The Perfect Cowl
I made this cowl to give as a gift this past week. I purchased the pattern as a Ravelry download. I love Ravelry. If you crochet or knit, I would highly recommend becoming a member of that site. This was actually my first crochet pattern purchase.Before this I had always used free patterns, of which […]
Crocheted Cluster Hat in Yellow and Purple – size Newborn
I found this cute pattern by Alli Crafts for a Newborn Cluster Hat and instantly loved it. She also has free patterns posted for the same pattern in sizes premie and six months. I was aiming to make it newborn size initially, but I must have crocheted the slip stitch crochet border too tight or […]
Crochet Covered Rock Made
From the first time I saw crochet covered rocks, I knew I wanted to try my hand at making some. I found this easy how-to, Margaret Oomen’s Little Urchin Crochet Covered Sea Stones,on the Purl Bee and decided I’d start there. I bought a bunch of cotton crochet thread at our local secondhand shop with […]
DIY Ribbon Flower Pin
This ribbon flower pin was made based off of this ribbon flower clip tutorial from SoHappyTogether, although I did mine a little differently. This project came about because we bought this black skirt secondhand and noticed upon further inspection at home that it had a glue stain where some embellishment must have been at one […]
A Photo A Day: November 12 {late}
Although I didn’t get my picture up on the blog yesterday, I did take photos. I took this picture of Mrs. Sayuri right before she went into her dance class. She is taking a ballet/tap class in town and the weather was so nice yesterday (in the sixties) that we walked there and back. We […]
Crocheted Baby Pumpkin Hat
I was looking for a knit hat look, but in crochet, since my knitting skills are almost zero right now. I found this free pattern for the Newborn Side-to-side Hat that gave me just the look I was wanting. I made this hat for Baby Girl a little bigger than the pattern size, increasing and […]
Crocheted Puff Stitch Camera Cozy
We recently purchased a handheld digital Kodak video camera. It did not come with a case, so I decided to whip up one to protect the screen from scratches. I found this pattern for a cell phone cozy that I modified to the specific measurements of our camera and it worked out perfectly. I used […]
