Projects - June 27, 2010

Been a while since I've uploaded projects... here are some of the latest!

Crochet baby cap and matching blanket for my friend, K.








Wire crochet agate stone bracelet.






Wire crochet white stone bracelet









Wire crochet sparkle purple stone bracelet.

Caps I forgot about

Here are some caps I made in the last few months, but forgot about and just now got around to photographing.

This cap started out as one for a guy, but I thought it looked too feminine and decided to keep it for myself :) The edging of the cap was my first try at the "crab stitch" aka "reverse single crochet". I think it makes a really nice edging... kind of a rolled look if you will.




USA! USA! USA!
This cap I made for myself, and then Chris saw it and liked it, so I made him a matching one :) Tess models mine first, and then I have it on. Chris' is made from the same yarn, but is larger than mine. On both, I put a really floppy pom-pom. I refer to these caps as our "patriotic hats". Chris calls them his "Buffalo Bills cap" :)








Chris' standard beanie




So, after I made the "standard" beanie for Chris, he wanted to see if I could modify the pattern to make it so that the cap was longer in the back and shorter in the front. The "mullet", if you will, of caps. I guess a more flattering way of saying it would be that it is a "helmet" style :) I made a standard cap until he was happy with the length of it in the front, and then I started adding on to the back only, starting just before the ears so that his ears/neck would be covered, but he wouldn't have to flip up the front of the hat to see.

Another round of baby caps...

These were made for Chris' friend "J" at work who was just blessed with the arrival of his baby boy.

Double pom-pom blue and white v-stitch cap




Two strand (iridescent blue and white) beanie with pom-pom top




Powder green tapered top-knot elfin cap




"Granny" shells cap in Ducky (yellow), Angel White and Sweet Pea (green) in my favorite, Vanna's Choice Baby yarn.




Lime green gathered-top hat with white draw string

Meet Tess + New Projects

Meet Tess! Tess was a Christmas present from Chris... just what I asked for! I'm such a lucky girl :) Tess will be my model for hats, earrings and scarves... maybe some other stuff too if I make something else new. Her name pays homage to the name that Mrka had when I adopted her. "Tess" is the name that the rescue group gave Mrka, but since she was a stray and didn't respond to that name, I changed it. But, I think it is a great name for my new model!





I got a new winter coat this year, and obviously it needed new accessories to go with it! I decided to make some felted hats...

Here are the brown and white hats, prior to felting.





Here they are on me for perspective... huge, right?





Buttons and baubles prior to felting... I wasn't sure what I was going to want to put on the hats, so I made both!




Tess, modeling the hats, felting and button/bauble adding complete!





After wearing the coat for the first time, I noticed that my makeup was getting on the collar. So, I decided to make a cowl to "protect" the coat. Of course, with the cowl, I needed a matching hat, right? :) So, I made a cloche and added a cute flower to the side.




Close-up of the hat and flower




Close-up of the cowl




Here are some hats I made for my brother's friend's daughter in PA... one of the cutest toddlers ever!

Pink hat with large flower




Close-up of the flower




Double-tassle shell hat

More Baby Caps

Made for my friend K at work :)

Recent projects

I haven't posted here in a while, but that doesn't mean that my fingers have been yarn free! I've just been lazy and haven't gotten the pictures off our camera in a while. Anyway, here are some of my latest projects.

This is my latest baby blanket I've made... currently, the recipient has not yet received the blanket, so if you know who I was making this for, please do not comment about the recipient in blog comments just yet :) This is a crochet version of a "log cabin" quilt. The yarn is Lion Brand yarn Vanna's Choice. This really has been my "go to" yarn lately. I really love it. It is very soft, and all of the colors have been created so that you can put ANY of them together and they are hues that will just work together.





Me holding the blanket for sizing perspective:




When we were spreading the blanket out on the floor, Al immediately thought the blanket was for him. Don't worry, I washed it afterwards! But, it was really funny because he just would NOT get off of it!











My first "garment". I put the quotes around it because it isn't like a sweater, but is way more complex than a scarf. This was a cape I made for my grandma for her 90th birthday. It is made with cotton yarn.





Close-up of the clasp and neck...




Baby Cap with matching booties... this was only my second time making booties. This time, I think I really found a good pattern.





More baby caps!