Forget Boring!

The time for handing in my crocheted beret and scarf for competition is rapidly approaching. I really need to finish the scarf. But, as I explained in this post, the scarf was so boring, I was finding it difficult to keep motivated. On Tuesday I was scrolling through Pinterest on my phone when I came across Embossed Leaves Reversible Shawl by Furl Crochet. Aha, that could be the very thing to solve my problem. The link said it was a free pattern, but I couldn't find the pattern. After some sleuthing I found this page on Bonita Patterns blog on how to do embossed crochet. It has a pattern for a hexagon in embossed crochet. I grabbed the nearest hook and wool and gave it a go. Once I understood the principle involved, I did a lot of scribbling and worked out a flat version that could work for a scarf:

I know that the judges, especially at National level, like traditional, conventional techniques.  I was  advised by the fundis not to get too carried away. But one of the reasons I enter competitions is to learn something and honestly I just couldn't hand in a boring brown scarf. So I took the plunge and yesterday evening unraveled my scarf. I was a little appalled at how much work I was destroying, but it's done now and I must get on with my new version forthwith!