LJ Crochet Community Archive

Patterns For The Male Golf Lover In Your Life?!

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 06:07:33 GMT

So I'm planning on making some golf related items to give to my uncle Gary for xmas. Right now I'm working on club covers.

I just finished the first cover only to realize when I changed colors, somehow I dropped a stitch. No it's ruined and I need to start all over.

So, if you have any golf related patterns, or any male friendly patterns like hats or scarfs or the like that are quick and easy, please send 'em my way. Thanks!

i just took some pictures of FOs

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 05:59:06 GMT

this is for my boyfriend's cousin's boyfriend... i got him in the secret santa raffle. and i think it turned out really good. i'd never done a grid before.

this was for my boyfriend's grandmother. it's Homespun, Amore, and Simply Soft all put together. it was all scraps, actually.

this is mine. i got some discontinued yarn for free at work and i just did a quick little shell stitch with a big hook and whipped this up while i watched Days of Our Lives.

and i hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas season. :-)

Hat Drama

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:48:00 GMT

Last year I made my sister a 6 colored ripple-stitch scarf from red heart hokey pokey for Christmas. I have a few ounces in every color and decided to make her a matching hat or two. The only problem is, whenever I start a hat pattern, I can get ALMOST to the end, and then *BAM* I run out of yarn... I've tried changing patterns, hooks, dosn't seem to matter. I'm about to just throw in the hat and freehand an ipod cozy. That should take significantly less yarn (I hope). For those of you who make hats, is there a particular style/look that uses minimal yarn?

I am also working on a toddler sized scarf for a friend, and I'm working with Wool-Ease (an acrilic wool xmis). The child has Cystic Fibrosis, so I want to make sure I wash the scarf realy well to kill any potential germs before sending it off... I've never worked with wool yarn before, will it felt if I put it in the washing machine, will it shrink if the waters to warm? Is there a way to clean the darn thing, other than traditional soap/warm water? I'm almost tempted to just place it on a cookie sheet and bake the darn thing, but I'm afraid that would melt the accrilic... I would realy appreciate any advice on how to give the scarf a good steralization without totaly altering the project.

ACK!! If I'm going to get my stuff done in time for Christmas, I better grab my hooks and pull an all nighter.

Two questions......

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 01:23:07 GMT

1) Isn't this a crochet community?

2) Why do people always get nastier the closer to Christmas you get?

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:32:26 GMT

Everyone who sends an e-mail to me (josi@weirdmirror.org) with the sentence:

I support crochet in all its forms, including those I personally find controversial.

Will get one free pattern from my collection (Josi Hannon Madera Designs), and a lucky winner will be drawn on New Years Day 2006 and that person will recieve a copy of every pattern I have available on my website.

No More Grannies

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:28:02 GMT

So, as you might remember, I'm making a Trip Around The World afgan for my kids for their belated wedding/Christmas present. Originally, I was making a Double Wedding Ring pattern, but the directions proved so annoying, that I switched gears.

I have the whole center section of rounds of grannies all done and sewn together. I am, now squaring off the corners. Each corner takes 15 grannies. One corner is all done and sewn in, and I'm through with the first 5 grannies for the second corner. Slow going. I think this will be it for me and grannies fore a long while!

Gotta say, though, I absolutely love the Mainstays" Light Beige" color. It is such a warm, creamy off white color. It's unusual for me to get hyper about a neutral color, but I love this one everytime I look at it, which is a lot on this afgan!

Made a scarf and hat set for my mailman, Steve, and some muffins, all in time for his noontime delivery of my mail. Woot!

Hope to grab some time along the way to make a poncho for my friend, Sheryl. But not neccessarily by Christmas!

offensive content

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:29:38 GMT

I know the mods have made a statement about using lj-cuts when posting questionable material, but you may want to consider that many of us use the RSS feed for this community since we aren't regular LJ users...and the lj-cut tag doesn't work for anyone unless they view the entry from LJ. Also, viewing the cut is only an option. I know many users belong to many graphic communities and have this feature turned off.

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:58:02 GMT

If you make a crocheted tampon with sterilized cotton yarn and a sterilized smaller hook, could it be functional? Perhaps a book of Crocheted Personal Hygiene items is in order here? Tampon cozies anyone?

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:54:43 GMT

Edited

special for fruitynutcake, angelicmystique and all the fascist whackos over at cf_hardcore!!

also a shout out to otf_wank *waves*

Thanks everyone!! :D

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:33:59 GMT

My new books!

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:53:37 GMT

I'm a super-obsessed pattern follower. Although I normally add/subtract things to make the pattern more to my liking, I haven't been able to get rid of that security blanket of having a pattern in front of me. Anyway, because of that I'm always on the lookout for new patterns. Today, I went to this used bookstore in my hometown, because I'm home for christmas. I wasn't even sure if this place was still open, but thank goodness it was! I found a few very nice books that I'm excited about, and a few that were only a quarter and are worth a look.

I got this magazine and another called "Women's Circle" Crochet that is from 1989. I'm not sure if either book will have anything too useful in them, but they were 75 cents together, so it's worth a try.

This book has a pattern for a plaid afghan, and an argyle one. I've been dying to do some plaid and/or argyle designs.

This book has a pattern for this tablecloth (see below)

Which I LOOOOOVE and can't wait to make for spring. Here is a close up of the flowers:

I'm excited, I had to share.

Yet Another Dildo Cozy

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:40:49 GMT

This one is in better taste than the others, so to speak. I'm on a roll!

As with my other cozies, this one's currently on auction. But I have just purchased a domain name, and soon I'll be selling these in a more straightforward way. This one, the tampon, the Canadian flag and another design I'm working on will be the basic designs, but I will be taking custom orders. Look forward to it!

Caffeine for the mind!
Pizza for the body!
Sushi for the SOUL!!

list of good causes to crochet for

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:19:39 GMT

In case you haven't seen the magazine "Simply Creative Crochet" (from Better Homes & Gardens), the more-or-less current issue has a list of charities. Herewith the general gist of their 2-page article, "Hook Up With a Good Cause":

¤ Snuggles Project from Hugs for Homeless Animals - crocheted security blankets bring warmth and comfort to shelter animals worldwide. www.h4ha.org
¤ Heartmade Blessings: Operation Purple Heart - goal is to send a comfort afghan to every family who has lost a love one in Iraq or Afghanistan; you can donate yarn or completed 6-inch or 12-inch squares. www.heartmadeblessings.org
¤ Operation Toasty Toes - crochet slippers for members of America's armed forces serving overseas. www.operationtoastytoes8.gobot.com
¤ local efforts including Pittsburgh, PA chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women, crocheting hats, scarves, mittens and blankets for women's shelters; Community Yarn Creations in Lynwood, Washington create items for multiple local agencies. www.communityyarncreations.org

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:07:35 GMT

Im so irritated. I've been working on a hat for my mom for like 3 days now. I finished it today and was super excited that it turned out, except it was a little big, so I washed it, hoping that it would shrink up a little bit. It shrunk up a little but not enough.... grrrr.... AND when I washed it, it got all floppy like, which I wouldn't mind, but my mom wanted a stiffer brim... Blahh... The problem was that I did a hat similar a few weeks back except it was going to be a base ball type cap, which turned out well except it was WAY too small because I have such a tight stitch so I figured Id go up a few hook sizes on moms to see if that helped. What I didn't realize was that I went up 5 hook sizes, but didn't notice till I was over half way done with it. GRRR... She's wearing it now because she says her head is cold, but I told her I'd see what I can do to fix it. I don't really know what I can to tho... blahh.
Just a slight vent... thanx for listening... :)

Another New Dildo Cozy

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:28:14 GMT

This one's for your beaver!

THE CANADIAN FLAG DILDO COZY

As with the other Cozy Creations, this one's up on eBay, but like the last one it'll probably not be the only one like it. It'll depend a lot on how the first one does at auction.

Now THAT'S patriotism!

Homespun

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 18:26:48 GMT

Thanks to lisaizme for turning me on the the Crystallite hooks for Homespun. I bought the complete set. It sure made a difference using those with Homespun. I made 4 scarves for my husband's office girls over the weekend. I also splurged and bought myself a digital camera Saturday (self Christmas present) so now I can photo my STUFF.....

How udderly charming!

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 18:22:39 GMT

I made this cow TP cozy for a couple-friend of mine who call each other My Moo. It was inspired by Roxycraft's cow. :)

Full frontal

You'll really love me udderneath it all

Sideways

Slippers, revisited

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:38:38 GMT

Well, I finished my second pair of slippers today. This Christmas, I am crocheting slippers for everyone on my list (well, at least if I can get them done!) I've been crocheting like mad for two days, and I now have two pairs done. Luckily, I am a college student on semester break, so I have all the time in the world to do this.

For this pair, I used this pattern, but I'm really bad about making stitches really tight, so I had to add a few rows and increase like crazy around the ankle cuff to make it work. I think it turned out well...

New Dildo Cozy

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 03:32:36 GMT

I'm totally undecided on this one. Is it totally tasteless, or wickedly ironic?

THE TAMPON DILDO COZY!!

As with the other cozies, I've got it for sale on eBay. However, unlike the others this won't be a one-of-a-kind creation. Depending on how it goes (or if), I'll probably be making more.

Hope you like it!

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 02:49:37 GMT

I can't post these in my own journal yet - I haven't finished mailing them all off - but these are the gift boxes I made for friends this year.

Each "cup" is formed around a yogurt container, with brown chenille "cake" and pink boucle "sprinkles". I filled each one with jewelry, lip gloss, and other fun stuff like that.

NOT KID/WORK SAFE!

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:50:01 GMT

So, my best friend wanted me to make him dangling boobies...similar to the dangling dice thingy...for his car. I finally decided to give it a whirl.

HOW COOL AM I!?!?

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:05:37 GMT

i have a technical question and i need some help......
i am trying to figure out how to decrease on a pattern stitch.... for instance let's say i am doing a spaced scale stitch and want to use it in a hat and as i go, i am assuming i would decrease on the pattern.... or would it be easier to increase and start at the top???? i am really good with using fancy stitches (as found in crochet bible, etc) but i have no idea how to decrease or increase on a fancy stitch like this-- i could basically only go in a straight shot, like for a scarf or blanket. i thought maybe someone could help....please??
:)
Thanks!!!

Further word from the mod

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:10:31 GMT

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Christmas hats and scarves.

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:43:15 GMT

A friend of mine has introduced me to the kniffty knitters. We were trying to figure out how to make those fashionable scarves using the new fun yarn. It isn’t easy to work with fun fir and eyelash yarn and the boa yarn. She found the kniffty knitter and showed me. We have been going to town ever since. I started afghans for Christmas last January. I did five. Yes, five. I did that by setting a schedule. I decided that I had so many weeks per afghan. That meant that I had to do so many inches or so many squares a day leaving time to finish each afghan whether that meant just the border or putting the squares together and then adding the boarder. I did it. I even had time to do six of those scarves with the kniffty knitter. They were great fun. Then I got carried away. I made one of those fancy scarves for every single niece I have and a hat for every nephew. The scarves take me two days to do. My friend can rip them out in a day. The hats are different story. Two hours at the most. I whipped hats out for everyone I know. Cute. My goodness those things are cute. I made camouflage hats for the little nephews, those small enough to still love playing army and hunting. I made hats to match jackets of the older nephews. Even though my brothers and father are getting their own camouflage hats. I made a hat for my grandmother who loves soft hats. They are lovely. The real problem is that I still have yarn and time and empty Christmas bags. Everyone I know will have warm ears the rest of this winter.
Yesterday, I watched Christmas movies as I made about ten dozen cookies and three hats. It was a great day. My floor still needs to be vacuumed but I have hats for three more people. Priorities. Got to have priorities.

x-posted to a_twistedstitch

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:24:22 GMT

There is now a change of policy over at a_twistedstitch. It is no longer only for advanced crochet, but we will remain only for rare, original and unusual pieces.

Any and all manner of oddity or delicious weirdness appreciated. We are a body-positive, open-minded, multi-national, pan-religious community. We are also highly populated by snarks, so only those who can handle criticism should venture a swim in our waters. If you post the same old scarf in a community for the unusual, be prepared to hear about it and be prepared to answer the question "what makes your crochet so special".

As before, I prefer to limit questions asked in a_twistedstitch to the ones which arise in designing and/or free-handing (not free-forming, which is another thing entirely). Questions regarding patterns you are working on, or regarding stitch how-tos should be directed to basic_crochet. Asking a poster for the pattern will, as always, get you banned (bad form, people) and making posts in search of patterns will get you ridiculed and banned.

Basically, we're a bunch of bawdy loudmouth bitches with tons of opinions, and you are welcome to join.