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2014-05-27

First Granny Square Blanket

I am in love! ~swoon~

Basic Granny Square instructions. Center square is 5 rows. Each color afterwards is only 3 rows.

New Technique - Finger Crochet

I learned something new today! You are able to crochet without a crochet hook.

I had heard about Arm Knitting before, but Finger Crochet was a new one to me. I gathered up four strands; 2 stands of Caron One Pound in Off White, 1 strand of Caron One Pound in Black, and 1 strand of Red Heart in Pink. Here are the results:

CO 10 stitches + 1 for turn.
Rows 1-4: sc
Row 5: dc
Row 6: sc
Row 7: hdc
Row 8-9: sc

The result: This makes a breathable, loose, thick square. It would be good for a blanket for colder weather locations or as a floor mat/rug.

I believe using a finger to crochet is a good way to understand how the crochet hook needs to operate, but it is not for those who have stiff or older joints. The dc really made my questions the whole idea and I needed to take a break after that row.

Overall: Would do again. A++++++.

2010-09-20

Completed Baby Sets

The patterns for the pieces that follow are all free on Ravelry, my new favorite website, and are from different designers.

Here are some projects I have recently completed:

This is one of two baby sets. This is made in Baby Bee Sweet Delight Baby yarn.

This Baby Set includes:
Baby Cherry Hat - minus the cherry and trim. I also increased the inner circle by two rounds since the pattern says it is for a preemie.
Baby Booties - I was unable to figure out the tassels that go on the ends of the bows. Other then that this is my first knitting item that is not a square or rectangle.
Baby Mitts - These were fun and easy to whip up.

The second Baby Set is made from Lily Sugar'n Cream cotton yarn and includes:
Baby Cherry Hat - This time I used a larger yarn so I followed the pattern for the inner circle but did not include the last 3 rounds.
Baby Mitts - These were fun!

2009-10-11

Soft Easy Bath Puffs

Cotton Bath Puff Crochet Pattern
Erin Olivia Designs, Lesley Dietschy & HDE Productions

This is my new favorite quick pattern. I admit that at some points there is some maneuvering the yarn around so you can fit all the stitches, but once you get through a couple, you will wind up having too much room left over at the end of each loop. My tip: Always count at each step so you do not go under or over and change the pattern, unless that is your attention. Then, please go right ahead! Counting makes sure you are staying on track so your final result will appear like the pattern writers.

I have planned on making a total of 4 (gifts for my bridemaids). Two are made from Lily Sugar & Cream yarn in each color; Grape and Daisy. They would be perfect gifts for anyone. There are some notes about how they do take longer to dry since they are cotton, but the first one I made was perfect and was so soft. How many times do you do something the first time and it worked as expected?

The pattern calls for 1 ball of the yarn for each bath puff and even using the recommended needle size (H crochet hook) I still had yarn left over. Not enough to make anything, unless it was really small or an embellishment.

Progress: Made 1.5/4, half way through #2. Pics to come when completed.

And I know that this is another current project, but there are a few more running around here that I am not bothering to mention or call out. :P Poor WIPs.

2009-05-05

Christina's Flowers

These are images from the flowers I am making for Christina.

(Each color I have made so far. One more pink left and maybe the orchid if needed.)

(Close ups of the purple and pink flowers.)

(My growing rows of flowers.)

(The yarns used so far minus the yellow.)

(The shades of green I have. I was thinking the one on the right?)

(The yellow and I tried to take a pic of the Orchid.)

If you want to see the true color for Orchid... click here.

2009-04-16

Flowers for a Friend

So these are some pictures which are of some flowers from a pattern a friend had me test out. She is getting married and was interested in knowing if the flowers would look nice. While I think these flowers are cute.. they did not turn out like the picture.. mainly because there were no directions on where to attach the leaves so I just went with where I thought.. And they should of gone higher so they can be bundled up better. I also used pipe cleaners to stand them up and the end of the pip cleaner is in the center of each flower top. The picture above it during the making process. You can see the leaves.. and I did not just have a solid green and am only testing. :P You can also see the flower petals. The pattern calls for Sugar & Cream yarn by Lily 100% cotton yarn which I was able to use the correct yarn.

The picture below is 2 of the 6 total flowers that are made, though the bouqet only holds 5.. or at least the picture did. So maybe the want you to have one extra to keep to give to someone to brighten their day.

(Below) The final bouquet. I was playing around with different color pipe cleaners so the centers are different. I think I am going to try again and make the leaves higher and use maybe some starch on the petals or wire to keep them where i want them.

Last WIP Update

I know it has been a while, but I have had a few other areas of my life to focus on recently. I have had a few side projects going on in the mean time and would love to share them with you. I have made a total of **19** squares from the blanket in the last post. I am trying to use yarn I already have versus purchase more so I found a few extra shades of colors I can throw in. One of them is featured in this post and is the darker tan/beige color. Before it was just the blue variegated and the light tan and dark blue. I did find 2 more skeins of yarn in the variegated blue so I will be able to either make more squares or use it for the border.

Granny Square Pictures
Crochet Cabana - How to Make a Granny Square (worked in one color)
The Purl Bee - Granny Square (worked in multiple colors)
Wiki-How - How to Crochet a Granny Square (with video)

2008-10-21

One of my many many many .... many WIPs

Meet (one of) my work(s) in progress:

I have always wanted to do a granny square afghan and for whatever reason I have decided to start one. It takes me about an hour if I am giving it my full attention, even though I can do the stitch with my eyes closed. There are 3 acrylic yarns chosen which seem to compliment each other; one variegated yarn and 2 solid cool colors that are contained in the first yarn. The squares (size now) are around 8 inches. I am not sure how many I plan to do or how I am going to join them together, but in the end I know it will look great and be warm. I might be a little off in the one blue, or it just might be shinier, but it seems close enough.

2008-09-02

Great Forms of Protection with Yarn

So I had one of oldest cell phones around and was in dire need of an upgrade. So I went to the local store to pick one out. How new should I go? How expensive can I afford? Well I am not one who spends my time buying the current toy to have so I settled on one I liked but that was pretty cheap. As I was playing with the new phone I realized I now have a camera.. (yeah the other one was that old!) and was super excited.

On the way home after changing the settings all around I put my new cell phone in my pocket. By the way, who really

wants it to beep when you hit a key? Upon

arriving home as I was getting out the car I hear this crunch of plastic and pavement and I filled with dread. Scanning the ground I found my cell phone underneath the car still intact. Went to view the screen and noticed that it just so happened to land on the one part that makes the phone worthless. The screen had a crack and it was "leaking" into the screen ("I cracked the LCD.")

Well I was bummed about the drop though and I went back to my old phone.

I spent the next few days debating on if I should get a new phone and if so the same style. But then I decided I liked the other one and began deciding how to best protect it. With my yarn and needles in hand I made the following case. It is a typical bag just made in rounds. I made a small square patch and put it inside and then put a smaller piece of cardboard in the pocket made with the square patch. This means even if I do drop it, it will have cushion and protection from ever hitting that spot again.

And this other case is for a camera. This is just a rectangle folded over and sewn together lengthwise. But this "shape" comes in handy in lots of things. This particular rectangle has been a container for scraps, knitting needle cushion, crazy creature and then the camera case. It is not as sturdy as to protect it during a drop, but it is good enough to protect it in a bag or a pocket.

2008-05-12

Here Piggy Piggy Piggy

This pattern was featured on Annie's Attic: Free Pattern of the Day. For whatever reason I made them for my dentist. Maybe next time I will try a different piggy pattern. One is creme. One is camp (Forest Merino Wool). The last is pink. Some pictures are from before adding the black on the eyes and snout. The one picture is of the pink pigs ears and tail before it was attached.

2008-05-08

Things Remembered

How great does it feel when you run across a picture of something you completed a while ago and you did not have a picture before? I made a red, white and blue lapghan for my mother and I did not take a picture before it was given away. Luckily, I have a mom who likes to take pictures and was nice enough to give me one.

It is made from Red Lion Brand yarn. I was learning how to make small ripples and followed no pattern. The red/white/blue multi-color sections are made with the multicolor yarn and not me changing yarn every so many stitches. I changed colors every so many rows depending on what section.

2008-02-13

Green Alpaca Scarf

Length: 40 inches

Width: 4.5 inches

Pattern: None
Stitch: Ripple Stitch
Yarn: Alpaca

Completed '08

Pink/White/Blue "Woven" Scarf

Pink/White/Blue "Woven" Scarf
Length: 64 inches
Width: 4.5 inches

Pattern: None
Stitch: Basketweave Stitch
Yarn: Mix, mainly Acrylic
(This was a WIP that was shelfed and is finally completed.)

Completed '08

2007-11-05

Crochet: Burgandy Scarf

Here is one of the first scarfs I made without a pattern. It was completed in 2007 and it made from Caron One Pound Burgandy Acrylic yarn. This scarf was made up of rows of whatever stitch I wanted to do, so no pattern was used. It uses single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet and triple crochet stitches. I am unsure of the hook size used, though it was probably a G hook.