I am one of those people who are extremely lucky to have the love of their life with them. I always look forward to his birthday, the best husband ever deserves the best birthday he possibly can get! This is the time of the year i invest most of my time and thoughts on how to make it special.
This year I am giving him a crocheted scarf with some simple monogram and baking an Opera cake.Super excited!
The cake of the day was one of my favorites, Opera cake. Though its such a time consuming one i think its all worth it. I love the different layers of colors an textures with spongy almond cake. Needless to say it was a super hit with my hubby ;)
For the scarf I started with a chain of 340, its 70+ inches.The basic pattern i followed is from here. I modified the pattern to add new colors and to make it symmetric. I love the chain spaces stitches and the x stitches and the texture it creates. Even before i completed the scarf i was so in love with the textures i was getting:D
here is a close up:
So the pattern I used is like this:
row 1: chain 340 -color A
row 2: hdc in each st - color A
row 3: sc in the bl only - color B
row 4: chain 3, skip 3 row from the original pattern -color B
row 5: sc each st, including 3 sc to the chain space -color B
row 6: x stitch from the original pattern- color B
row 7: hdc in color B
row 8: row 4 on bl only
row 9: row 5
row 10: sc in each st bl only - color C
row 11: x stitch -color B
row 12: hdc each- st color C
row 13-22 : row 11 to row 2
row 23: i slip stitched each st make the blue border at the end the same width of the blue border at the start.
The end result is this:
This year I am giving him a crocheted scarf with some simple monogram and baking an Opera cake.Super excited!
The cake of the day was one of my favorites, Opera cake. Though its such a time consuming one i think its all worth it. I love the different layers of colors an textures with spongy almond cake. Needless to say it was a super hit with my hubby ;)
For the scarf I started with a chain of 340, its 70+ inches.The basic pattern i followed is from here. I modified the pattern to add new colors and to make it symmetric. I love the chain spaces stitches and the x stitches and the texture it creates. Even before i completed the scarf i was so in love with the textures i was getting:D
here is a close up:
row 1: chain 340 -color A
row 2: hdc in each st - color A
row 3: sc in the bl only - color B
row 4: chain 3, skip 3 row from the original pattern -color B
row 5: sc each st, including 3 sc to the chain space -color B
row 6: x stitch from the original pattern- color B
row 7: hdc in color B
row 8: row 4 on bl only
row 9: row 5
row 10: sc in each st bl only - color C
row 11: x stitch -color B
row 12: hdc each- st color C
row 13-22 : row 11 to row 2
row 23: i slip stitched each st make the blue border at the end the same width of the blue border at the start.
The end result is this:
I added a monogram to read 'ca', and added the fringes.
For packing i rolled it all up and added a nice bow. I crocheted a heart and added to a small card.
Ready to go!
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