Crochet Thread & Doll faces

Got part of my buying spree in today for the CALs that I have signed up with. Thanks to Wal Mart not having a wide selection of crochet tread I went shopping at Jo Ann's online. Got lucky on the shipping for it as well.

This is how the doll faces came wrapped from my ebay purchase.

Doll faces that will soon be Doll face Pot Holders.

This is what I got to see when I first opened my thread box.


Most of the colors I need for CALs that I am joining in and new colors for my cross bookmarks.

Do you think I have enough in my stash yet................NOPE!!!!!.....LOL

Finished Crochet Projects

Theses are some of the goodies I have been working in this past week

This is a Valentine Crinoline Doily that was a CAL in CFWP events group. I still need to finish weaving the ends, lightly starching and then gluing the parts together.

This Angel with Heart Filet came about thanks to Yvette bragging how easy it was to do and that it only took her two days. Well she was right it was easy even though I screwed up and dropped a stitch and didn't find it till I was to the halfway mark and things was looking really odd. This was a free pattern online and can be found at http://members.tripod.com/~lhamm/angel-h.htm

There is only one correction to this I would like to add. At the end of each row before turning chain 3 (some only chains 2) This is the first DC for that row. Work the rest of the pattern as done so in the site.

This was a Scrubbie CAL I got myself into. I tell you I never in my wildest dreams expected a simple pattern to give me such a fit as this one did. My one big mistake was not reading the instruction completely FIRST. PLEASE NOTE this pattern is done in the back loops so to give it the ridge effect needed to make this pattern work out right. This was also a free pattern and can be found at the blog of GRANNYJUDITH http://crochetpatternsonly.blogspot.com/2005_05_16_crochetpatternsonly_archive.html
I found that naztazia posted step by step photo instructions of Granny Judith's pattern. http://www.acmoore.com/forum/yaf_postst1616p2_Spiral-Scrubbies--pics-included.aspx This was what help me to discover my big OOps.


Now this was a fun CAL. For 3 weeks it was called the Mystery CAL. Can you tell what it is? With the parts I couldn't either but in the end after it was all put together it created this wonderful Starburst Hot Pad. (Don't you just love the colors?)

Still have a few other projects I am working on but that is for another day.

Craft Shows

Here are a few displays from my first show in Oct.

Theses are a few items I have done. Plastic Canvas Bingo Bag, Business card holders, recipe card holders. Necklaces and bracelets

Here I have beaded and feather earrings, crochet cross bookmarks and hanging Gaurdian Angels with poem.


More of my beaded and feather earrings, pony bead keychains, suncatcher crosses.

Gone Goose Hunting

Well not really hunting goose, just patterns to make lawn ornament goose clothes. A friend of mine has a lawn ornament Goose that would like for me to make some clothes for her. Annies Attic at one time had a pamplet called "Annie's Attic Goose and Gander Parade Crochet" but now it is out of stock or can not be found *boo hoo* I can't even find some reasonaly prices use sewing patterns for some outfits. So if anyone out here can help me in with this new project of mine I would be so eternally grateful.

FOUND
I would like to thank all that emailed me on where to look for patterns. As many times as I had searched Ebay I had not found it till I was sent the link tonight for "Annie's Attic Goose and Gander Parade Crochet" I now have on order a copy of it (as well as some Native American Fabric that the lady had as well.) Again Thanks to all that helped me out in this search.

(this is the fabric that I have coming in with the goose clothes pattern)

Online shopping @ JoAnn.com

Thanks to some CALs that I had joined in on I was in need of certain color crochet thread. Our Wal Mart has been the pits on color selections so I decided to shop around online. Tonight when I went back into JoAnn.com I noticed that if you registered with them that your next order with them the shipping would only be $2.95 total. (Ok...can't beat that with an ugly stick) So off to picking out the colors I wanted/needed.

Aunt Lydia's Crochet Cotton-Wood, Aunt Lydia's Crochet Cotton-Purple, Aunt Lydia's Crochet Cotton-Maize, Aunt Lydia's Crochet Cotton-Orchid Pink, Knit-Cro-Sheen White & Gold, Knit-Cro-Sheen White & Silver, Knit-Cro-Sheen Gold, Knit-Cro-Sheen Crochet Cotton-Medium Rose, Knit-Cro-Sheen Crochet Cotton-Lilac (Most were special online prices even)

Not only did I get lucky on the shipping but they also had a online coupon code that will save you 40% off one regular purchased item. So when all was said and done my total savings tonight was $11.95....but I still spent $32.00 grand total for my goodies :)

I can not wait till they come in and I can start on the new CALs.

Recycling

Today I had some time to kill before a meeting so I stopped off at our local Thrift store. Was just looking to see what goodies they may have that I could use for crafting. Found a relish tray that looks like it could come from Tupperware or rubbermade but was from Pioneer instead, and then idea hit me...HEY this would work for a sewing caddy. It has 4 latches on it that even if you didnt have them all clicked down it would still keep the lid on good to keep things from falling out. So now I have all my straight pins, bobbins, hook & eyes, and elastic in it.

Empty Relish Tray with lid


Relish Tray now being converted into sewing caddy

All tucked in and closed up for the night. :)

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Also came away with some encyclopedias for my girls as well. Never can have too many of them around when you have 3 kids.

Crochet Cross Bookmark Pattern

Some time ago I found this cross bookmark pattern online (yes it was free I think) but now when I went to find it again so I could share it It was nowhere to be found. As for me saving a copy of it....well that got lost when my pc crashed. I have since taken the time to write it out as I crochet one so that I may share it with others. IF someone finds that this pattern is indeed not a free pattern or is copywritten please let me know and I will take it down.

Cross Bookmark


Material needed:
Bedspread cotton size 10 (your choice of color/s)
Steel hook size 7

Instructions
Ch 5 sl st to form ring

Row 1: Ch 3, 3 dc, ch 2, 4 dc in ring, turn

Row 2-11: Ch 3, 3dc, ch 2, 3dc in ch 2 sp from row before, dc in top of ch3
At end of row 11 finish off.

ARMS of cross:
With right side facing on right side of the piece you just made join With sl st join to end of row 7, ch 3, 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc in the end of row 8, dc in the end of row 9, Turn
Rows 2-3: Ch 3, 3dc, ch 2, 3dc in ch 2 sp from row before, dc in top of ch3, At end of row 3 finish off.
Rep Left arm starting in the end rows of 9 - 8 –7

TRIM: (Can be done in contrasting color)
Join with sl st to the beg. Bottom ring of cross, Ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc in the starting ring. Ch 3, 3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 1, Sc in end of row 2,
3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 3, Sc in end of row 4,
3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 5, Sc in end of row 6,
3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 1 of arm, Sc in end of row 2,
3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 3, 3dc, ch 2 3dc in ch 2 sp of row 3 arm,
3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 3, sc in end of row 2, 3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 1,
3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 10 (top part of the cross center) 3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 11, 3dc, ch 2 3dc in ch 2 sp of row 11,
on opposited sid of cross 3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 11, Sc in end of row 10,
3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 1 of arm, Sc in end of row 2,
3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 3, 3dc, ch 2 3dc in ch 2 sp of row 3 arm,
3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 3, sc in end of row 2, 3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 1,
sc in row 6, 3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 5, Sc in end of row 4,
3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 3, Sc in end of row 2, 3dc, ch 2 3dc in end of row 1
sl st to join top of ch 3, end
tie off loose ends
Lightly starch to hold shape.

With 4 inch piece of cardboard wrap bedspread thread 15 times around. Cut thread at end. (where you start and end your wrapping) Join with Half hitch to bottom of cross in the ch 2 sp of the trim. Trim ends to make even