Another One Bites The Dust!!

I finished another WIP!! Yeah!. I also finished a Spiderman RR that I started last week, and in my true nature, I have started the Noahs Ark Blanket from Crochet! May 2008.

Here's the Chevron Stripes Blanket that I've finally finished. Its from "Vannas All Through The House". Its supposed to have fringe, but I dunno, I wasn't too sure about it so I just left it out. I like it without.

I like putting the blankets on a chair for the pic, It seems more realistic than just laying on a floor.

I got a close up of the stitches. I liked how it was done in BLO for the front.

Then, my Spiderman RR. This is my 4th one and I still have a request for one more. I'm getting so good at them that this one only took me a little over 1 week. I just don't like the last few rounds. They're sooooo long!!

Also, I got an email from my fridgie exchange leader that my partner got her puffy. I haven't received an email from her, so I dunno. I thought they were nice. Well, I can show them now cuz at least she has them.

These are the fridgies I sent. It was a pattern from my Old Crochet With Heart mag (I told you before they were my faves!) The pattern had 3 in it and I couldn't break them up! Its called Victorian Fancies.

I also made her a little Ladybug. Another one of Kristie MN's from Crochetville. Shes so talented. I love Crochetville. So many patterns there!

Well, thats it for tonight. Gotta go watch CSI Miami!

First Exchange Received!

Well, my very first partner got my very first puffy today and sent an email thanking me. I had so much fun with these exchanges that I just can't wait to get started on the new ones! This was my bookmark exchange. I made 2 bookmarks and a little turtle. Heres the pics. The bookmarks were both patterns from one of my mags. And the turtle was KristieMN's on Crochetville.

This first one is the hearts bookmark. You can't really see the hearts too well, I should have used a darker pink, but I do like it.





















I got a close up of a heart to see it better

This is the butterfly bookmark. I used the hook size that the pattern called for and I should've known better because when I crochet with yarn, I always have to go up a size or 2 in hooks, so I should've known to do it with steel hooks & thread too. So, this one came out a bit thin and I had to add about 3 more butterflies, but I really liked it too.
















Ooops, I just noticed that I should've rotated that pic first so you can really see the butterflies.
Oh well, just tilt your head!! lol

And lastly, here is the tiny striped turtle from Crochetville. Hes so cute, I now need to make 4 more for my boys, they love him!
















I will post pics of my other exchange items as soon as I know she got them. I'm sure it will be soon since I mailed them both at the same time.

Whats A Tomblidoo

OK, so not many people know what a Tomblidoo is, I didn't even know and I have 3 preschoolers! So, its from a preschool show and heres a pic of them at this link.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2008/01/16/niggle116.jpg

Tomblidoos!!

I made a tomblidoo. They are these little creatures from "In the Night Garden". A preschool show My first attempt was quite scary looking.

I told Quenton that I was going to frog it and he said "No, I want it" lol, so he now has it.

Here it is on his bed. See, its scary looking. I didn't even add arms or all of the hair because it wasn't turning out.

So, I tried again. This time I made it from the legs up. It was much easier for some reason. It seemed backwards but it definetly worked out. Here it is.

It was made for my friends daughter and the best compliment I received on it was when she opened it, said "tombidoo" and later that night brought it to bed with her. I also made her a little shirt, a heart purse and a cute little summer hat. She got more goodies too, but those are all the crocheted stuff.

The top is from Lionbrand. I used Red Heart Soft instead of the cotton they called for and it came out ALOT smaller, but it still fit

http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/60420a.html

The purse is from the Crochetguy. I added a fun fur border to it cuz I thought it was cute.

http://crochetguy.tripod.com/id11.html

And the hat was from Luv 2 Crochet. She has beautiful things on her site for little girls

http://www.luv2crochet.com/meshskullcap.pdf

You NEED One Of These!!

This little hat has gotten into my list of things to make (Whats the short form for that by the way?? Its not WIP....what is it?) It is just waaayyyyy too cute for words. Check it out here

http://photojenic.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/fit-for-a-king-or-queen/

I'm finished both of my exchanges. Yay! I'll be mailing them out tomorrow and will post pics as son as I know they got them.

But I do have a couple really cool pics to share. A lady from the At My House yahoo group that I'm on has made my Hearts go Round hat. She made it adult size. I love it!!

Also, 2 people have made my pretty Butterfly. One I found on ravelry by thelassi4. Heres that one.

And the other one was by Aurora. You can see it on her blog here.

http://myblueangels.blogspot.com/2008/03/cold-and-rainy.html

Sorry it took me so long to post these, but I just had to share them. They are all beautiful and I love that people are liking my patterns!!!

I Suck, I Know

OK, so I haven't posted in just about forever. Sorry about that. I had my baby boys 2nd bday this past Sunday and I have this problem of wanting to do EVERYTHING myself, from decorations to incitations to cakes. So, I've been busy. I have never liked Mickey Mouse. MUCH MUCH prefer Bugs Bunny, but of course your children have a mind of their own and Ethasn first cartoon taht he would actually watch was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It comes on and he starts squealing "Mouse!" Its so cute, so I just HAD to do a MM themed party right? So I started with the invitations















Then I made a couple posters (forgot to take pics of those), a birthday banner (no pic :() and a "Pin the Hat on Angry Donald" game, which we never got around to playing. I also made the loot bags, shaped like Toodles and filled them with MM goodies from the $ store (I LOVE that place!)

And of course the crochet part. I made all the kids MM hats!

I had to put names on them, because they were all diff sizes. I put bows on the girls too, but again, no pics. Heres the birthday boys hat.

I got the pattern from
http://bz-designs.com/patt004.htm















The biggest surprise of all (to me too) was that my own Mom came dressed up in a full MM mascot suit, with the head and EVERYTHING!! It was awesome and, I wasn't sure how Ethan would react, but he LOVED it!!
















OH and my fave part, I made the cake! It tasted just as good as it looked!
















New news is I'm in my first 2 exchanges! I'm so excited. I'm in a fridgie and bookmark exchange. I have ideas that I'm working on tonight and will be done in the next couple of days, I hope they're liked!! I also want to make my friends daughter (who turned 2 today) a teddy of "In the Night Garden" Its her fave show, but I can't find any plushies of them sooooooo whats a crocheter to do?! Make one up! Well, I'd better get to work now.

Sticking To It

Well, I'm really doing it!!! I got one wip done AND I managed to do a few more projects as well. Heres a pic of my Starry, starry Nights Afghan that I finally completed.

















And I made matching pillows that were from the Mar/Apr 2008 Crochet Today mag. They're so cute. I love them and I think I'm gonna have to make more cuz my boys love them too!
I made a star
















And a moon
















And finally I tried to get some little bunny pins made for Quentons class, but as always, I waited too late to start them and didn't get them done in time. Now I have 30 little bunny pins sitting here, lol. I'm sure they'll find a home somewhere!!
I got the pattern from Maggies Crochet.

Heres all 30 of them















I was supposed to use pompoms for the nose, but I didn't have any and going out shopping for pompoms could be alot of trouble for me, I'm sure some of you can relate!!! lol. So, I had heart shaped confetti, I turned them upside down and voila, cute little bunny noses. I also tried 2 different sizes of google eyes. Heres the big ones

And the smaller ones. I like them better.

All in all, I think I've been pretty productive. One down...countless others to go!! lol

Little Girls Ladybug Purse Pattern

OK, for those of you who requested it, here it is! Hope you like it and as always, I would love to see your finished pics!



LITTLE GIRLS LADYBUG PURSE


















MATERIALS

Worsted Weight Yarn (I used Red Heart) in red and black, small amounts of each
Size G-7 (4.5 mm) hook
Small flower beads (Optional)

DIRECTIONS



BASE (make 2)



With black, ch 7. (8 dc)



Rnd 1: Dc in 3rd ch from hook and in next 3 chs. Work 5 dc in last ch. Working on opposite side of foundation row, dc in next 3 chs. 3 dc in same ch as beg dc. Join with sl st to f3rd ch of beg
ch-3. (16 dc)

Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in next dc. Dc in next 3 dc. 2dc in next 5 dc. Dc in next 3 dc. 2dc in last 3 dc. Join with sl st to beg ch-3. (26 dc)

Rnd 3: Ch 3, dc in same st. 2 dc in next 3 dc. Dc in next 3 dc. 2 dc in next 10 dc. Dc in next 3 dc. 2 dc in last 6 dc. Join with sl st to beg ch 3. (46 dc)

Rnd 4: Ch 3, Dc in next 2 dc. @ dc in next 5 dc. Dc in next 3 dc. 2 dc in next 5 dc. Dc in next 10 dc. 2 dc in next 5 dc. Dc in next 3 dc. 2 dc in next 5 dc. Dc in each dc to end. Join with sl st to first
ch-3. (68 dc)

Rnd 5: Ch 3, dc in each dc around. (68 dc)

Fasten off.

LADYBUG HEAD

Work on front only.

With RS facing, join black with sl st in the fourth dc to the RIGHT of joining.

Row 1: Ch 3, dc in next 7 dc. Leave rem dc unworked. (8 dc)

Row 2: Ch 2, turn. Dc in next st (beg dc dec made). Dc in next 4 dc. Dc dec over last 2 sts. (6dc)

Row 3: Turn, beg dc dec. Dc in next 2 dc. Dc dec over last 2 sts. (4 dc)

Fasten off.

JOINING.

Rnd 1: With WS tog, join black with sc through both loops of both pieces in 10th dc to LEFT of joining. (6th dc to LEFT of head on front)
Sc around to the 10th dc to the RIGHT of joining. (6th dc to RIGHT of head on front) (48 sc)


Rnd 2: Working on FRONT ONLY, work 6 sc evenly across ends of rows. Sc over next 4 sts. Work 6 sc evenly across ends of rows. Sc in last 3 dc. Turn piece, Sc over remaining dc on back piece. Join with sl st to first sc.

WINGS

Spots (make 6)

DO NOT JOIN ROUNDS

With black, make a magic ring. 6 sc in ring. Work 2 sc in each sc around (12sc)

Fasten off.

With red, ch 3, join to beg ch to form a ring.

Row 1: Ch 3, work 5 dc in ring. (6 dc)

Row 2: Ch 3, turn. Dc in same st. 2 dc in each st around. (12 dc)

Row 3: Ch 3, turn. (2 dc in next st, dc in ext st) around. 2 dc in last st. (18dc)

Row 4: Ch 3, turn. Dc in next st. (2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts) around. 2 dc in last st. (24 dc)

Row 5: Ch 3, turn. Dc in next 2 sts. (2 dc in next st, dc in next 3 sts) around. 2 dc in last st. (30
dc)

Row 6: Ch 3, turn. Dc in next 3 dc. (2 dc in next st, dc in next 4 sts) around. 2 dc in last st. (36
dc)

Row 7:EDGING ROW. Ch 1, turn. Sc across to last sc, work 3 sc in last sc. 2 sc in end of each row across. 2 sc in same st as beg sc.join with sl st to beg sc. (66 sc)

Fasten off

HANDLES

Join black with sl st in 2nd sc from LEFT of head. Ch 100 ( or however long you want it to be). Being careful not to twist ch, sl st in 2nd sc from RIGHT of head. Ch 1turn. Sc in each ch across. Sl st in next sc on body. Ch 1, turn, sc across. Sl st in next sc on body.

Fasten off.

Sew spots to wings and sew wings to front of purse. Attach eyes. I used little flower beads that I had, but you can use whatever your little heart desires!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

I know its tomorrow, but I'm a little early! I just wanted to put up the pics of the projects I finished for my MIL. She is the only person I know that decorates for St. Pattys and when I saw these patterns I just had to make them for her. The first one was an AA FPOD and I thought it was so cute.























Then I had to make the kids some little shamrock pins to wear to school (hers, mine are too little for pins)

These are from http://suzies-yarnie-stuff.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-shamrock-pin-pattern.html






















And lastly I made my MIL this little pin. (Quenton also wanted one after he saw it so I made him one too) These pins are from Peggytoes on Crochetville. If you haven't seen her work, you NEED to go see it. She does amazing things. And they are all so small. I LOVE her patterns. She has a bunch for free, and on her page there is a shortcut to her Etsy page where she has more! Her link is here

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=69985
















And here is a pic of the pin next to the D hook that I used so you can see how small they are. I've seen people use these as keychains, pins, on barettes.....just look through crochetville and you'll see them all.I always Crochet small, so I used a D hook, even though the pattern called for a C. Then my hand cramped with that anyways! So Quentons I used an E hook, and it came out just a little bigger, but still good. And I buy bags of milk here, have never even seen a milkcap before, but I just used a cardboard cutout and it worked great.

Mmmmmmm.....

I think Easter may just be my favourite holiday. Not because of any of the reasons you may think. So why, you ask? Well, it would have to be those yummy, chocolatey, creamy Cadbury Cream Eggs. I may be 30, but my sweet tooth is still 10, just ask my dentist! lol. My Dad still has a Cream Egg for me every time I see him. But, I shouldn't be eating as many as I may, so i thought I would make myself a treat.

This is my version of the SAFE Cadbury Cream Egg. It has 0 calories, 0 fat, and you can have as many as you want, but please, don't eat them, hehe. This Cream Egg comes complete with a recipe. Enjoy!!

CREAM EGG

MATERIALS NEEDED:

Size F crochet Hook

Red Heart Worsted Weight Yarn in coffee, yellow and white. Small amounts of each

Yarn needle

Polyester Fibrefill

INSTRUCTIONS:

DO NOT JOIN ROUNDS UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

Chocolate Shell

With Coffee, begin with a magic ring. Work 6 sc in ring.

Rnd 1: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next sc] around. (9 sts)

Rnd 2: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 2 sc] around. (12 sts)

Rnd 3: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 3 sc] around. (15 sts)

Rnd 4: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc] around. (18 sts)

Rnd 5: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 5 sc] around. (21 sts)

Rnd 6: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next 6 sc] around. (24 sts)

Rnd 7 - 11: Sc in each sc around.

Rnd 12: Sc in next sc, dc next, tr next, hdc next, sc in next 5 stts, hdc in next 2 sts, tr next, sc in next 5 sts, dc next, tr in next 3 sts, dc next, sc in next 3 sts. Join with sl st to next st. (24 sts)

Fasten off.

Fondant Centre

With yellow, begin with a magic ring. Work 6 sc in ring.

Rnd 1: 2 sc in next 2 sc. 2 hdc in next sc. 2 dc in next 2 sc. 2 hdc in next sc. (12 sts)

Change to white. Fasten off yellow.

Rnd 2: Sc in next st. 2 sc in next st. Hdc in next 2 sts. Dc next. 2 hdc in next st. [sc in next st, 2 sc in next st] around. (18 sts)

Rnd 3: Sc in next 2 sts. 2 sc in next st. Hdc in next 2 sts. 2 dc in next st. Dc in next 2 sts. 2 hdc in next st. Hdc in next 2 sts. [2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts] 2 times. 2 sc in next st. Join with sl st to next st. (24 sts)

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.

Fondant Drip

With white,

Row 1: Ch 3, sc in 2nd ch from hook and next ch. (2 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1, turn. 2 sc across. (4 sts)

Row 3: Ch 1, DO NOT TURN. Work 2 sc across ends of rows. (sc, ch 3, sc) in foundation ch. Work 2 sc across ends of rows. Join with sl st to first sc of Row 2. (6 sts)

Fasten off leaving a long end for sewing.

Finishing

Stuff Chocolate Shell. With yarn end of Centre and needle, sew Centre inside Shell going through both loops of Centre and inside loop only of Shell.

Sew drip to side of shell as if it were dripping from the centre..

Weave in ends.