I’ve always wanted to take part in a crochet or knit along and this past weekend when I spotted one from Mikey with Red Heart, I couldn’t pass it up. Every Tuesday for the month of April they’ll be releasing a section of the pattern to crochet. So you won’t know what it’ll be until the final week of April. …
WIP Wednesdays
It’s been a while since I’ve had an update on my current projects and in all honesty there aren’t that many. There are many projects I want to knit and crochet but when I’m crocheting I feel like I should be knitting and when I’m knitting I want to be crocheting. This leads to progress being very slow. But there …
Crocheted Border
Now that I can finally crochet, I’ve been wanting to add edges to my knit items. A nice scalloped edge to my baby blankets to begin and then when I learn new techniques I can add more intricate borders. But before I can add any borders, I need to see what it would look like on a smaller scale. Because …
Crocheted Granny Squares
I love granny squares. I’m completely obsessed right now. I have a handful of knitting projects on the go and yet all I want to do is crochet granny squares. Squares that have no particular purpose or no project which they are meant for. I just want to have a stack of granny squares. Let me explain. Last week I …
Day 14: 14 Days of Valentine’s Crafts
You will need: Yarn 2 DPNs (the size that corresponds with the yarn chosen) Tapestry Needle Scissors A tiny bit of Fiberfill Instructions: Cast on 2 sts. (Make 2 of these) 1: KF&B twice (4 sts) 2: Purl 3: K1, KF&B, KF&B, K1 (6 sts) 4: Purl 5: K1, KF&B, K2, KF&B, K1 (8 sts) 6: Purl 7: K1, KF&B, …
Day 13: 14 Days of Valentine’s Crafts
You will need: Yarn (choose any colour that you want your rose and stem to be – the rose is colour A and the stem is colour B) Two DPNs (the size that corresponds with the yarn selected) Scissors Darning Needle Finished Size: Approximately 3.75″ (9.5 cm) long x 1.25″ (3cm) wide Instructions: With colour A (for the rose) cast …
Day 12: 14 Days of Valentine’s Crafts
You will need: Cupcakes (I made vanilla ones and bake them in cute Valentine’s Day cups) Icing (I chose pink but red or white would work too) Lollipop Sticks Red hearts (cut out of card stock) Cupcake gift boxes (I found these ones at the dollar store) Cellophane bags (big enough to fit the box) Red twist ties Instructions: 1. …
Day 11: 14 Days of Valentine’s Crafts
You will need: 3 Rolo packs Scissors Small amount of tin foil Red scrapbook paper Double sided tape Instructions: 1. Cut scrapbook paper so that you can roll it around one Rolo pack. 2. Place double sided tape on one edge of the paper. Starting at the other end roll the paper around the Rolo pack and secure with the …
Day 10: 14 Days of Valentine’s Crafts
You will need: Glue gun and glue sticks Sharpie (or black marker) Mod Podge Paint Brush 3 Small wood hearts 1 Large wood heart Glitter scrapbook paper Red scrapbook paper Pencil Instructions: 1. Trace the small hearts on the red scrapbook paper and the large heart on the back of the glitter paper. 2. Cut each heart out of the …
Day 9: 14 Days of Valentine’s Crafts
You will need: Toilet Paper Rolls (as many as the number of colours you will be using) Paint (red and different shades of pink) Plates (to mix paint to achieve desired colour) 3 Canvases Ribbon (not shown) Glue gun and glue (not shown) Instructions: 1. Mix paints to achieve your desired colours. 2. Shape toilet paper rolls into hearts by …