Granny Go Round Jumper

Fresh off my recent knitting success, I decided to give a crochet sweater pattern I'd been eyeing a go! 

Crocheted Snowflakes

While Springfield and the whole U.S. East Coast was blanketed in (or battered by) snow over Halloween, I was sweating it up in Jakarta and Bali, nostalgically crocheting sparkly snowflakes.  

Loosely following this free pattern from Red Heart yarn, I used yarn I bought at the local craft shop, Sidar Snuggly Pearls (a thin white yarn laced with silvery threads).  I changed up the pattern in a couple ways:  I didn't connect the snowflakes into a garland, but kept them separate.  Also, the yarn I used was thinner than they yarn called for, so it stretched out the snowflakes a bit, as did the fact that I double crocheted instead of single crocheting.  I think it made them lacier and pretty.

Sweater Making Machine

I am a machine.  A baby sweater making machine.  

Observe:

Wind me up and watch me go.

Sister sweater to Baby Izzy's cardigan...

Crocheted Baby Cardigan, Part Dua

Collared crochet baby sweater, take dua (that's "two" in Bahasa Indonesia... one example of several words that are pretty easy to remember):

I had big plans to finish this sweater before I left the U.S. so Baby Andrew could wear it right away, but it got so crazy at the end that I didn't have a chance to finish it up.  I made quick work of it once I had a little bit more time on my hands.

I think it's pretty cute, although it does have somewhat of a Bert and Ernie feel to it due to the color scheme.  Eh, Andrew, tell your mom to pair it with some jeans and a white onesie and you'll be stylin'.

Now it's just a question of figuring out the best way to get stuff back to the U.S.!!

Baby Kimono Sweater for Zoe

I made this adorable kimono sweater for Zoe on a DC to New England road trip this weekend... 95 North has never experienced such speed crocheting.

This pattern is awesome- crocheted top down in one piece, so there are no awkward seams. The edging is super cute, and you can do ties or buttons for fasteners.

I can't wait to make it in more colors... I like this Violet Veil yarn from Lily, but I think a solid color with contrasting edge would be even cuter. Long sleeves could work, too.

I love this pattern so much, I can't wait to try this other cute sweater from the designer!

Crochet Spring Scarf

This scarf crocheted up really quickly and was super easy.  I like the hole-y look you get by skipping every other stitch. 

I really love the color of the yarn, too, and the fact that it's organic cotton.  My only complaint is that I don't love the lumpy texture of the yarn.  In the past I felt like lumpy yarn was helpful to cover up any mistakes I made, but now I don't really care for it... no stitch definition.  Apparently my crochet tastes have matured ;-)

Ruffly Crocheted Scarf

Sorry for the break in postings... just recently got back from a trip to sunny Florida where we lounged on the beach for a week. While on the beach, my constant crocheting of this ruffly scarf helped me to fit in with the aging crowd that hangs out down there. And the scarf got finished just in time for Mother's Day, although I'd put money on the fact that it won't be worn until at least October. Time for some cotton knitting projects!

For the scarf I used Lion Brand Yarn's "Homespun" in lagoon. This yarn is kinda "rustic" in texture (lumpy), which works out for me because it covers flaws pretty well. I followed one of their free patterns, which worked out quite well. I made only one change to the pattern, which was to add a 5th row of stitching- one single crochet in each of the double crochets in the previous row- both because I wanted to widen the piece a little bit and because I had extra yarn leftover.