Felted Bag

This is the second successful felting project I’ve had and it turned out pretty well. I made this using a pattern called “The Tube Bag” from the book Uncommon Crochet by Julie Armstrong Holetz.

This is the bag before felting. I ended up running it through the washer twice because the yarn I used didn’t want [...]

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Blue Shrug

This was completely free-handed. The stitch I used throughout is half-double crochet, chain one, half-double crochet. I always worked into the chain space, not into the actual stitches. Basically, I crocheted a rectangle, which I then folded in half and sewed into sleeves (just like the Lovers Knot Shrug.) This stitch and yarn combo wasn’t [...]

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Perry Hat

I had some leftover black yarn from a shawl/wrap thing I tried to make last year and quit working on. (It was just taking way too much concentration and I didn’t have the time.) Anyways, for Halloween, I decided to make a kitty hat. I know they’re pretty ubiquitous, but I’ve never made one before, [...]

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Snood

My sister really likes to go to the Rennaisance Festival. This year, she’s planning on dressing up and needed something to do with her hair. She wanted a knitted snood originally, since she knits. The pattern she loved on ravelry was crocheted, though, so she asked me to make it.
The pattern uses yarn and thread [...]

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Baby Hats

Here are a couple of baby hats I’ve made for my niece. I love making baby hats because they’re so small that they work up quickly. They’re also usually really cute!
The first hat is a little one with bear ears. I think this turned out wonderfully! It’s much too big for a newborn, but will [...]

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