Mission Accomplished: Hat

I finally made the second flower, jamming along to Tonight by TobyMac as I made and remade it. I have em' both now, and am sewing them on the hat right... now. :D

The second flower I modified from the 6-petal flower motif (here [with a free account]) on Lion Brand's site, so I will post the pattern at the end...

This is what it looks like:

With the other flower:

On the hat:

All sewn on:

The Pattern:

Using an F hook

Worsted weight acrylic yarn (or any yarn you want, really)

Mine is about 2.5" (6.5 cm) across.

Abbreviations/ Stitches:

ch- chain

dc- double crochet

sc- single crochet

sp- space

Now, The Pattern:

Ch 6, sl st in first ch to form ring

Rnd 1: dc in ring, ch 4, *(2 dc in ring, ch 4) repeat from * 5 times.  -- 6 petals.

Rnd 2: sl st in first dc; *(2 sc, 2 dc, 2 sc) in ch-4 sp, sl st in 2nd dc, repeat from * in ea ch-4 sp. leave a long tail for sewing, if needed, and tie off.

Comment with any problems, suggestions, or comments in general.

Also, earlier today, I was looking at adaiha's blog (adaiha.blogspot.com), and I love what she'd doing! She's making a granny square a day, and they're all so pretty!

This just reminded me of a graphic designer (I enjoy graphic designing) that is doing a MN lake a day: branding10000lakes.com :D

Anyway... I noticed the woven circles trivet tutorial (under her tutorial section) and loved it... but mostly, I'm inspired by her granny square a day! I'd never be able to do one a day, I don't think. ... But I was thinking that I was going to make a granny square afghan after-- or during-- this afghan that I'm making now (the ripples).

M

P.S. On my ripple blanket: I found a group from that blog I liked, Attic24, and I joined it... Attic24 & Little Tin Bird Ripple-Along

(written a long time ago and somehow not posted... hope there wasn't a reason?? here it is....)

New Year, Yarn, and the usual I'm Back

I haven't been on for a ... long time. I'd think I would've made a resolution to blog more.
But it would have failed.
So... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
Not much new crochet. I plan on starting plenty of amigurumi, for all my teachers. But I have to start.
I took out my (giant pink) knitting needles (only ones I know the location of...), and I can remember!! (I learned [before crochet] when I was like 8, but... didn't stick with it.) I finally took the time to actually learn to purl (I like purling...), and I happened to see somewhere how to decrease. And so, I have progressed in my knitting skill level. The yarn I'm using is super super chunky and pink, and just 15 stitches across is around a foot. It's super chunky and I love it!! :D
M

Boredom (jello)

  Along with boredom, comes food, namely...
JELLO!

This is Jello Joel.

He's chillin' in the fridge right now... he'll be back soon.
  To comfort all the children... with his squishy goodness!
 Soon he will be gone, but for a good cause. ... namely my and my sister's boredom... :D

  I wish I had something more exciting to show, like... tie dye jello (sounds...hard), or something (I kinda attempted that once, it just looked red-brown[strawberry-lime]) This time, it's just strawberry-banana-pineapple.
 Should be ready in... a few hours. Sigh.

Waiting and Dreaming,
Mmmm...
M

P.S. OH! Check out my new title! I'm proud of my monkey :) doing the wave ~~