tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46646347319294682932024-03-19T05:10:12.794-05:00Elecia's Creative IFree crochet patterns, free knit patterns, free craft ideas, free crochet rag rug patterns, and quirky stories about lifeeleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-14624326107019087822024-02-08T16:52:00.002-06:002024-02-08T16:52:20.388-06:00<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">10 years...10 years since I last wrote a blog post.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So much has changed in life. I'm no longer a homeschool mom, I'm no longer a Girl Scout Leader, I'm no longer a foster parent. After spending 5 years as a library director, I am no longer working.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What am I doing?</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Well, that's what I'm trying to figure out. 2023 was a strange year for my family. Life is a whirlwind sometimes and you never know when you might get the rug pulled out from under you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What I </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">do</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> know, is that I will never stop creating fun artistic crafts, I will always love making things for my friends and family, and I promise I will work harder to share my creations!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Just to get everyone up to date:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I have 6 children now. 5 girls and one boy ranging in ages from 28 to 8, one Son-in-law and a brand new Granddaughter. My husband and I have been married for almost 20 years and I still find him amazing. 💘</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My current interests. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">*crochet</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">*knit</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">*Reading</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">*macrame</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">*painting</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">*paper crafting</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">*silk flower arrangements</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">*thrift shopping</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">*cat snuggling</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">*Golden Girl watching</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">*wine and coffee drinking</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtA63FZfbELdhOV5T8h3BFpWm562SZEag9vXRieiGM9-1tFJo_Ebd-uA5dkyF7ZENq7b_DWwLyYGs3DYhN9tdknWS2o3cEiMDy2wSd7j3A2tru1pkw8n474mPfYuf5DeMN64Jm2lks1Cjm3Klq6uhDJnOrcLiGMW4yZmEy37R9cqAFcHhHEZ_ff-Laiw/s4032/20230826_155547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I have been knitting for over 5 years now and I have tried knitting socks several times. Every time I have had so much trouble and eventually I have given up. I think I was originally trying a toe up pattern. This time I tried this top down pattern: <a href="http://blog.fuzzymitten.com/2009/01/baby-mitten-socks.html" target="_blank">http://blog.fuzzymitten.com/2009/01/baby-mitten-socks.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was so easy and I finished both socks in a couple days (I could have done them much faster, but was crazy busy with chairing a Girl Scout event).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lucky recepient of these adorable little socks will be my brand new niece. I started knitting them the day before she was born (my sister did not want to know the gender before the birth). BOY am I glad she was a little GIRL.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I use the term, LITTLE, quite loosely since she was actually 9 lbs. 6 oz. Good thing I used a very stretchy sock yarn. I used Patons stretch socks in the color "sugar". I can't wait to go visit the little princess and see if they fit.</span><br />
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<br />eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-66679688106287940312014-02-04T11:32:00.004-06:002014-02-05T17:11:08.589-06:00How I decorated a baby Pirate Room for under $40My husband and I have recently gone through the process to become foster parents. Long story short, we would love to adopt a son (we have 4 girls) and at this point in time, foster to adopt seems like the best option for us. It has been a long emotional battle so far and we are only just beginning. <br />
So, I decided to fix up our daughter's old bedroom for a boy. One of our girls, (Zayda) has always had a DEEP love for mermaids, so I painted a mermaid on her wall a few years ago. When it came time to redecorate the room, neither Zayda nor I wanted to paint over the mermaid (even though she wasn't ever that great, she's always been kind of a manly mermaid).<br />
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After much thought and a lot of Googleing for ideas, I decided to go with a pirate theme. I figured this way, we could keep the mermaid. (mermaids go along with pirates, right???)<br />
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The ceiling needed some work. Before we purchased our house and put a new roof on it, there had been some water damage on the ceiling due to the old leaky roof. The plaster had a few cracks and there were spots. Rather than fix this problem (like normal people), I decided to paint the ceiling like a treasure map and let the spots and cracks look like they were intentional. I used mostly folk art and apple barrel craft paint that I already had. You can find this stuff at your local walmart or craft store, it's less than $1 per bottle, I love this stuff!!<br />
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For the treasure chest on the ceiling/treasure map, I hot glued sparkly jewels and Mardi gras beads. I also included a coin that my husband brought back with him from a mission trip to Guatemala.<br />
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The coin is a bit symbolic for us since we made the final decision to go forth with attempting to adopt after my husband's trip (He had his heart broken by an orphan he fell in love with and wished he could bring her home).<br />
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Next, I painted water with waves around 3/4 of the room up to the mermaid on her rock that was already on the wall. This didn't cost me anything because I already had 1/2 gallon of left over blue paint my sister had given me from a room she had painted for her kids. I try and use as much left overs as possible. If you are working on a project and only need a little bit of paint, ask your friends and family. Everyone usually has left over paint after a remodel or redecorating since they always buy a little more than they need so they don't run out. I have become really good at mixing left over paint colors to achieve the shade I need. (note: make sure you aren't mixing oil based paint and water based paint together)<br />
I also got some left over paint from my awesome Step-Mother. It happen to be almost the exact same shade that was already on the walls (what a huge blessing). This was awesome, because I needed to do some touch ups. When the bedroom was for the girls, not only had I painted the mermaid, but also I painted their names in giant colorful bubble letters. (Thank goodness the painted covered really well)<br />
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I knew I wanted to paint an actual pirate somewhere in the room, but I wasn't very confident in my own skills to just slap one up (after all I am the one who painted the mermaid drag queen). So, I Googled free printable pirate coloring pictures. I found this guy <a href="http://www.grandparents.com/grandkids/coloring-pages/mr-pirate" target="_blank">http://www.grandparents.com/grandkids/coloring-pages/mr-pirate</a> and decided to project him onto the wall and then paint him.<br />
If you happen to have transparencies, you can print directly onto them and you are ready to go. I didn't have any (and you know me, I'm too cheap to buy any). I printed on regular paper and then traced the image onto a clear page protector with a sharpie. Bam, I was ready to project my pirate. I think he turned out pretty cute.<br />
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The last wall of the bedroom, I decided to paint with large red and white stripes. This sounded very pirate-like to me (maybe I'm crazy). This is where most of my money came in since I had to actually go and purchase this paint. I had enough painters tape to make three lines on the wall before I ran out. Pooh! I was too anxious to finish so I had to improvise. I tied some blocks to the end of a long piece of yarn and made my own plum bob. I have no idea if that is the actual word for such a contraption. I would tell you all about how this great idea worked, but it would take awhile ( I will save that for another post). Also on this wall, and all the way around the room, there is a skinny decorative trim. This trim is around most of the walls in our house and when we moved in was painted the same color as the walls. I chose to paint the trim in this room black. I think with a contrasting color that high up, it helps to make the room look bigger, because it draws your eyes upward to the ceiling.<br />
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After all that painting, my arm muscles were not very happy with me, So my Mom came over and finished the last corner. She is such a happy painter. I think if her hair were a little bit puffier, people would mistake her for Bob Ross. She does an awesome job! <br />
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Since the walls were all finished, I needed to tackle the window coverings. The room originally had pull down shades. I am not usually a fan of pull down shades, but since this is a baby's room, I went with it. I knew mini blinds are not baby friendly and I needed something to block the sun from streaming into the baby's face while it was sleeping during the day (because we all know babies don't actually sleep at night). My only problem with one blind was that it had a hole in it. Sooo, instead of buying a new one, I fixed it with a little duct tape.<br />
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For the tops of the windows, I cut triangles from some old double knit material from what I still have left of my Grandmother's stash. I used some white cotton yarn and sewed them together and wrapped them around the existing hooks from previous curtains.<br />
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When Zayda was a baby we purchased a rocking/glider and footstool. They were a pale green color, which seemed like a good idea at the time of purchase. A couple toddlers with chocolate cookies later and the chair looked like trash. I tried washing and scrubbing, but it was to far gone. I kept it forever thinking that I would have it recovered. I had some black material left over (again from one of my Grandmothers). I made simple slip covers by laying the pieces down, cutting around them , leaving a little extra for seam allowances.<br />
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Since I am a hoarder and nostalgic for strange things, I kept this (and several more) really ugly pillow that my grandmother had made for her couch (probably some time in the 70's).<br />
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I felt like the plain black chair needed a little color, but heart pillows in a boy's room seemed a little cheesy. Heart pillows in ANY room seem a little cheesy. So I recovered it with a skull and cross bones. I'm not usually the skeleton type, but a pirate bedroom kind of calls for it. I used a free printed coloring page again and iron on wonderunder. If don't know about the greatness of Wonderunder, you should google it, it is one seriously awesome invention.<br />
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I also recovered a triangle pillow with the same material that I used to make the window covers.<br />
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The last little pirate part of the room was the baby mobile. I purchased a mobile from a second hand store for $2. It was cute, but didn't match the theme. I took it apart and made my own pirate pieces instead. <br />
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I just cut pieces of felt and sewed them together with some beads and sequins. I completely fell in love with felt work after this project. There will be more felt work projects in my future for sure!<br />
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I guess we are all ready for a baby now. As ready as we will ever be. We are very anxiously awaiting the call from a social working saying that she has a baby who needs us just as much as we need him. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My best friend requested that I crochet her a lavender basket for her daughter's Barbie stuff. If Barbie lives in your home, then you understand what a load of crap she has. I came up with this (which, by the way, can be used for anything, not just Barbie). I am considering making myself one to control the various craft projects that end up in the floor beside my bed.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started by having my husband cut me a board into a circle with holes drilled around it. He used a 1 inch wood of some type(I have no idea what it was). It was a little funny looking (He makes a much better nurse, than he does a carpenter).</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I painted the bottom white and the top purple with cheap apple barrel craft paints. (I love that stuff.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I added a row of fluffy purple yarn to the top row with just a single crochet around.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This made for a very heavy sturdy basket. Next time I think I will try and use a heavy cardboard base, or perhaps a thinner wood. </span></span><br />
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<br />eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-31317495026028654392013-12-05T14:03:00.004-06:002013-12-05T14:08:04.639-06:00Knitting a Camel to save my soulWill learning to knit a camel save your eternal soul? No...no it will not, but don't let that stop you.<br />
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I was raised Methodist. I grew up right next door to the church, and my Mother was very involved in the goings on of the daily church activities, especially the youth. For whatever reason, I was never baptized. (I questioned my Mother about this one day and she says, "You weren't??? oh, no I guess you weren't, that was your sister that was baptized there, wasn't it? Not sure how this slipped her mind??) Once I grew up and moved out of the house, I stopped going to church. There wasn't really a reason, I was just to lazy to get up and go. Over the years, various things happened and my Mother started attending a new church a few blocks away. She loved her church and invited me to come (more than once!). I ,of course, did not go. I grew up, got married and had beautiful baby girls. When my daughter was about 5 years old, she was playing with my Mother's nativity scene (she has about 40 sets). She didn't know who any of the people were......This hit me hard. I loved the good Christian upbringing that I had been given and I knew I wanted to pass that on to my girls.<br />
That was several years ago....<br />
If I should die today, I know where I am going.<br />
A few years ago, I decided it was time. I accepted that I was a sinner and that Jesus Christ died to save me from those sins and I was baptized. (It really is that simple) Not long after that, My husband and my Step-daughter were both baptized on the same day. This past year, I got to watch as my husband baptized our now 8 year old daughter.<br />
Just this week, my girls helped my mother get out and arrange her gazillion sets of the nativity. I am quite confident that my girls now know, not only who these people are, but why we are celebrating Christmas.<br />
The Christmas after I joined the Church, I decided to knit my Mother a nativity. I managed to finish a Virgin Mary that year. The next year I made a baby Jesus, and last year a Joseph.<br />
Today, I am in the process of knitting a camel. Knitting a camel won't save my soul. It has already been saved. But every time I set out to knit a part of my Mother's nativity, it reminds me of Jesus... of how my family was lost, but now we are found.... of why we celebrate this time of year... of how much stuff I will one day have to clean out of my mother's house.<br />
I may never be finished with the knitted nativity set, just because I love the feeling I get when I design a new piece.<br />
I should have the pattern for this little guy finished this week....or at least before Christmas. I will post it as soon as I am finished. So maybe someone else out there can knit a nativity and consider what Jesus has done for them.eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-61829162157640778652013-11-18T15:15:00.003-06:002013-11-18T15:16:14.795-06:00Finally...Mostly....Good enough for now!<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We have finally moved our girls upstairs to their new bedroom. Hurray! I have been waiting for this day for quite some time (with slight misgivings at having my little ones on a separate floor)</span></span>. <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I first had the idea for their new bedroom, I sketched it out like I was a professional woodworker/architect. I am neither, but boy do I think I am cool, now that what I sketched has actually come to life!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here was my sketch, (please don't laugh)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here was the bedroom before</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had already torn down all the plaster. Apparently I forgot to take a "before we started demo" picture</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> a link to my previous post about the room when we started<a href="http://eleciascreativei.blogspot.com/2013/06/my-plans.html" target="_blank">http://eleciascreativei.blogspot.com/2013/06/my-plans.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the bedroom now (well, not this very moment, because Barbie has moved in and you don't want to see that, she is a total mess)</span><br />
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The couldn't agree on what color to paint the new room, so I let them each chose their own side color. The both picked their favorite colors (purple and orange), so they sort of look like big L.A. Lakers fans, but, oh well, they love it!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I always thought having a huge attic was sort of a wasted space, much to my Father's dismay (He owns an Insulation company, so attics are his thing!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Building their beds into the walls have given my girls a huge amount of play area in the room. Even though we still need to finish some trim around the beds and some in the baseboard area, I moved them in anyway. It was so worth it when two days later, my 8 year old, says, "Mom, thanks for finishing my new room. I love it."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(attempting to discretely wipe tears from my eyes) "You are welcome sweetheart, I am glad you love it" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, let this be a lesson. If you have a crafty thought....something that could make your house/life better....go for it. Don't assume that since you aren't a carpenter/plumber/race car driver/president of the United States that you can't do it. Anyone can do Anything they set their mind to. </span>eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-21676892571235812013-07-22T10:48:00.002-05:002013-07-22T10:49:05.252-05:00Knit Girl Scout dish clothI have been a Girl Scout Leader for several years now. I have done internet searches before for crochet and knit patterns for Girl Scouts and I never find much. This of course inspired me to create a dishcloth with the Girl Scout logo. My husband didn't realize what it was upon first glance, but if your brain thinks Girl Scout Green like mine does, then I'm sure you recognized it right away!<br />
So here it is, the first knit patterned to be shared on my blog. (the first of many, I hope!<br />
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Knit Girl Scout Dish Cloth<br />
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I used size 7 or 4.5mm knitting needles (but I knit really tight)<br />
size isn't really an issue in a dish cloth, Mine turned out to be 7 inches x 7 1/2 inches. If you prefer your to be bigger or smaller than that, then just use a bigger or smaller needle sizes.<br />
I used Sugar 'N Cream cotton yarn in Mod Green, but any cotton yarn would do just fine<br />
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Cast on 35 stitches<br />
row 1: Knit across<br />
row 2: Knit across<br />
row 3: Knit across<br />
row 4: Knit across<br />
row 5: K5, P25, K5<br />
row 6: Knit across<br />
row 7: K5, P25, K5<br />
row 8: K15, P4, K16<br />
row 9: K5, P11, K4, P10, K5<br />
row 10: K13, P7, K15<br />
row 11: K5, P10, K7, P8, K5<br />
row 12: K12, P9, K14<br />
row 13: K5, P9, K9, P7, K5<br />
row 14: K11, P10, K14<br />
row 15: K5, P9, K10, P6, K5<br />
row 16: K11, P13, K11<br />
row 17: K5, P6, K13, P6, K5<br />
row 18: K11, P15, K9<br />
row 19: K5, P4, K15, P6, K5<br />
row 20: K8, P2, K2, P15, K8<br />
row 21: K5, P3, K15, P2, K2, P3, K5<br />
row 22: K8, P3, K4, P13, K7<br />
row 23: K5, P2, K13, P4, K3, P3, K5<br />
row 24: K6, P1, K3, P4, K4, P10, K7<br />
row 25: K5, P2, K10, P4, K4, P3, K1, P1, K5<br />
row 26: K6, P3, K3, P5, K4, P7, K7<br />
row 27: K5, P2, K7, P4, K5, P3, K3, P1, K5<br />
row 28: K6, P4, K5, P3, K4, P6, K7<br />
row 29: K5, P2, K6, P4, K3, P5, K4, P1, K5<br />
row 30: K8, P4, K4, P11, K8<br />
row 31: K5, P3, K11, P4, K4, P3, K5<br />
row 32: K10, P4, K3, P9, K9<br />
row 33: K5, P4, K9, P3, K4, P5, K5<br />
row 34: K11, P4, K5, P4, K11<br />
row 35: K5, P6, K4, P5, K4, P6, K5<br />
row 36: K11, P6, K18<br />
row 37: K5, P13, K6, P6, K5<br />
row 38: K12, P8, K15<br />
row 39: K5, P10, K8, P7, K5<br />
row 40: K13, P7, K15<br />
row 41: K5, P10, K7, P8, K5<br />
row 42: K15, P4, K16<br />
row 43: K5, P11, K4, P10, K5<br />
row 44: knit across<br />
row 45: K5, P25, K5<br />
row 46: knit across<br />
row 47: knit across<br />
row 48: knit across<br />
row 49: knit across<br />
row 50: knit across<br />
cast off<br />
weave in loose ends and you are finished!eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-24931845091745747962013-07-20T17:24:00.000-05:002013-07-20T17:25:15.304-05:00Sigma - Sigma - Sigma Rug<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I designed this rug as a present for my baby sister. She is no longer a baby, she will be 19 next month (gasp). She is turning into an awesome lady. This fall she starts her second year in college and will be living in a sorority house. Last year she became a proud member of the Sigma Sigma Sigma, or Tri-Sigs as they are called.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here it is:</span><br />
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I originally thought I would make it all hot pink with purple letters, but I quickly realized that I didn't have enough hot pink material and didn't want to go buy more, so I went with hot pink, light pink, and white.<br />
The entire rug is made up of double crochets. I drew a graph of the sigmas before I started.<br />
It looked like this:<br />
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I started at the left side of the graph and worked my way across. The rug was 36 double crochets across, I started by chaining 38 and double crocheting in 4th chain from the hook. (chain 3 counts as a double crochet. Double crochet across and chain 3 and turn for each row.<br />
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For the first Sigma, I carried some of the colors across, but I realized that didn't look quite as neat as it should. Carrying colors with yarn works out pretty well, but carrying colors with material does not. So for the next two Sigmas, I changed colors each time. I didn't link all my material into a roll before I started like I usually do, I just worked from a bag of strips, that way I could cut off and link in a new color whenever I needed one, which I realize is a lot of work when you get to the middle and you have to switch after one single stitch, but it looks so much smoother.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>After finishing all 32 rows, my finished rug measured 19 inches across and 27 inches long (not including fringe).<br />
I tied some purple fringe on the ends of mine (per my sister's request), and that really made it adorable.<br />
So since this project worked out so well, I am now wondering what other designs I could crochet into a rug. The possibilities are endless!eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-34132079617660538682013-07-03T14:04:00.002-05:002014-01-17T17:06:10.701-06:00Watermelon Rag Rug<h2>
Watermelon Rag Rug</h2>
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Sorry for the terrible picture. My husband got a new camera to take on a mission trip to guatemala, so I thought I would use it. I now know that my phone takes better pictures than that crappy little thing.<br />
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While my husband was in Guatemala, setting up and working in a free medical clinic for a week, I took our little girls and went to visit my sister in southern Indiana. My sister and her husband have 9 beautiful, healthy, happy children (and one on the way). That is pretty unheard of these days, but it works for them, and we love spending time there.<br />
I have been working on a lot of rag rugs lately, mainly because my mother keeps giving me bags of fabric that she has already cut into strips for me. She made A TON of little pillow case dresses to send with the group going to Guatemala, and so all of the scraps of fabric she had left over she would send my way.<br />
While in Indiana, I found inspiration everywhere. I came home with so many ideas. The following pattern is the first one I finished.<br />
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NOTE: when working with rag strips, sometimes you will need to add or decrease a stitch or two here and there to get your rug to lay flat properly. It all depends on how wide you cut your fabric and what type of fabric you are using. also it may depend on how tight or loose you crochet. <br />
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Watermelon Rag Rug</h3>
Hook size N/10mm<br />
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dc = double crochet<br />
rnd = round<br />
ch = chain<br />
st = stitch<br />
I wrote this pattern in rounds, but since it is only a half circle rug, you will be turning, each (round) as I have referred to them is actually just a half round or row.<br />
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with bright pink fabric<br />
chain 4, join with a slip stitch to form a ring<br />
round 1: chain 3, 7 double crochets in the ring<br />
rnd 2: chain 3, turn, (working in front loops only) 2 double crochets in each space (your chain 3 will count as your first double crochet)<br />
rnd 3: chain 3, turn, (working in back loops only) , dc in first st, 2 dc in the next st, 1 dc in next st,<br />
with black fabric 2 dc in next st<br />
with pink 1 dc in st, 2 dc in st, 1 dc in st<br />
with black fabric 2 dc in next st<br />
with pink 1 dc in st, 2 dc in st, 1 dc in st<br />
with black 2 dc in next st<br />
with pink, 1 dc in st, 2 dc in st, 1 dc in st, 1 dc in st<br />
rnd 4: with pink, ch 3, turn, (working in front loops only) *dc in each of first 3 stitches, 2 dc in next st*, repeat from * around <br />
rnd 5: with pink, ch 3, turn (working in back loops only) 1 dc in each of next 3 st<br />
with black 2 dc in next st<br />
with pink 1 dc in each of next 4 st, 2 dc in next st,<br />
with black 1 dc in each of next 2 st<br />
with pink 1 dc in each of next 2 st, 2 dc in next st<br />
with black 1 dc in each of next 2 st<br />
with pink 1 dc in each of next 2 st, 2 dc in next st, 1 dc in each of next 2 st<br />
with black 1 dc in each of next 2 st<br />
with pink 2 dc in each of last 2 spaces<br />
rnd 6: with pink, chain 3, turn (working in front loops only) dc in each st around<br />
rnd 7: with pink, chain 3, turn (working in back loops only) 1 dc in each of next 6 st, 2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st<br />
with black 1 dc in each of next 2 st<br />
with pink 1 dc in each of next 2 st, 2 dc in next st, 1 dc in each of next 2 st,<br />
with black 1 dc in each of next 2 st<br />
with pink 1 dc in next st, 2 dc in next st, 1 dc in each of next 4 st,<br />
with black 1dc in each of next 2 st<br />
with pink 1dc in same st as last black dc, 1 dc in each of next 5 st, 2 dc in next st, 1 dc in each of last 2 st<br />
rnd 8: with pink chain 3, turn (working in front loops only)<br />
dc in first 7 st, 2 dc in next st, *dc in each of next 6 st, 2 dc in next st* repeat from the * around<br />
rnd 9: with pink chain 3, turn (working in back loops only)<br />
*1 dc in each of 7 st, 2 dc in next st* repeat from * around<br />
rnd 10:with pink chain 3, turn, (working in front loops only)<br />
*1 dc in each of 8 st, 2 dc in next st* repeat from * around<br />
rnd 11: with a lighter shade of pink, ch 3, turn, (working in back loops only)<br />
*1 dc in each of 5 st, 2 dc in next st* repeat from * around<br />
rnd 12: with ligher pink, ch 3, turn (working in front loops only)<br />
* 1dc in each of 6 st, 2 dc in next st * repeat from the * around<br />
rnd 13: with a light green, chain 3, turn (working in back loops only)<br />
*1 dc in each of 7 st, 2 dc in next st* repeat from the * around<br />
rnd 14: with a darker green, ch 3, turn (working in front loops only)<br />
*1 dc in each of 8 st, 2 dc in next st* repeat from the * around<br />
rnd 15: with dark green, ch 3, turn, (working in back loops only)<br />
*1 dc in each of 9 st, 2 dc in next st* repeat from the * around<br />
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weave in any loose fabric strips and you are finished!<br />
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<br />eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-40638131032898965512013-06-20T15:08:00.001-05:002013-06-20T15:09:22.113-05:00My plans!When we first moved into our house 4 1/2 years ago, Our youngest daughter was about 4 or 5 weeks old. We decided that we would store anything that wasn't necessary to daily life in a bedroom upstairs that we weren't using, until I was able to organized and arrange stuff. We knew that we would remodel the room for our daughter, someday.<br />
Last summer we decided that someday was now. We are still not finished. Probably if we were a normal family who just wanted the old paneling (this room was once a gun display room) and plaster removed and new drywall up, we would be finished by now, but that isn't my style.<br />
We decided that our two younger girls would be sharing the bedroom, so in order to make more space, I decided to have the beds framed into the walls.<br />
I drew up plans and everything. I have been drawing plans for houses since I was a child, mostly they included rooms for my pool and in-house McDonalds. I would proceed to give these plans to my father and tell him that when I was old enough he had to build them for me. So that fact that the plans for this room are actually being carried out is quite a MAJOR accomplishment for me.<br />
The room is still a far cry from being finished. We have only been working on it in our spare time, which is almost never, but I am already so excited to share it with you.<br />
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You are probably thinking wow, what a mess, but just wait till you see the finished product. I hope it comes sooner than later!!!!eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-29462914613439980602013-06-19T12:20:00.001-05:002013-06-19T12:21:07.451-05:00D's Sunflower Rag Rug Twice a month a group of awesome ladies gather at my local Library to crochet, knit, exchange patterns, and most importantly....share stories. I consider this time to be my free therapy. I love these ladies! We are from all different ages and walks of life, but we all love to create things with yarn.<br />
Last time we met, I had no choice but to take my little girls with me. Don't get me wrong here, I love my girls and I love my time with them, but Mommy needs her break time!!!<br />
Usually to begin these very informal meetings, everyone shows off what they have been working on. My friend Delyn had been making Minion hats (based on the movie despicable me.) My girls love that movie, and so Zayda immediately put on a hat and claimed it as her own. Being the generous friend that she is, Delyn insisted that she could have it and wouldn't give me a real answer about how much money she intended to sell them for. So at about 11:30 PM, while I was laying in bed not sleeping because my brain doesn't want to quit for the night, I decided to make something for Delyn in return. I remembered that she loves sunflowers, and since I have been making so many rag rugs lately, Boom....and Idea.....So here it is!<br />
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<u>Sunflower Rag Rug Pattern</u><br />
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I used a crochet hook size N 15/10mm<br />
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<u> </u>If you haven't worked with rags to crochet before, see my post about preparing them <a href="http://eleciascreativei.blogspot.com/2013/01/crocheting-with-rags.html" target="_blank">HERE!</a><br />
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with brown rags, chain 4, slip stitch in 1st chain you made to form a ring.<br />
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round 1: chain 3, make 11 double crochets into ring, slip stitch in top of chain 3 to join.<br />
round 2: Chain 3, make 2 double crochets in each space around, working in back loop only, slip stitch in top of chain 3 to join<br />
round3: chain 3, * double crochet in first space, 2 double crochets in next space (all only in back loops)*, repeat from the * all the way around, slip stitch in top chain to join.<br />
round 4: chain 3, *double crochet in first space, double crochet in next space, 2 double crochets in next space (all in back loops only)*, repeat from the * around, slip stitch in top chain to join.<br />
round 5: Switch to yellow rags<br />
chain 3, * one double crochet in each of first three spaces, two double crochets in next space (all in back loop only)* , repeat from * around, slip stitch in top chain to join.<br />
round 6: chain 6, single crochet in first space, * chain 6, skip a space, single crochet in next space*, repeat from * around, join with a slip stitch to 1st chain.<br />
round 7: slip stitch your way to the top of the 1st chain 6 space, *chain 2, single crochet in the next chain 6 spot* , repeat from the * around, join with slip stitch.<br />
round 8: chain 3, *2 double crochets in chain 2 space, 2 double crochets in single crochet space, 2 double crochets in chain 2 space, 1 double crochet in single crochet space* repeat from the * around, slip stitch to join<br />
round 9: chain 6, single crochet in 1st space, *chain 6, skip a space and single crochet in next space*, repeat from the * around, slip stitch to join.<br />
round 10: slip stitch your way to the top of the chain 6 space, * chain 2, single crochet in the next chain 6 space*, repeat from the * around, slip stitch to join.<br />
round 11: *chain 4, single crochet in the single crochet space*, repeat from the * around, slip stitch to join.<br />
weave in loose ends and you're done!<br />
My finished rug measured about 22 inches across, if you want a bigger rug, just add more rounds.<br />
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<br />eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-41163700399995491792013-06-06T11:45:00.000-05:002013-06-19T11:29:52.464-05:00Am I doing things the WRITE way?We homeschool.......<br />
Whenever we speak this line to anyone, it always starts a conversation. Some people are strongly against it and some people give us praise and ask questions about how they can go about doing it themselves. We have a million and one reasons why we homeschool our little girls instead of sending them to the public school (which by the way is a great school), but I won't get into that just now.<br />
I am always very critical of myself. Homeschooling can bring this out full force. I don't always have the best grammar and I wasn't ever a straight A student myself. So how do I have the skills to teach my children?<br />
This is a question that I ask myself quite a bit. I still don't have the answer. I hope and pray that God guides me in the right direction, but how do I know?<br />
It is the little things that tell me, for example:<br />
My Eight year old loves the Disney movie Brave and one day she came up with this contraption all on her own.<br />
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In case you haven't seen the movie, the main character (Merida) is an amazing archer. My daughter really wants a bow and arrow, but for the time being she is happy to use her home made one.<br />
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It is made from a foam sword (which was already starting to break and duct taped back together), the elastic waist band from her father's boxer shorts, and the arrow is a half a pool noodle. Believe it or not, it actually shoots pretty well.<br />
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Yesterday, my little sister came to visit and my eight year old shared a book with her that she had been writing. I was unaware of this book. She likes to be very secretive about things she is writing or drawing until they are completely finished, but she frequently shares her secrets with her aunt because they are very close at heart! My sister came to me and said," have you read this book? It is really impressive, several chapters done already, a title and everything!" I was pretty excited, but I kept it to myself. I can't wait until she brings me the finished product.<br />
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I will probably always question myself about whether or not I am doing a good job with educating my children. I guess I won't know for sure until they are adults, but until then, I am satisfied by their little sparks of creativity.eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-43731248026158025032013-06-04T22:05:00.001-05:002013-06-04T22:06:14.696-05:00Girl Scout CupcakesWhen I was a child, I was a Girl Scout and we held an annual Father/Daughter Banquet. I still have a picture of my father, my sister, and I at this event. I wish I could include it in this post, but at this current time I can't find it.(If you could see my house right now, you would understand) <br />
When I started leading my daughter's troop three years ago, I knew this was something we had to do. So, last month I was the chairmen of an area Girl Scout He & Me dance. He & Me is the new correct way to say Father/Daughter, since sadly many girls don't have a father around, and we don't want to leave anyone out. We hired a D.J. to come and play music for us and decorated our local community center. Towards the end of the night we drew a name from a hat and crowned one little Girl Scout the Princess of the ball. They all had a wonderful evening with their dads (uncles, grandpas, etc.)<br />
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I decided to make cupcakes for the dance, and of course I like to be a little fancy with my food. I had watched an episode of D.C. Cupcakes were they used a grid to decorate the cupcakes like a picture of the entire world. Each square of the grid equals one cupcake and together all the cupcakes form a picture.<br />
I printed out the Girl Scout logo from my computer and drew a graph across it so that I had 120 squares since I wanted to make 120 cupcakes for the night.<br />
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I made the cupcakes at home and iced them all in white (well mostly all of them, I left a few plain because I knew they would need to be all green anyway).<br />
I took the cupcakes to the dance early that day while I was decorating. I went ahead and placed them on the table where they would stay and decorated them there. (I had no way of transporting them in the correct order since there were so many)<br />
I just looked at my grid and piped the green icing on each cupcake according to it's square on the picture. It was pretty easy!<br />
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<br />eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-26533959289085345582013-06-04T20:48:00.000-05:002013-06-04T21:30:16.588-05:00Let them Eat Cake! Once upon a time, long ago before I gave birth to my own children, I loved to make fancy cakes, pies, cookies, cupcakes, and pretty much anything sweet. I made some really adorable birthday cakes for my little sister and many of my nieces and nephews. Now that I have my own children, carving out the time for such things doesn't always happen. It seems like when you are trying to plan the entire party and clean your whole house, making a fancy cake takes a back seat.<br />
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The last couple of years on my daughter Zayda's birthdays I have used a butter cream transfer technique. I have found this technique to be very fast and easy. It hasn't produced the most perfect images for me, but my kids don't seem to care about perfection, so it worked for us.<br />
Last year was Rapunzel from the movie Tangled<br />
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This year was a ballerina<br />
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I took a coloring page that I had printed from a free online web site ( <a href="http://www.coloring.ws/coloring.html" target="_blank">http://www.coloring.ws/coloring.html</a> is a good place).<br />
I laid the page on a flat cookie sheet and then covered it with clear cling wrap (seran wrap).<br />
I piped the image onto the cling wrap, starting with the black outlines first and then filling in the other colors. I placed the whole cookie sheet in the freezer for at least a few hours.<br />
I went ahead and made a regular cake and iced it flat. After the image was good and frozen, I took it out of the freezer and flipped in onto the cake and peeled off the cling wrap.<br />
This would probably work a lot better with a simple image and not a human face, but leave it to my children to ask for something difficult. <br />
A few years ago, Zayda had what I thought was a pretty strange request, but it turned out cute<br />
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It wasn't fabulous, but it was a big hit with my little diva!!<br />
I like to make a cake just for the birthday girl (or boy) and cupcakes for everyone else. Having a cake all to themselves makes the day even more special. <br />
Just a note: wilton spray icing color is great if you are going for nice looks, but in my daughter's opinion ( and the opinion of most of my Girl Scout Troop), it tastes terrible (very chemical taste). So if you chose to use it, don't use to much if someone is going to be judging the taste of your creation!eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-43386337318182974862013-05-31T13:09:00.001-05:002013-05-31T13:58:47.816-05:00shout out :)I grew up two steps behind my sister. She is awesome. She is a South paw, so her brain has the capacity for a lot more literal nonsense than most of us can fathom. Luckily my parents were aware of this and didn't expect me to be on her academic level. Unfortunately, I can not say the same for all of our teachers in school. After having my, towing the line of geniusness sister, I guess they expected me to measure up to her smarts. But I don't, and that is o.k. with me. I stopped measuring a long time ago (in more ways than one, I don't even want to know what my waist size is). So if you are looking for a blog that blows you away with its literary ability and what not.....<br />
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I love her and she is awesomely crafty too!<br />
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eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-14494567721253964802013-05-30T17:59:00.000-05:002013-05-30T18:16:34.021-05:00No more burnt pots in the back yard!!If you know me personally, Then you probably already know that I am forgetful. O.k. in all honesty....I am a complete SPAZ.<br />
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I love sweet tea. My mother always makes fresh tea every day, so that is what I grew up drinking. I like to brew mine in a pot over the stove, however, I am REALLY bad about forgetting that I put a pot of water on to boil. Eventually I smell the horrible stink of smoking burning metal pan, but at that point, I don't want to leave the stink in my kitchen, so I toss it into the grass in the backyard. I do eventually go retrieve the scorched pan and throw it away (O.K. fine...my husband does this for me).<br />
I used to use metal tea kettles, but after I burned three in less than 6 months, my husband wouldn't allow me to buy any more.<br />
So, anyway, here is my new solution to my spazzyness (yes, that is a new word that I just made up).<br />
I now use my Keuhrig to heat the water.<br />
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I just ran the water through, without a k-cup, into a glass with tea bags in it. Let it sit for awhile and mixed it into sugar and water in the tea pitcher!<br />
My mother used to use her coffee pot to make tea in, however, once in awhile she would make coffee in it for a guest and then our tea tasted like a coffee for several days. This does not happen with my Keuhrig! Yeah! Finally no more burnt pots littering my back yard, my coffee tastes like coffee, and my tea tastes like tea ;)<br />
<br />eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-4737523265312340852013-05-24T17:24:00.000-05:002013-05-30T18:17:35.389-05:00The shirt off his backMy husband loves to shop more than any straight man that I have ever met in my life. This is not a bad thing! We love to go on shopping trips together and if we had more money we would do it a lot more often. As I mentioned before in the famous UNDERWEAR post, He has clothing issues. He can't stand to wear socks, underwear, or t-shirts very many times without buying new. I on the other hand am a bit of a slob. I am currently wearing his sock cast offs, jeans with a hole in the thigh, and a t-shirt sporting the Bible school theme from three summers ago(In my defense, I am just at home with my girls, and they don't judge me based on my clothes).<br />
So, anyway, my mans clothing quirks seem to work out great for my crafts. He is a nurse at our local Emergency Room hospital, so he wears scrubs all the time. He insists on wearing white t-shirts under his scrubs so his manly chest hair doesn't hang out, which is a good thing because nobody wants a nurse who looks like he just came from the 1985 cast of Magnum P.I. Like most of his clothes, he won't wear them very many times before he says they aren't as white as the day he bought them, and therefore clearly unwearable.<br />
I happened to have an idea for a star shaped rag rug, so I cut up some of his white shirts, found some red and blue scrap material from my mother's giant hoard and here is the result:<br />
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I started out using a pattern for a star shaped afghan<a href="http://www.angelfire.com/va3/heartfeltangels/littlestarafghan.html" target="_blank">http://www.angelfire.com/va3/heartfeltangels/littlestarafghan.html</a>, but that didn't seem to want to lay flat nicely as a rug. I changed it up a bit after a few rounds.<br />
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If I would have been thinking clearly (which almost never happens), then I would have written out my own pattern. I am going to try and work one out soon.eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-27413255357709430762013-05-22T16:08:00.002-05:002013-05-30T18:18:16.948-05:00Forget Easter Eggs, this year we dyed Easter dresses!<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm a little behind, but <span style="font-size: small;">better late t<span style="font-size: small;">h<span style="font-size: small;">an never, right?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Like<span style="font-size: small;"> a lot of church going people, Our family has al<span style="font-size: small;">ways had the tradi<span style="font-size: small;">tion of new dresses <span style="font-size: small;">on Easter Sunday.<span style="font-size: small;"> This year my <span style="font-size: small;">little girls (<span style="font-size: small;">they just turned 4<span style="font-size: small;"> years and 8 <span style="font-size: small;">years, bless these non-te<span style="font-size: small;">enage years!) wanted their favor<span style="font-size: small;">it<span style="font-size: small;">e</span> colors of dresses</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. Although ora<span style="font-size: small;">nge seems to be a trending color ri<span style="font-size: small;">ght now, I couldn't find anything <span style="font-size: small;">that cute in my price<span style="font-size: small;"> range. I will admit, <span style="font-size: small;">my price range is pretty low since I am a <span style="font-size: small;">stay<span style="font-size: small;">-at-home-<span style="font-size: small;">Mom and I'm <span style="font-size: small;">just really cheap anyway<span style="font-size: small;">! I found a couple of cream colored dresses at Target (I love that place!) that were on sale for $12.99 a pie<span style="font-size: small;">ce.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Cream.....very pretty, but very boring. We really are NOT boring people. When I say WE, I really mean myself and my girls, because my husband would be more than happy to go with the boring crowd any day. I love him with all my heart, but he is a white wall, white ceiling kind of guy, so sometimes he freaks out a little about my choices.<br />
I went to walmart and purchased bottles of Rit dye (purple & orange, I can't remember their offical color names). They weren't expensive, about $3.00 a piece.<br />
I followed the "dye in your washing machine" directions. I just left the lid open on my washing machine for quite awhile so it could soak without spinning around ( I have an older washing machine, so I don't know how that would work out with some of the new machines.)<br />
FYI: some types of fabrics dye better if you add salt to the dye bath, so be sure you read the directions on the bottle and be prepared to add about 1/2 to a full cup of salt.<br />
The dresses turned out perfect. the only part that didn't dye was the thread, but they still looked great!<br />
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<br />eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-11954028573903322152013-02-05T20:14:00.002-06:002013-05-30T18:17:35.387-05:00Crocheted Volleyball pattern<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made a crocheted volleyball last year for a Volleyball game that our local Middle School was hosting. The game was a fundraiser for cancer (relay for Life, I think, maybe).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the girls loved it. Unfortunately, like a lot of my projects, I didn't write down how I made it. Mostly I like to just sit down and make something, no pattern, no preparation, Just Do It.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was doing a lot of experimenting with Tunisian crochet at the time. I remember loving the look, but hating the work it took to get done. So this year, I decided to make a new one and make a pattern. It turned out just a fuzz bigger than an actual volleyball size, but I still love it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used a size J hook. I didn't pay to much attention to gauge. If you are wanting to get the exact size of an official volleyball, then you might want to use a size or two smaller hook. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used white, navy, and grey yarn. This happens to be the colors of my step-daughter's school (I homeschool my little girls but if I didn't, this would be their school colors too). The middle school volleyball coach happens to be a good friend of mine (and an all-around awesome lady), so this ball is for the South Central Lady Falcons! </span><br />
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I stuffed the ball with some fiberfill before I sewed up the last section. I was afraid that the fiberfill might poke through between the crochets, so I put some quilt batting around the inside (so of lining the ball). It ended up being a nice soft squishy ball. If you want a harder more bouncyish ball, you might try sewing your sections over a cheap kids rubber ball. the only downside to that would be that if your ball looses air or pops, then you are going to have to take the whole thing apart to replace it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>I didn't use a pattern for this rug. I just made a chain until it was as wide as I wanted. Then I double crocheted across in each row(chaining two to turn) until I got my desired length. This rug is fairly small, because I don't have a very large space for it. My bathroom is, well, terrible. It just isn't set up well. I can't wait to remodel it, but for now that is last on my list.<br />
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Next up, my lovely husband (I really do love him!), volunteered me to make 300 little cloth purses for a mission trip he is going on with our church this summer. Also, I have an awesome pattern i am working up for a little something I will be donating to a charity in March! Oh, and I promise it will be made from new yarn, and not something I unraveled from my husbands wardrobe!eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-85056238465277410492013-01-20T11:35:00.001-06:002013-05-30T18:19:06.265-05:00Right hand on Thin MintI have been a Girl Scout leader for three years now. I love it. When my daughter was going into kindergarten, (we homeschool) I called the local council to ask who the local leader was. They responded with "we don't currently have one, would you like to become one?"<br />
I thought about this for a whole 30 seconds and said "Sure, why not?"<br />
I figured this would be a good way for Zayda to make friends. I think I have made just as many lifelong friends (if not more) than she has. It has been awesome so far.<br />
In case you aren't aware.....IT'S GIRL SCOUT COOKIE TIME!!!!<br />
This past week, we had a meeting with our troop and I needed some activities for them. Something fun that would fit into our cookie theme of the night.<br />
I came up with this:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cookie Twister</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">My daughter and I cut out pictures of the four most popular cookies from our family guide (and 3 more extra family guides <span style="font-size: small;">I hap<span style="font-size: small;">pen to have<span style="font-size: small;">). In ca<span style="font-size: small;">se you are <span style="font-size: small;">not a Girl Scout, the family guide is a little booklet they send home with the girls that explains the cookie sales<span style="font-size: small;"> and pri<span style="font-size: small;">zes they can <span style="font-size: small;">earn for <span style="font-size: small;">selling. Si<span style="font-size: small;">nce I am way to cheap to <span style="font-size: small;">print out <span style="font-size: small;">big pictures of cookies, i drew them out on <span style="font-size: small;">printer paper and <span style="font-size: small;">Zayda c<span style="font-size: small;">olored them and cut them <span style="font-size: small;">out. We then taped them to <span style="font-size: small;">our good old traditional Twister mat<span style="font-size: small;"> and <span style="font-size: small;">BAABAM...... GIRL SCOUT COOKIE TWISTER<span style="font-size: small;">!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><br />
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My troop had a fun time. Since they all wanted to play at once, we had about 10 little girls on the mat at the same time. It didn't last long before one girl fell and they all went down like the playing cards in Alice In Wonderland. It was quite comical, to bad I didn't video tape it!<br />
I think this concept could work for a lot of different things.<br />
I'm thinking: Youth Group: "put your right hand on Virgin Mary and your left foot on Baby Jesus"<br />
Easter party: "Left hand bunny and right foot colored egg"<br />
bachelor party: "right hand glass of beer and left foot naked lady"<br />
Kid's themed birthday(such as mermaid): "right hand seashell and left foot fish"<br />
The possibilities are endless, so drag out your old twister and have fun!!eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-65539370428739481942013-01-17T11:52:00.000-06:002013-05-30T18:18:42.169-05:00The Continental Divide<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I hate top sheets. It is the feel. They are so cold and not snuggley. I usually use a flannel top sheet because I can tell myself it is more of a really light blanket...yes...that's it...a blanket.<br />
A few nights ago, we got ready to go to bed and I realized the sheets were in the washing machine. (My three year old got grape jelly on them. Don't ask how this happened.) So, since I was to lazy to dig out another flannel, my husband grabs the top of the stack to throw on the bed, which happens to be a regular sheet. Did I mention I HATE regular top sheets. So this was how the conversation went:<br />
I said, " I hate top sheets like that"<br />
Gary: "Well I don't like NOT having a top sheet"<br />
Me: "Maybe I should just cut the sheets down the middle and make my half flannel and your half regular?"<br />
Gary (giving me a look) "Whatever"<br />
I knew the look. We have been married for almost 9 years. It was the "you are just stupid enough to do something like that aren't you" look. So since he followed this look up with "whatever", I figured it was a go.<br />
So, this morning, after my husband went to work, I sewed the sheets together.<br />
His side is white with a bit of colored stripe (which now that I look close, you can see that I didn't sew it very straight). My side is a nice fuzzy sheep flannel. I love sheep.<br />
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It's not that I am trying to keep my husband off my side of the bed. He is MORE than welcome to visit. I just love a good compromise.<br />
Oh, I almost forgot, I will be cutting up the extra part that I cut off, to use for crocheting rugs! I NEVER throw anything away!eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-44826213824619925372013-01-15T12:49:00.002-06:002013-05-30T18:17:35.388-05:00Maybe you could learn to like me....Hang me in your bathroomI have always loved the movie Annie, Even before my mother gave birth to my darling little sister who happened to have the exact same hair (although she never has looked good in red). If you don't know the movie well, Daddy Warbucks refuses a painting, looks at it a second time and says,"Wait a minute, There is something about her. I think I could learn to like her. Hang it in my bathroom." The painting happens to be the Mona Lisa. Anne then goes on to say," Maybe you could learn to like me, Hang me in your bathroom." I love that line.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">That line inspired me to crochet my husband's used underwear into a bathroom rug</span>. <br />
Yes....that's right. Let me explain.<br />
I love my husband very much, he is an awesome Christian man, Father, nurse, and all around good guy. Did I mention he is good looking and smells fabulous......Anyway, he has a weird thing about socks and underwear. If he could afford to only wear them once and throw them away, he would. He buys new ones alllllll the time. Whenever I wear his socks, he complains that I stretch them out. I wear a women's size 9 shoe. He wears a men's size 11 shoe. Who's on my side with that argument?<br />
Recently we were doing some cleaning out in our bedroom. He had a pile of boxers he was going to throw in the trash. I can not tell you enough how these were used boxers, but they were not USED. He might have worn some of them a couple times. He used to wear boxers and recently decided to switch to boxer briefs. (Yeah, he is going to love it that I announced this to the whole internet). It makes more sense for him, he is a nurse for goodness sakes. He wears scrubs. You gotta contain your package somehow in those clothes.<br />
Now that I have probably thoroughly embarrassed my husband I will get back to the rug. I am CRAZY frugal, and just plain weird about throwing stuff away. I looked at those boxers and it hit me.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Maybe I could learn to like them.....crochet them into a rug for my bathroom!</span><br />
So, here I go. wish me luck.<br />
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I think I will throw away the elastic waistbands. I mean who would make stuff out of waistbands!! That would just be NUTS!!<br /><br />eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-85908843496505583012013-01-14T19:18:00.001-06:002013-05-30T18:17:35.391-05:00Crocheting with ragsI like to crochet rugs from material. My mother, grandmother and
great-grandmother (and so on I am assuming) were all quilters and liked
to sew, therefore, had large material stashes. I am lucky enough to have
been blessed with some of it and I have a lot more at my disposal.
Since styles and designs change so often, striping out the material and
crocheting it into rugs is the best use for some of the crazy stuff. It
makes GREAT rugs!<br />
First I cut the material into strips. I like to use strips that are about 3/4 inches wide.<br />
Next
you will need to link the strips of material together. Sewing them
together with a zigzag stitch makes a nice (lump free) material to work
with, however, that can be time consuming.<br />
You can just link the strips together like this:<br />
Hold the two strips together, overlapping by about an inch or so<br />
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fold them over together like this<br />
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make a small cut in both the strips together (being careful not to cut past the end of the strip)<br />
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now take the end of the strip you are attaching and link it through the hole <br />
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pull tight<br />
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Continue
to do this with strips until you have enough for your project. You will
want to roll them up to keep them untangled and neat until you crochet
with them. I have wound them into a ball before, but I have trouble with
it rolling around on me while I am crocheting from it. For this reason,
and the fact that it looks pretty, I like to roll them into a big
wheel.<br />
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I
usually either do a rug from similar colors, such as shades of blue, or
I just do random colors and patterns linked together, which makes for a
nice look too.<br />
Sometimes I make wheels of similar colors and as I am crocheting, I can change colors just as I would with yarn.<br />
Some of my latest rag wheels that are ready to work with:<br />
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Using
strips of rags works with most patterns just the same as yarn. You will
need to use a large hook. I usually use a size N because I like my rugs
to be tight. If you like a looser rug that works up quicker, I would
suggest a larger hook such as a P or Q.<br />
Check back soon, I will post an original rug pattern for free!eleciascreativeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05531445222355749215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664634731929468293.post-86649175243060641782013-01-03T12:44:00.001-06:002013-06-04T11:28:19.189-05:00Little Ladybug ear flap hat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't know what has happened to my photography skills. I think I had some at some point, but clearly they have gone out the window. Anyway, here is the Little Ladybug ear flap hat. I will post the pattern in a link that is more printer friendly.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Little Ladybug Ear flap hat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used a size J
hook</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with black yarn,start with
a magic ring and sc 8 times into the ring, slip stitch to join into a
circle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rnd 1: ch 1, 2 sc in each
stitch around, join with sl st to 1<sup>st</sup> sc (16)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rnd 2: ch 1,<b> (</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">1sc in 1</span><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;">st</span></sup><span style="font-weight: normal;">
st, 2 sc in next st) repeat around, join with sl st. (24)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Rnd 3: ch 1 (sc in each of next 2 st, 2 sc in next
st) repeat around, join with sl st (32)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Rnd 4: ch1, (1sc in each of next 3 st, 2 sc in next
st) repeat around, join with sl st (40)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Rnd 5: ch 1, sc in each st around join with sl
st</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Rnd6 &7: repeat rnd 5</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Rnd 8: ch2, double crochet in each st around, join
with sl st</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">switch to red yarn</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Rnd 9 – 14 repeat rnd8</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">break yarn</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ear flaps (make 2 , one on each side of
hat)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">with red yarn, sl st to a sc on side, sc in each of
next 8 sc, turn</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">chain1, sc2tog, sc in next 4sc, sc2tog,
turn</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">chain 1, sc across, turn</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">chain 1, sc2tog, sc in next 2 st, sc2tog,
turn</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">chain 1, sc across, turn,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">chain 1, sc2tog, twice, turn</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">chain 1, sc2tog</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">chain 20</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">middle section of ladybug:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">with black chain 15, break off, but leave long
strand of yarn to sew with.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Spots (make 6)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">start with magic loop, make 8 sc inside loop, sl st
to join into circle </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">break off yarn, be sure to leave plenty of yarn to
sew with.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Antenna (make 2)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">chain 5, slip stitch to form a
ring</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">rnd 1: ch 1, sc in each st around, join with sl
st</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">rnd 2: chain 2, double crochet in each st around,
join with sl st</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">rnd 3-5: repeat rnd 2</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">break off yarn, leaving plenty to use for
sewing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(2 large pompoms will be end of
antenna)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Make 2 large black pompoms and 2 medium
ones.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sew all pieces together according to
picture.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Use black yarn and chain 20, sl st to bottom of ear
flap, chain 20 more. Break yarn.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Braid the two black chains and one red chain
together and attach medium pompom on the end</span></span><br />
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I forgot to mention: this is a pretty small hat, I would say newborn or under 1year. If you want to go bigger, than just add more increase rows around the top, or use more single crochets in the original magic loop.<br />
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