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The Best Way To Travel With My Crochet Supplies
I recently started crocheting and loom knitting again. Typical of me when I do, I have to have many different hooks – so I have options, in case I lose a hook or if for some reason one breaks. When I first started I would just carry them in a plastic baggie. Well that wasn’t very durable so although it functioned, they would always tear apart and I would need a new baggie. I have been crocheting since I was four years old and I am far older than that now. It is high time I come up with a more permanent solution. This Colorz Box is a pencil box…
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Crochet Face Scrubbies!
I have been crocheting since I was four years old. Ask me what I have made over the years and my answer would be not much… Not because I haven’t made many items but because I have made many of very few things. I never really learned to follow a pattern so over the years I pretty much started winging it when I made things. At that point I am not sure if it was still even crochet but for the sake of argument – let’s assume it was. What I can do – I can do fast. Lately I have been venturing away from blankets, stockings, slippers, Christmas stockings,…
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10 Easy Crochet Patterns and Fun
How would you like to learn a new skill? Crocheting is totally fun and very relaxing. I have been crocheting since I was five years old and I go in spurts – crocheting every moment I can then I will take a couple months off only to do it again. I love how I can create something beautiful that everyone loves. Check out some of these great posts! A Simple Double Crochet Blanket Dishcloth Crochet Pattern Crochet A Simple Granny Square Crochet Backpack Crochet Snowmen Easy Crochet Slipper Pattern Reusable Face Scrubbie Crocheted Denim Rug Watermelon Scrubbie Dishcloth Easiest Mitten Crochet…
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A Simple Double Crochet Blanket
This post contains affiliate links My mother taught me how to crochet when I was about six. Literally, I started a blanket when I was six years old – it took me about then years to finish. You know – as a child you get sidetracked so I would pick it up every so often and work on it. This first blanket has literally been my pride and joy. It is a sickening arrangement of colors because I picked up every scrap of yarn I could since I couldn’t afford to buy any yarn. To this day I try to avoid granny squares unless I am in a real big…
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Make Your Grandkid A New Animal Toy To Treasure
Giving your grandchildren homemade toys is an excellent way to spoil them while teaching them the important lesson that hard work pays off. They will appreciate their special gift while understanding that not everything that is worth having comes from a shopping mall. If you want to make them an animal toy to treasure forever, here are two crafting ideas that you should try. Amigurumi: Fans of knitting and crocheting will appreciate learning the art of amigurumi to make their grandkid’s animal toy — the craft originated in Japan and means to crochet a stuffed doll. The amigurumi can take any form that you like, whether it be a traditional…
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Mommy and Me Scarves – Matching Crocheted Short Scarves
Mommy and Me Scarves – Matching Crocheted Short Scarves Every year at this time I break out the crochet needles and minimally – I whip up some scarves. Usually I also work on the season’s slippers etc… I don’t get to crochet much anymore though – I never seem to have the time. Since we spent so many hours in the car over Thanksgiving break I decided to make my daughter and I a new set of scarves. Now don’t get me wrong – we have crocheted scarves all around the house. Something for everyone. This time is different though because I learned to crochet when I was…
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Rockin With Rita – Crochet Afgan
Now I have no clue how she did this one but I know it took her a long time. She made the flowers first then finished the squares. There are 72 squares that she completed then connected them all and crocheted a border. Me – I stick to granny squares – not sure I could ever come up with the patience to finish something like this.
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Quick Crochet Scarf
My daughter loves to ask me to “whip things up”. As we were running out the door to a movie and she was wearing one of the outfits I made her she insisted she couldn’t go unless I whipped her up a scarf. I didn’t have time to sew one but I crocheted one really quickly with three strands of yarn and a size Q hook. Then she needed it to be sewn together (like an infinity scarf) and have a specific button as a decoration (shell)…. Ugh. I love that she appreciates the stuff I make but this is “too much pressure” just to go to the movies… Of…
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Afgan for hubbie
When cleaning out some “stuff” a while ago I found a great deal of yarn. A little here, a little there and all of a sudden I have enough to fill a fifty gallon trash can (if I wanted to – which I don’t). Mixed in with the yarn were several projects that I had started and walked away from. One of which was an afgan for my husband. Now I know that is what the intent was because I had a tremendous amount of orange and black yarn – that would not be for anyone else. I decided after twenty years of marriage to finally sit down and finish…
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Tshirt bracelet
For this activity you need an old tshirt or one from the thrift store in whatever color you want. I used a basic white undershirt. You also need about 13 pony beads, a large size crochet hook and scissors. The first thing you do is cut the bottom hem off the tshirt. Then you cut a 1 inch row off the entire bottom – that is what will make your bracelet (each tshirt will make quite a few depending on the size of the tshirt). Put the rest of the tshirt aside for now. I was making two so you see two strips. You should have a circular strip –…
