The Dragonfly scarf is temporarily on hold as I wanted to crochet some itty bitty gift bags for small gifts I intend to take with me on holiday. I have used two colourways of Red Heart Boutique Unforgettable so far.

I’d like to get three more done tomorrow. Tonight was too busy house-cleaning and doing laundry. One of these guys fits in the palm of my hand with room to spare.

Another idea I had was to make a rectangular wrap, inspired by many of the convertible wrap ideas on Ravelry. However I just didn’t have the time to crochet one so I bought some loopy fleece-type fabric from work and some clear snaps (didn’t want to make buttonholes).

The pattern I was most interested in was called Pillar to Post and the schematic looked something like this.

I increased my desired width from 52 to 60 cm. The centres of the snaps were spaced 5 cm apart. The ‘male’ parts of the snaps were sewn on the wrong side, upper left and lower right corners, and the ‘female’ parts were sewn on the right side, upper right and lower left.

This is a neat idea – you can wear it as a shrug (fold together lengthwise, snap together for sleeves), poncho (fold the other way, snap together at one side for the shoulder join), cowl (snap one end to itself, stick your head through the hole, wrap the rest around your  neck), cardigan shawl (drape around your shoulders like a shawl, snap together at the front like you would a sweater). The colour of this fleece is close to the sweater I plan to wear on holiday and it will give me an extra layer that I can wear indoors or out if it’s chilly. It may be mid-20s here at home, but it’s probably more like mid-teens in the British Isles.

If I had more snaps and more patience (I really didn’t enjoy sewing on those snaps) I would put more along one or both ends for more wearing options.

Oh boy, I just noticed the time, so I guess there won’t be any more crochet for me tonight.

Have a great day!