Saturday, October 17, 2009
Some Baby Things
These baby tie shoes are from Crotiques pattern site.
These will be donated to the local pregnancy resource center.
This is a baby set I made to donate to the local pregnancy resource center also. The sweater is from a pattern I found online a long time ago. The yarn I used is Caron Jumbo Prints, and since it is WW, my sweater turned out to be bigger than the pattern. It's about 6 month size. I couldn't find a hat pattern that looked like it went with the sweater, so I designed my own. Most of the booties patterns that I liked were too small to go with the sweater, so I designed my own booties too.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Inauguration Chapeau
This is the Inauguration Chapeau designed by Ellen Bloom.
pattern is here: Inauguration Chapeau
I used Vanna's choice in linen. I had to leave out a row of the tie, because the pattern called for 220 yards of yarn and I had only 197 yards. However, I think another row of DC would've made the tie too wide anyhow.
This hat is a little large on the mannequin head, but it fits me perfectly.
pattern is here: Inauguration Chapeau
I used Vanna's choice in linen. I had to leave out a row of the tie, because the pattern called for 220 yards of yarn and I had only 197 yards. However, I think another row of DC would've made the tie too wide anyhow.
This hat is a little large on the mannequin head, but it fits me perfectly.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Hats, hats and more hats
It's bee a hat week for me. First my niece bought me a very nice ball of yarn from their visit to Colorado. I made a hat with it. I had to supplement it with some alpaca yarn I had. The pattern is a FPDC around the crown and then HDC around the head.
I also made a baby cap with some ILTY Candy Corn ombre. It was just a simple pattern that I made as I went....
The last is a cap from vallieskids.blogspot.com called Meagan-wants-you. I made it for my friend's daughter's birthday. I am wokring on a scarf now. She likes purple, so I went shopping in my stash and found some Red Heart Aztec that fit the bill.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Felted Booga Bag
This is a felted bag I made as a shower favor. It worked up very quickly! Lion Brand Midnight Yarn ran when felting so the colors aren't what they should be, but still acceptable. The pattern is free and called Booga Bag.
I didn't do an icord for the handles. Instead, I loosely chained a whole bunch with an N hook and two strands, then I sl st into the underside loop of the chain all the way back.
Liquid Silver Shawl
This is called the "Liquid Silver Wrap" and is from the elann.com website. The laceweight yarn I used is Pure silk 20-2 from Yarn and Fiber Company and is color storm. I highly recommend using laceweight needles, as it makes a huge difference. I only did two repeats wide of the pattern, not three. I got my beads from Hobby Lobby.
The shawl pin is a Fair Trade endeavor by a group called "Rwanda Knits".
Sunday, September 20, 2009
BICO
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
School cardigan
Monday, September 7, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Chevron Lace Cardigan
This cardigan is made from red Heart Soft yarn, in the color Guacamole. I think I used 3 skeins, but I'm not sure, it may have been 4. I can't remember how many I bought. This is the third thing I tried to make from this yarn. The pattern is here:
Cardigan
This is a very easy pattern, and only took me a few weeks to make. I could've finished it a lot faster if I had worked at it a little harder. I used a progressively smaller hook as I did the sleeves so that the wrist would be narrower than the top of the sleeve. I added several rows of SC around the neckline, since it was quite loose, and
I made the bottom edge straight by doing SC/HDC/DC as needed to get an even edge. I then did a border of DC followed by a round of SC around the entire sweater. I am considering adding some buttons to the front.
More FO's
The bed-size blue/brown gahn and a 42 inch RR are going, along with the red/white/blue RR to Fisher House today.
The big ghan used appr. 2 sk each of coffee (RHSS); Earth & Sky (RHSS) and TLC's Robin Egg. The squares were about 13 inches or so.
The RR with blues used smidges of white and bright yellow, with Blue #886, Delft Blue and Lt. Periwinkle (all RHSS).
Monday, August 24, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Napkin Rings
Pattern used: Helenium flower from this book
Leaf from this blog
Ring from this pattern
Hook used: G for flower and leaf
H for ring
Yarn used: RHSS Ranch Red, Gold, Cornmeal
ILTY: Dk Olive
Notes: Cornmeal petals shortened by 3 chains.
Leave a 2 yd length of yarn at the beginning of ring for slip stitching in the beginning chain loops and sewing the flower to the ring. Slip stitch around the last round of the ring leaving 1 yd length of yarn for sewing the flower to the ring.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Bling Purse
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Biggest Loser 2 Week 3
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Pink Baby Sweater
Aruba Sea Scarf
Finished Projects
These are some of the 20 squares I made for a charity request on C-ville. I used up a lot of odds and ends of yarn making these. All are variations of the same pattern:
Espresso Square
Bunch
Espresso Square
Bunch
Baby Aran Afghan
Here is my finished afghan. I made the body of the afghan using a smaller version of this pattern:
Crochet Aran Afghan
I started with 125 FDC and then followed the pattern until the blanket was wide enough. I bordered it with a row of SC, and then a row of RHDC.
It turned out to be about 38 inches wide by 42 inches long.
I used Pound of Love in white. It took over a pound of yarn.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Friendship Square
This is the square I made for Christi. It's called Winter Jewel. It's really a 7" sq, but I used an "H" hook and it came out to a perfect 8" square!!!
Baby Round Ripple
Here is the baby round ripple I did in Pooh colors for my grandchild that's due in Sept! The nursery theme is Winnie the Pooh. I hope they like it! I used Aggie May's 6 pt pattern from the 6>12>24 CAL on Crochetville.
Squares I Tested
These are squares I tested for SmoothFox this past week. I do not know if she will have the patterns for sale or for free. They are Flower Power #3 & #4.
Christi's Square
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Puff Hearts Square
This is my second Biggest Loser II Square. It is 8", done in RHSS Aran. It's a pattern called Granny Hearts from Leisure Arts #2454, Sweetheart Afghans to Crochet.
Popcorn Granny Square
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Dishcloth / washcloth
I meant to post these on July 15th when I finished them LOL. But here are my dishcloths. It is just a simple pattern of alternating shells and V-stich. There are three of them but one was hijacked by my son to become a blankie for his dinosaur.
They are made from Bernat Cotton and the color is Westport
Noah Afghan
Friday, July 24, 2009
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