Happy Easter!
The Bunnies are part of a Noah's Ark BOM at http://lynetteandersondesigns.typepad.com.
Also this is my first Knit Doily Style Dishcloth.
I joined the monthly Bookmark group on yahoo groups, to practice lace knitting. I changed the pattern a little. ( I seem to be doing that a lot lately) I had to have a tassel. I Don't know why I just did.
The left one is sock yarn, leftover from my fist socks.
the middle on is scraps of wool.
And the right one is crochet thread.
I also joined a couple of dish cloth groups.
I made this doily about 12-13 years ago. It was my first big crochet project. It is 16 inches in diameter.
I have found myself looking through all my doily books, wanting to do a knit doily. Are knit doilies difficult? I tried to knit what looked to be a simple knit bookmark and made so many mistakes I finally just put it aside. (threw it away!) Any suggestions for an easy knit lace project before I try a round doily?
I started to make the hat as written, but I think the cold weather inspired me to pick up 80 stitches and Knit the crown instead of crochet.
To make the stitches even I picked up three across the bottom of the petals that point strait up to crown . I picked the stitches up so the loops were on the inside. (I think a solid hat is the easiest way to keep the picked up stitches from showing up in an obvious way on the outside of the flowers.)
When I gets warmer weather I will have to make an all crochet one(with brighter colors). The pattern for the daisy chain was free here http://crochetroo.blogspot.com/2007/11/daisy-chain-beanie-scrapbuster-in.html
I have finished the last Mardi Gras masks. It is a combination of two patterns. One for the mask and one for the Leaves. And at the end I decided it need the spirals off each side.
We have been invited to a party! I found a free pattern online for the pirate pig hat and modified it to fit an adult and just kept improvising more details as I went along. I really like the earrings I added.
pattern Here:
http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=63281
I am not going to have enough yarn to finish this hat. I need to unravel it and make something else. I had my mind set on this hat. The yarn is, Yarn Bee Mosaic Twist in Rum Raisin. The local Hobby Lobby is sold out. The store near my mother is sold out. *sigh* Maybe I will put the stitches on a scrap of yarn and hibernate this is hopes of finding the yarn. I matches my felted scarf so well, I am not really wanting to give up on it.
Felted! The leaves turned out a little strange. I was hoping I knit them large enough to keep more of their shape. But I looks good, with the leaves cut off and sewn back on. And some of the 3d bobbles turned out a little off. The disk shapes I used to felt them shifted and some even tried to push through the Knit. The Bobbles inside the flowers turned out exactly as I dreamed. They are still soft and Springy.
I have 48 inches of multicolored knitting finished and have begun to embellish a bit.
I found a nice Vintage pattern for the leaf edging and will be adding it to both ends. I Learned a new technique and Attached the green to the Multi with a three needle bind off.
I Have also made one crochet flower as a pattern test. I am making the flowers with white so I can dye them with Kool-aid after I have made them .
I Made a 12 Inch doll of Cthulhu. Shawn had been talking about me making one from a pair of socks. I looked at pictures of similar dolls made by others, and became inspired to give a try at crocheting one. It took about 7 hours to make. I just made it up as I went along, starting with the head. After finishing the head, I had the idea of moving arms and legs. Shawn said the hands had to have at least three "fingers". The hardest bit to make up was the wings. I wish the pipe cleaner, at the top of the wings, was less visible.
