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March 2012

Yeah, this one has been sitting on the memory card for a while...

I crocheted this scarf for the teaching assistant in my Russian class who became very close friends with the Sailor and I. She was so willing to share extra language help and tell us about her culture. We were very sad to see her return to Russia, possibly never to see her again. Who knows when/if we will be able to go there or when/if she will be able to come back to the States? As a parting gift (one that blatantly played on the stereotypical coldness of her home country) I made her a scarf: ice blue, her favorite color. She loved it. Actually, I had no idea at the time I was making it, but this was the first handmade garment she had ever been given. It was, in her words, "unlike any other gift."

I hope that was supposed to be a good thing.

This is the nerdy little reason that makes me love crocheting so much. The cross cultural experience that can be had with just a few stitches and some spare time.

Okay, I'm done cheesin' it up. Bottom line: this may have been the most excited I have ever seen someone about something I've made them. She almost cried.

Crocheted with: Caron Simply Soft
Stitch pattern: "Cornflower stitch" (I think....)

Description
March 2012

Yeah, this one has been sitting on the memory card for a while...

I crocheted this scarf for the teaching assistant in my Russian class who became very close friends with the Sailor and I. She was so willing to share extra language help and tell us about her culture. We were very sad to see her return to Russia, possibly never to see her again. Who knows when/if we will be able to go there or when/if she will be able to come back to the States? As a parting gift (one that blatantly played on the stereotypical coldness of her home country) I made her a scarf: ice blue, her favorite color. She loved it. Actually, I had no idea at the time I was making it, but this was the first handmade garment she had ever been given. It was, in her words, "unlike any other gift."

I hope that was supposed to be a good thing.

This is the nerdy little reason that makes me love crocheting so much. The cross cultural experience that can be had with just a few stitches and some spare time.

Okay, I'm done cheesin' it up. Bottom line: this may have been the most excited I have ever seen someone about something I've made them. She almost cried.

Crocheted with: Caron Simply Soft
Stitch pattern: "Cornflower stitch" (I think....)