Crochet Day

Yesterday was a crochet day. That's all I did all day long. I started and finished the Ravelry January square (it's called "Mandala"). I also printed off the pattern for the February square from Ravelry since I don't like the February one on Craftster.org (it's a heart, and I just don't like it for some reason).

The other project I worked on was my little pink octopus. I finally got her head/body finished last night. It looks so cute--just like an octopus head should look! I started on her arms/legs this morning. I have two finished and they look like little pink tampons. I wonder how I'm supposed to sew the legs onto the body? I think don't think the directions are very helpful. They just say "sew the legs onto the body" or something similiarly vague like that. Oh well... I'm sure I'll figure it out.

Flower Scarf Photo

Oh, YAY! I got a pretty decent photo of my new flower scarf. I had a hard time taking a picture of it because Annie and Stuart wanted to stand right in the middle of it, silly dogs!


Oh, and I did count how many I made: 14 (2 each of 7 colors). So this scarf "only" took me 8.5 hours to make--well, not true because I made 18, but had to take 4 off... so, back to 10.5 hours altogether.

I'm going to post this as my February clothing craft-along project. Who says I can't work ahead (because I will most certainly be posting some late, too!)?

Flower Scarf

I'm sooooo excited! Last week I made crocheted flowers that I turned into a scarf! It's partially based on the "Garden Scarf" in The Happy Hooker book, but I used the "Framed Flower" from 201 Crochet Motifs, Blocks, Projects and Ideas instead--only I just used the flower without the border around it. I'm not sure how many flowers I made; more than 14, but less than 21. It was actually 4 flowers too long so I had to take those off.

I used a tapestry needle to sew them all together (which took for-ever to do).

I was so proud of it that I wore it out to dinner on Saturday night, and not as outerwear, but as part of my outfit (with a black sweater--which looked awesome with it). I was sooooo happy that the girls commented on it. They couldn't believe I made it, and they were so complimentary of it which made me feel really, really good because I spent ALOT of time making the stinking thing, and I WANTED them to notice!

There's NO WAY I could ever make a scarf to sell. It takes me too long to make one. Each flower took me about 30 minutes to make, and then it probably took me 1-1/2 hours to sew it together. So that means an average of 18 flowers at 30 minutes apiece plus sewing time = 10.5 hours! That's a long time to spend making a single scarf. BUT... they would make perfect gifts to give, and I should get on the ball and start working on Christmas gifts NOW!

I need to figure out a way to photograph it so I can post it (I'll try to do that today).

Bookmark Tutorial Update

I've been getting a lot of hits on my bookmark tutorial. Some hits are coming from Craftster.org, but I just found out the tutorial made it to a website called Bookmark Collector. Here's a cut 'n paste:

Make Your Own Bookmark
A tutorial on making a flat paper bookmark - really a base for creating more artistic bookmarks, by Sew Help Me - Link

That's kind of exciting! Maybe I should make some more and finish them with the fibers at the top this time!