Camo Wrist Purse

For those of you that have been following me this whole time, you are aware that my crocheting is not up to par yet, but practice makes perfect. Well, I decided to try my hand at these granny triangles. I found a great tutorial here.

I saw how she had her triangles arranged to form a type of circle so I thought, hey I can do that! So I began attaching all of my triangles together, but once attached I feared that I would not be able to recreate this circle so I just folded it in half and made this dainty coin purse.

Isn't it cute! And believe it or not but my snaps on the inside are centered and even! I'm so proud of myself!

So, ok it's not the best.... not even by a little bit. But, my heart is in this one and you have to admit that it is kinda cute. Somewhere there is a 5 year old who will cherish this like it was made of gold. :) That's it for today and as always....  Happy Crocheting!

Another Little Lady.... In progress

Since my first attempt at my Pink Lady, I have been itching to get back to it and make it perfect. Well, as you can see that is not the case, because she is far from being perfect... She is still going to be fabulous! Lol By the way, in case you missed it, or if you might be curious, that stranger slender thing resting behind her is my trusty stitch marker bobby pin! See my post all about it *HERE!*

So, as you can see, I have already attached both of her feet here as well as finished the entire of her body. On to the head!.... :/

I have to apologize for this picture, but I couldn't very well leave it out could I? I had her big head almost finished and I wanted to take a picture of my progress for your viewing pleasure, but my headphones decided to make an appearance so now you see my work as well as you now know that, even though I am quite literally borderline tone deaf, I listen to music. I love this female instrumental group named Bond. :)

Ok, back to the crocheting.... :) 

This is my dolly all finished except for her arms and face. I hate doing her arms.... they are so tiny and insane to stuff. Never fear though, I shall give her arms, but this time she will be bald. She is to be donated to our local hospital where there is a little girl with cancer. Knowing that her doll is beside her, with no hair, will help  ease her embarrassment over the loss of her own.

This will also be my last doll for a few weeks, I want to try my hand at something else.... I'm always open for suggestions :)

The Latest in Crochet Couture :)

My sister has been hosting these "lady parties" recently. What is a lady party you might ask?.... well, it is a get together of women who are a range of ages and backgrounds who get together in order to buy all of my sisters stuff. :) Why would anyone do this???? Because I give her all of my crochet stuff and she has a more sophisticated version of a yard sale! :)

Anyway, my sister asked me to make a purse for one of her "lady's" daughters. The first thing that came to mind was that it's almost Summer (although in Rural Georgia it's been feeling like Summer since the end of April) and bright colors are still in. Seeing as the girl is only about 7, I made this one nice and simple. Enjoy!

So here is the body of the bag, the strap had fallen behind so it looks like it is missing. Oh well.... anyway, I double crocheted this as one piece and then folded it in half. I whipstiched the bottom and side up and discovered that I had ALOT of white yarn left. Do I cut it off? Are you crazy, and waste all that extra yarn?!?!? I don't think so.... What do I do but grab a smaller sized crochet hook and began making some strange loops with my leftover yarn.

She's 7 and she loves it so :p (for those of you that don't know, that is a playful face with it's tongue sticking out)

So this is the inside of my masterpiece all finished! Since I had such a hard time with the button last time I thought "what about snaps?" Well, I lined it up perfectly and all, but somehow between the hammering and my 3 year old it is off centered. Not to worry, the bag is still functional and it looks fantastic. The 7 year old owner of this bag smiles and tells all her friends that they are "late" as she calls it because their purses snap in the middle and hers snaps on the side. :) I love kids! 

Well, this is my creation, please feel free to send any comments my way. Constructive criticism is always welcome. :) Happy Crocheting! 

A revelation!

So, as I was working on my newest creation I discovered that the stitch markers my cousin had been using (and that I innocently borrowed) were a real pain in the neck! Naturally, I went back to using the bobby pins..... here's where it gets good.....

I was taking pictures of what I was doing so that I could help my cousin in a step-by-step tutorial when she pipes up and askes me why did I have a bobby pin on my work! I explained that it was my makeshift stitch marker and began to list the following reasons as to why bobby pins make better markers than ACTUAL stitch markers.

1. They are cheaper in price, but larger in quantity.

2. They do not snap as easily.

3. The can easily be maneuvered and adjusted,

She looked at me as if I had gone mad! *sigh* For all of you out there who have been using regular stitch markers, DROP THEM LIKE A BAD HABIT! You will thank me later. :)

Pink Little Lady

First, I have to say that I downloaded this pattern from here so this is not my original pattern.

Second, I have to apologize for this looking as it does, but I am so excited to show this "little lady" off because she is my first amigurumi project! Without further ado...... I present for your viewing pleasure, Pink Little Lady!

Ok, so this is her about half way through. I was doing good at this point..... remember that. :)

And here she is folks! Ok, I added her hair but it looked too much like my own so I braided all those tiny strands together and kept braiding until she had 2 braids on either side of her head.

I had the best time making her and my little man has given her the name Abigail. :) I wish you could see the sparkle in the black yarn, it really makes a difference on the actual project. I know she's ugly, but she is my baby and that means she can never be ugly to me, lol.

Crochet Bag

This is my first attempt at a crochet purse.... well, actually, the owner of this is using it as a bible cover. :P

After a lot of moaning, grumbling, sighing, and bleeding.... this is how it all turned out. Other than the button I am pleased with how this looks. This was the only button I had left and my zipper would not hold to the soft yarn I used. :( All is well though, it's owner is quite proud and tells everyone who made it for her!

Marleigh's Newborn Blanket

As my earlier blog stated, I had to make two blankets for sweet Marleigh.....

I used a size 4.25 mm hook and ww yarn. Any hook and yarn will work though.

I crocheted 8 squares of each other and attached them together with a single crochet seam. I then added a row of granny squares in white the combined squares. After this, I made a shell stitch into each ch-sp and fastened off. Ta-da!

Here's the finished product laid out. By using the variegated yarn I was able to take a simple pattern and make it completely unique.

Marleigh's "Tummy Time" Blanket

A beautiful baby girl named Marleigh entered this world on my birthday so I just had to make her a baby blanket. The more I thought about it the more I was convinced I needed to make 2 blankets. The first would be a simple "tummy time" blanket and the other would be her newborn blanket....

I used a stitch called the Dermot Filet Stitch. The pattern can be found in the book "Crochet Stitches Visual Encyclopedia". It is a fast and easy stitch to learn and once you get past the first few rows there is no reason 3to look back at the pattern.

Once completed, this is the blanket laid flat.

And here is a close up of the stitches. A single crochet border in a contrasting color finished off this simple blanket. :)