In Progress... A Bag Made of Bags

As promised here are some pictures of my current project,

"A Bag Made of Bags!"

Side: Standing

Looking in

Side view: Flat

In Progress

Currently I am working on Crocheting a bag out of plastic bags!

Pictures to come!

-Y.M.

Fall 2010 Finished Projects

Completed Christmas gifts

Small Blanket: Waves 2- Blue/Cream

Scarf: Infinity- Blue with Pink -Alpaca/ Wool

Small Blanket: Mountains- Purple

Oops! Its been a while!

I'm sorry for not posting for a while. Time flies when you are having fun Crocheting. I have been hard at work making Christmas presents! Here is an "in progress" picture of the blanket for my niece.

Close Up: I couldnt capture the dark purple right. It looks too red here.

All Done!

Folded Up

Rolled Up!

Ducks and Bunnies

A few months ago I found a super cute idea online to make a toy duck.  Go to:

http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/fast-easy-crochet-baby-gift/#comment-667

I adapted their idea and made 2 ducks and 2 bunnies.

I added wispy “feathers” to the ducks heads, and for the bunnies they had tails, ears and whiskers.

Lessons learned: Blue eyed, white bunnies, are kinda creepy looking.

I found the eyes the most challenging part of this crafting adventure.

Getting Hooked

My Grandma learned to Crochet when she was five, from her Aunt. I learned to Crochet when I was 22 from Grandma. She taught me the basics of a “Granny Square”.

You Will Need:

• Crochet Hook
• Yarn
• Darning Needle
• Scissors

Handy To Have:

• Pattern/ Plan
• Good Lighting
• Time
• Patients
• The Right Mood

My first attempts where discouraging. Holding the hook is hard, as is getting the right tension with the yarn and making a “square” actually square. I put it down and didn’t attempt it for a while. After another visit with Grandma I tried again. And again. And again. Finally I started to get the hang of it!

This is my first completed crocheted work. It took many many many hours to make. (Years perhaps. As I stopped and started a lot.) My sister the “Excel Wiz”, helped me plan it in excel. This is the biggest blanket I have ever made. I once worked it out that my hands had travelled over 3 km (1.86 miles) of yarn to make this. That’s not including pulling it out and fixing mistakes!

It grew into a monster under taking. But turned out pretty fabulous if I do say so myself.

And needless to say I’m Hooked!

- YellowMoose

This is a Sample Post about an Eraser Dragon

This is a sample post –

I’m trying out Windows LIve Writer, to see how to blog with it.  This is kind of interesting, and makes it easier for me to post!

I’ve put a picture here to test it out.  This text should be on the one side of the picture!  I made this eraser dragon!