Infinity Scarf

               My Aunt is probably one of my most favorite people. She is my big sister, best friend and a great mom to me. She is and has always been there with me, through my angsty middle school years, broken hearts and finding and falling for my best friend, she was one of the Maids of Honor at my wedding, and shes my roommate every time my husband is gone for the weekend. I just wish she was just a little girlier so I could make her pretty things for Christmas. Oh well no body's perfect.

Pattern: 
              I used Loops and Threads Charisma in red and a size H hook.
Chain 21 turn and make 2 sc in the second loop from the hook. Sc in the next 8 loops, skip 2, sc 8 more times, sc 2 in the last loop. chain 1 turn.

             And there its that simple, 2 in one, 8, skip 2, 8, 2 in one, chain one turn. When you get to the end sew them together to make the infinity part of the infinity scarf.
             I found that it makes a wonderful scarf, nice and simple yet still has a subtle pattern with the chevrons. All in all a great, quick, "I'm running out of time before Christmas" gift.

Skinny scarf

                Guys are the hardest to shop for and it even harder to make things for them. Its just not fair, but I guess crochet is just too pretty to be considered manly. I showed you the hats I made for my brothers here, but here is another gift I made for a male member of my family for Christmas. My very tall cousin. 

                 Rich is way on the tall side so I wanted to make something skinny and very long to try and match his frame, I used Lion brand yarns Wool-ease thick & Quick stripes and a size I hook. Chained 13 inserted in the 3rd loop from the hook and half doubled my way till I was out of 2 balls of yarn. Trust me when I say its long here is me being anaconda'ed by it 

 

Told you so. 

          Anyway it was really quick and really easy and I hope he will like it as will and manley scarf wearers you might make this for :) 

Back and better the ever

               I'm sorry about the long break, I just got the internet turned on in the new place and things are back in motion. Ive got some new things finished that I cant wait to show yall. Including infinity scarves and a couple of scarves that worked up with the leftover yarn. I also will be working on some new things once I finish the two I've got going now. Give me a day or two to get everything photographed and typed up, until then I must bid you farewell.

Yay me!

                 Hurrah for me! I had a very productive night so much so I finished my second hat, yay for me! Plus I only had to undo the first three rows (bad count) and the last row I did twice (tension issue) but it went so much faster than the first one. I'm so happy with the hats, the embellishments didn't work out as well as I wished but I'm not undoing them now.

                 This is the pattern I used basically, I used a G,H,and I sized hook going from biggest to smallest. I on the crown, H on the body, and G on the last 2-3 rows. I didn't do the 2nd color or the pattern for it, after it was long enough I did a row of single crochet to get a good tension. I'm really happy with the hat. I wrote USN and USMC for my brothers and used some yarn and a needle to cover the inside so it wouldn't be scratchy. I feel like the cord I used made the letters look a little strange but oh well, c'est la vie.

This one is for my Big Bro who is in the Navy.

I made the same hat in scarlet with USMC on it for my Lil Bro in the Marines.

1 down

                    It so should not have taken me this long to finish that hat, I swear I had to undo and re do that thing 7-9 times. First it was too loose and looked like a girls hat, I undid it and tried again, still to loose, ok undo and try with a smaller hook, not good enough fine whatever, try again with doubling up the yarn, so the crown is fine but the body not so much, well at least that's progress, undo to where the body starts and redo with a smaller hook, GREAT but its not holding on well (my brothers are very active, I want it to be able to stay on their heads well) so undo the last couple of rows and do them with an even smaller hook, eh its a little long undo 3 rows redo 2 of them (with that smaller hook) and put a row of single crochet. That is where I called it quits and said that it looks just fine and tied it off. I here-by refuse to undo a single stitch on this hat, it had its time to be revised, that time has passed. Now I just have to weave in all the stray ends and a little embellishment and make one for the Lil bro. (sigh) Oh did I mention I have to do this by Sunday, and tomorrow corporate is coming down to work (such fun), and I'm packing for a move this weekend, and I'm helping my Mama K bake a wedding cake and a grooms cake for a wedding this Saturday (which is also the day of my old NJROTC unit is holding a drill meet that I'm supposed to help out with) joy.

Lego Scarf

         This one was really fun to make, I saw a picture of this on Pinterest but I never found a pattern so I made one up. Its really easy all you need to know how to do is a single crochet, double crochet and how to change colors. I made this for my sis-in-law for Christmas, its a great gift for boys and girls alike (really anyone who had a childhood full of legos would like it) I used Red Heart super saver yarn because its what I had (sadly I still have a lot, maybe I shall make another one or two) this is a very versatile pattern.

PATTERN

         Special stitches:

Bubble stitch - 5 double crochet together (5dctog)  yarn over (yo) insert your hook into the stitch, yo and  pull that through 2 loops on your hook, leave the rest on there don't complete that dc, yo again and put your hook into the same stitch as before, yo and pull through the first 2 loops, continue until you have made 5 dc like this (6 loops on the hook) yo and pull through all the loops left on the hook, and you have made a bubble crochet.

Row 1- Chain 19, chain 1 turn

Row 2,3,4- Single crochet (sc) into each chain, chain 1 turn 

Row 5- *sc in next 3 stitches, 5dctog* repeat from *-* 3 times ( should have 4 bubbles) sc next 3 stitches (your patterns should looks like 3 sc bubble 3 all the way along), chain 1 turn

Row 6,7- sc into each  stitch (19) chain 1 turn

Row 8-  *sc in next 3 stitches, 5dctog* repeat from *-* 3 times, sc next 3 stitches, chain 1 turn 

Row 9,10,11,12-  sc into each stitch (19)  ~Change colors here~ chain 1 turn 

Repeat for every color I used 9 different colors you can use more or less (I happened to have a rainbow of Red Heart super saver yarn that I wanted to use up)

~There are many ways to do change colors, this is just the one I learned and like.~

I hope that you enjoy making this and wearing it, send me pics so I can see your finished projects!

Queen of the undone

                   I do not claim to be a master at most any aspects of crochet, but I am claiming this. I am the Queen of unraveling. Its seems like a project isn't truly done by me unless it has been unraveled at least twice. I can't help myself, as soon as my not completely satisfied I feel the need to utterly undo everything I just managed to do. Of course after the first time as soon as I start to get this feeling I try to ignore it and just keep crocheting but after a while I am so unhappy I get the honor of taking apart my creation once again.
                  I was just thinking to myself that since I am not that slow of a crocheter I couldn't figure out why projects took so long to finish, but since it takes me forever to unravel something things never look done. If I would just work straight to the end of a pattern then I know it would take half the time it normally takes me. Yet even as I complain about this I know I'm not going to be able to change anything. Most of everything that I make are intended to be given away and I abhor the idea that something wouldn't measure up to my standards.
                 Oh well I guess its time for hat attempt #3 now, this time with a smaller hook. (sigh) Make the #4