You remember those projects I told you about?

25 September 2011 at 9:18 AM · Filed under Crochet, Life

baby hat

Excuse the bad pictures, but yes, that is what you think it is! I’m having a second baby! It’s been fairly miserable so far, which has brought reactions ranging from people assuring me it’s going to be a girl to my grandpa’s question about whether or not they’ve taken a census in there yet.

Haha, really funny.

 

Well, we had an ultrasound, and there’s only one baby. We have a second one (which should tell us the gender) in a little under a month.  I have so much to do (including finishing Snort’s sheepie and hopefully making the baby blanket I want to) but nothing’s getting done. I’m constantly exhausted, nauseous, and weak. We actually thought for a bit that I was going to get put on bedrest, but I was just told to move more slowly and to eat better. I’d eat more if the baby would let me.

Anyway, if it’s a girl the hat is getting a flower, but I sort of am expecting a boy. Either that or I’m just really, really sick of people constantly telling me that I’m having a girl. I leave you with my other completed baby project, and hopefully I’ll get more crocheting done between now and February.

baby sweater

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I Taught my Son to Double-Dip

10 July 2011 at 10:23 AM · Filed under Life

It’s amazing what children will pick up and how fast they’ll do it. My son was sampling the pizza crust last night (my DH doesn’t like to eat it with the pizza and will dip it later) and after biting two crusts I thought that it might be best just to dunk it in the marinara sauce we had with our bread sticks and let him have it that way. Not only did he love it, but he also kept dunking and biting through the entire crust.

Although I’m still not sure why he wanted the crust instead of another piece of pizza.

We’re also working on potty training, which is interesting. So far our success mostly consists of Snort telling us right after he’s peed in his diaper, sitting on his potty chair for a bit, and then flushing the toilet. Someone suggested that it might help to put him in big boy undies instead of a diaper, but first we need to learn the sign for potty. I think he’ll probably pick it up quickly and be less frustrated with it than if we tried to get him to actually use a spoken word. He’s right where he should be on speech according to the milestones, but he’s really not as advanced as I somehow expected. Of course, a few days ago I asked if he wanted mac and cheese and he said, “Mmm, cheese! Uh-oh, hot-hot!” So he’s getting there.

I’m still working on the sheepie. I’ll update about that later when I have something to really say about it.

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Ladies, Count your Stitches.

5 July 2011 at 10:48 AM · Filed under Crochet

Last night I finish round 25 of the sheepie I’m making — the last round before the seven decrease rounds to finish off the body. The problem? I only have 45 stitches, and I’m supposed to have 48. I find 46 and 47 before I hit round 22, but I have to frog a total of 12 rounds of double loop stitch to find stitch number 48. Those 12 rounds represent a day and a half or maybe even two full days of work. I’m now redoing the rounds and painstakingly counting each stitch because I really don’t want to do it a third time. I think I’d just … frog the whole thing.

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Wow, it’s been a while.

3 July 2011 at 11:33 AM · Filed under Crochet, Life

I had a wrap I was working on, but I’m going to frog it … it’s not really something I want after all. A bit torn, though, between snapping a pic of it and marking it as frogged and just deleting the project since it doesn’t have any hits.

There’s been a lot going on in my life lately, made some things I’ll discuss later … and I’m currently working on a sheepie! There’s only one thing to say about that: IT’S SO FLUFFY I’M GONNA DIE!

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Meet Arnold

20 February 2011 at 1:59 PM · Filed under Crochet, Life

So, this is (as far as I remember) my first softie. I really love this pattern, though I wish it had been a bit easier to follow. His arms came out crooked, and it took me a bit of fudging to get his legs straight. Plus I think I overstuffed him … but for a first attempt, he’s pretty good … and unbelievably cuddly. Pattern is “Arnold the Friendly Dinosaur” and found on Ravelry. It’s free, so try him out!

He was a gift for Snort’s second birthday, though he wound up getting him the same day he was finished … Snort just wouldn’t let Arnold go. So it was an early birthday dinosaur. We also went to Chuck E. Cheese’s … which was really, really traumatizing (for me) but a total blast for Snort. We aren’t going again until he asks specifically and very, very nicely. Because it’s loud and scary and full of rude children … though the kid check at the door was nice. They have a black light stamp that sets to different numbers like those old library stamps, and they stamp the kid and the parents with matching numbers and then check on the way out to make sure you have your kid. It made me feel like they’re at least trying to have a kid safe environment.

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Socks

5 January 2011 at 10:22 AM · Filed under Crochet

They’ve been done for a while, I just hadn’t gotten around to posting any pictures … or taking any for that matter. One pair hot pink socks, worsted weight, for wearing around the house.

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Five Penny Neckwarmer/Headband

26 December 2010 at 11:42 AM · Filed under Pattern

Five Penny Neckwarmer/Headband

This pattern is untested. If you see any problems, post a comment or contact me on Ravelry.

K hook

small amount (estimated 25-50 yards) worsted weight yarn (Knitting Acrylic Yarn pictured)

Gauge: 1 shell measures 1 inch by 2 inches at widest points

ch 55, join without twisting chain

Round 1: ch 3, 2 dc in same st, * sk 5 ch, 5 dc in next st *, repeat from * to * 7 times, sk 5 ch and 2 dc in last st; join to starting ch 3

Round 2: ch 3, 2 dc in same st, * sk 4 st and 5 dc in next st (top of shell) *, repeat from * to * 7 times, sk 4 st and 2 dc in last st; join to starting ch 3

Round 3-5: repeat round 2; finish and weave in all ends.

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Flirty Flip Hat

26 December 2010 at 11:33 AM · Filed under Pattern

Flirty Flip Hat

This pattern is untested. If you find any errors, please post a comment or contact me on Ravelry.

H hook

250-300 yards Worsted Weight Yarn (Caron Simply Soft used in example)

Check after Round 11 to make sure the hat is large enough for your head; if it is not, increase for another round.

Abbreviations: ch = chain, st = stitch, hdc = half double crochet, flo = front loop only

Starting in a magic circle, ch 2

OR

ch 3 and work in farthest ch from hook

Round 1: hdc 6, join (6 hdc)

Round 2: ch 2, [hdc 2 times in same st] 6 times, join (12 hdc)

Round 3: ch 2, [hdc in next st, hdc 2 times in same st] around, join (18 hdc)

Round 4: ch 2, [hdc 2 times in same st, hdc in next 2 st] around, join (24 hdc)

Round 5: ch 2, [hdc in next 3 st, hdc 2 times in same st] around, join (30 hdc)

Round 6: ch 2, [hdc 2 times in same st, hdc in next 4 st] around, join (36 hdc)

Round 7: ch 2, [hdc in next 5 st, hdc 2 times in same st] around, join (42 hdc)

Round 8: ch 2, [hdc 2 times in same st, hdc in next 6 st] around, join (48 hdc)

Round 9: ch 2, [hdc in next 7 st, hdc 2 times in same st] around, join (54 hdc)

Round 10: ch 2, [hdc 2 times in same st, hdc in next 8 st] around, join (60 hdc)

Round 11: ch 2, [hdc in next 9 st, hdc 2 times in same st] around, join (66 hdc)

Round 12: ch 2, hdc around, join (66 hdc)

Round 13-24: repeat round 12

Round 25: ch 2, [hdc 2 times in same st, hdc in next 10 st] around, join (72 hdc)

Round 26: ch 2, [hdc in next 11 st, hdc 2 times in same st] around, join (78 hdc)

Round 27: ch 2, [hdc 2 times in same st, hdc in next 12 st] around, join (84 hdc)

Round 28: ch 2, [hdc in next 13 st, hdc 2 times in same st] around, join (90 hdc)

Round 29: ch 2, [hdc 2 times in same st, hdc in next 14 st] around, join (96 hdc)

Round 30: ch 2, [hdc in next 15 st, hdc 2 times in same st] around, join (102 hdc)

Finish off. You might try decorating the hat around the brim or right before it with ribbons, bows, flowers, etc.

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Merry Christmas!

23 December 2010 at 7:55 PM · Filed under Crochet

I finally finished my last Christmas present today! I’m really excited about it … and I’m starting to get a callus on my left index finger, where I drag the yarn over my finger. But yes, I made presents for my son, my husband, my mother-in-law, and my local immediate family. Local only because one more gift might have made me a bit bonkers. So I took a moment to make something for myself! I used the darker green from Snort’s sweater and whipped up a crochet hook caddy. Everything I use for crocheting (except for my camera, of course) fits nicely inside … and there’s room should I locate my sadly lost hooks. Now I just need to organize my bucket’o'yarn’n'cloth so that everything is nice and easy to find and I’ll be all set.

I probably should have blocked it … and it got stretched out a bit on the edge that I edged with tiny shells. But I like it. It works, you know? Everything has a place, and so everything should be easy to find from here on out. I even have my card of yarn needles in the pocket … maybe I should have pulled it out a bit so you could see it, but well … it’s nice anyway. And look at the lovely rainbow of my H though N hooks … except for L and M. For some reason the package had J, K, and N in it. Maybe Boye doesn’t make an L? And apparently L, M, and N are a bit far from standardized in what they’re called. Oh, well. I’m pretty happy about it!

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Gah! Tangles

16 December 2010 at 9:52 PM · Filed under Crochet

Have we been over the fact that I really hate tangled yarn yet? Especially since in this case, the tangled yarn in question was being pulled from a never before used skein. It should have come out easily and been a breeze to work with. But no, it was all tangled up inside and generally so much of a pain that I wound up cutting off my work and fighting the rest of the skein into not one, but two balls. There was a little knot with a little loop around part of the yarn about halfway through that I couldn’t get undone.

After that it was smooth sailing, thankfully. And now I have three beautiful hats for three beautiful little girls. I hope my cousin loves them, and they can help keep her little girls’ heads warm. I’m hoping to get them sent out within the next few days! GAH, girls are so exciting. They’re even worth facing the horrors of tangled yarn. I’m just so hyperly excited about the whole thing, I don’t even care that the purple one turned out a little smaller than the others. I think it’s because of the difference in the yarn … either that or I lost a round somewhere. But they’re SO ADORABLE!

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