Stash-Buster #27 - Happy Scrappy Afghan Ta Dah!

Here she is:

Miss Happy Scrappy!

From this post:

The edge was made with many colors, as well.

Just switched colors whenever and to whatever.

 The edging is as follows:

Row 1: 2dc, 1 ch, skip a stitch, repeat

(this smoother first row idea came from Ana from comment she let on this post.

Thank you Ana, it worked!

Row 2: hdc

Row 3: dc

Row 4: hdc

Row 5: picot stitch from this post.

See this post for pattern information;
however, a little bird told me that this pattern
was offered for free on Ravelry here.

She's all ready to head to Pine Top Arizona!

Happy Scrappy brought to you by:

and linked up to:

The spirit is willing, but the flesh...not so much...

I am weak.

Uncontrollable stash enhancing purchases:

 "Spring"

"Syttende Mai"

Worth the delightful afternoon trip, with a friend, to a yarn shop in a nearby city, though. ;-)

Stash-Buster #28 - Gray Ruffly Cowl Scarf

Remember the small bits of yarn leftover from the Happy Scrappy Afghan?

Well there was a little more gray than the other colors,

 so the Gray Ruffly Cowl Scarf was born.

Made with with puff flowers (Aren't you glad I didn't use granny roses?)

 from the Easy Makes Me Happy free tutorial here.

But these have been changed to eight petals instead of six for ease in granny square conversion.

Joined together into a continuous loop using the join-as-you-go method.

With a border of:

Row 1 - sc

Row 2 - hdc

Row 3 - three dc and a bobble

Row 4 and 5 - sc

Row 6 - *Double V-stitch

*1 dc, a ch, 1 dc, 2 ch, 1 dc, 1 ch, 1 dc all in the the same stitch

then skip a stitch and sc then skip a stitch and another *dvs
Please note: the dvs trim is only one one side, the other side has a row of dc's.
I'd like to tell you that this was part of the design; however, it was not.
Shhhhhhhhh...don't tell anyone, but I ran out of yarn;
that's the beauty of the stash-buster, I suppose. :-)
(It's our secret, right?)

Found an old button in the button stash.

(Surely this one must be a Norwegian button, don't you think? :-) )

 The Cowl Scarf can be buttoned low or high as the button fits into any random space.

The edge can be folded over to make a "collar",
sort of like a vest,

or

tucked in as a scarf.

It's another stash-buster, it's part of this challenge:

Click on the photo and you will be taken to all the info.

Oh and also, be sure to check  CAL page for a new idea for the granny roses by Eve.

These could be a great stash-busting idea too. :-)

Stash-Buster #27 - Happy Scrappy Afghan

I have a lot of acrylic stash to bust,

and this may be the most efficient way to take care of it:

It's an afghan made from a pattern called "Soft Waves" from this book:

I love this book; this will be my fourth afghan from this book.

The stripes are comprised of crazy mixed-up random colors.

No order, no method.

Sometimes, I close my eyes and grab the next color from the stash.

You can tell, can't you?

This is a difficult way for me to operate, but probably good for me.

I rarely work with earth tones, but including them in this project will be okay

 as this blanket is destined for my sis-in-laws cabin. 

Earth tones are good for an afghan for a cabin in the pines, right?

It will be a gift for letting us stay in the cabin for an entire week next month.

I am so excited!

I work on it in between other stash-busting projects.

 Sometimes when I am in a brainless mood I roll the skeins into balls:

Then when a color is mostly used up and they become too small to complete a row

 I throw them into a baggie,

for a future stash-buster.

I would have never had been able to stick to this stash-busting commitment without the help of:

Click on the image and read all about it.

Much gratitude to Linda and Ana for the challenge.

The completed blanket will be posted by next month.

:-D