I learned that Dinosaur Valley State Park was looking for scarf section donations to bedeck Bronto the brontosaurus sculpture at the park. This was done in conjunction with a toy drive! So I went through my stash and found some yarn that I was using to experiment with making crocheted leaves. I didn’t really have a plan for the leaves or the yarn, so it seemed like a great thing to turn it into a scarf section! I crocheted a 10” wide strip using the double crochet stitch (American notation), then used some metallic gold and silver yarn to attach the leaf motifs.

The scarf made it in time to be stitched in with the other submissions. This was such a popular drive that they had enough sections to give their T Rex a scarf too! My section shows up about six wraps down from the top of Bronto’s neck.

A neighbor had her baby and I wanted to make a couple hats. I only had natural fibers in my stash, and wanted to make something warm but washable (no way would I give something hand-wash or drip-dry to a mom!) So I wandered through the yarn section at a local big box supply store (I know, but I actually needed acrylic). I found a short repeat, super soft, very bright skein of rainbow yarn. I use a double crochet pattern to make beanies, and these I made newborn size with a diameter of 14” and height of 6” (if they don’t fit, I’ll make her new ones, they don’t take long). I think the way the color pooled is interesting; one spiral striped, and one spotted!