Crochet Star

Hey, it's actually me again. I know, I know, I'm not around much these days. I've been working hard outside the home. Ah, well. I'm here now.

So, I follow the Crochet Geek on facebook and youtube. She occasionally posts these "what did you make with this pattern" things on facebook, and after trying out her crochet star- sirius pattern and thoroughly confusing myself because I was sleepy when I watched the video for the first time, I made a few pretty little barrettes.

Like so:

And one of me being super awesome wearing the mint barrette:

I basically followed Crochet Geek's pattern, but only used rows 1&2 to make the barrettes. Also, in row two, it calls for 3hdc ch 2. Instead of the ch 2, I did a picot, which is ch 2 then sl st to the first ch. That's how I got the pretty little points on the ends. 

The pattern I used/modified is as follows:

R1 = ch 3, sl st to beg ch. [2hdc, ch 2] five times to get the star pattern, sl st to first st 

R2 = sl st to first ch 2 space [3hdc, ch 2, sl st to 1st ch, 3hdc, single crochet decrease over next 2 sts] around. Sl st to first st. Fasten off, weave in.

You have the option at this point to do a little modifying if your star looks, for lack of a better word, flat. On the black star above, I used the tail of the yarn after I fastened off to then go up through the star to "tuck in" the narrow parts a bit more than they already were before I tied off and cut off the excess.

Let me know if you make this, and of course, pictures are welcome.

Life

Life has gotten very hectic for me. I'm still trying to do some crochet, but haven't had a chance to lately. I have gotten out and done some photography and some light editing of said pictures, but I haven't had the time to sit and, well, hook. **giggle**

But here are some of my recent photos. You can see more on my Flickr.

    

Droid Hat

I got a request from a friend to make a Star Wars Droid hat. So I found a pattern on Ravelry and got to it. It was fairly easy, but time consuming. I wanted it to be just perfect to I paid close attention to the lines and even checked some screen shots to make sure the different elements looked right (like the lense, all the little dots and vents and what not).

I am quite pleased with the end results. This is the pattern I used (Droid Beanies). I added the ear flaps, blue border, ropes and tassels per my customer's order.

Next up, for another nerd friend, a Link (from legend of Zelda) slouchy hat.

Stay Tuned

Shamrocks and clovers

A friend tagged me in a post on Facebook linking to this pattern: 4 Leaf Clover.

I decided to use it to make a couple shamrock bobby pins. Love the pattern and it was super simple and super fast. I ended up even putting a button in the middle of mine cuz I thought it would be cute.

Light green with a white button ---->

 <----Dark green with a green button.

Crappy cell pics. . . 

But yeah, it was super fun. I used some of my crochet thread and a G hook.

Picot Flower Bobby Pins

I completed my order for picot flower bobby pins yesterday. The little flowers take me about 12 minutes to do if I pace myself, are super easy, and fun to do. 

I use this pattern: Picot Flower 

You may notice that one of these things is not like the other ones... I did one wagon wheel posy as well. The pattern is in a book I have from a kit "I taught myself Crochet". Pretty sure copyright laws prevent me from reproducing that one without permission. It's essentially 8dc with a ch2 between each one for the spokes, then you make your petals out of the second color, then the pointy ones behind those are kinda like the picot petals of the other flowers without the picot.

In any case, I hope my customer is happy with them. She told me she wanted bright colors, and she liked pink with green.

well that escalated quickly...

Another co-worker who saw the Yoda hat ordered one from me. It's all finished and looks just like the first except the hat part is a bit bigger, since it was made for a one year old, not a newborn.

I've also picked up a bunch of brightly colored crochet thread to work up some picot flower bobby pins for another customer. I gifted her one, and she loved it so much that she's ordered five more. Her only stipulation is that she wants them brightly colored. The one I gave her is a white flower with green leaves.

I'll be sure to take pictures of the final products!

Be well,

Yoda Hat

Finally finished the Yoda hat! I must say I am quite pleased with the outcome.

This is the pattern I used for the ears, more or less. (Tangled Threads and Random Thoughts: Crocheted Yoda Hat/Cap) The only change I made was that on the decrease rows I was using single crochet, but on the normal rows, I used half double crochet. I found that it gave the ear a more pleasing length.

I know that the pattern for the hat itself was found online, but for the life of me, I can't find it now. So I'm going to reproduce it here, but please, if you know the author of this pattern, let me know who it is so I can give credit where credit is due.

I have it marked in my notebook as "Infant Hat"

R1) ch 4. join as a ring. 11dc into ring. slst tog

R2) slst btwn next two sts. ch3 dc into same spot. 2dc ea space betwn sts around. (24sts) slst to top of ch3

R3) slst btwn next 2sts. ch3 dc in same spot. (1dc, 2dc) around btwn ea st. slst to top of ch 3

R4-R12) slst btwn next two sts. ch3. dc btwn ea st around. join with slst to top of ch 3

R13) rev sc around btwn ea st. fasten off and weave in end.

I can't wait to show my customer! I'm sure she'll be super geeked to finally try this on her new baby girl.

*update*

My customer la-la-loved the hat! I'm so pleased. She's already taken pics of it and posted to facebook. I can't wait for her to have her baby so I can see it worn.