food, crochet, merriment
Ok, admit it. When you first saw this cute little cracker crochet–was your first response, “NO WAY! That’s amazing!”
That’s exactly what I thought too. Lucky for me…
the pattern was easy enough…
that l fully intend…
to have a pond full soon!
Original pattern from Twinkie Chan
I had SO much fun making this little Fried Egg key chain…
that I decided to make a few more!
I mean…
can’t scrimp on cuteness!
Original pattern from The Wandering Deer
My mom made a potholder for me with a pattern like this and it has always intrigued me. Because I have loads of cotton yarn, once I found the pattern, I decided to try it.
It really is the perfect project to make while you’re listening to a podcast or audio book–which I do a TON–and you still want to keep your hands busy. It’s made all in one piece in a continuous round. Watch the video and you’ll get it real fast.
This is a great one for the Present Box–if you have one of those.
I used a 5mm or H hook–because I like it.
Go forth and crochet away!!
Once upon a time there was an ugly windowsill. No, no–I mean a seriously UGLY windowsill. It was so ugly that it even made the plants sad–as you can see.
People said, “sand it.” People said, “paint it.” People said, “sand it and then paint it.”
Problem is, I’m not much of a sand it or paint it girl.
Being a resourceful soul, I remembered that there isn’t much that can’t be improved with a hook and some colored string.
So I grabbed my most beautiful pink yarn….
and got cracking!
I even found some variegated yarn that completely matched the sink curtains!
Of course, there was no pattern for this crazy project. There was, however, plenty of measuring, and setting, and pulling out and starting over going on. I had to get a little creative to accommodate that fancy corner.
I used a crossed double crochet stitch–because it’s cute and bumpy and will be forgiving and dry quickly when the plant waterer spills now and then. Ha.
It worked best to do a row in the back stitch so that it would fold perfectly over the edge of the sill.
I love how it changes and brightens up the whole dang room!
Even the plants are happy!!
Little sweet Hazel asked me to make her a chicken…just because she loves them so, SO much.
And if you’ve been around here long enough, you know exactly what I said.
“Anything for YOU my dahling!” Heh, heh.
She turned out kinda cute…wouldn’t you say?
Wish granted my love.