I’m getting ready to work on some more Cuddle Bug Kids designs but instead I procrastinated first I had some personal projects to finish. I made this sweet headband for a friend’s baby as a baptism gift last Sunday. Sweet baby’s Mom has been one of my only “law school wives” friends and has been a huge blessing in my life. She lives near a local coffee place so sometimes I’ll call her on my way out in the evening and we’ll meet to craft together. I wish I had time for a bigger project but I am trying (quite hard I might say) to stay focused!
Lessons learned:
- I really love the look of crocheted flowers with buttons in the middle! This lovely one was from an Etsy seller I love.
- The gauze style headband I attached it to looks really comfortable for little ones.
- Photographing early in the day can give you some crazy shadows on your picture!
My local sewing friends declared January a “sew something for yourself month”. I wasn’t feeling as inspired to sew for myself as to crochet since I realized I have only ever made myself one hat and I lost it within the year! I started a shawl and a scarf and here’s the finished shawl! I used a Patons brand finger weight yarn which had sequins throughout the yarn. I thought it would make a pretty addition for dressing up for a date night sometime. Sorry the photo isn’t better…I had my hubby take them this am as he was rushing out the door to law school!
Lessons learned:
- A not so perfect scarf can still be really pretty!
- Visual patterns are difficult for me as a lefty. Crocheting left to right while reading the visual pattern right to left is really hard. I need to try scanning it and flipping it to see if that works better. If any lefty folks have other suggestions I’d love to hear!
- I’m sure I could learn more about how to block crochet (wetting and stretching lace projects to highlight the stitch pattern)
- Lace projects make good longer term projects since they take hours… and hours… and hours… How do Etsy scarf makers make any money for their time selling scarves for $60?!!!
- It was much easier to crochet the black yarn using my crochet lite crochet hook! The light in the hook really did help me see the stitches better.
Don’t forget to visit my Who is Cuddle Bug Kids post to sign up to win one of my super cute heart pencil toppers!
Sharing my projects with some crafty folks over at Tami’s Ami’s, Natural Suburbia, and Frontier Dreams.
The shawl looks lovely.
Have a great weekend.