Year of Projects Year 7 Week 39

Ack! It's  been a busy week, who am I kidding, it's been a busy month at work and at home, so my craft time has been severely limited. The majority of my craft time has been dedicated to yarn but only because I'm filling orders for Yarn Wrapped Carrots   and Stuffed Bunnies with their pompom tails. Not that I'm complaining but the items on my "I want to make this" List is getting longer by the day!

I worked a bit on my "Bee Hive Blanket" and then I was tagged in a group that makes "Angel Dresses" by a friend in California. They were in need of hats, blankets and Angel pins. I requested the patterns they were using, it came in late yesterday afternoon. In the enormous stash I had some pastel baby yarn so I'm working on getting a box out to them soon. These hats are so tiny, this is the small and medium sizes requested.

This was the extent of crochet this week...

It was timely, since the kiddo's birthday is in March and we try to do something for kids around this time. She was a 32 week preemie and I know how crazy it can feel to have to leave your baby at the hospital. She is a very healthy 20 something now and I am eternally grateful to everyone you stepped up and helped me through it. In years past we have done blankets for the linus project and the NICU department where she was born. While this organization is helping parents who are dealing with grief, I think it is an important opportunity to help.

The calendar may say Spring but the weather channel still says winter! However I did finally get my Easter wreath together and get it on the door. I'm late but my neighbors still have up St. Pat's decor. So I guess I'm not so far behind!

This was my work in progress and it was one day that the sun came out! (actual Colors)

Finished wreath and cloudy skies! ( I think winter is bringing the blue out more..lol)

The weekend did start out great, the Princess and I did the "Bunny Walk" with our local Trail Hounds group. 

Ready to get going with her friends!

walking with those ears, I wish I had a group shot!

                                                             After the walk and we still had ears!

This is a short work week for me and I'm hoping to be able to double down on some of the ongoing projects. I've found a couple of things I just really need to start..lol, BUT I've made a point that I can't start one more thing until one goes out. It's just so hard with all of the great ideas floating around out there!

If you're needing ideas check out what the other Yopper's are up to and get busy on some projects of your own!

Year of Projects Week 37

Not a whole lot of Crochet happened this week, but there has been some crafting done.
I'll start with my Peach Blossom blanket, I've managed to finish off a few squares. I'm happy with the color combination of shades of pink and the Grey. They work up quickly so I'll be thinking about borders soon. I think it should be a bit lacy but we'll see how it goes.

I've recently moved it's a temporary spot while I work on getting back to a farm of my own, so I'm missing my bees and getting the garden ready. even thought Spring tried to come early, winter has taken back over here on the East Coast anyway. I've been working on Spring Colors and then I just started a few hexis in a very happy yellow that I'm going to turn into a "bee" Blanket or lovey.

I found this almost granny type hexi on an older posting on the One loop short blog. I love the flowerish details. I'm going to do one more round in a darker yellow.

Earlier in the week I posted about my Yarn Carrots and I'm almost done with my Bunnies. Neither crochet projects but they both have some yarn content. 

I love the pom pom tails. I'll be adding some ribbons and maybe a nose with pink dmc thread.

The last project that related to yarn is something for my new space too. I've been looking at rugs, mainly crochet rugs but then I ran into pompom rugs. I received a pompom maker a while back and I have been putting it to good use. I've picked out my yarn and got the foundation but that's as far as I have gotten so far. Hopefully I'll have a great update next week for all of these projects next week.

So that's been my week. Check in with all of the other Yopers and I'll be getting back into the project pile! Have a great week!

Easter Crafts- Yarn Wrapped Carrots

I've been wanting to do a bit of different decorating for easter, a bit more than plastic eggs and bunny ears. Although those do have their place. I had been trying to come up with something for a centerpiece or something cute for a wreath. Then it hit me, Carrots! Yes Carrots they can be easter but they are spring too. After all I've grown my fair share of them in the late winter/early spring months.

So I did a google search for carrot ideas and came up with two I'm definitely doing this year and one I'd like to keep on the back burner for now. I'll let it simmer and see how much time I end up with before the holiday gets here.

My two projects are yarn wrapped carrots and stuffed fabric carrots, plus I'm sewing some bunnies to go with these guys.. Today I'll show you how I did some stash busting and created my chubby orange roots.

I started with a pair of  styrofoam cones that I picked up at Joann's, I had a coupon and was on a budget for this, plus I was there for fabric too..



To get a more carrot like shape I used an old serrated knife that I on hand from another project but you can find real shapers made for this at most craft stores. Since carrots come in all shapes I just whittled until I got a shape I liked.

They look like carrots right? 

So the next step is what to do abut the tops, after all to be a real carrot you have to have greens!

I lucked out in that too. I had a bit of left over ferny greens from another project that in my opinion worked out great. I took at chop stick, but you can use anything from a dowel to crochet hook to make your hole in the top. I drug out the hot glue gun and glued the tops into place before I did any other covering.

Here you can see the center hole and how I started the yarn around the tops with some strategically placed hot glue.

I jumped back into the crazy mess I call a craft room and came up with this Bernet baby yarn that I felt gave it some texture and a variance of colors for the wrapping portion. I wrapped each one quickly and carefully and again hot glue the ends. Easy peasy and too cute if I do say so myself.

One down one to go

Ta -Dah Easter Centerpiece

This was a fun simple and quick craft that even kids could do with some adult help, in total I had less than two hours into it, which included the shaping and stash hunting. 

I'll already had requests so I'll be making more. Some variances could be to use twine and paint your carrots your favorite color, or use a heavier yarn over a white or painted styrofoam for a more "shabby" look. You can literally branch out for the greens use something you found or dried, add rick rack or ever greens to make it yours. No carrot is ever alike yours don't have to be either. How about rainbow carrots, they are thing, don't be limited by the colors either! Add them to baskets, wreaths or your fruit dish for fun. Keep them out all spring, carrots don't only have to be for the Easter Bunny!

You if you love this idea and don't have the patience or time to make your own head over to my Etsy store or my facebook I'll be posting them there for sell too! 

Check back next week for the second carrot craft, Fabric Carrots

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Year of Projects Post Year 7 Week 36

Just a quick update on the current blanket, an Easter Project and a small Birthday surprise.

I've completed the flower portion of my current Work in Progress. 30 flowers down now it's time to square them up.

Lot's of ends left to weave in but I thought it would be easier to do as I complete the squares. Winter decided it wasn't quite done with us already. The temperature has dropped and it seems more like blanket weather again. 

Easter is right around the corner and I have a couple of crafts in the works, one is bunnies! They are all cut out and ready to be stitched up. I'll be finishing them off with a pom pom tail. Colored tails for the white and white tails for the colored. 

Since I had the pom pom maker out for tails, and someone has a birthday coming up quickly I whipped out a couple of "Soot Sprites" from the Spirited Away movie  for the Kiddo. Just a couple of oversized eyes and a bit of clear thread and these guys will make a great addition to any corner..lol

I've got another project on tap for her and a couple of weeks to get it completed.  She's been eyeing those faux fur blankets and I found a great DIY post on putting one together.  Hopefully that will be a finish for next week.

Check out what the other Yoppers are up to this week!

Easter Bonnet Ideas

We have a friend with two small toddlers and an older girl. She was asking about the possibility of me making a set of Bonnets/hats for the girls for Easter. I had made a few for E, oh about 23 years ago but it was a simple bonnet with ribbon, and I'm sure I could knock out a couple of those for the little ones but I don't think the 8 year old would be thrilled.

She's having picture done and I'm on the search for something that might have the same lines or shapes but be age appropriate.

When I think Bonnet, Especially Easter Bonnet, this is what I think of, Basic Baby Bonnet. But not so much for the older girl. So I've moved on to maybe a shell stitch with a ribbon and maybe a single flower for the younger girls and then some thing in the same line with a group of smaller flowers for the big sister.

Something like this...for the little girls with a ribbon instead of the ties. And something along these lines for the other;  . I'd made the small kin of flower for both just different sizes and I think light colors for the younger and a shade darker for the older girls.

Do you have a favorite bonnet pattern? I've got a bit of time so I'm going to work on it a bit to get it just right. Hopefully I'll have something to show soon..