Just What Every Little Girl Needs
So I was at Micheal’s last night, and saw some fun yarn on clearance. So I bought some and made my daughter some slippers for her birthday.
Aww, aren’t they cute? But this yarn has a little secret. Turn off the lights and you get this:
Now she will be the envy of all her friends at her next sleepover! Ok, so the picture is not that great…it’s a lot harder than you would think to take a picture of glow-in-the-dark stuff while it’s glowing in the dark…but you get the idea =)
Licensing Available
After several inquiries, I have decided to offer licensing for some of my patterns. What does this mean? As standard copyright applies to patterns, they are for personal use only. This means, no selling the finished product. Purchasing a license gives the purchasee the right to sell products made from a specific pattern. I am offering licensing on food patterns only, available in either a yearly license (good if you are new to selling or don’t want to invest a lot just yet) and a lifetime licence (yep, that would mean good for life!). If you are interested, simply download one of the PDF’s below. The documents detail the licensing agreement as well as gives instructions on how to purchase one. Please note, the cost of the license does not include the pattern itself.
Yearly: $20
Lifetime: $75
Adventures in Sewing
I purchased a purse pattern the other day thinking it might an easy project for Christmas gifts. Of course, I had to test out the pattern first =)
I made it out of material I had at home, the inside is from a pillowcase, and the outside is an undyed fabric. I am pretty happy with how it turned out, although I definitely could use some more practice, it’s not quite as sooth as it should be in some places. I also need to figure out how to read the patterns…I just kind of tossed them aside about halfway through! Oh well…
On a less complicated note, I gave my daughter some of her birthday gifts early as it is getting pretty cold up here in north Idaho.
The Pokeball hat pattern came from here, the fingerless gloves from here, and the scarf from here. She loved her gifts! She was quite the envy of her friends because of the hat, and she even slept in her gloves the first night! I am so glad that she likes getting handmade gifts, I know I certainly didn’t when I was a kid!
My Attempt at Sewing…
A while ago I got the book Warm Fuzzies by Betz White, and I finally made something out of it! The book is full of patterns made from recycled sweaters that are felted and used in place of fabric. Since Christmas is coming up, and we’re going to try to make all of our gifts this year (yikes!) I decided to hit up the thrift stores to see if I could find some good sweaters and make some stuff. So naturally, I started out by making a pair of mittens for me (in all fairness, after I got home I decided that the print on the sweater would not suit for what I bought it for lol…that and I’m really new to sewing and need a bit more “training”)!
I also discovered that felted sweater sleeves make great leg warmers! I used the sleeves from the same sweater as the gloves to make some for myself, but I also had a great sweater that I used to make leg warmers for my niece.
I took some of the ribbing from the waistband of the sweater and attached it to the unfinished end of the sleeve/leg warmer. Hopefully they fit! I’m in the process of making a few other things, and will probably post some pictures when I’m done ! Maybe by then my sewing skills will improve…
As mentioned before, I am making a ton of Christmas gifts, so probably won’t be writing too many new patterns for a while. However, I have tons of ideas floating around in my head =) My mouse pattern has gotten a great response, so be on the lookout for some friends to join him after Christmas!
Crochet Clean Color Change
This doesn’t look very pretty does it?
To make a “clean” color change while crocheting, is actually quite simple, and it will help your projects look even better =)
You start your color change on the stitch prior to the one you need to change. So, say you have to sc 5, switch to purple, then sc 10 more. On the 5th stitch, you would begin your color change.
Start your stitch as you normally would (in this tutorial, I am using single crochet stitches, the same principle could be applied to most other crochet stitches to achieve the same result).
Once you get to the point where you have two loops on your hook, it’s time to switch colors.
Instead of using your first color (pink) to yarn over, use your second color (purple).
Pull through as normal…
…and continue on!
Now doesn’t that look much better =)
At this point you can either cut and tie off the old color yarn (best bet if you are not going to be using the color again) or you can keep it attached until you need to use it again (best if you are going to be changing colors frequently). With the second option, keep in mind that it will add some extra bulk to you project and it may be visible if there are large gaps.
