Craft #16 - Crochet Scrap Bag

Wouldn't it be nice to have a tiny trash bag with you at all times to collect your scraps?  I think it would. :)


Crochet Scrap Bag
This pattern has been posted by Krafty-Lyn.  Please only use it for gifts, donation, or personal use. Thank-you.


Materials
Small ball of yarn
Appropriate crochet hook for the selected ball of yarn
Button- instructions written for small button.  Adjusted sizes in parenthesis for  (medium, large) sized buttons.  Use your own judgment.
Needle & thread


Instructions
With slip knot on the hook, ch 2 more.
Attach to first ch with a ss to form a ring. ch 1
Round 1: 6 sc in ring.
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around the ring (12 total)
Round 3: 2 sc in each sc around the ring (24)
Following rounds: Decreasing 1st every 3 rows sc around until bag is about 2.5 inches long or you're down to 16 stitches in a round.  I crocheted in the back loops only for a few rows, then in the front loops only through this part of the pattern.


Finishing rounds:
Round 1: In back loops only, sc around.
Round 2: In both loops,  sc half-way around.  Ch 2 (3,4).  Skip 1 (2,3) stitches.  Sc the rest of the way around
Round 3: sc to ch space.  1 (2,3) sc in the space, then continue around.  
Round 4: Reverse sc around. SS to beginning of round. Finish off.  


Attach button to the inside of the bag opposite of the buttonhole space using the needle and thread.


I'll share my pic when it's done of course. :)

Craft #15- Granny Square Micro-Preemie Pocket

For a really tiny micro-preemie, wrapping them in a blanket is quite difficult.  One idea is to make a granny square pocket.  Make a granny square and a half granny square.  Attach the half granny to the granny.  Take the two opposite double layer corners, fold them to the middle, and tie them together with a bow.  You now have a micro-preemie pocket to donate to your local hospital. :)

(Note: I will be making mine with one variegated yarn, not multiple colors.  I'll post my own picture when I'm done!)

Basic Granny 1 - instructions
Half Granny -instructions
(Note: the shell stitch is the 3dc in the granny square pattern)

Craft #14- Bible Bag

I have taken this project out so many times I'm not sure I'll ever finish.  I don't even know if it will be knit, crochet, or felted.  However, I can tell you that it will be a snug fit for my 6.5" x 9.5" x 2.5" Bible.  It will have a pocket on the front that will be almost the size of the bag for papers, pen, maybe a small notebook, etc.  It will also have a handle.  Is that descriptive enough? :)

Craft #13 - Felted Crochet Yarn Caddy --Completed!

This was a gift for my sister, so I couldn't post it until I gave it to her.  I used a beach tote bag pattern that I found on CrochetPatternCentral.com, and made a few alterations to make it work for my idea.  First of all, I used Paton's Classic Wool with a size H-USA crochet hook.  I also started with 12 dc in the ring instead of 8, and followed the the rest of the pattern.  That way when I felted the bag, it would be the right size.  In Round 9, I did a popcorn stitch every 4 dc.

Double Crochet Popcorn Stitch

YO, pull up a loop.  Repeat 3 more times so you have 9 loops total on your crochet hook.  YO and pull through all the loops..

I continued to throw in a few popcorn rows throughout the pattern to give it texture.

How did I felt the bag?  After finishing the bag and adding the wide strap, I put the bag in a wash load of towels.  I ran the Hot wash/Cold rinse cycle & extra detergent.  I checked the felting job every 5mins to make sure I wasn't overdoing or underdoing it.  By the time I took the bag out, the wash cycle was almost done anyway.  I then put the bag back in for the rinse cycle.  I dried the bag for 15-20mins on hot with the towels.  It did shrink a bit more in the dryer.  I am very pleased with the results.  The pictures aren't the greatest- I'm working on getting a better camera (probably a higher quality camera phone... like a Samsung Epic or HTC Evo Shift).  I forgot to snap a picture of the bag before I felted it, but here are a couple pics of the post-felting job.

Craft #12- Crochet Stuffed Horse

I was gifted a copy-paper box full of someone's left-over yarn last week (yippee!).  Some of it is baby yarn, but there is a decent amount of worsted weight Red Heart yarn.  I've been playing with the idea of crocheting something 3D, so I figured this was a good opportunity.  I did not make my own pattern though.  I can't draw a horse, so I probably couldn't design a 3D horse in yarn. :)  I found the following pattern, titled Balloon Animal Horse on CrochetPatternCentral.com (my favorite pattern directory).


I haven't finished mine yet.  It will be a white horse, and I will of course post my own picture when it's done.

Balloon Animals

Catch-up day!

It's just one of those days... The kind of day when you realize how many unfinished projects are sitting around.  I lose every creative thought in my brain when the projects begin to pile up too much.  So, tonight my goal is to finish Craft #3.  I will need the knitting needles for the Ear Flapped Hat I haven't start yet. :)

Craft #11 - Roving Ear Flapped Hat

I have been in search of an easy knit ear flap hat that for which I can use my Bernat Roving yarn.  I think I finally found one I might be able to follow! :)  Maybe someday I'll be able to make my own knit patterns.... maybe, lol.
Anyway, I am using this pattern from Jananas.com.  Crossing my fingers that it will turn out! :)