Craftin'

Last week was one of the most stressful weeks of the semester.  Between exams and papers being do, it felt like the week was never ending.  So I gave myself and break this weekend and worked on some craft projects.  I personally love to crochet and I find it really relaxing.  So here's what I whipped up:

First I learned how to make crocheted butterflies.  How cute is this?  Our little neighbor loves butterflies so I made this to go on a hat for her, but it ended up being too bit.

 This is the hat I finished for her, with a smaller butterfly on it.  She's three and absolutely adorable.  I gave her the hat on Sunday morning when she was outside playing and she kept it on the rest of the afternoon.  I gave her the other butterfly I made just to play with and she was showing off to our other neighbors.  Her dad is a grad student in my department and he told me that the next morning when she woke up she was asking where her hat was.  Love that kid!

 I also mad this cowl for myself.  I hardly ever make things for myself, but this I'm keeping.  The color is really more of a bright pink than this picture shows.  I rocked this today and my friend now wants one for Christmas.

And with the leftover yarn I made a hat for myself.  My winter coat is a royal blue, so I think this will look nice.

I also started some small Christmas gifts that I can't reveal here as some of them are for people who read this blog.  So that's what I did this weekend.  What did you do with your weekend.  I plan on crafting it up for this Christmas season for budget reasons.  Anyone else craft for the holiday?  What do you make?