Tuesday, December 27, 2011

A Week of Making Hats

Last week, before Christmas, I spent the biggest part of the week crocheting hats.  For all of the hats I used the Hansel and Gretel hat pattern from Mamachee. For the flowers I used the flowers from the Allie hat pattern from Susan Linn Studio.

This camo hat is for my husband.

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Black hat with flowers, and scarf set, for my daughter. I made two different flowers so she could choose which one she wants to wear at any given time.

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This green hat is for my grandson.

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And this purple hat is for my granddaughter.  I put a decorative edging on hers to make it a tad more “girly”.  :)

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Friday, December 16, 2011

More Dishcloths!

Yes, I have been on a dishcloth making kick recently.  This particular pattern happens to be one that I really love, and enjoy working with.  :)  If you’d like a copy of the pattern, it can be purchased at this Etsy shop.  If you do purchase a pattern from her shop, feel free to tell her that Rita Lippert sent you. Thanks!

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This is the same pattern, but I put a different edging on it.  This purple one is for me. :D

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Cakewalk Yarns Giveaway

Head on over to Tangled Happy to see how you could be the winner of some gorgeous colored yarn!  These are just a small sampling of what is available.

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Friday, December 9, 2011

Dishcloths

I’ve had some fun this week making some dishcloths.  For these ones I got the idea from this blog post. What I did is similar to the first pattern listed. I started and ended with a row of plain sc. Didn’t crochet an edging the entire way around as I like the looks of these without doing so. These worked up super quickly and I think they’d make some great last minute gifts!  Although I am definitely keeping the green one for myself.  LOL  :D  These are made with Bernat Handicrafter 100% cotton WW. I love working with this yarn.

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I thought it was pretty cool how the variegated yarn worked up on this one. :)

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More Potholders

Here are a couple more of the potholders I made using the Wooleater pattern. This post will refresh your memory as to where the pattern can be found. :)

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

RAK

Imagine my excitement when the postman delivered this wonderful box of yarn goodness to me yesterday!  I received this from a wonderful yarn friend, who wishes to remain anonymous. Thank you, yarn friend!  I appreciate your thoughtfulness and kindness very much!

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Monday, December 5, 2011

Crazy Quilt

I just have to share this eye candy with you all.  This quilt doesn’t belong to me, but that didn’t stop me from photographing it.  The quilt belongs to my son-in-law and was created by his paternal grandmother.

Seems to me this kind of handwork just isn’t done, or seen, too much any more.  I’ve made a few simple quilts in my time, but nothing as intricate as piecing all of these fabrics together.  I *love* this quilt!IMG_6825-1

Some close up shots of various parts of the quilt. Note how the teensiest, tiniest pieces of fabric did not go to waste.IMG_6822

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The binding was even sewn on by hand. :)

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