Here’s a cute hat for a little boy, in shades of blue and green. Bright and fun! Wish I were better at making pom poms. I can never get them completely round. But then I try to remember that no one besides me is staring at it so hard. This is a hood with a… Read more »
Posts By: Dawn
Cornflower bookmark
Made from Angela’s Cornflower Bookmark pattern for my October 6 x 6 square exchange partner and as practice for thread crochet. Working up to the big thread crochet project! This is the second of these I made but I didn’t take a picture of the last one, plus I starched this one which I think… Read more »
Octopus
This octopus was made from the same Adventures in Toymaking book as the elephant. The most fun part of making it was picking out the fabric. The fleece on the top part has little fishes swimming on it and the cotton on the bottom has spirals like suckers. The worst part of making it was… Read more »
Afghan for Sheila
This is not just an afghan from Afghans by the Alphabet, it’s the cover afghan. So you can compare my result to the professional product. I handed my friend Sheila all my afghan books and told her to pick out what she wanted. She picked this one. I told her she could have different colors,… Read more »
Beaded hat
There are supposed to be 3D clowns on the ears. I made all the pieces and assembled one clown and it was hideous. I don’t assemble things very well but the main trouble was that I didn’t have all the required colors and kept substituting. Like I was using baby yellow and pink instead of… Read more »
Quilled elf ornaments
These were made from The Book Of Paper Quilling which has a nice variety of patterns. I found that I had to use bigger quills to duplicate her work. The elf on the left was made from 2″ quills which is what the book called for but that was making for tedious, cramped work. The… Read more »
Stuffed elephant
I got an old book called Adventures in Toy Making from a library book sale (actually got it for free because I turned in eight boxes of books for their sale). It’s full of patterns for stuffed animals. This elephant is the first one I’ve made. It’s asymetrical, with the legs being different on each… Read more »
Snowman ornament topper
This was my first attempt from Ornament Toppers. It came out OK except the embroidered face is a little crooked. I’m bad with anything freehand. You have to imagine that it’s on top of an ornament because I was mailing this to someone and it was easier to mail without the ornament (which gets glued… Read more »
18″ doll clothes
Making clothes for 18″ dolls isn’t as fussy as making Barbie clothes and the patterns are more like real clothes, so this was an interesting change. On the other hand, you need more fabric. This nightgown was a simple pattern made out of muslim with a lace trim. The entire neckline is elasticized, meaning no… Read more »
Headwear for the Family, patterns 2 through 4
These three hats came from Headwear for the Family. They will go to charity. Where is #1, you ask? It’s all crocheted but there’s a lot of finishing work left to do to make the clown heads and I hate finishing work, so it got pushed aside while I started crocheting the others. This hat… Read more »