Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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?

5 comments:

  1. So awesome! I saw your comment on SUAR's page when you said you were going to put her sticker "in" your water bottle...it caught my eye so I thought I'd come visit your blog. :) Love your gifts!

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  2. Wow! You are awesome at that! I don't think I could do that! So cute! I am trying to do some paintings for family members for christmas gifts to cut back on some costs... hopefully I can get everything done that I want to get done!

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  3. Yea, Mom's getting homemade gifts !!

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  4. Help me do that!!! I only know the single and double stitches!!!

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  5. LOVE the cowl! And the hat is perfect for a 3-yr-old, I can certainly understand why she loves it. Nicely done! I'm knitting baby hats...nothing too fancy.

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