down again to run around.

Worried that he may have knocked something important over, I got up to check things out. I went all over the house and couldn't find a thing--not even the cat, so I looked outside on the sleeping porch, nope. Then I hear his "mrmph!" again and look over to his basket where he normally sleeps.

There he was pretending to be asleep with his eyes wide open and fully dilated. He couldn't help wiggling his head around a little as I sternly told him I was sleeping and would prefer he do these antics at 4pm!

I went back to bed to no further ado.

Point Twill Color and Weave Scarf

This scarf is from a pattern in a magazine. I saw it and was really excited to do it and then was a little daunted by the complexity of the threading, treadling and weaving (color changes) so I simplified it. Then I kicked myself and said, "What's the point of picking patterns from a magazine if you aren't going to learn from it?" So, I bit the bullet and wove this absolutely lovely scarf. It was slow weaving, and required lots of concentration and uniterupted time, but doesn't it just sparkle? I did learn from it--and won't be doing something quite so complex for a time. But I gained confidence that I CAN do something like this and the results will be as lovely as the magazine photo.

Mid-Week

Well, it's mid-week, and I'm definitely getting things done. I've been busy getting a report ready to submit by early next week. David's out of town, so I've been holding the fort down, so to speak. I've been weaving on a new scarf project that is rather complicated but very nice--won't do another one like it in the near future, but it IS pretty. You'll see in a couple of days. Plus I'm reading a good book. I had to put Hinterlands aside as there was just something about it that bugged me. I'll finish up The Sparks fly Upward and then try to tackle it again and see if it was just my mood or the book. Unfortunately jury duty is next week, so I'll have to be gone for a few days, but we've been promised a short session, AND I don't go back until June because I'm leaving for Europe in a month + one day!

Didn't get it...

I didn't get the job. I'm not surprised as I knew after talking to them that I wasn't the person for it. So, it's back to focusing on the dissertation...work that has been going very well lately.

A set of 4 towels

I'm sure you thought I'd quit weaving since I haven't put anything up recently. I've just been really busy finishing up these towels.

My friend Kelli has her birthday this month. We are taking her to lunch on Wednesday and she will get these four towels! There are 7 left from the other towels made with these that I'll send to sell...another I gave away and 3 more are being used in my kitchen. They are made from 100% unmercerized cotton and woven with a twill pattern to give them a little more depth and absorbancy. I love them!

Job Interview today

Wish me luck...this seems to be the theme around here. Alyssa started working two weeks ago, Elizabeth on Saturday.

After pics of the landscaping

The landscaping is finished and looks great. I'm anxiously awaiting March of next year to see all the azaleas in bloom. But this summer will be nice with the gardenias and jasmine. And David's vegie and herb garden will be producing before we know it!

Comment Crap

Sorry for the less than modest word, but I've been getting crap comments, and don't like it, so I'm turning on the comment review. This should stop the bad ones from showing up...Still love hearing from the rest of you!

Pictures of the landscaping tomorrow.

Other Exciting News...

There's a new refrigerator on its way. Pics when it gets here!



And the yard looks like hell, but once all the bushes and trees are down and the beds prepped there will be new plants everywhere and it'll be gorgeous!

The Landscapers are here!

I'm so excited because the landscapers are finally here to do the work on the house! We're getting the back garden completely cleaned out so that David can plant his herb and vegetable garden back there. Then all the oleanders along the alley are coming down and azaleas are being planted from the back of the house all the way to the stop sign. There will be some jasmine planted at the iron gate on the front to twine around and flower and smell pretty. It'll mix in with the red honeysuckle we already have there. Finally, gardenias are going to line the side of the house, interspersed with something else for color and flowering variety. It's going to be SO pretty next year. I'll have pictures when they're done!

Monday Blues

I have a serious case of the Monday blues...I hope they pass soon!

Log Cabin Silk Scarves

The left scarf is traditional "log cabin" with alternating colors in both warp and weft. The right scarf is made on the same warp, but uses one color at a time, alternating in stripes down the length of the scarf. Both are 100% silk in light pink and brown and are really wonderful to feel. I twisted the fringe for a different look. Again, this is another really easy project that looks very complicated and interesting.

Alpaca

I LOVE alpaca...it's amazingly soft, and I've heard very warm, but I haven't had a chance to test the warmness of it. This scarf is made using natural black and a hand-dyed turquoise variegated. The pattern is a very simple broken twill--really. I love how easy things can look so complicated with weaving!

3 Short Book Reviews

I've actually been reading lately, just taking my time getting through my main book. I thought I'd do three quick book reviews of each one that I've finished over the past few weeks:

1. Queen's Play by Dorothy Dunnett. A little long and difficult to get through, but in the end worth the read. This is the 2nd in the Lymond Chronicles, following The Game of Kings. In this installment, Lymond must go to France to help protect young Queen Mary of Scotland. Acting undercover, he poses as an obnoxious young lout who refuses to pay attention to or revere the rules and expectations of polite society. For the first half of the book, he is drunk or purporting to be, and somehow still managing to save the queen. In the latter half, his cover is blown and he must travel back to England and then back to France in order to find the necessary evidence to condemn the assassin. In the end he is successful and is back to the lovable Lymond from book 1. I do look forward to Book 3 in this series, but will wait a while as Dunnett's writing is a little thick and difficult to get through. I need some light and airy books for a while.

2. The Robber Bridegroom by Eudora Welty. The Robber Bridegroom was Welty's first stand-alone novella published in the early 40s. It is told in a fairly tale type language and imagery and follows the life of Rosamund as she discovers true love in the berry stained face of the man who "stole what she would have freely given." I felt a little dissonence in the handling of the violence in language that so easily drifted over the top of it. Welty doesn't dissappoint though, as this is a wonderful book, easy to read and completes my reading of Welty's fiction.

3. Much Ado about You by Eloisa James. After hearing my Aunt Betty read a section from an Eloisa James novel (steamy love scene) that she was reading to her mother, I decided that I wanted to read James. It's been several years but I finally got around to it, and absolutely loved Much Ado about You. Four orphaned sisters arrive at their guadians house...he is a drunk bachelor who has never had to take care of more than his horses. Within a week, one of them has run away with a lout and the other has been jilted at the alter and married to the man who she has fallen in love with. Delightful in both language, humor and story, this is a great book and a very quick read--I finished it in 3 days!

Oooh, I love red!

This is my first confirmed sale! One of these will go to my friend Stacey for a Christmas gift for her friend. The other will be in a package I'll send to Old Oaks Ranch later in the month...if it doesn't get lost in my scarf drawer first! They are made using hand painted yarn by Schaefer Trading Company--the product line is called Anne. Each skein is different, so it's a challenge trying to get matching skeins, but the end result is definitely worth it. Anne yarn is a mixture of mohair, merino wool and nylon. It's soft and wonderful!

3 Scarves

One for Tony (retry #2!), two for sale. They are made of soysilk...my new favorite fiber. It feel so luxurious!

The Call of the Wild

We're Back...and the Girls Finally Made it to France

After much to-do, the girls finally made it off to France on Sunday evening. We checked the teacher's blog and there was a group photo in Paris on Monday, so we know they're there. I don't expect to hear from them until they return, and since I'll be at jury duty when they get back, I won't even have an update until late next week. I'm sture they're having a ball, though...how could they not?

David and I had a really nice time at the beach, but it was cold and windy so we didn't get much outside time. We put together one puzzle and ALMOST completed the second. It turned out to be fairly challenging, so we didn't get it finished, but next time it'll be our first! I didn't read or sew or anything else. Just slept and put puzzles together. But it was really great.

The Poor Kids (and their teacher)

They got stuck in New York City last night. They were NOT happy, but because of the weather, their flight was delayed and they lost their seats on their international flight. We're all hoping they get out today.

David and I are on our way to Mobile, and hour late having forgotten that we were supposed to spring forward last night!

8 Little Napkins

It's hard to get a full appreciation for the napkins because they have different weaving patterns by color as well as different colors that show up so much better than this photograph. But, they're a great prototype for the kind of napkins I will make once my cotton yarn finally gets here! And I love them.

Bon Voyage

They're on their way for a week in France, sans parents!

My New Ears

I LOVE my new ears. They keep me balanced. They hear better. They do not hurt. They do not pop. I don't hear them going "bump bump" when I walk. When I eat, they don't have this "blucky" feeling.

I am not nauseous all the time (didn't really realize I was, but I was). I can put my pants on without having to lean on the bed or sit in a chair. I can walk down a flight of stairs without feeling like I'm going to tumble head over heels--even after exercise and my legs are all wobbly.

The dr. assures me that I'll be able to fly without pain. I can't wait to find out if that's true.

I'm looking forward to our trip to the beach next week because I couldn't walk on the beach in Oct. when we were there because I was so dizzy...I'm hoping that's not going to be an issue this time!

A Trio of Scarves

One for my hairdresser and two for sale! These are made from the same soft and slinky yarn that I made grandma's all black one. The warp is the same for all three (saved myself some time and money!) and uses al lthree colors, green, black and white randomly placed throughout. The weft is different for each one--L-R, green, black and white. Hope they sell!

A Black Scarf for Grandma

Per her request it's soft! I tripled the ends every 1/2 inch or so so that it has a very subtle stripy

effect that doesn't show in the picture becuase it's black and absorbs every bit of light around. Hope you love it Grandma!

I LOVE IT!!!

2 for 1

I wanted to do a gamp after seeing samples of them in several of the pattern books. A gamp is basically a sampler. You thread rows according to different threadings (in this case 6) and then treadle (weave) using the treadling for each threading patterns, thus creating 6 rows. Two 6X6 gamps were thus created on one warp using harrisville shetland wool. David's is the multicolored one. The red and white one will grace the walls of our living room.

The Next Day...

I can't believe how much better I feel already. These tubes were apparently just what I needed. We did the temporary kind (3-6 months) to see if I like them and if they serve their purpose. By the end of the day I was getting up from my chair and not flexing for balance. I wasn't worried if I turned around really quickly that I'd keep going. I wasn't tentative going down steps for fear that I might tumble on my nose. I didn't get a grumbly feeling in my tummy after I ate.

It's amazing.

I'm still a tiny bit sore today, but really feel great about my ears. I want to dance and try riding a bicycle and do all the things I've avoided for years for fear that I'd fall down. I'm so glad that I don't have to live like that forever!

On a slightly down side, yesterday I felt like I was talking from inside a barrel. That effect is much lessened today and I hope goes away completely, but it isn't enough to make me worried.

Guess What!?!

I got tubes in my ears this morning. Dr. came in, talked with me and David for a few minutes and said, "Do you want to do this?" And I said "yes" thinking it would be a couple of weeks before we scheduled it, but nope, I was moved to the minor surgery room and within 10 minutes I had a tube inserted in each of my ear drums. These are the 3-6 month kind to see if they do the work we want them to...wish me luck. I'll keep you updated.

In the meantime I'm trying to feel better after this stinking cold--it really knocked me low. I finally slept all night without coughing my head off last night.

Sick

Along with about 1/2 the state of Mississippi, I've been really sick this week. While I was at jury duty too...hope I didn't infect my fellow jurors. They won't like me much next month if that's the case. At any rate, it wasn't all that bad this time even if I didn't feel well...and things are getting interesting, so at least there's that.

2 scarves going to Indianapolis

The scarf on the left is made from bamboo, corn and mohair. The pattern is a rose twill. I really like the checkerboard pieces inside the diamonds. The scarf has a nice heft and drape. It's soft--almost cloudy soft--and the mohair added some surprising texture and color. It's very pretty but I'll probably not use the corn in the warp again as it was really difficult to keep the tension right. The scarf on the right is made of the soysilk I've been bragging about. The pattern is a herringbone.

Movie Review: An American in Paris

I don't usually review movies, probably because I don't find very many of them engaging enough to merit a review; however, I fell in love with a new movie last night: An American in Paris.

From the opening scene to the end, I thought this movie was smart, funny, passionate, well written and overall enjoyable. I particularly liked two scenes: when Adam fantasizes about being in his own concert and plays the roles of all the instruments and the dance to An American in Paris, the song by Gershwin.

Costumes, dances, dialog, writing, acting, everything was executed with finesse...I'm sure I'll be watching this one again....in fact, I was sad to have to send it back to Netflix.

A Pair of Scarves Headed to Lubbock

The scarf on the left is made from Southwest Trading Company's soy silk line--called Pheonix. I love it. It is silky soft, drapy and oh-so-pretty. I used both natural and white in the warp to create an antique-y look. The scarf on the right is white and brown wool in a houndstooth pattern.

Happy Valentine's Day to Me!

These came yesterday because, as I mentioned, we have really bad luck actually getting ANYthing delivered on the 14th. Hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Cotton Linen Blend Towels

A Valentine's gift for David...these cotton and linen towels are absolutely delightful. They are SOFT and very pretty. I can't wait to use them to see how absorbant they are. There are 8 in the set, but I only show 2 here because the others don't show the patterns very well in photos. They are shy I guess.

Valentine's Day is just 2 Days Away!

I always loved Valentine's Day as a kid--any holiday with red as it's main color was my favorite no matter what it celebrated. Getting to sign all those cool little valentine cards and create your valentine box at school was always fun. Then there would be the ceremonial delivery of the cards throughout the day and at the end of the day we always had our Valentine's Day party...which, for some reason, meant freshly popped pop corn, some of those nasty little hearts and cokes.

My daddy was always really good about buying heart shaped boxes of candy which got bigger as I grew older. I loved eating each and every one even if I didn't like the nougat inside. It was always such a nice surprise.

Getting sweet gifts from boyfriends is always good, too, though sometimes turns out funny or wrong. I've written about the balking mule that David bought me one year that flopped and had to be remedied with a giant box of chocolates. In fact, we always seem to have Valentine disasters. Several years running we couldn't get our flowers delivered on time--one year the florist had the worst luck ever with 2 vans breaking down and our delivery didn't happen until 10:30. I think this was our first Valentine's after getting married. The flowers were supposed to be a surprise but when they didn't come he had to tell me that he did indeed buy me flowers but didn't know what happened.

Year before last at my office, our dean forgot Valentine's Day and had the secretaries calling every florist in town to see if they would deliver flowers to his wife. Without luck of course. Don't know how much trouble he was in for that! We laughed about that in the office for days and teased our poor dean. If we had more disposable money we probably would have had some flowers delivered to HIM!

This year David is working and won't be home for Valentine's Day. It'll be fine as he's already given me my presents...yes presentS. This year I got 3 heart charms to complete my collection, whcih brings my total to 11. The possibilities of combinations are endless and will match every single outfit I own. So exciting as I like those sorts of things a lot...

Happy Valentine's Day to everybody. Hope your day is filled with love and laughter!

I wanna go to Wales, too!

Or at least I think that's why he's in the box of goodies we're sending to David's sister.

Orange Mohair Scarf

General Info

The coasters are working great so far. David "loves them"...which he doesn't say about many things.

My ears and allergies are improving. I had a little set-back by getting a sore in my right nostril, but it's almost healed, so I can start back up on the nosespray. Overall, though, I'm noticing a huge improvement in my allergy symptoms and was even told a couple of times that I don't sound like myself anymore.

I'm still totally obsessed with weaving. It consumes my waking hours thinking of new projects and designs...it consumes my sleeping hours thinking of new projects and designs...it consumes my working hours by seeing a few of those designs coming to fruition. It's really been fun so far. I can't imagine it will stop.

I'm not doing well working on my dissertation proposal. Just don't have the focus right now. Hoping to next week.

A set of 11 coasters

Will let you know how absorbant they are but they're awfully cute...and you can understand why they call them "mug rugs"! Just look at them...they look like tiny little carpets!

2 blue and brown scarves

The scarf on the left is in Bronson Atwater lace pattern. The closeup shows the lacy spots. The scarf on the right is a honeycomb pattern. The closeup shows the honeycomb cells.

3 Black and White Scarves (one with a hint of red...)

3 Dishtowels

Rather "homemade" looking, but David says he loves them and that's what counts.

Ears...

I've always had trouble with my ears. My mother tells me that I couldn't hear at all until I was two--when they put tubes in my ears. At that time, I was so disturbed by all noises that I couldn't ride in a car with the windows even cracked and held my hands to my ears when loud people were around.

Though my hearing hasn't always been perfect, it has been within normal ranges and I can get by in most situations with a little assistance from lip reading. Most people would never know that I had some hearing loss or problems with my ears.

Until this past year, I'd been managing my ear problems with OTC allergy medications and decongestants. I could always feel an allergy attack or cold coming on and was rigorous to make sure that my congestion stayed at a minimum because I did not want an ear infection. But things have changed with the ears this year and while the deoncgesants are staving off infections I'm often dizzy...today is one such day when I'm dizzy. It's difficult to get up, turn around and drive cars...and makes me feel clumsy and worry that I'll fall and end up getting hurt.

So, I went to an ENT yesterday--a good one with a reputation for working with adults. He was shocked that I hadn't lost significant hearing in my right ear (the test confirmed that my hearing is within normal range) because he said my eustacian tube does not function at all. This was determined by a pressure test and him pumping air into my ear rather vigorously (I don't recommend this as a fun thing for most people!). He said, too, that I have a nerve disorder in my ear that is genetic and was very surprised to hear that both of my parents still had their hearing.

So, I called mom last night to get some answers. Turns out that Daddy had ear aches as a child. And that Aunt Betty and my Daddy both have serious issues flying--as do I. So, there is a link to similar issues with our ears. Papa T may have also had ear problems because he did go deaf after a bad cold, but it's not something in my memory to be able to determine if it was a similar type of problem or damage resulting from not getting the cold cleared up.

The solution first off is to get my allergies under control and maintain with rigor a congestion-free sinus cavity. I've been put on two different allergy meds and hopefully that will take care of the congestion and all my ears to clear up. He also recommends I get tubes in my ears. He said that they can be put in permanently that will allow for proper drainage and pressure maintenance--which apparently will make flying pain free. I can't even imagine, but think a minor surgery that could make flying pain free would be absolutely worth it.

Something a little more formal

It's woven out of soysilk made by Southwest Trading Company. Very drapy and soft to the touch. I hemmed this one to give it a more clean and formal look.

3 New Scarves

The scarf on the left is one I made for myself. It's warped with a beautiful yarn from Berroco called Trilogy...it's wool, metallic and something else that's really soft all held together by an invisible nylon thread. So it's shiny and really pretty and gives you these little bits of surprising colors every now and then. I wove it with Berroco's Softy in an olive green. I think it may be my favorite.

The middle scarf is green wool with a mint green mohair. Woven in a herringbone pattern. It turned out much lovelier than I thought. Jeff I hope you love it!

The scarf on the right didn't turn out nearly as nice as I thought it would. I was using up some bobbins I had wound up and wanted to do some wide horizontal stripes (that worked out) using an undulting twill pattern (really fancy name for a twill that gets stretched out)...the middle isn't very stable and kind of bunches up so that you don't see the pattern very well...still it's pleasing to look at.

Civic Duty

I'm back today from my monthly civic duty. While it isn't fun, it isn't all bad. I stayed in a nice hotel with a fabulous bath and spent about 5 hours each yesterday and the day before relaxing and reading. It was QUIET and really really nice to be alone for a while without the daily responsibilities. There's also a great restaurant with yummy food. So, I think it's a decent trade-off.

Tomorrow, I'll have a picture of my newest scarf--finished right before I left on Tuesday...and probably a book review.

A Parade of Scarves

The blue scarf on the left is in a log cabin pattern. It's stiff and not really appropriate for a scarf so I'll make it into two little bags. The middle, red scarf is beautiful, soft, wonderful...and WAY too short. I'll have to give it to a child. The yellow one is in waffle weave and wonderfully soft and drapy.

And a Scarf for Ernie