Good Evening my Friends! I hope you all have had a Fabulous weekend and have some Fantastic plans for the 4th of July :) I was able to spend yesterday with my family at a cookout and enjoyed every minute of it. The strongest childhood memories I have are from all of the cookouts we had next door to us at our grandparents house....Oh, the good ole days! I have been so blessed to have the family I do.
I can't believe how fast this year has gone by! I decided today that since we are 1/2 way through the months of the year, it would be fun to have a 1/2 off Sale. Every pattern in my Craftsy Shop here: Crafting Friends on Craftsy and also in my Ravelry Shop here: Crafting Friends on Ravelry are now 1/2 off. The prices on Craftsy have already been changed and the prices on Ravelry will automatically change at check-out.
For those of you who do not crochet, but would love to purchase a Ready To Ship dress, I have adjusted the prices to 1/2 off of most of my dresses in my Etsy shop here: Crafting Friends Etsy Shop
I have not listed all of the dresses on Etsy since some of them are in a Boutique in town, so if there is one you know I have that you would like, please email me and I will let you know if it is still available. This is a great way to get handmade gifts for baby showers or even your own babies.
Wishing you all the best
Kate
Enriching lives through hook & yarn
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Fancy Yarn / Quick Giveaway
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Leave a comment with your email address, # of my patterns you already have and which pattern you would like to win. Giveaway will end in 24hours (6/30/12 at 4:30pm MST)
In trying to find the best mesh yarn to use for the Princess Britt dresses, I ordered some "Fancy Yarn" from Ebay. I loved the colors, but was slightly disappointed with the width of it when it came. It is about 1/2 the width of the Red Heart Sashay yarn. I decided to try it on a Newborn size dress first since it was smaller. Here is the result :)
It was slower/harder to work up than the Sashay, but I think it turned out beautiful! I wanted the pink around her ankles, so I used measurements from Heidi's Hoook Miss Priss baby leg pattern found here: Miss Priss Pattern and just made anlkets. The baby is having pictures done today and it is around 90*, so I didn't want the whole legging for right now. Loved that idea and will be doning more :)
I did learn a lesson though....DO NOT start a pattern really late at night when extremely tired!!! I started a dress and was not paying attention to the actual pattern since I have most of it memorized and was more than 1/2 way finished before I realized I had grabbed the Toddler pattern and was working the 18mo size instead of the Infant pattern Newborn size. Sooooo, I ended up with 2 dresses.
This is the 18month complete.
Leave a comment with your email address, # of my patterns you already have and which pattern you would like to win. Giveaway will end in 24hours (6/30/12 at 4:30pm MST)
In trying to find the best mesh yarn to use for the Princess Britt dresses, I ordered some "Fancy Yarn" from Ebay. I loved the colors, but was slightly disappointed with the width of it when it came. It is about 1/2 the width of the Red Heart Sashay yarn. I decided to try it on a Newborn size dress first since it was smaller. Here is the result :)
I did learn a lesson though....DO NOT start a pattern really late at night when extremely tired!!! I started a dress and was not paying attention to the actual pattern since I have most of it memorized and was more than 1/2 way finished before I realized I had grabbed the Toddler pattern and was working the 18mo size instead of the Infant pattern Newborn size. Sooooo, I ended up with 2 dresses.
This is the 18month complete.
Since this yarn was smaller, I had to do shorter stitches for the skirt on this one so it would still look full. It made it slightly heavier, but not a huge difference. I have 2 more skeins to use that are a deep pink and brown verigated that is REALLY pretty. Those will have to wait until I finish the 2 other dresses that have already been started.
I hope everyone has started a wonderful weekend. My heart goes out to those who are effected by the fires across the country! Stay safe and keep cool.
Kate
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Camo Pattern Sale
Do you ever look at your stash of crafting/hobby supplies and think..."I really should use this before I buy more" ? Last night, I was looking under the bed for some pictures for my husband. I have a bunch of yarn stashed in a box with 2 Camo afghans started. One is Pink and one is Blue. They really are easy to make, but I have been so busy with baby dresses (which only take a few hours to make). I find it hard to work on afghans now since they take so long to work up.
Here is the one I finished while writing the pattern
The beauty of this pattern though, is that it can be made in any size you want...SO, the time it will take is completely up to me. I need to finish both of them and have them ready for Christmas. Whether I use them as Christmas gifts or not, at least I have put a deadline on finishing them and they will be ready no matter what :)
To give myself a little push, I have the pattern on sale right now for $.99. I think it will help to see others working on it also. Here is the link to the pattern: Camo Afghan Pattern on Craftsy
If you ever make an item using any of my patterns, I would LOVE to see photos! You can either email them to me at craftingfriends4you@yahoo.com or post them on my FaceBook page Crafting Friends on FaceBook.
Here is the one I finished while writing the pattern
The beauty of this pattern though, is that it can be made in any size you want...SO, the time it will take is completely up to me. I need to finish both of them and have them ready for Christmas. Whether I use them as Christmas gifts or not, at least I have put a deadline on finishing them and they will be ready no matter what :)
To give myself a little push, I have the pattern on sale right now for $.99. I think it will help to see others working on it also. Here is the link to the pattern: Camo Afghan Pattern on Craftsy
If you ever make an item using any of my patterns, I would LOVE to see photos! You can either email them to me at craftingfriends4you@yahoo.com or post them on my FaceBook page Crafting Friends on FaceBook.
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