What time is it?

What time is it? Well its not tool time! (hehe) Crochet time of course (or quickly becoming craft time in my house)! And how will you know? Because this clock speaks crochet time ALL over it! Any craft studio needs this whimsical addition! His idea happens to be one of the most unique ideas I have come across on the Internet! The whole set up was actually really easy, and fairly cheap too. The pattern calls for a pre-made crafting clock face, I didn't find anything like that. So I simply bought the clock mechanism and cut out a clock face from cardboard, of course mine being made of cardboard has its ansymetrical qualities. Then really all you do is make a circle big enough to fit over the face. (I really didn't look at the pattern, so if you do and this sounds odd that is why). After I made the face I hot glued it to the cardboard face and cut a hole in the center, in the middle of my crocheted ring and inserted the mechanism. Then I made appliqués for the numbers, and since I really can't stand clocks without numbers I used the ones that came with the mechanism and glued them on top of my appliqués. To make placement easier I moved the hands on the clock to the corresponding hour so I would get the appliqués placed in the correct positions. The rainbow was crocheted into the clock face. Everything else I glued on top since I had already glued the face to the cardboard when I made the appliqués. So the pattern and tutorial can be found on According to Matt...

Sewing and crocheting

I have been a very busy bee lately, sadly much less so in the crafty realm. I finally mastered the yoga waistband skirt. I am also still working on my graduation storyboard afghan. Both of my afghan squares can be found on the Crochet N' more website. And the skirt can be found here

T-shirt skirt

Tonight I tried another variation of this idea. The last one I made came apart, sadly. I am not (yet) a seamstress. I had a successful attempt at a variation which I used elastic for the waistband but it was too short for me. In this variation I cut the sleeves off first and then sewed the top of each hole together. I used the sleeves to make the pockets, I also hemed the waistband and then sewed 1/2" elastic to fit over the hem. And the bottom hem from the shirt was the hem for the skirt. it's not exactly the prettiest skirt, or even pretty seams, but it worked and I'm proud of myself for making something.

Sew easy t-shirt skirt

So my new friend Jessica has gotten me a little bit off hooking granny squares :) and has recently inspired my to rediscover sewing (machine style)! So today I took a stab in he dark with some (Really) basic techniques she taught me and also some stitches on my sewing machine and I found this cute pattern for t-shirt skits from the Internet. I also found another cute skirt on a different blog with a yoga band, so I combined ideas since I don't have any elastic thread (but I will! I'm getting there!). And this is what I came up with, a t-shirt shirt with a yoga band from a dress I had recently cut off since it was too short for me, I hemmed it into a blouse. Now I have a completely new outfit. Oh and all those old tan army t-shirts have been repurposed into my civilian life! So apart of me that won't go away is here to stay! T-shirt skirt pattern yoga waist skirt

Grannies, granies, everywhere....

With a knit stitch here and sc there, purl here, double crochet there... Stitch stitch everywhere! Old grandma had a studio, click click click click sew! Hehe! So as I said in my pervious post I would be finishing some more of my granny square projects. I really don't know what got me on this kick, I was never really fond of granny squares, ever (and I've been crocheting for about 12 years now)! So below you will find some pics of a flower power shawl/vest that I made (also relatively unlike me) and a dinosaur Blankie buddy for a friend's new baby. If you would like to see the pattern for the flower power Vest please click here please note that this pattern is available as a free Ravelry download. Therefore a ravelry login is required (but don't worry it's free!!) also if you would like the pattern to the Blankie buddy you can click here this pattern can be reached externally as well as on ravelry. And if you read this post just to find out who's baby gets the cute Dino... The answer is my friend and neighbor Christine's new baby boy Elias.

Lots and lots of Grannies!

So I decided I'm finally going to get my granny fix. I'm currently working on a granny square blankie buddy for a friend's baby. But he still needs a face, he's not done yet. And I made this cute little kerchief that can be made to size. I also started a retro 70s style circular granny vest last night that I hope to finish soon. So since I only have pics of the kerchief you can find if below. But more pics to come in the next couple days, so stand by!

Pink Ribbon sweater

So I have been working on this for a while now. I even put it away for a few months. I actually started it March, I just recently broke it back out a couple of weeks (or so) ago. So I am finally happy to say it is done! But... I didn't like the pattern much, and the sleeves are weird to me. I have never done a raglan before, but this will probably be the last. I like simple sleeves better, they are easier to put on and I don't have to make the armholes of the sweater match the shape of the sleeves. It was really just weird for me. But I am a little happier with the way it came out than I was when I tried it with the sleeves attached, now that it has a collar it looks a lot better! Also I just finished this bracelet on Friday, it took me about 20 minutes to make the flower and a little bit to wrap the bangle with yarn and hot glue it down. So about a 1 hour project.
 

upcoming projects

Well I have all of sudden gotten this wild hair to make granny squares and granny patterns. So in the upcoming month I think that will be my feature. Right now I am currently trying to wrap up a sweater I have been working on (and has been hibernating for a few months) for my mom before it gets cold again. Also I need to make something for a friend's baby for their baby shower. I found two cute little blankie buddy patterns I might make. One of which satisfies the granny pattern that I'm craving! So here are the two links. The first one is the Granny square blanket buddy that's not the actual name, but I like it and I'll remember it. The next pattern i have is from the Lion Brand website Eco Bunny blanket I have made one of these for my own son, except mine was a bear. This bear is not one of my recently completed projects. I made him a year or so ago.