Sparkle coin purse

Here is an idea I came up with. I found this little coin purse in the office I work at, nobody seemed to want it so I just grabbed it and thought I could make this pretty! So I crocheted this little cover and sewed it to the coin purse to create the final product of a pretty (spraklely) coin purse with a keychain!

front- ch 15, sc in 2nd ch and each ch across

row 2-5: ch 3, 2 dc in first st. *sk next, 3 dc in next st* across.

fasten off.

back- reattach yarn with sl st to first ch on the foundation ch (working thru unused lps) 14 sc,

follow pattern for rows 2-5. fasten off. sew side seams (w/ yarn, before attaching) now sew the tops to the coin pouch. attach yarn at corner and ch 10, anchor with sc.

Finally complete!

I finally completed the gauntlets for my mom! I changed up the pattern a bit so they would be knit on RS (st st) rather than the pattern st that created ridges (k 1 row, p next). I'm not a fan of the ridged look that the designer made for the pattern. It really was a simple change I just knitted the whole glove in place of the pattern st. You can see more about the pattern by clicking the Ravelry link in the previous post.

My current project(s)

Well my mom asked me To make her some gauntlets (fingerless gloves) for a Christmas presen just days before Christmas. Now days later I am still working on something that would normally have taken me just a few hours. Well first I ran out of yarn, then I couldn't find that yarn so I had to buy a different one, now I must start over because the new yarn is a completely different shade of brown. Then I started some slippers as an added gift for her in the downtime of my quest to find the brown yarn. Now I have ran out of the slippers yarn as well just inches before the completion of the second sock! I am not having a good project week. But anyway here's a ravelry link to the gauntlet pattern http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/chunky-arm-warmers

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Basic halter top

Ch 100, sl st to join
Row 1: hdc in each st, sl st to join, ch 2. Rep for 15” (or desired length to waste)

Next row: dec 15 sts, 85 sts remain, fasten off.
Bust/bodice: leaving 15 sts on either side of back seam with “H” hk join with sl st. Work first sc in same st as joining, sc in next 70 sts, leaving the 30 unworried sts. Work back and forth in rows, dec 1 sts on beg and end sts of each row until 25 sts remain,
Final row: sc in first st, ch1 sk next st, sc in next” rep to end.
Make an I-cord or chain for neck strap :)