More Headbands..

I've been crocheting more headbands for my friends' daughter.  She really liked the Peace Headband, so I made 3 more of those. One is her school colors.  I kind of like the one in the middle the best; made with Simply Soft yarn. Here is how I did the Peace Headbands, in case you missed that post. :)

And a Floral Lace Headband.

Two "Genius Headbands". The black one I made for me. I added the flower, from this pattern: Headband with Yarn Daisy.  I don't know why I didn't just make that whole pattern, instead. 

Another Floral Lace Headband, I did this one yesterday.

And another Genius Headband I also did yesterday..   I think that's enough headbands for now, what do you think?

Long Blog Post... :P

Look at what I got in the mail, all the way from the Philippines!!! :D Mimi's own Shapely Tunic pattern. And, she sent me a gorgeous beaded (you can't see the beads very well in the picture) flower. I am still trying to decide what to sew it onto. Thank you so much, Mimi. :) Mimi's Tunic pattern is also available for sale at her Ravelry Store: Shapely Tunic by Mimi Alelis. And, at her Etsy Store, if you don't have a Ravelry account. mimicrochet's Shapely Tunic You can also see Clairethere's version of the Shapely Tunic (on Ravelry). So cute in all colors. :)



Here are two more of Mimi's 8-Petal Flower Pendant necklaces. (Ravelry Store link. ;P)

By the way, Mimi just had her first magazine pattern submission, in Interweave Crochet!! I am SO happy, and excited for her! Congratulations (again :P), Mimi!!


This is a project I just recently started. A knitted Steering Wheel Cover for our oldest son's first car. I shoulda posted a picture of his car. Oh well. Maybe next time. It's nothing fancy. A 1990 Buick Century in dire need of a new paint job. But. It's a first car. :P He said the steering wheel is gross. I got to thinking, "I bet there HAS to be a pattern for a steering wheel cover on Ravelry"... :P Yup, there is. The one I liked best is the Simple Steering Wheel Cover. He wanted it "Black and grey". ?? I had some black/grey/white variegated in my stash (I need to buy one more ball now). So that's where it is now.. If it turns out he doesn't like it, he can always buy one. But he said he would like one.

And, more knitting.. :) I don't believe it myself, but I actually finished a garterlac dishcloth. I tried doing garterlac, like 5 years ago. I could NOT understand it. So I gave up even thinking about trying another one. Until recently. It was the pattern of the week (even though it's technically like every two weeks, now) on the Dishcloth Weekly Knitalong Group I am in on Ravelry. And, someone posted a link to pictures. That helped me so much. I think if it wasn't for those pictures, I wouldn't have got it. As it was, I had to rip it out twice because I lost track of what I was doing or supposed to be doing. I almost ripped the whole thing out, once. But I ripped it back to a point and walked away from it. LOL When I came back later, I said "Hey, I know what I was doing here" (Miraculously)... And, I finished it. I don't know if I will ever be able to do another one. But. :P The pattern is in PDF file, so I thought it would just be easiest to put in a link to his blog. (Criminy Jickets) The pattern is in the sidebar. Also, a link to the Flickr page with the helpful pictures, that someone helpfully posted! How to Garterlac Pictures. Here is my finished cloth, and I will shut up about it. ;P

Oh, and more knitting... :P Some Knit Hair Raising Headbands. From the Lion Brand Yarn website. I knitted two so far. (I am getting waaaaaay deep in getting away from the projects I already have going, I know... Sigh.) But, they are finished. (Except the steering wheel cover.)

I did not use Lion Brand Cotton Ease. I just used Sugar n' Cream. Or you could use Peaches n' Cream. Or acrylic. I love how these feel. Not like the plastic headbands that give me a headache after about an hour. The green one I will probably send to Pine Ridge. I need to get some more colors to make more. (Someday!!...) They do work up fast, though. So. :D

Headbands

A friend of mine asked me if I could make her a headband she saw on facebook. It looked pretty simple. I found a pattern for a simple three stranded headband, and practiced by making a few for me. ;P  The simplest things are sometimes the coolest, I think. Since this was on St. Patricks Day, I had to make a green one. 

Then I thought, I should crochet a shamrock and sew it on. I was a little embarassed to wear this out in public. But my husband said it was cute so I wore it to go out for corned beef and cabbage. :)

And, I made a pink one, too. 

This is the headband I was practicing for. A Peace Headband. Only did two strands instead of three. I know I did the peace symbol wrong. (I fixed it later.)   I am going to post how I did the peace symbol, in my next post. I'm glad I wrote down how I did it, my friend said her daughter wants some more headbands. :) 

I have been so busy crocheting and knitting my fingers off.  I just sent a box today to the Pine Ridge OB Ward. This is a set that I sent (among other things..)  I used the Sue's No-Holes Hexagon Sweater (like the Hexagon Sweater I have done, but no holes..) I just made each hexagon four inches wide to make it a newborn size.  The hat, I started out with one pattern, then switched to a different one. I wish I had written down what I did, because I really like that hat. The mittens are my own pattern. The booties are the SLK Booties pattern. I like those.  
ETA: I did write down what I did for the hat! (Yay, because I am making another one right now..  :D )  It is Bev's Preemie/Newborn Hat in the Round. (The largest size -13".) I just did the band like the Lion Brand Preemie hat, which is chain 11 (then do the rest just like the pattern says). Then, do the rest of the pattern just like it says. I did until the hat measures 4" from the band part, though. Not from the beginning. That way I can turn it up. (Actually, I did 4.5" from the band for this hat.. But I also think that hat was a little bit too big for what the OB unit likes for a newborn size. So I am going by the pattern from now on.)   ;)

Some headbands I made for a friend. Actually, another friend asked me if I could make her daughter some. She posted a picture on facebook. I asked her where she saw the picture (Pinterest). So I did a search on Pinterest, and couldn't find anything like it. So I asked her if she could "like" the picture, on Pinterest, so I could see if there was an available pattern. And there was. Woo Hoo!! (Oops, it looks like it is temporarily sold out. But, it is called Bow Ear Warmer- here's my Pin.) It technically isn't a headband pattern (which is why I probably couldn't find it, since I was typing in "headband"..). It's an ear warmer pattern.  These are for the friend who originally asked me to make some. Then, I made two for another friend who I've made headbands for her daughter in the past. Hers were orange, and pink. But I forgot to get a picture of them before I packaged them all up. :(

Then I made two for another friends' daughter. Mailed the last two packages out today.

And, another Christmas present (same people/family as the ear warmers..) done. More Minion Slippers.

And a booties/mitts set (same pattern as the booties/mitts above)

And, a snowman card I made one day when Eon had a snow day. We did Arts & Crafts. :D  It's been a long time since we have done that. He made a folded "book" (?) with a picture of Santa in it. He folded about four different pieces of card stock (Christmas colors) and glued them all together. Then put the picture of Santa in the middle.  I thought, "Oh that would be cool to make a card like that.." Mine was off-centered, though. I made a snowman scene. Nothing big.

More Things I Finished in 2020

I didn't think I would ever sew any more face masks. But, my step-Mom had asked if I could sew another one for my Dad, "Since he just had the one."  I decided to do Christmas fabric (this was before Christmas). The top one is for my Dad, the bottom one for my step-Mom.

And the backs are both the same fabric.

Then I thought I would sew some for Eon and Eli for stocking stuffers. The top one is Eli's, the bottom is Eons'. The fronts and backs are the same fabric.

I don't think I posted the sweater I crocheted for Jetta for Christmas. This was a project I had started, I don't know when. And I picked it up and got the pattern out and finished it. Then I sewed a Christmas Tree I crocheted, onto the back.  I didn't crochet one for Jaxson, because he hates sweaters...  Well, he must have been jealous. Because I let them outside, and Jetta squatted down to pee. Jaxson walked over to her, turns and looks straight at me. Lifts his leg and pees on her, and her sweater!!  UGHH... So I took her sweater off soon as she got in the house, put her in the bathtub...  I couldn't believe it.

So, I went and got him a sweater, too. He was SOOO excited, he was jumping five feet in the air.  I for sure thought he hated sweaters, because he would never let me put one on him (except when he was a puppy).  Well, I guess I was wrong. 

I crocheted a couple twisted headbands. They are the Jolly Twist Headbands, on Ravelry. I know there are other twisted headband patterns out there for free, though. After I bought the pattern, I kept finding them for free online. Like this one. And this one.  Sigh..  

                                 Two variegated ones, I didn't add the contrasting color bands. 

 And this is another old project I had picked up, to finish. I didn't have a pattern with it, or even remember what pattern it was. I was hoping it was the same pattern I did Steve and Eli's hats with. But it isn't. This one I only cast on 88 stitches.  I looked through all my patterns I had printed out, nothing that I could remember. Then I went on Ravelry and typed in hat, knitted...  After some looking I found what I am 99.9% positive is the pattern I used. I remember for some reason, The Ships Project. Something in my muddy, pea brain clicked and I'm almost positive this is the pattern I used. I made a few of these in 2016, for a school on Pine Ridge. But I never posted the link to the pattern I used.  So now I have it.  It's called Hat With Heart.

What to blog about?

I have nothing to do today! YAY!!! And, the kids are all still asleep! I should be crocheting right now!! I will probably end up cleaning, because I "have" to, with three kids... and four dogs... even if three of them ARE puppies.... :) I wish I could spend the whole day crocheting, eating chocolate, and drinking coffee, but.... this is the real world we live in.....

I have almost finished one thing crochet; the "Wildflowers on a Vine" bookmark, by someone @ Crochetville. This is so simple, but yet, so cool! I really like it. I think I'll send this first one to my mom, to use while she's walking on the treadmill (she's always complaining how the pages blow everywhere while she's reading-- and walking). I tried to read while I was walking on her treadmill, once, I could not do it. Anyway, here is a picture of my almost done bookmark, to the left. I still need to add four more flowers, but you get the idea. I have four headbands left, too. :)