I have acquired quite a bit of yarn that has been donated to me to make blankets and such for local charities. I found this wonderful and FREE Chemo Hat crochet pattern from Red Heart that was easy to whip up and I think turned out really pretty. The yarn is really soft too. After the Christmas craft season I definitely plan on making several more of these. I hope the future recipient wears it in healing health.
I found this adorable idea to make for my brother, his fiancé and their family dog – a Christmas stocking for doggy Dakota that we can fill for her gift. Here is the FREE pattern from Red Heart if you want to make one also.
I set monthly goals of crafts I want to complete. Some months are better than others for actually completing them. This month I not only set the goals on my Crafts page, I also added them to my Outlook Calendar. I took the time to spread them out, taking into consideration the time I would have to dedicate to it per day. Generally I plan to crochet, knit or organize digital photos (this month) during the week and sew or quilt on the weekends. So far last weekend was mostly planning but I did get a few things done. The beginning of the
I had a friend ask me to make her this hat for her tacky Christmas party. She loved it so much she passed on my information and I was able to make a second one for her friend! It is essentially the same but the yellow is a little paler since I didn’t have enough of this colour left. I forgot to take a photo of it before I delivered it to her (duh!). Also, since this photo we added yellow pipe cleaner to the star to make it stand upright on it’s own. I purchased this pattern from Crochet
On Monday I wasn’t feeling 100%. I didn’t have the head to do anything complicated or the desire to sew or quilt or read so I decided to crochet a granny guitar strap using the tutorial from Future Girl. For the ends of each strap (holes and tie option), I used this tutorial from Tangled Happy. This was a really fun, fast and easy project to do.
I was very ambitious for my June 2013 goals. I should have known better than to make one so long. The warm weather makes it harder for me to get things in the house accomplished. It didn’t help that it was either humid or raining so painting the kids stove and table/chair set didn’t work since it wouldn’t have dried. It also didn’t help that my scanner/printer (which we haven’t used in years) isn’t working and I need to figure out why not and if I can fix it. I was able to find the software to download online but
I can’t seem to find any rugs in the stores that I like, matches our colours, or that is reasonably priced. As a crafter, what better way to find a solution to this dilemma than to make one myself?! I found the South Riding Kitchen Rug FREE pattern and, with a few edits for colours and width, I made one for in front of our kitchen sink. I love how it turned out and it was simple and quick to work up. Now I will consider making projects for a few other areas that need rugs.
I had an extremely productive month. Click on the links below to read more details about the projects. Baby Burp Cloths Giant Granny Square crochet baby blanket A-Z Baby quilt TMNT Donatello Mask TMNT Shell Backpack Custom Native Hand Drum Bag UFO #5 piece top Christmas table runner Crochet Tacky Christmas Sweater Baby Quilt #2 I also made it a priority to (finally) watch the Craftsy Serging Course I purchased a few months ago. I am so glad I did – now I’m inspired to tackle spring/summer clothes for the kids and I!
My friend asked me to make her a tacky Christmas sweater. I made the sweater part and her idea is to add buttons to make a moveable nativity scene on it. Mid-way I asked her to try it on so I could determine the length. The photo with my friend shows it before it is finished. It will actually go to about where the white shirt ends length-wise. We also decided to keep it short sleeved since it’s a warm acrylic and since it’s crochet I recommend she wear a shirt beneath it. Here is the finished version at the proper
Last Saturday, April 13, I wrote how I finished a Donatello TMNT Mask and was preparing the ambitious goal of creating a TMNT backpack for my 5 year old son. After doing research on Pinterest, I created a TMNT board for inspiration. I decided I would create crochet hexagons using this Super Simple Hexagon pattern from One Loop Short. Funny story ~ I created six hexagons after my son had gone to sleep. In the morning I suppose he checked up on my progress. He had them all laid out and told me “Mom, you need to make one more.” I said “No,
