wristlet for vanessa

I wanted to make a little handbag for vanessa for her wedding. Originally my thought was a little envelope style clutch with a wrist strap. I bought some TLC Cotton Plus in white and some purple beads from Blue Moon Beads. But I still needed to figure out what I was doing. I took out my Crochet Stitch Bible and tried a few different stitches out but none really caught my fancy. So I went and got a copy of Lily Chin’s Knit & Crochet with Beads. There are only a couple of patterns I really liked in there, but she has really good descriptions of the different ways to incorporate beads into your knit and crochet. Also it was totally worth it just because I learned that I could use dental floss threaders to thread beads onto my yarn. Brilliant!

After doing a bit of googling I came across The Nylon Shells Wristlet Bag on Crochetville. It looked simple enough and I could work my beads into the sc of the shells. However the pattern is written a bit strangely and I modified it a bit to get the shells to work the way I wanted. But I love the way the bag came out. However I still need to figure out if I should line it or the straps. It’s 50/50 cotton/acrylic so I’m not sure if it will lose its shape. However it’s probably going to be used only once so it can’t get that out of shape..I think.

And shh! It’s a secret. I’m going to give this to her at her bridal shower on the 20th.

So here is the bag (click to view full size)

1 comment August 10th, 2005

Crochet bythehook

Crochet bythehook

Lots of good patterns - including tons hats!

Add comment August 9th, 2005

chunky crochet hat

This hat is very cool. But the Rowan Big Wool yarn they use is like $14 a skein. Ouch! They did a nice job adapting that pattern from the Anthropologie version.

chunky crocket hat - free pattern

Maybe one day I’ll make it.

Add comment August 8th, 2005

Nylon Cord Shells Wristlet Bag

Crochetville Forum - Nylon Cord Shells Wristlet Bag

I’m thinking of making this for a gift for my sister’s wedding. I have some purple beads that will go with her dress.

Add comment August 8th, 2005

crochet crown headband

I used 2 strands of Lion Brand Baby Soft (which is medium sportweight) held together. I don’t recall what hook size.

headband
Start off with a chain in a multiple of 10 or 12 (12 for higher crown peaks) that fits around the head. Join (make sure its not twisted). Ch 1. SC in each stitch. Join. Keep doing these rows until it’s the right height.

ear flaps
determine width (x)and placement for earflaps. (for mine it was 20 st). Do X sc into bottom of headband. *Ch 1 and turn. Do X-1 sc. (basically you are not going to do a sc into the ch 1 of the previous row)* Do this until the earflap is the desired length. In the bottom row you might want to skip a sc or 2 to get more taper.

repeat on other side.

crown
starting in the back of the head. *sc, hdc, dc, tr, dtr, ttr, dtr, tr, dc, hdc, sc, sl* repeat around. If you used a multiple of 10 for the headband then it’s *sc, hdc, dc, tr, dtr, tr, dc, hdc, sc, sl*.

finishing
I did a bit of finishing to make it look nicer. I slipstitched around the whole bottom of the hat. I ch1 around the bottom of the earflap to give myself somewhere to tie the braids to. Then I used a smaller hook and 1 strand and single crocheted along the top of the crown to give it more stiffness. I did 2 sc in each stitch except for the top of the point where I did 2 sc, ch1 in one stitch and then 3sc in the other - this was my attempt to make it more pointy at the top. You can probably fiddle around and see what works best for you. Then I wove in my end and tied on my braids. And voila.

Sorry..I know that is messy but I haven’t totally worked the pattern out yet. Let me know if it doesn’t make sense to you.

Add comment June 9th, 2005

daisy end scarf

As Sandy requested I wrote up the pattern for the pink flower end scarf. This is my first attempt at a pattern so forgive me if it doesn’t work exactly. The tricky part is attaching the flower motifs to the ends, so if my method doesn’t make sense work out your own.
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Make 2 daisy squares.
1. ch 5. sl into first chain.
2. 12 sc into ring, 1 sl into first sc of round
3. [11 ch, 1sl in next sc] 12 times
4. 1 sl in each of first 6 ch of loop (to bring you up to the top of the petal). 4 ch, 1 sc in 6th ch of next loop, 4 ch [3 DCTOG, 4ch, 3DCTOG] in next loop, * 4ch, [1SC in 6th ch of next loop, 4 ch] twice, [3 DCTOG, 4 ch, 3 DCTOG] in next loop, repeat from * twice more, 4 ch, 1 sc in same place at 6th sl at beginning of round.

For scarf
1. DC into corner of square. * ch 2, dc in chain between petals * 3 times more. ch 2, dc into corner (there will be 2 dc in the corner)
2. ch 4, turn. DC into space between 1st and 2nd dc below. * ch 2, DC into space * 3 times more. ch 1 dc into space between last 2 dc.
3. ch 5, turn. DC into 2nd space * ch 2, DC into space* repeat 4 more times.
4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 until desired length. (end with step 2)

to attach daisy square to end
1. DC into corner. *2 sl, DC into space between petals * repeat 3 more times. 2 sl, DC into corner.

to scallop the edges
1. sl into daisy square corner.
2. (in the first block of the scarf (not square) *5 hdc, sc into next row* repeat until end. SL into corner of square.

Add comment January 9th, 2005