And, her close-up...
And her really close-up...
The pattern is up on Ravelry and in my Etsy shop. I want to wear her all the time... while I'm cooking, watching football, showering (or maybe that's a bad idea). I'll be buying more of this yarn, lots more! And making lots of these scarflettes, as one hank of the malabrigo makes one soft, scooshy scarflette. So happy :)
It's momma's bday today. We celebrated with taco soup and low-carb cheesecake.
It was a doily pattern worked with worsted weight yarn and a size J hook. It turned out about 4" across and very pretty. I'd like to make the next one in wool so that I can block it out a bit bigger. Maybe in Cascade 220 wool???
Yep... that was a homemade tamale. From the masa to the meat to the sauce... all 100% homemade.
Aren't we pretty? hahahaha, atleast the one on the right is... I think my hair doesn't like the fog much! Anyways, the pineapple scarf is finished and GORGEOUS if I do say so myself... Here's her close-up!
I'll be writing up the pattern in the near future, along with a few more I'm working on. I need to get going on Christmas crocheting, tho!!!
I think I've shared this with you guys before, but incase you missed it last year... THE EASIEST FUDGE RECIPE EVER!!!
Or a Christmas Dishcloth Set! Once you've used a crocheted dishcloth, you'll never go back to terrycloth or paper towels or even sponges!!! I like to add a set of Williams Sonoma Dishsoap and Hand Lotion to these for great housewarming/hostess gifts!
I call her... O Pequeno Cachecol, or The Little Scarf. She was inspired by Ali and her request that I recreate this one... a knit Anthropologie version. It turned out very elegant, and it only takes between 60-70 grams of yarn. A much nicer price tag than the original!
I have two strips (each 1 skein), 6 pineapples long and am waiting for more yarn from Ebay to finish it. Isn't it glorious???
Otherwise, my weekend was great. Hubby and I got away to Monterey for our second wedding anniversary (which is on the 17th). The weather was gorgeous (tho cold) and we had a very fun, relaxing time! Hubby even took me to a yarn store in Pacific Grove and let me buy some gorgeous yarn. Lamb's Pride in goldenrod and ocean waves, I'll show those off later :)
I have 2 more weeks to make more!
A pretty coffee cozy so that I stop killing the trees with the cardboard ones :) The pattern is for sale on my Etsy and on Ravelry!
While browsing the craft store the other day, I came across the plastic craft lace that I, along with many other elementary schoolers, had made those lanyard key chains with. It was like one of those cartoon moments when the light bulb clicks on :)
I combined the plastic lace with regular 100% cotton yarn in the middle of a pretty, lacy 6-petal dishcloth.
One skein each (2 and 2.5 oz) of a solid color and an ombre color plus one small 10 yard package of plastic lace will make atleast 3 dishcloths!
If you enlarge the pic below, you can see little shiny parts in the middle... That's the lanyard lace!
Pretty cool, if I do say so myself!
But it's never too early to start Christmas projects, right?
It's finally done, and the pattern is written up! Yeah!!!
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I have been racking my brain trying to figure out a good pattern to sell for charity with the $$$ going to my local children's hospital. My little bro, as some of you know if you read my momma's blog, was born quite premature. He stayed at what was then called Valley Children's Hospital here in the central valley of California (for 3 months!). I try to send them a check every year in thanks of helping to get my brother healthy enough to come home. My family and I will forever be grateful!
I made up 3 different leaf patterns, and then crocheted each pattern in 4 colors. Then I decided that I didn't want it to always look the same. I wanted it to seem as if a tree had let it's leaves drift onto my tabletop. So, I used gold safety pins to pin them together in a random pattern. That way if I make more I can rearrange them, or maybe turn them into a garland... or my Etsy. But remember, you get a .50 discount for buying through Ravelry! If you click on the Ravelry link above, even if you're not a member, you should be able to purchase through them, it'll take you to the PayPal site and I think you just send me a payment and it'll let you download the pattern.
I made the pumpkins first, and then while at dinner Friday night, hubby said, "How about a cornucopia?" I thought, "Yeah! Why didn't I think of that?" So while watching football today, I banged this thing out, took some pics, wrote up the pattern and added it to the shop. I've had 3 sales this week already of my pumpkins and Mikey's Beanie. I think that's pretty exciting!
Mikey wanted a brown beanie, remember? Then he said, "Can you make it look like this?" pointing at the book I've been using to get my cables for the aran bag. I thought, "Crappola, a whole hat of cables??? " My wrists hurt already :(
Well, that one was too big (fits the other brother, thankfully) so I whipped this one up tonight for the one it was meant to go to :)
I now have the pattern for this written up, so if you'd like a copy, email me with you email address and I'll send you the PDF. I'm trying to get set-up in Ravelry to sell it there, if there's enough interest. Until then, I'll just email them out. Thanks!
I'm soooo excited about this pattern. It's so fun and easy to do. Plus, you don't get bored because you're always looking forward to seeing what the next little fishie looks like next to his friends.
Oh, and the fabric was from fabrictales.com for those of you who asked :)
Hally Berry with a crocheted bag??? Hmmm... this calls for a new project. Of course, I don't want one that looks exactly like that, but an aran crocheted bag sounds irresistible to me.
There's going to be another panel of the berry looking one on the other side of the braided one, and I'll mirror that on the back. I have other ideas, too (cabled side panels???). I'm really loving it! Plus it's yellow, who doesn't love yellow?
