Month: September 2018

this week’s awesome finds

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Fall is the season for curling up with a good mug of tea wrapped in a wool blanket with wool socks on and crafting :D 

Lovely earring organizers, so handy and they look easy to make. From Oleander & Palm.

 

This reminds me of those candy dots! Sweet hat pattern by All About Ami.

 

I love Luna Lovegood. Tutorial to craft her fab specs at My Poppet.

 

If I have a cat I would make this cat bed. If I were a cat I would love this cat bed. And it’s actually just a garter stitch rectangle, much like knitting a scarf! Best first project. From A Beautiful Mess. 

 

Fall baking! :D Brilliant play food set pattern from Mama Bice Makes.

 

I especially love the version with the boucle yarn! Plush penguin pattern from One Dog Woof.

 

Check out this epic fisherman sweater! And it’s a free pattern! From Hopeful Honey.

 

Magic origami purse. Can make it with lovely bits of sock yarn, and apparently things don’t fall out of it! Will have to give it a try. From Frankie Brown on Ravelry.

 

Happy October! :D

 

 

fab kimono

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A quick kimono style cardigan/shrug I pulled together to wear to my cousin’s wedding this weekend :) Can’t come up with a more poetic name, but thought it looks pretty fab (if I do say so myself), so fab kimono it is :D

I had quite a bit of leftover Red Heart Unforgettable after making a scarf as a gift, so I bought another skein to make this. It’s cropped length because I was going to wear this long black dress and wanted some contrasts in style. But it’s easy to make longer if you’d like.

It’s crocheted from side to side, making both front and back pieces at the same time (so there’s no seaming in the middle!). It is then folded in half with just 2 short sides to seam at the end.

With autumn in the air I think this is a good layering piece for wearing with summer dress, t‑shirt, long sleeve shirt, or even buttoned up collared shirt.

Size: 

Length (shoulder to lower edge) — 17″

Around — 60″

Gauge:

16 st = 4.5″

I used:

3 skeins of Red Heart Unforgettable in Dragonfly

6.5 mm hook

Tapestry needle

Smaller hook to weave in ends with

Pattern:

Left front/back:

Row 1: fdc 126 (see instruction for foundation double crochet or fdc here)

To increase length, add 16 fdc for every 4.5″.

Row 2: ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), dc in next 5 dc, ch 2, sk 2 dc, *dc in next 6 dc, ch 2, sk 2 dc* repeat from * to * to end, dc in last 6 dc. 

Repeat row 2 until piece measures 15″ (approx. 26 rows).

Next row: dc in every dc and 2 dc in every 2 ch sp. 

Split right front:

Next row: ch 3, dc in next 62 dc, fdc 63 and leave the remaining dc from previous row unworked.

Repeat row 2 of left front/back until piece measures 15″ from split. 

Last row: dc in every dc and 2 dc in every 2 ch sp. Fasten off.

Assembly:

Fold piece in half so that the split is perpendicular to the fold line. The fold line will be the shoulders. 

Sew side seam together by attaching yarn at the lower edge, matching stitches on front and back pieces, sew together the next 30 dc. Fasten off. Repeat on the other side seam. Weave in ends.

Wear and be fabulous!