Crocheted Cookie Scarf
Little Yuzu is Reading
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
Last weekend when I got together with pochacco906 and smiledoggie for some crafting time, I started on this scarf. I got the inspiration from twinkiechan's cute book Crochet Goodies for Fashion Foodies. I say 'inspired' because I didn't use her pattern. I started to use the pattern in the book, but the cookies were turning out too big, so I ended up making it all up as I went along. The scarf consists of 25 cookies, five of each of the following: chocolate chip, iced chocolate, strawberry-chocolate pinwheels, pink-frosted sugar cookies, and iced oatmeal. The whole thing measures 74" (188 cm) long. I didn't want the cookies to be all in a straight line, so I sewed them together in a haphazard way.
Close-up of cookies
My big sister wearing my scarf
The book calls for certain embellishments, like the chocolate chips and rainbow sprinkles, to be attached to the cookies with fabric glue. But since I don't have the best luck with craft glue keeping things in place, I embroidered every detail with yarn (using various colored yarns for the rainbow sprinkles). I crocheted this over the course of five days. Many movies and TV shows were watched while working on it, including: Eclipse, The Goonies, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Chuck, and White Collar. I also started listening to the audiobook of The Help (really good book, by the way) last night while finishing up the details on the scarf. I love the way it turned out. It's so cute, I'm keeping this for myself. I can't wait to wear it!