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Sale at my Ravelry store. Buy 2 get the third pattern free. Use coupon code JUSTBECAUSE. Hurry up because the offer is valid until May 31st only.I absolutely love my measuring tape. It is one of those really important tools that if you make stuff you are going to need all the time. If I didn’t think mine was so pretty I would have definitely made a cute cover for it like the ones below.
I am also having a sale at my Ravelry store. Buy 2 get the third pattern free. Use coupon code JUSTBECAUSE. Hurry up because the offer is valid until May 31st only.I had this idea. I have a lot of those. Ideas I mean. They just pop into my head at the most inconvenient times ever. This particular idea materialized while I was knitting the Tella Sundress, which was not a good time for ideas to come up. This idea had to do with white yarn and rainbow yarn. Oh, and bobbles.
But I am a good girl (or I like to pretend I am) and dutifully finished the dress and took out my yarn and looked it. Bobbles, rainbow yarn and a white canvas. What would you do?
I made a little clutch.
I am in love with it. Not the actual thing and not crocheting it. I just love the texture and the little bursts of color changing all the time. I lined it and added a zipper but I don’t really want to use it. I don’t think I even want it. I just wanted to see those rainbow bobbles. I wanted to watch them form. Do you want to make one? Materials2 balls of sport weight yarn one in a solid color and one in a varriegated color (rainbows on white are awesome as you can see) 3mm hook tapestry needle scissors zipper and fabric for lining (optional) GlossarySC Single Crochet HDC Half Double Crochet SCINC 2 Single crochet stitches in same stitch RB Rainbow Bobble *yarn over, insert your hook in the stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, yarn over once more and draw it through the first 2 loops on your hook* repeat 4 times * .. * Stitches between asterisks should be repeated [ ... ] number between square brackets indicates number of stitches The BaseThe base is a basic oval done in single crochet while turning after every round. Start with the solid color and chain 31. Round 1 : Turn the chain and work 30 SC in the back ridge of the chains. Slip stitch into first chain to
SidesThe first and third rounds are worked with the right side facing, while the bobble rounds are worked with the wrong side facing. The yarn is carried from one bobble to the next. All HDC stitches are made using the first color and only the bobbles are made with the second color. Round 1: HDC in each stitch all around, slip stitch into first HDC to join the round, turn. Round 2: CH 1, *HDC in the next 5 stitches, RB in next stitch using second color*, slip stitch into first HDC to join the round, turn. Round 3: HDC in each stitch all around, slip stitch into first HDC to join the round, turn. Round 4: CH 1, HDC in the next 2 stitches, *RB in next stitch using second color, HDC in next 5 stitches * , RB in next stitch using second color, HDC in next 3 stitches, slip stitch into first HDC to join the round, turn.
Keep the second color in the front and the first color in the back when working on the bobbles. Don’t worry about the loop from the main yarn becoming loose you will tighten it later.
Once you are done with the bobble, push the yarn back to the front, and take the main color from underneath it. Tug the main yarn slightly to tighten the loop. See how simple it is? That is it. Keep the yarn tension even so the fabric doesn’t pucker. Don’t those floats look cute too. Repeat rounds 1 – 4 until the case is the desired height. Work round 1 one more time. You may use the second color and work one more round of SC for a border. Finish off. FinishingWeave in ends and make a zippered lining or just add a zipper the quick and dirty way. … is usually the hardest thing. After the 3rd Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog week and managing to blog 7 days in a row, I felt totally all blogged out. Then I caught a cold. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been idle. I crocheted a bag.
It had been a while since I crocheted anything and it was a lot of fun. I remember when I first started playing with yarn. The finger yarns and smaller hooks scared me. I was slow and not very consistent in my stitching. It felt satisfying making the a medium sized bag with sport weight yarn and a 3mm hook. And feeling quite inspired, I picked up the leftover yarn from the princess peplums cardi, the bag and the Oatmeal Kina and just made a hat.
It is called the Hexacket Hat. It is a bucket hat with a hexagon I am writing up the pattern for the hat at the moment. It is taking longer than it should because I am writing it up for any gauge, any yarn, any hook size so you can just pick up what you have and work with it and make it for any size head. Isn’t that cool? Yes of course it is cool for the person doing the crocheting not the person doing the writing and trying to make it easy to decipher. Oh well. And then because I am so sick and haven’t been moving so much I started knitting something else.
It has grown considerably. But it is not done yet. Fingering weight yarn, size 3 US needles. Slow and stockinette. Just what I needed. Have you ever noticed how sock yarn/fingering weight yarn is so amazing for children’s clothing? It is light and colorful and a single skein or two max make an awesome piece. Come back again soon and check it out.
It is not beach bag season just yet, but it is crocheting beach bag season for me. I was mainly stash busting and decided to make a bag.
But I ran out of yarn so it is shorter than I originally wanted but it is still big enough to fit a towel and the stuff you usually stuff into a beach bag.
I am now thinking about 2012 and what I want to accomplish then, I am hoping to set up some sort of schedule to release more designs in 2012 and learn more challenging techniques in knitting and crochet. I will hopefully post about my plans sometime next week.
What are your goals for 2012?
Happy New Year
I have a shawl to finish, so instead of working on it, I made bookmarks You might have seen it before, but let me tell you the whole story. I got this Because a friend was going to have a baby, so I could make this. And I fell in love with the color and stitch detail The yarn was so soft and squishy, perfect for a tiny baby. I had to hide it till I gave it to my friend because my little one, loved it too. Oh well, maybe I should make her a bigger one soon. And guess what, I giving the pattern away for free, so that lots of other little babies (or bigger babies) can enjoy it. It is small 27 inches by 25 inches, which is perfect for strollers and car seats, the size is easily adjustable, just make sure you have more yardage. You can also use any weight yarn, just use the recommended size hook for it too. Pattern Details: The pattern also includes a chart for the stitch pattern One of the most search terms I get is ‘how to add a zipper to crochet or knit’ I already have a quick and dirty method for that. I was working on a lacy motif clutch design that had to be lined, so I wrote a tutorial how to make a single layer lining or a double layer (with no visible seams for openwork) The tutorial is in pdf form which you can download ZipperedLiningTutorial or click the image to get.
I made some stuff this week I am trying to destash so I used leftover blue linen and the rainbow fabric and made a pencil case
I’ve been wanting to make a motif clutch for ages. So I designed one. I made the lining using beige linen and a red zipper, turned out much nicer than I was expecting
I was experimenting with different stitches to c reate a ruffled or ruched look, hence the above pattern |
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