When I was little someone came up with a great money making idea called Pet Rocks. They sold plain small rocks in boxes as pets for kids. I grew up in the country so my friend and I went hunting for wild ones. We decided though that if the rocks were going to be pets… Read More Pet Rocks
Supplies 1 skein of dark brown (or your choice, I used dark red for Hamburger) blanket yarn (main color) 1 skein of light brown (or your choice, I used white for Hamburger) blanket yarn (light color) 1 small thin black yarn size 5 cm hook (for the blanket yarn) size 2.5 cm hook (for the… Read More Sitting Puppy (Hamburger and Shwarma)
All my Twitter and Instagram followers have been hearing all about how Hamburger (for those of you who don’t know that’s the dark red dogs name) has been not so patienctly waiting for me to make his sister Shwarma. Well she is here. To introduce her we took the two dogs on a photo shoot.… Read More Hamburger and Shwarma’s Photo Shoot
Years age (I won’t say how long), I taught a group of young girls to do many of the handcrafts that I love. I started with teaching them to do embroidery. I drew patterns on material for them to make a Challah Cover. For those who don’t know a Challah Cover is used on the… Read More Challah Cover
I have been on a kick of making placemats again. I love giving them as gifts and I have three weddings with showers coming up. So I came up with another pattern which I really like. Actually it can be used as a baby blanket if made larger or used as a square in a… Read More Corner to Corner placemats
This is a great craft to do with your kids. It allows you to leave them personalized notes or directions. Each child will know who the note is for by the picture on the holder. You can make each holder personalized by putting a picture that has meaning to each child or family member.… Read More Note Holder
Supplies: Sport weight yarn (mauve color) Size 3mm hook plastic headband for headband 1 small piece of elastic for headband 2 yarn needle regular needle if doing headband 2 thread if doing headband 2 All terms are in American Crochet Sl = slip stitch Ch = chain… Read More Large Bow Headband
Supplies: Sport weight yarn (mauve color) Size 3mm hook plastic headband for headband 1 small piece of elastic for headband 2 yarn needle regular needle if doing headband 2 thread if doing headband 2 All terms are in American Crochet sl = slip stitch ch = chain sc = single crochet hdc = half double… Read More Flower Headband
You will need: 4.5 mm hook 3 mm hook Gray yarn sport or worsted weight black yarn sport or thinner weight White yarn sport or worsted weight 2 small size buttons 1 medium size button 2 small flower buttons for eyes needle Directions: Body working with gray yarn and 4.5 mm hook Ch 51… Read More Raccoon Cozie
Size of finished placemat 42 cm x35 cm Gage: 10 stitches across =5 cm, 6 rows = 4 cm. You will need: Teal yarn (or any color you chose) Gray yarn (or any color you chose) size 4 hook (or size for your yarn) needle scissors Stitches ch= chain sc= single hdc= half double… Read More Front and Back Post Half Double Crochet Placemat
