More projects

I've been doing more crochet for gifts so no pics yet (and one of them I gave away without photographing it!)

But also more practice squares that I'll turn into dish cloths

Moss stitch and Back loop only double crochet

Update for Feb

I've been doing some stitch practice, and I do feel I'm getting faster and neater. Most recently it's been back loop only (blo)

I'm going to put these cotton thread practice pieces to work as cleaning cloths/dish rags.

I've also been working on a few really cute projects, but they're for presents so I don't want to share them just yet!

Creative crochet (again)

I've tweaked a bootie pattern so it matches this gorgeous Minnie Mouse inspired hat, and my modifications worked!



They're going to my cousin in law's little girl, who arrived last week but just a bit earlier than expected.


For the hat I made the bow smaller
Row 1:ch5,
Row 2: 3tr (in2nd from turn), sl St, 3tr, sl st
Row 3(actually *under* row 1): dc in each, all the way round to edge whole piece)

And left the button eyes off

For the booties I:
1) continued the sole color for an extra row (ie change colour for row5, but don't finish off first colour, keep it attached to weave in and then use for the strap)
2) added an extra row of dc all the way round after row5
3) finished off colour 2 (black) instead of using it for the strap
4) wove sole color along the side, secured it with 3sl st in same St, then ch14to make strap
5) attach strap to opposite side with 3sl st, then turn and dc in each st back to original side and finish off
6) left the buttons off-i like how the wider strap looks without them.

Original patterns (US terms, my modifications are in UK terms) here;
http://mammathatmakes.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/two-tone-strap-shoes-for-preemies.html?m=1
http://mammathatmakes.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/rosies-cozies-intro-and-minniemickey.html?m=1

Freestyle Crochet

Thanks to crochet the fact that super kid's night light is more like the Blackpool illuminations doesn't need to be a problem.
I present...



a poncho for a plastic rabbit!

If/when I redo it I think I'd use half trebles for all of it. The full trebles are letting quite a bit of the light through still.

A capsule too far?

I'm starting to think I might be getting too gung-ho about the idea of a capsule wardrobe. I'm feeling unsettled by how it's looking anyway. Discomfort is a sign of change right?



I forgot to do a before pic (which is what these kind of posts are really all about of course) but there are two hefty piles of clothes on my bedroom floor...


One to go, one to hide

I love our play-tray

A friend of the family brought superkid a late Christmas pressie today. She started pretending to scoop and lift straight away so I threw this together.



Total hit, and who knew that there was so much construction required in the village of Sylvania?!

More Crochet skills!