Wednesday, June 19, 2013

I'm back

Wow I have been gone for a long time now. I had run into a slump. My uncle passed away very unexpectedly and I was having a very hard time getting through it. I had pretty much stopped doing everything I loved. Slowly but surely I started getting back into things and am finding my happiness again. I have gotten a few more orders and getting the word out there about my etsy shop and facebook page. My latest working is a Minnie Mouse hat and diaper cover set. It is just adorable.
 I still need to add the white buttons to the pink areas for the polka dots. Then ship this sweet little set out to the owner. I found some cool groups on facebook that are all about crocheting and its opening my eyes to different kinds of crochet. I'm working on a graphghan for my 3 child who is in love with Mickey Mouse. I don't have very much done so far so I wont post a picture just yet but I will post my progress as I go. Its really cool. I'm working on figuring out the program to make my own graphs. For now I have to purchase the graphs I want to turn into blankets.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Wow Its been a long time since i posted

I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted anything. Lots of stuff has been going on. I am trying to get my ENTIRE house organized and getting lots of stuff together for a yard sale come warmer weather. I found an awesome blog over the weekend with tons of organizing tips called A Bowl Full Of Lemons. Here is the link to her blog check it out. SShttp://www.abowlfulloflemons.net/ With having 4 kids and being a stay at home mom, I really need my life to be orgainized and be as simple as possible, especially with living in a 3 bedroom townhome.

I have a couple projects I want to get done to spruce it up and make it look cleaner than it probably is! I should probably list them ALL and check them off as we get them done. We have lots of ideas. I will be sure to post before and after pics of each project we get accomplished. So stay tuned.

Friday, January 18, 2013

Cowl - FREE PATTERN

I offered a cowl or scarf  to Kaine's Preschool teachers for Christmas this year from my shop. www.etsy.com/shop/wonderfullyweaved. They looked and couldn't decide on one that they wanted said there were too many to choose from. They wanted a cowl but weren't sure of the color they wanted either so they said to surprise them. So I went and picked out some nuetral colors and decided to make up my own patter. I didn't write it down but it was very simple and easily remembered.


What you need:
 Size N crochet hook
Worsted weight yarn I used Vanna"s Choice Lion Brand
Yarn Needle

Experience: Beginner

Fhdc: Foundation half double crochet
Dc: Double crochet
hdc: Half double crochet

Pattern:

 Foundation half double crochet 115 and join to form circle to first stitch or Chain 116 and half double crochet in the second ch from hook. hdc across. Join to first stitch. (115 stitches)

Rnd 2: ch 2. dc in same st. dc in each st around. join to first dc (not the chain 2)
Rnd 3: ch 1. hdc in same st. hdc in each st around. join to first hdc.
Rnds 4-7:repeat rnds 2 and 3 with rnd 7 being hdc.
Finish off and weave in ends.

I hope you enjoy this pattern and find it easy to read. This is the first time I have written one out for other people to follow. Let me know if you get confused or have any questions.




Bunny Set

I haven't posted in a while. I have been so busy over the holidays. I have had a lot of order to fill and had surgery in the beginning of the year which set me back some. One of my orders was for a bunny hat and diaper cover. It was the cutest thing ever. The yarn was a little bit of a pain to work with since you couldn't see the stitches but it all worked out and it looks great. I made up the pattern as I went along and unfortunately didn't write it down. I could have offered it as a free pattern. I will however post pics of the set. I can't wait to see the lil baby girl wearing the set. I'm having trouble with adding pics. I will try again later.