First Hat

Here it is: my first crocheted hat ever! I used a free pattern from Ravelry by Pippa Wilson. I think it came out wonderfully.

After looking at it over and over again in the mirror, I thought a nice, big crocheted flower would add some panache. It did! It reminds me of a hat my mother made us when my sisters and I were little. 

One other addition I will make next time to this hat pattern is to add another row of the ruffle at the bottom. Or add another row somewhere else. It seems a little shallow otherwise.

This was an easy and quick pattern. I was thrilled to finish my first hat ever!  

Happy crocheting!

I Only Have Eyes for You!

Today I'm not including a project I've done, but a frightfully fun gift my sister sent me in time for Halloween.

You know you are loved when you open a box in the mail with a set of crochet eyeballs, complete with the optic nerve. 

Even though they are only crochet, a delightfully squeamish response is what they've gotten. My husband is especially creeped out. The kids think they are funny...sort of. Even my skin crawled when I saw the optic nerves.

The pattern was found online, but if you are interested in making them, be sure to read through the comments, as the pattern is in British terminology. My sister didn't realize this at first but when her eyeball was coming out the size of a pillow, she thought she may have missed something. 

These eyeballs are about the size of a baseball.

Keep your eye on the ball! (ha ha)

Be careful if you do this project....don't poke your eye out with your hook. 

 Eye wouldn't trade my sister for the world. Eye love her. Eye don't know what eye'd do without her...

One Skein Scarf AGAIN!

Someone stop me! Nah, never mind. I love crocheting up this pattern.

Remember how I said this pattern didn't come out as long as pictured in The Happy Hooker? This one I just did is plenty long enough. I started with ch 223. I think I finished it within two hours. And check out the leftover ball. I should have tried 228 and it would have been a real nail-biter towards the end. Can you imagine the tension? "Will she make it, folks? Or will she be a few inches short? Let's wait an see." Understand that I bought this wool on clearance at Benjamin Franklin's going out of business sale, hence the anxiousness. (Sniff, sniff. Goodbye BF. I'll miss you.)

My daughter thinks this one rolled up looks like an artichoke.