A co-worker of my mom's is expecting a baby boy the first of August. My mom asked me to make a little something for him so I used a pattern from the "Stitch & Bitch: Happy Hooker" book to make this blanket and hat set:

( Monkey Business )

I improvised/freehanded a dress at church yesterday. I was sick of making squares for my blanket and I have so much pink. Dont know who for but I love it. Its modeled by one of my babies at work (face cut out for privacy) who is 14 ish lbs and 3 mo. She wears 3-6 mo clothes and this just fit her so I say 0-3 mo with an attatched half onesie.

Hey everyone, I have a question!
I have a friend who wants to come to our stitch n bitch night, but she doesn't know how to crochet. I could teach her some v. simple stuff, BUT she is left handed and I am not. Any good tips on how to show a lefty how to crochet?
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I'm trying to crochet a hat and have had issues reading the pattern, so I freestyled and got this...

So, no matter what I do, I can't seem to complete 5 rows of the mesh stitch without decreasing or increasing the amount of stitches on one side. Oddly enough, the other side is perfectly straight. Basically, it comes out looking sort of like this:

A trapezoid, if you will.
Any suggestions?

I can't believe it, but I actually have a finish.  This is my first major finish (i.e. one that doesn't involve ipod cozies) in over a year.  *cough*  Coincidentally I started this project about a year ago! 

This is a lap afghan from the Leisure Arts booklet Afghans By The Pound, the Daisy Garden pattern.  It's a christmas 2007 (oh yes, I am *awesome*) gift for my sister. 


The yarn is Caron Simply Soft (cheap and cozy!) in blues and white.  I really like how it turned out, but this was honestly boring to stitch, and took forever since it was stitch clusters instead of straight DC. 

I can't tell you how glad it's finished.  I haven't been able to work on anything else with this project hanging over my head. 

Thanks for looking! 

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Stash Eater Blanket - pattern, "The Wool Eater Blanket", by Sarah London

I wanted to de-stash a lot of acrylic yarn, so I grabbed all of the baby colors and made a crib blanket.

I get the ideas offline, but I hate the patterns offered.  I really need to learn to write down my own patterns since I think they come out kinda cute.  

 

I joined this community last weekend using a different username (rushofemotions  ). Seeing all the stuff that you guys have made really got me ispired! That is why I decided to use my brand new yarn and make a hat for my younger sister. I finished it yesterday, and it's my very first project, even though I've been trying to star projects for a year now.

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I got this pattern for a Moomintroll the other day because the picture was so cute and my goddaughter's birthday is coming up. The picture is still cute, and I got a Gromit and these Hello Kitties, also adorable and all three for £5.80 ($11), but having now made up the Moomin I have a grave sense of foreboding about starting on the others, which is sad. Whoever made the patterns clearly has a grand creative streak of which I am in awe. I'm a bit torn because I'm not sure I could improvise the others but I'm positive I could have improvised the Moomin if I'd had more time (Olivia's birthday is next week), and then I wouldn't have had to deal with the difficulties:

( Pattern difficulties, cut to preserve a more positive outlook. )

I accept that it is entirely possible that I am just dim and can't understand diagrams, of course. I'll go to town on Monday and get different wool, and now I've done it once I'll be prepared for the bits I didn't understand the first time round. I'd still advise people to get the patterns, if only for their sweet appearance. I'll email the seller, at least to recommend that symbol guides be made standard in patterns where those symbols appear.

Here is what I am giving to my friend for her Bridal Shower :) I really loved making these! The pattern for the garter is from www.crochetmemories.com but the rose is my own design (the same from my icon) I also found a beautiful photo frame that I am going to include in the gift :)
I am going to make another garter for her a bit later (one to toss, one to keep)

Hi everybody, last night i improvised a pattern for a hat i made using some leftover yarn. 

I recently acquired a garbage bag full of yarn from Salvation Army ($.25 a skein!) Great find but unfortunately all the yarn has that grandma's closet/attic musty smell. Should I crochet with it and THEN wash the completed work to get the smell out or should I wash the yarn prior to working with it? I apologize if this is a stupid question. This is my first big thrift store find!

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I posted a while back when I was having trouble working with the Lion Brand Home Spun yarn for an afghan I was going to make a co-worker that's retiring at the end of this month.

Well, I tried several of the suggestions given to me here (thanks again, guys!) but my patience wore thin and I took the yarn back to the store. I exchanged it for some Vanna's Choice and got to work. It's a bit smaller because of the yarn weight difference, but I'm okay with that. I only intended it to be a small lapghan anyway, so it worked out well.

I think I'm going to block it a bit as the edges are a bit "curly" but I don't have to give it to my co-worker for another week and a half so I have time to do that.

( Anyway, here's the final product.  )