Stitch Whimsy

poinsettia

I was inspired, so I started this last night. I still have to add a leaf to the other side in green, cinch it all together with yellow french knots in the middle, but other than that it looks pretty good. What do you all think? It’s my own personal design. Silly me didn’t write down the directions on how to make it yet.

Tags: crochet+poinsettia, poinsettia, christmas+crochet, christmas, crochet

The Grey Beast

is finally finished. I even sewed in a lining with 2 pockets!!! I repurposed a pair of jeans that are way too small for me for the lining. I crocheted the handle with my G sized needle. It came out really awesome. I am so proud of my creation

Also, I finally sold the dog coat yesterday! I am ecstatic.

Tags: crochet, knit, craft, purse, knitted+purse

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 soda bottles of old, but cost way more due to rebranding and a bit of revamping of the bottle.

Instead of buying such a contraption, I have decided to find an alternative. Right now my caddy of choice is the cd spindle top. It’s one that goes over the top of 100 cds. You roll your yarn in a ball, plop it in there, and place it upright on any flat surface. VOILA you have a homemade yarn caddy. You could improve upon that design by using the actual spindle as the top. Break off the long spindle and you have a circular hole perfect for threading your yarn through. You can use the 50 cd top for the same thing. Here is in example:

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Finally finished the mittens to match the hat and scarf collar. I don’t think I ever want to make mittens again. It was frustrating and they still didn’t come out like I pictured:

Here is the collar:

There would have been more brown, but I was trying to conserve as this is a color that is no longer made.

This is the scarf collar I have been saving to show you all for a while. Let me know what you think!!! It buttons around the side so that you don’t have to wrap a scarf numerous times around you and try to keep it down when the wind blows.

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