Monday, July 12, 2010

Crochet Pattern: Fluffy Bath Puff





The Perfect Fluffy Bath Puff
(Updated 07/12/10)






Because these bath puffs are made from a cotton blend by Lion Brand (50% cotton, 50% acrylic), I make them tight, but medium sized. Double crocheted (larger) 100% cotton bath puffs tend to get too heavy when they get wet. This size is good for a child or adult.





Materials: 1 ball of medium weight 50% cotton/50% acrylic and crochet hook K.

Round 1: Chain 3, loop the chain back to the 1st chain.  Add 15 single stitches in the center of the circle you just created.  Chain 40 -- This will form the hanger. Loop the chain (hanger) back to the beginning of round 1 and add 1 single stitch to connect the hanger and with the ring.

Round 2 thru 6: 6 single stitches in each chain of the 15 chains.

Finish off



NOTE:  It takes about 1 hour for 'intermediate' crocheters.


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Friday, July 2, 2010

Red White & Blue Linky Party

Link Up Your Favorite
Craft, People, or Scenery Pictures
of the 4th of July!

Quick post -- This is one of my favorite July 4th pictures.  We were at a local parade and this cute lady was so proud to be American!  I just had to get a picture of her.

Linky party rules:

1.  Post anything red white and blue - link to the post, not your main blog.

That's it - super easy, right?  Let's go!  What 'cha got?

Monday, June 21, 2010

Blog Link Party - Share Your Craft

CUTE and PRETTY FINDS
From Last Week's
Blog Link Party


Find these cute little custom made magnets at Vintage SHOUTING


Sweety Bird has such wonderful knitted baby blankets.










 

Grandma's little dress is so, well, I just want to have it!
Hope you join the party this week!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Making Friends on ETSY !

I Love Surprises!

Andrea from Swan River Stone surprised me today with a feature on her blog about my ecofriendly organic washcloths.  She probably found my blog through ETSY or maybe even FaceBook, not sure, but she has a beautiful blog!  Here's what she wants us to know about her and her blog:

SwanRiverStone's blog is "based on the three elements above- Grace, Balance, and Strength that is the story behind the name of my business SwanRiverStone.  The Swan is a bird who goes through alot of hell and clumsy growing pains in order to become the beautiful, graceful bird that it is- This is me."


Check out Andrea's beautiful jewelry - here's a quick sample of her 'prettiness:'

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Super Easy Chunky Crochet Bangle

5 Quick Steps to a
Great Chunky Bangle / Bracelet

Materials:

I used "Loops & Threads, Charisma, 100% acrylic yarn".  Just use up your scraps for this project.  Any yarn should work (cotton, bamboo, acrylic, etc.)


Steps:
  1. Leave a 3 inch tail.
  2. 25 single stitches.
  3. Loop the last single stitch back to the first one and stitch together to form a ring.
  4. Double crochet in each single stitch you made above.
  5. Single stitch in each double crochet above.

Good luck !  Please leave a comment if you make these - link to your picture so we can see how they came out.

This is my own design!  Feel free to post it on your blog!