Posts Categorized: clothes

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 »

Filet crochet shawl

My mother sent me the link to this shawl from Woman’s Day Magazine. Since she’s never asked me to make her anything before, I hopped right on it. The first challenge was finding the materials. No one sells J. & P. Coats LusterSheen locally, but I was finding something from Red Heart also called LusterSheen… Read more »

Basketball booties

I made these from Booties by the Dozen for my soon-to-be nephew Logan. His soon-to-be father is a huge sports fan, so I think they’ll be a hit. I really hate working with thread though, especially black thread. It’s so hard to see the holes or to count stitches and it really strains my eyes…. Read more »

Last of the Special Stitches Scarves

These are the last four patterns from the Special Stitches Scarves booklet, which I had a lot of fun with. Here are links to the others: Special Stitches Scarves, patterns 1 – 4 Special Stitches Scarves 5 & 7 In general the patterns were interesting and varied and worked up nicely. They tended to be… Read more »

Special Stitches Scarves 5 & 7

Two more scarves from the Special Stitches pattern book. The top one came out especially nice. I had to modify the border for the bottom one because I was running out of yarn and it made me realize I don’t think I’ve done a single one of these exactly the way the book said. Usually… Read more »

Special Stitches Scarves, patterns 1 – 4

These scarves were made with the first four patterns in the booklet Special Stitches Scarves (not necessarily in that order). I’m especially fond of the bottom one. It’s a very pretty pattern and I love the yarn which is left over from an afghan I made for my boyfriend. Here’s a close-up of the top… Read more »

Christening gown

These are photos from my nephew Noah’s christening. I made the gown and hat. There was also a long sleeved coat but I don’t seem to have a picture of it. It was made from Simplicity #7488.