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 :) 

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.

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!

Basic Baby Blanket

                Ahhhh I do love a job well done (who am I kidding, I love a job done period at this point) It was fun to work on and figure out what would work out best, I didn't want anything that would be to easy for baby to pull at or get caught in their mouth. That is why I used the half double, it works faster than the single crochet but it doesn't make the tall columns that the double or treble crochet makes. I am happy, once the border was put on it spruced up into a very beautiful and usable gift. 

Pattern:

   What you need:

• I used 3 balls of Baby Bees Sweet Delight Prints (gageboys') I held 2 yarns at the same time and crocheted them together as if they were one.
• Border: 1 ball of Caron Simply Soft (Blueberry) (also worked 2 together as 1)
• Size H hook (for both body and border)  

             And this is why I said there isn't much of a pattern, you see I just made as many foundation chains that would make it be a little wider then my lap and then Chained 2, turned, and put a half double crochet in every chain, chain 2 turn and repeat till I ran out of the first 2 balls then I split the 3rd ball in 2 and finished those out as well. 

             For the border I worked a single crochet all the way around (on the sides making sure that you get 2 per row to make sure everything is spaced the way they should be) in the corner space work 2 single crochet in the same space (to turn the corner) then once you're around slip stitch into your first one, than chain 1 then single crochet all the way around once more and slip stitch the row together, chain 3 this time, skip 2 stitches and make a single crochet in the next stitch ( should end up being: stitch space space stitch) *chain 3, skip 2 stitches, single crochet in next space* repeat until you're all the way around, in the corners I Chain 2 skip 1 single crochet in the next space then repeat once so I get around the corner better, slip stitch into your chain and tie off. 

             Weave in all your ends and Ta-Da you're done! What I love the most about things like this is that you can just keep playing around with it until you find something you like. You can make it wider, longer, technicolor, it doesn't matter. It can be done in any stitch with really any yarn, don't want a border (dont make one) want a bigger border (go for it). Have fun and figure out what works best for you, the yarn you're working with, and the craft you are trying to make. Now go to that baby shower (show off a little) and anyone who doesn't know better will be incredibly impressed and those of us who do are: 1 impressed that you FINISHED a beautiful creation (we are jealous) and, 2 admire that something so nice, soft, and practical came from something so simple and easy!