Critter Hat

This is my great nephew Jacob.He is six months old.

I made him a critter hat.  It is the same as the cat hats but with round ears.

I thought it was cute.

And he was the perfect model.

I am making a brown one with blue accents right now.  It will be cuter than the one before.

If you can make a hat, you can make one of these.

I would make a tutorial but it would only leave you confused.  Maybe I can find a friend who speaks crochet and she can interpret.   I will work on it..

Bring on the pumpkin patch!

So one of my best friend's daughter is having her birthday at the local pumpkin patch.  It is soon and I am running out of time to come up with something fabulous.  Another one of my friends who has quite the talent with yarn made these adorable hats.  I was inspired to try my hand at this one.  So with no delays, here is my beautiful daughter modeling my newest hat creation.    The Pumpkin Skulley

Random Crochet Hats

I've made a few more hats.....I call them crochet but can I really crochet?  The truth is no, I don't think I can.  I don't understand the lingo and I can't read a pattern.  What I can do is make circles.  Not even sure how I accomplish that.  But I got it down to an art. :)  I have even gotten tricky with what kind of circles and different yarn and larger hooks.  But make no mistake I still have no idea what exactly I am doing.  I make circles plan and simple.  I hope you like my circles turned hats.  They are fun to make, and I don't keep track of what I'm doing so they are done rather quickly.

 So without further ado I introduce my new hats.
  The mouse cap, the funky skully and the fuzzy beret.

Getting prettier by the day

The weather has been sooooo beautiful lately I can't stop creating things. So I am going blog wild!! hahahha

A few weeks ago I found some round vases for fifty cents a piece. Loved the shape, not so much the color. Felt really dated. So I crocheted around them with some giant hooks and bright green yarn. Much better, at least I think so. Add a little bit of flowers from the garden and bam instant pretty.

Still making my cheap deck pretty.

Hung up the dollar store lanterns in the tree (check out my older posts for tutorial) for more color.

I also have redone another old file cabinet with a different purpose this time. That post will be coming soon. The round orb in the bottom of the picture is light globe I found at the ReStore for a few dollars. It reminds me of a giant bubble. I wish I could find more.

Well have a great day and happy creating.

I almost forgot the cat hats!!!

Wow, I can't believe I forgot the cat hats! So I was playing with crochet (because I really don't know what I am doing) and was making a purple and black striped hat when it occurred to me how much it look Cheshire catish. So I faked some ears and put them on and voila'. My daughter loved it so much I offered to make one for each of her friends. She picked out the colors and I made several more. So they really love them and they are the only ones I know exists. I do wish I could tell you how to make them but I do not know crochet lingo. I just go around in a circle until I end up with a hat. Hahahahaha yeah I know it sounds pretty pathetic but that's how I roll. :)

a moment of AHA!

Years ago when Mc Donalds changed their milk containers from cardboard to small plastic bottles, I took them home. I just knew they would become something one day. What I was not sure but they were too cute to be thrown away. I had a compulsion to bring them home still not knowing what they were going to be. I had to finally stop myself because I still had not thought of something nor found anything being done with them on the web. It was only a matter of time before it occurred to someone. Why not me?

So the a few weeks ago I came across and article about vase cozies. I thought "I can fake that" so with croquet needle in hand I attempted to make one and was surprised to find I had succeeded. As I was looking for another vase I had stumbled upon my stash of McD's milk bottles and I figured what the hey. I didn't know what I was doing anyway might as well try this. I was thrilled to find they came out adorable!!!! I love them and will be surprising people with little bouquets of flowers in them hanging on their door.

It had occurred to me and I think I'm the first to think of how to reuse those adorable little plastic Mc Donald's milk bottles. Just think it only took me 4 years. I would love to give a tutorial but am not sure how I did what I did. I started with a circle and then worked my way up the bottle. Then topped it off with a handle.