January 14, 2011 ~ Scarves

Ok...I had a crazy plan this week...I've seen the hockey moms wear these scarves, and have been wondering where they get them.  So at Sunday's game I stopped a mom and asked her - turns out one of the grandmothers was making them.  So I checked it out, saw how simple it was, and since fabric is on sale right now, a plan had formed.  On Monday night I stopped by Fabricland to buy fabric, and lucked out in finding the colours to match the kids' uniforms.  My friend Cathy had offered to lend me her rotary cutter, so I stopped by her house to pick it up.  When I got home, I thought "oh I'll just try it to see how it works"....an hour later I had cut thirty strips.  Then I decided I should put one together to make sure I was cutting the right size (probably could have done that earlier, but it all turned out ok).  So I made thirty of these this week - one for each of the moms, sisters, one player and a few grandmothers.  We are going to the U.S. for a tournament in February, so the kids will be able to spot us in the stands.  All in all, it was a grand success.  I even made two short ones for Mason and another boy to swing around at the games.  So this is the result of 12 metres of fleece, 90 strips cut, 2 spools of thread and 12 hours of work ( 6 of which were just cutting the fringes on all these scarves).