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Here is a Fiber Tagging or Yarnbombing project that I installed on Main Street in support of the Google On Main initiative.
It is composed of handwoven squares with freeform crochet lettering and a crochet border... made from acrylic yarns from my stash.
It remained on Main Street for 4 days until Sugar Daddy went to retrieve it.
For more info on the Greenville Google On Main project: www.wearefeelinglucky.com
On twitter, follow the hashtags #LuckyGVL and #GoogleOnMain
I used Deneen St. Armour's Baby Bubbles pattern for this blanket for a friend's new grandbaby.
I used Hobby Lobby's 'I Love This Yarn!'
I used an M hook with double strands instead of a J hook with a single strand like I used for Baby Zander's Blanket.
Here are a few Kindle Sweaters that I have made.
These are loomknit using the pink knifty knitter long loom (using acrylic yarn from my stash) with a freeform crochet handprint. If you know me, you know how I love the handprint motif!
I just wanted to share this sweet little bird brooch (from Linda Permann's book "Crochet Adorned"). After crocheting, the bird and the hanger, I felted them in the washing machine.
And then attached my first real attempt at designing jewelry: a memory wire bracelet with amethyst chips, glass beads & shell beads. The earrings contain the same components but have sterling silver head pins & ear wires.
suprisingly... i sold 4 of these hats without even trying! which allowed me to bu some more yarn... as if my stash needed enhancing!! LOL
I guess being sick can have some advantages! ;-)
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The hat and the neckwarmer were made using 2 strands held together. The hat was made with the purple adult hat kk loom; the neckwarmer with round yellow kk loom. The mittens are made with three strands held together on the blue kk loom.
I decided to go ahead and give the set to SugarDaddy because he needed it when he went to a football game tonight... brrrrrrr... I didnt want him to freeze!
I am working on a matching scarf and some fingerless mitts... so he will be able to mix & match depending on the weather. .. but they may have to wait until after Christmas!
How are your handmade Christmas gifts coming along?
These mittens were made on the small round blue Knifty Knitter loom using this patten. I used three strands of Hobby Lobby's I Love This Yarn! in the High Sierra Stripe Colorway. They are thick and warm!
I sure hope the recipient like them!
Marking another project done on the Christmas list!
The cowl was loomknit on the yellow knifty knitter loom and the mitts, on the pink long loom. .. then edged with a crochet ruffle. I used Ivory WoolEase for warmth and washability!
I added a removable rose pin using this pattern. For the pin I used Vanna's Choice in a variegated pink with a green for the leaves... oops! I forgot the names of the colorways! :-(
I hope the recipient likes them!
What are YOU whipping up for the holidays? I would love to hear (and see!) about it!
This is a quick and easy gift idea... it's economical... using less than a skein of yarn... you can control the cost by the yarn you buy to make this ... (or you could make a unique multi-color cowl by using scraps... i love stash-busting!)
This cowl was made with a skein of wool-ease chunky in charcoal.
Loom knit a tube on the yellow knifty knitter loom until the desired length...i would suggest at least 10 -12 inches...it just depends on your preferences... i wanted mine to be long enough to use as a hood.
Use a crochet hook to add a simple ruffle on both ends... the stitch pattern i used: fasten on in one of the spaces between the knit stitches, chain 5, slip stitch into next space, chain 5, slip stitch into the next space... repeat around edge... fasten off & weave in ends.
Certainly you could use whatever ruffle or edging you like... plain or elaborate... you decide!
It's a versatile accessory... here it is "scrunched" around the neck.
In this picture, it is folded in half... with both ruffled ends at the top.
Here is a variation of the above style... ruffled edges down and the top cuffed.
This is the same variation... but upside-down with the ruffles up.
And here it is used as a hood ... perfect for those windy days.
Let's give Mr. FoamHead some applause... he wasnt happy modeling the cowl... but i think he looks soooo nice in it!
Yes! I finally got down to business and finished the baby blanket that I was working on for my Grandbaby-to-be, Baby Zander!
Here is my DIL holding the blanket up at the baby shower. I hope Baby Zander can feel all the love I put into every stitch... just for him.
Since we live so far away... I want him to have a tangible token of our love for him!
This is the completed blanket. I crocheted this version of Deneen St Amour's (she is @yarnandmusings on twitter ) "Bubbles Baby Blanket". I gotta tell you, I really love this pattern... it is a simple pattern to remember...so it is easy to pick up after setting it down for a bit. It works up so nice in a reversible pattern that lays flat and doesn't need any edging. I like how different this pattern can be worked with different hooks and yarns for completely different looks.
It works up fast... unless you are a super slow hooker like me!
See how the flat the edge lays... no curling... no edging
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