Six!

Right. So...I was very industrious the day before yesterday, and finished two hipscarves that I'd left to languish. One only needed its sparkle and tassels, the other had only been pinned, and needed basically everything. They were going to be nearly identical, but On the second I decided to make it better - a single step up from the first.
The first is what i think I will refer to as a 'Standard' Hipscrap. It's the basic triangle scarf, with ribbon, edging, and trim around the three sides, with tassels and a bit of sparkle. Very basic. It looks like this:

If it appears to be more elaborate that some others I've done, it's only because it has pom trim instead of tassel trim - it has more volume and moves differently.

The second one is a step up because, although it has everything nearly the same (it has a brown base with blue edging), I gave it an extra chevron of trim and sparkle. It looks like this:

Here it is flat before I added the tassels...

A shot of me wearing it - I couldn't help myself!

My middle child, Rhys, is a ham and had to get in the shot.

 I tried the second one on, because when I held it up and shook it, it really moved, and I just HAD to se how it shimmied - oh boy, does it ever shimmy!  I'd previously said I wouldn't use pom trim again after using this stuff up, because it's a hassle to cut and keep in one piece while you sew it - this trim has beaded drops in between each pom, so no matter where you cut, you either lose a pom OR a beaded drop. I made a necklace for Rhys (pictured above) out of some of the lost bits and a clasp and some embroidery floss:

 I am now tempted to make matching necklaces and earrings for some of the hipscarves, and pop them into the store when I launch it, just to see if they sell. My stuff is turning out to be rather expensive, and maybe I'll scrape by if I can sell some little things, too.

Anyway, what I was tryng to illustrate before I went off on that tangent was this: there is a difference between a Standard HipScrap, and a two-chevron hipscrap, or a three- or four- or five- chevron hipscrap. Here's the two I was talking about, side by side:

Basically, depending on the width of the trim, I can fit as many as five chevrons of trim on one hipscarf. The yardage of trim needed for each additional chevron  will raise the price, so I'm going to set my pricing  up accordingly.

There are four sizes: Plus, Adult, Teen/Child, and Toddler.
There are two 'base' types: Cotton, or Custom
There are two edging types: Cotton, or Satin.
There are six possible chevron types: Standard (three sides only), Plus 1, Plus2, Plus 3, Plus 4, and Custom.
There are four possible tassel levels: 3 tassels, 5 tassels, 7 tassels, or Custom.
There are (currently)  three types of 'sparkle': Sequins, Metallic Velvet, or Beading.

So people who have custom requests will have tons of choices as far as configuration, etc.! I'm really looking forward to finding out what people want. So far, I've been working in color combinations that I like, but I am a bit subdued, and consider using gold trim outside the box (for me - I HATE gold! Ugh!) I;m working on a few designs now that are a bit brighter and more along the lines of something a traditional Tribal Style Dancer might want - I have a yellow based one that is getting horizontal rows of a trim called 'Grandmother's Shawl' in the works, but need to order in some cowrie shells and other extras to make it work. Here's a sort of preview pic:

It will have either black, burgundy, or perhaps even bright green trim on the edges, in basic cotton, and in the gaps I'm thinking about using cowrie shells and brightly-colored beads to make cowrie blossoms. Might even make a couple of big 'blossoms' for the points, to accentuate the hips. We shall see.

Anyway, I believe that's enough of my babble for now. Toodles, folks!