pinkgrayhatside Originally uploaded by SockMopTart This is the side view of a hat made for a child. Their head would have to be between 11 and 13 inches in circumference to fit this hat. It does stretch a good deal, though. I plan to make mittens and maybe a scarf with the same colors. I [...]
Archive > November 2007
Unraveling waiting for Ravelry.com
I signed up on the waiting list for Ravelry.com on October 20th. I have been (im)patiently awaiting my invitation ever since. Thankfully, for those of us who are antsy we can check out our place in line as much as we wish. I am moving up on the list. The other day I was somewhere [...]
Helmet Liners for the Troops
I saw this the other day on a knitting site. I was like “Dang I would love to make that. I wonder if I could do that in crochet”. Lo and behold, last night I was reading Crochetville forums and found that one of the participants posted the link to the patterns for knitters AND [...]
Christmas Project: Crochet Poinsettia
I was looking around different crochet blogs yesterday, and found this beautiful crochet poinsettia pattern . It is just a beautiful piece. The directions are complete with pictures of what you should be seeing through the progression of making it. She is offering the pattern free of charge, but if you like the project you [...]
Alternative to Expensive Yarn Caddy
I miss the old style 2 Liter soda bottles. They were not all one unit. They had a plastic tube top and a glued on bottom cup. You could easily dismantle the bottle once all the soda was gone and use it like one of the newer expensive yarn caddies. They look JUST like the [...]
Army Mutt
dogcoatside Originally uploaded by SockMopTart NaBloPoMo This is an army motif crochet dog coat for a medium sized dog. I have it in my Bulletz Bargains store. Technorati Tags: NaBloPoMo, crochet, dog coat
Royal came in the mail
I ordered a color of yarn that I had been looking for at the Walmart, but they took them all off the shelf. Of course, the first place I looked was online for the Royal blue yarn that I was missing. I want to add a bit more of a trim to my afghan. I [...]
30 Days of Crochet: NaBloPoMo
Can I do it? I wonder. I am at least going to try. Thanks to the prompting of many of my friends, I have decided that I should at least do that. I am going to do my best to get at least one post about crochet up here a day. This doesn’t count as [...]
Crochet Helps: Crochet Stitch Bible
This is not your every day religious Bible, it is one full of all the stitches you need to know to make interesting projects. I bought it today from Amazon and hope to receive it shortly. I have read nothing but fantastic reviews for the book thus far. I hope that they are right. It [...]
