Crochet Cozies 2

I made coffee cozies to send to me mom and brother. The red and black one is supposed to be the star trek symbol. I'm not sure if it is recognizable...I'm not a star trek fan myself. Let me know what you think!

Find the pattern for these cozies in my previous post, "Coffee Cozies."

     

Basket Weave Baby Blanket WIP

  One of my good friends from college recently found out she is pregnant so I decided to crochet a blanket for the baby. I found this free pattern for a basket weave blanket at craft passion. I started working on it this weekend and am just hoping that I can finish it before the baby shower in the beginning of May.

Coffee Cozies

I'm back. It has been a while since I have  posted anything but I would like to change that and get this blog rolling again! I actually did not gift any crocheted items this Christmas which was a change for me, however I did make candles for a few people on my list...I will share pictures of those later.

I went to visit my family this year in southern California which was a nice break from our New England winter. I received a couple of requests from family for coffee cozies. I found this really cute pattern that is quick (took me about an hour to complete one) and easy. Now that I have the hang of these, I'm just going to work on making some personalized ones for my family members.

 

 

 

Spring Shrug

I just completed this spring shrug...pattern can be found at Crochet in Color. It was so easy to make! This pattern used the v-stitch, but you could make a similar shrug using any stitch of your choosing. All you have to do is crochet a long rectangle and then fold it length-wise and sew arm holes on both ends. I love this one so much, that I will probably make several more in different colors. I think I will play around with different stitches as well! Here are some pictures...

Afghan

Finished this afghan a couple of weeks ago. It was a gift for my mom's 60th birthday! It was my first granny square as well as my first blanket.  I'm pretty happy with how it came out and hope my mom likes it.

Little Box

 So, today I really wanted to start crocheting these fingerless gloves that I have been eyeing for a while. I absolutely love them!

(The pattern is in the Feb/March issue of Crochet Today)

 

 However, when I got home from work it was soooo freezing out and I could not force myself out of the house to get the yarn I want. Maybe that will be a project for this weekend if I have the time.

 

Here is a little something I made the other night. I was bored last night and wanted to crochet something simple that I could finish right then. I came across a pattern for these cute little boxes. I now need to stiffen the box but am not sure how to go about this. I'm thinking of using glue and water or sugar and water. It should be interesting, I have yet to try stiffening any crochet pieces or blocking anything. I will update you on how it turns out.

 

This pattern was created by Sarah Margaret Crittenden and is under a creative commons license.

(Here is the pattern) 

Jumping Into Scarves

So, like most beginner crocheters I started with the scarf. All of my projects so far I have made as gifts for people because I find myself much more motivated and into the project when I am intending to give it to someone. Unfortunately, I didn't get pictures of many of my scarves before giving them away and the pictures that I did get are not the best. I want to start getting photos of all my projects from now on because it is nice to be able to look back on what I have done and to see how I have improved over time. For now I am going to post the pictures that I do have of some of the scarves I made over the past year.