Owls for a friend

These are owls that I made for a frind for Christmas.  Her whole family loves owls and I made one for each of her siblings.

Mounted Caribou head for my daughter

My daughter is into bones and taxidermy.  For Christmas I gave her a mini mounted head that she loved. Here is what I did.

She is going to hang it with her other mounted heads.

Too much fun.

Supply bags my daughter made

With Christmas around the corner, my daughter decided she wanted to make her friends presents instead of buying ready made.  

We got the sewing machine out and in just a couple hours came up with dimensions and plan.  She chose to have an outer and inner color for two of the bags and did same on same for the third. 

Here are her finished products.

She bought the fasteners in lieu of velcro.  I think it was a smashing idea.

Great creative and problem solving activity.

Done in a day chunky scarf

Chunky scarf- done in just a few hours.

I have wanted to work with a huge hook since I saw my favorite crochet guide, Mikey, post a tutorial on Tunisian crochet with a massive hook.  See link below.

Tutorial from Mikey of Crochet Crowd 

I shopped for a hook on line and found they were expensive ($30 dollars).  Then last week while Christmas shopping in Hobby Lobby, my husband made a joke about- "what would you hook with that".   It is a 25.00 MM hook for $10.  I was so happy, he bought me an early Christmas present.

I also got 4 skiens of yarn.  I doubled the yarn and found that with just 4 skiens of yarn and a little over two hours I had made a 7 foot scarf.  

I toyed with single crochet and double but found that half double crochet was the look I liked.

I hope you enjoy.  I hope you give it a try. 

Crochet- baby blankets 2013

Found pics from Two baby blankets I made this year.

The first is a star blanket I made for a coworker having her first Grandbaby.

 The second blanket I  made for by bestest of friends.  This was for her first baby.  

 

Crochet- some of my 2013 projects

My latest project that was entered into crochet challenge.  It is called a "Kaleidoscope Afghan".

The challenge is found at:
http://www.thecrochetcrowd.com/challengess.html

I have been exploring color more and more this fall.  The previous blanket is a Corner to Corner afghan in a rainbow theme.  Emilia claimed this one before I finished the border.

In the Spring I did another blanket Called a "Garden Gate blanket.

All three of these patterns came from Mikey of the Crochet Crowd
http://www.thecrochetcrowd.com/

I have also made some purses and shawls. 

 

one for Emilia-

And shawls-

I have a few projects in the works- Am working with color and design.  More to come.

Tie dye

Summer is almost over and trying to get time in with the kids before school starts.  One of the crafts that the kids decided to do was to tie dye.  I made them watch the video that explains how to do each style and I am glad that I did.  I am really happy with the results.

This is a mirrored piece with a  star burst

Star burst started on the side

Star burst

Pleated.

Spiral

Spiral with corner bursts

Scrunched

Pleated with burst in top corner

Mirrored

Mirrored on top with burst on bottom