Saturday, January 9, 2010

Chocolate Sprinkle Scarf Finished!

I finished my scarf!  I made it a neck warmer/ scarf because I wanted to make it extra thick but only wanted to use one skein.  I love this yarn because it has no dye lot and I can get it anytime at Walmart.  It kinda reminds me of chocolate cake or brownies with sprinkles.  I used Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in Coffee Fleck.  I added some little faux crocheted buttons to the side and I am thinking about adding a little crocheted rose near the buttons but I'm not sure.  What do you guys think?  I love this thing it goes with every color, I am contemplating making a matching hat and gloves!  Here are the photos!





Friday, January 8, 2010

Finished Cat Sweater

I finished the cat sweater I was making!  I made it short on purpose like it was a shirt not long like a dress.  My cat Pepper likes it, but she's in heat right now and rolls a lot on the floor so it wont stay on her!  But here it is folks!  Happy Crafting!

















She doesn't look very happy in this picture because she wanted to be playful and I wanted her to pose... I won.
















Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Felt Food Crafts ^o^

For those of you who don't already know... felt food crafts are becoming highly popular with mom's that want to provide a safe and sanitary alternative to wooden and plastic play food.  With all of the lead scares out there why would you want to take the chance?  If your crafty with a needle, or even if your not there are some very cute play foods you can make using felt, which is easy to clean and disinfect.  You can also crochet food, that is also quite cute.  In this post I will provide photos and websites of places online where you can buy play food or patterns and also where you can find some great free patterns.  Happy Crafting!

Ok, this is a video I found on YouTube.  This lady has a site called http://www.LillyBeanMarket.com where you can buy the patterns and tools you will need to finish any of her products.  This is one of her free patterns of an egg.  You can find many more extensive instructions on YouTube on her homepage LillyBeanplayfood.  I have personallly subscribed and I hope you do too.




I would suggest looking online for free patterns as well as on YouTube to find some very cute food items to make.


Here are some links to sites that sell or talk about felt play food. Some of them give away free patterns and some do not.


http://bugbitesplayfood.blogspot.com/   or  http://www.etsy.com/shop/bugbitesplayfood
http://www.etsy.com/shop/onenonly88  (these are downright artistic)

http://www.squidoo.com/playfood  (Tons of FREE crochet, Knit and Felt food patterns)

And finally here are some of the cutest pics of felt food I found online.




























Monday, January 4, 2010

New Hair and Crochet Hook Holder




Yay, I love changing my hair!  I cut in some bangs all by myself the other day and made them swoop.

This may not sound exciting to anyone else but I have a center part and making a swoop cut that is able to stay a swoop cut... to me... is an achievement.

This is the back of my hair.  It used to be much shorter because I had a bob.  But that is a whole other post!  My hair was also blonde but that didn't work out like I wanted to because it turned out more yellow gold than blonde.  My friend Keila cut it and also re-colored it brown you can see it gently fading.  But I think it's gorgeous.

This is a shot I took just for fun.  I think it looks artsy!  You can kinda see the swoop in my hair but because of my part it looks kinda uneven.

Ok here is my daily crochet... thing.  This is the first anything I ever made... it is a crocheted crochet hook holder.  I am going to add a pocket to hold patterns, a scissor hole and a button to keep it closed but this is what it looks like now.

This will do just fine for now and this is all of the hooks that I have so far.  My friend got them for me for my birthday Nov. 13, 2009.

This is what it looks like when it is closed.  It fits in my bag perfectly.  Everyone should make one for themselves.  I hope you get inspired to make things on my page, eventually I will be putting some free patterns on here.  Tell me what you think.  Should I?
Happy Crafting!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

The First Thing I Ever Made. A Scarf.

I made this scarf for my husband for his birthday it took me from November 14, 2009 - November 30, 2009.  I made it with Lion Brand Pound of Love Yarn in Denim.  It's kinda cattywampus in some spots and I hadn't really learned how to do edging yet but for a first project I think I did pretty well.  Also the Pound of Love Yarn is really comfortable to wear.  And you know the yarn lasts a long time!  I have made like 3 projects with it and I still have a good size ball left!  Well anyways here is a picture of me wearing the scarf.  Happy Crafting!