Lots of Crocheting

Hello!

I can't believe it has already been nearly a month since my last post, October flew by! I've crocheted many things since last time I posted, my sisters and I have been working hard to get our Etsy shop filled up, and by doing so, we had two sales in the month of October, Praise the Lord! We're really praying that as Christmas approaches, the Lord will bless us with some more orders.  From now until Christmas I don't think I'll be blogging often, due to the fact that most of the things I'm making right now are Christmas gifts! =) I can post the non-gifts though....

 

 

Several months ago a friend of mine made a couple of the most ADORABLE tape measure covers for her retractable tape measures, and I finally decided I'd make few as well....I think they are some of the cutest little things ever! =)

 

Here's a little cake, it looks scrumptious doesn't it? By pushing on the cherry on top of the cake, the tape measure slips back in....I love playing with it, it's fun!

 

This is a chocolate chip cookie, these covers are so much fun to make and they go super quick!

 

 

You can do so many different variations, this is a cinnamon roll....you obviously don't have to do a food, but I really like the idea of my tape measure looking like food...specifically dessert! =)

 

 

I also made a couple of scissor fobs using size 10 crochet thread and seed beads, they went quick as well and I really love the looks of them!

 

This first one I made is my personal favorite, I love the color!

 

 

 I love this color thread combined with the red colored beads, it looks old! =)

 

 

 

 The aqua colored one is much brighter than the colors I generally use, so it was a nice change of pace! I really enjoyed making them!

I think my least favorite part of making these was putting the beads on them, although it adds so much to it...I used clear beads for this one, it adds a little sparkle to it. 

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Lastly, I crocheted a teddy bear....he's so cute, I love his little bow tie. At first when I started working on him I didn't think I was going to enjoy it...but after a couple of hours I had fun with him! His face is so sweet... it was my moms idea to give him some eyebrows....I'm so glad I did because it added a lot to his face!

 

I found this pattern in a book I have called "Cute and Easy Crochet" by Nicki Trench... This book has so many WONDERFUL ideas...I'll be making many more things that are in this book! 

So this is SOME of what I did in October, not all of what I did, but, like I said, I've been working on Christmas stuff and upcoming birthday things.  I am doing a swap on Ravelry and also did some spinning on my drop spindle that I'd like to post about! Speaking of my drop spindle... I almost forgot to tell you....we recently were blessed with a spinning wheel...it needs some parts, but we'll them hopefully soon! =) Our pastor picked it up for us at a yard sale and I think paid about $9, which is CRAZY cheap! Praise God! We're all super excited and can't wait to get it up and running! =D Anyway... I hope to post again soon!

Have a wonderful day!

Socks and Cases

Hello!

I've been in a very big sock mood lately! I made a pair for our etsy shop and a pair for my moms birthday, both were a lot of fun! They are both slipper socks so they worked up super quick!

 

 

 

This is the pair I made for etsy, I absolutely love them and it was tempting to keep them, they're really warm! They way the stitches were worked was so different and I loved doing it! These socks were very addicting!

 

 

My favorite part in making these was the way the top of the leg was done, I think it's so cute and it was so much fun to do!

 

The slipper socks I made for Mom were a lot of fun too, I made them with Caron Simply Soft which was a lot of fun to work with because it is SO soft and has such a nice look to it! I hope to make another pair soon! After doing a few pairs of slipper socks I'm really wanting to made "regular" socks though! =)

 

 

I also made some cell phone cases for our shop, all of them were a blast! I loved working on them, even though they're all the same type of thing I didn't get bored because each have a different design.

I'm not sure which case I like the best, but I think all of them are kind of cute!

 



 I LOVE the colors of the butterfly, I'm not generally a person who loves bright colors, but I like them if the background is black because it really sets the colors off!

 

I really enjoyed doing the lady bug, the spots were a lot of fun to do!

I've made a few other things along with the ones I wrote about today, but didn't want to write too long of a post, so I'm sticking with this for now! Have a great day!



Socks, Cotton, and More

Hello!
I've been very busy happily crocheting as always, only this time I'm trying to whip things up quicker than usual! We have a craft show coming up in a little more than a week and the entire thing is very last minute for us, thankfully we have a decent amount already made that we can bring to it. One of the things I decided to make are some slipper socks! About a week ago we were A.C Moore, (a local craft store), and they had big boxes filled with yarn, all $2.00 a piece, it was amazing, there was super expensive yarn on sale for $2.00! When we spotted the boxes, we dug through them and got what we wanted, I found the EXACT yarn I needed to make  a pair of slipper socks! Praise the Lord!!!  When we got home that night I started on a pair nearly right away, it was so much fun!

Here are my socks in progress, at this point I had already finished one, and was getting close to done with my second one. =)

I can't wait to make the next pair, they'll be brown.

 

The finished product! I really like these, they are really warm and cozy! I'll be bringing these to the craft show along with, hopefully, another pair. Prayerfully, we'll do well at the craft show!

 

I think I'll eventually make myself a pair!

 

Earlier on in my post I mentioned yarn being on sale for $2.00, one of the kind of yarn that was in the sale box was Lion Brand Organic Cotton! It is SO soft and beautiful! I LOVE it! The Organic Cotton is usually $8.49 PER skein so I got an amazing deal and was so thankful! I was ridiculously excited when I bought this, the cashier probably thought I was a nut. =) 

This was so much fun to wind on my ball winder, it was so easy and looks'
gorgeous after it's neatly wound! =D

 

I bought four different colors, strawberry, espresso, walnut, and berry jam. Using the espresso and berry jam, I crocheted myself a neck warmer, I cannot wait until autumn comes and I can use it! I'm very happy with the way it came out, it is so soft! I love cotton! =D

 

I took this picture when it was about 90 degrees outside, my neck was more than just warm! LOL

 

Lastly, I made a couple of things for my sisters birthday, an owl and a bunny! I really like the bunny, it came out pretty cute, I think I'll make some for our etsy shop!

For part of the owl I used fun fur yarn, it was NOT fun to crochet with, but I really like the way it looks!

 



I really love the bunny's floppy ears, they're pretty cute!

 

I think my favorite part of the bunny might be his little cotton tail, it's adorable! 

His tail is "so fluffy I'm gonna die!" LOL

 

 

 Well, I think that's all for now! I have a lot of crocheting to keep me busy for a while! I have to make more things for the craft show and etsy, plus finish my mom's birthday gift! I love having a lot of crocheting lined up to do because then I always have something I can be working on! =D

 

Have a great day!!! =D 

 

 

 

Flynn!

Hello! I have some very exciting news! I got a free kitten on craigslist yesterday and am super happy! He's eight weeks old and his name is Flynn, he's the cutest little guy ever! I cannot believe how tiny he is!

I had a hard time naming him, but for a while now I've been saying if I ever had a boy kitten I would name it Flynn after Flynn Ryder on Tangled!

So far he has been really good, he is adjusting to his new home really well and I adore him! Everyone in the house is liking him, but how can anyone not like a kitten!?

He's really playful as well, so it was hard getting pictures of him! He's a little bit of a brat, but that's what I love about him! He is also really nosy, which makes him even cuter!

He's a cuddly little guy, he slept right by my head all night long, and woke me up this morning to play with him. He loves to grab at my hair and runs around and plays like a little maniac, it's fun watching him.

 

 

I'm so happy I was finally able to get a kitten, I love having him and am really glad he has adjusted so well.

I hope you're all having a good day!

Owls and a Bee

Hello! I've been busy making many things lately, we've been adding new items, and making lots of things to go onto our shop, which is called Just Girls With Yarn! One thing I've been working on is crocheted owls, for the most part they're a lot of fun to make, and they don't take very long. I'm also making some couch tissue box covers because a friend of my grandma's ordered four, which we were all very excited about! Praise the Lord!

These are the owls, I'm really praying these little guys will sell! Owls seem to be pretty popular right now so we'll see how it goes.

 

 

I also made up a pattern for a bumble bee, it came out pretty cute, my favorite part of him are the antennas!

 

The little guy looks so happy! =)

 

 

 

At first I wasn't going to attempt to put a stinger on it, but my mom and sisters insisted I tried, I was glad they did, it looks much better with a stinger!

 

 

It looks like he's ready to fly away! haha

 

This last picture was really just for fun! I've got my owls and my bee all up in the tree! The lighting today was great for taking pictures of handmade things, it was so much fun!

 

 

 

I, as well as my family, are really praying our Etsy shop will do well as we girls are trying to work from home. It has been a lot of fun this week making things for our Etsy shop, it'll be interesting to see what the Lord does! I hope you're having a great day!

The New House

Hello! We are now officially settled into our new house in Connecticut and really enjoying the property we are living on. There have been deer here nearly ever day, it's been a blast watching them!

This is a picture of the mama with one of her babies, they're the ones that are here most often, they're so beautiful!

A couple of days ago the papa was here along with the mama and two babies, we're pretty sure the mama is the biggest out of all of them but it was still neat to see the buck!

 

 

These babies are just too cute for words! I love watching them, they don't seem to be afraid of us either.

 

As you can see, one of the babies decided to lay down in the grass in our yard, it was laying there for a long time while its family was eating.

 

 

One of the babies kept trying to nurse off the mama and she was getting irritated, it was hilarious!

 

 

We also have a lot of bunnies in our yard, they're everywhere, which will make gardening interesting!

 

 

There's lots of pretty flowers around us as well!

Some pretty butterflies as well, they aren't as easy to get pictures of though! =)

 

 

 

 

This is a picture of the road we're living on, it's very private and quiet, praise the Lord!

We have some wild berries growing around the yard and in the woods as well, they're delicious!

 

Here are some pictures of the property, it really is a pretty place, lots of good gardening spots!

 

 

 

I've been enjoying taking some pictures of the land God has provided for us, and also taking pictures of His beautiful creation! It is amazing to stop and really look around at what God has created!

 

I hope to post again soon, perhaps about all the crocheting I've been doing!

Have a great day!

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Drop Spindle Experimenting

Hello! It's been a busy month! The Lord is leading us back to CT, so we've been packing and going through our things this month and now, it's only a little less than a week before our big move! However, between packing, and going through things, I wanted to start doing a little experimenting with my drop spindle by trying to spin different fibers. I've spun dog hair before, and that was really interesting, so I decided to try to spin some of my own hair! Over the last month or so, whenever I brushed my hair I cleaned my brush, washed the hair I got from it, and put it in a Ziploc bag, I didn't realize just how little hair I actually shed throughout the day! It took me nearly a month to be able to spin enough yarn to make a 2 inch granny square!

 

I had a lot of fun using my own hair to spin yarn, it was really neat to see it all come together, and I was very surprised to find that spinning my own hair is VERY easy! =) After my hair was washed, spun, and crocheted it looked a little darker than it actually is, so I thought that was really interesting!

 

This is the picture of the granny square I was able to make out of the few yards of yarn I was able to spin!

 

 

I'm considering trying to collect more of my hair throughout the year to see just how big I will be able to make my square, it'll be very cheap to make. =) hahaha

 

 

 

 

I really enjoyed experimenting like this and want to try to spin other things in the future! I tried spinning dryer lint, but that didn't work well, and I spun a small amount of poly-fil , but not enough to make anything. I'm pretty sure that for now I'm going to end up taking a break with experimenting and spin up some of the wool that I bought.

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 After we get settled into our new house, I'll have more time and feel more relaxed to work on things! Right now, other than spinning, I'm working on a crocheted tablecloth and a small afghan! I'm hoping that after we're settled I'll be able to get my tablecloth finished! I'm hoping that my next post will have more finished projects, but that's it for now! Have a great day!