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Crochet bracelet - {quilt} while you're ahead. Button Cuff Bracelet. Handmade By Annabelle: Make Your Own Red, White, and Blue Bangles for Labor Day! I could make these for you, but better yet, how about you give it a try?

Handmade By Annabelle: Make Your Own Red, White, and Blue Bangles for Labor Day!

If you're not from the US, you could use the colors of your own flag. I've shared this pattern on a few BLOG LINK PARTIES. These are fun and super easy to make. You've probably seen my free crochet pattern for these bangles before, but I changed the pattern just a bit. Instead of using a double crochet in the middle, they are all single crochet stitches.

Steps:Leave a 3 inch tail. 25 single stitches. Google Image Result for. Best of both worlds. Ever since I finished the granny square blanket I've been wanting to make more.

Best of both worlds

And I found a project that incorporates both jewelry and crochet. These were pretty tricky. DIY Blue Hue Rug « Stuff From Venus. 14 Nov I recently moved into a space further away from where I would like to be, but the perks of the new home beat those of the old one.

DIY Blue Hue Rug « Stuff From Venus

One of the largest perks is the size of my room. I also get a lot more natural light than I could imagine, and the light from the windows make my hardwood floors sparkle. It is because of that sparkle, I looked into buying a rug to keep the floors from getting scuffed up, and to add a cozy lift to my new digs. Crochet Granny Blanket — Compulsive Craftiness. Boyfriend Scarf. I've never knit anything for a boy before, especially one that I've been dating.

Boyfriend Scarf

I think it's because of the "Boyfriend Sweater Curse" - I didn't want this to be a scarf that would end our relationship or something silly like that. What prompted the idea to knit him a scarf was the topcoat he bought to wear to with his suits this winter: the coat didn't button all the way up and required a scarf to stay warm. Another finished Christmas Gift. For our oldest A set of cotton washcloths and facial scrubbers So she'll feel pampered.

Another finished Christmas Gift

Easy Handknitted Neckwarmer. Rainbow Rug from T-Shirt Yarn. Pattern: Puff Stitch Scarf. My mom absolutely loved the beautiful puff stitches of the crocheted slouchy beanies I made for myself and my brother and sister.

Pattern: Puff Stitch Scarf

Because my mom does not wear hats, she asked if I could make her a scarf using puff stitches! I thought this was a great idea as I loved the texture and staggered rows of these stitches, so I knew that a scarf using them would turn out beautifully! My mom and I went to Michaels together to pick out the yarn for her scarf. One of our biggest pet peeves is “itchy” material for scarves and sweaters: we went down the aisles in search of soft yarn that would not irritate the skin.

On the needles « tidytipsy.photography. Yep, it’s that time of the year again.

on the needles « tidytipsy.photography

I knit through summer as well, but in fall I really get the urge to get out the needles whenever there is a bit of spare time. I started rewatching all seasons of Gilmore Girls in the evening, knitting away at the same time. Koala Bear Amigurumi. I found a Koala Amigurumi Pattern in the Woman’s Day website and I have some off-white and gray organic cotton yarns on hand, so I made a pair of these small little stuffed koalas for my kids in reverse color.

Koala Bear Amigurumi

Some ideas to make it differently: 1. This adorable little koala is about 3-5″ tall only (depend on your yarn and the matching hook size), install a key ring on it’s head and turn it into a key chain, hang it to the bag’s zipper. 2. If we sew the limbs closer to the center of the body and insert 4 small strong magnets to the tip of each limb, you can make it “huggy” and hug on a tree branch or at the edge of your curtain or your pencil, ruler etc… 3. And, and…. instead of poly-fills, stuff beads into the body to weight it down and with the magnets of it limbs, it can be a cute memo holder on your desk too 4.

Random assortment. Hippogurumi.

Random assortment

Blog update. So maybe you've noticed and maybe you haven't but I've made some changes to the old blog again.

blog update

The same elements are still available, as usual. The blog labels are now located on the sidebar along with cute new icons for following via Twitter, Facebook, and the like. RAG RUG {make it monday} « greeneyed.com. Finally! The rug I started for the girls’ bedroom MONTHS ago is finished! It’s not technically a rag rug, as I am no sewer. Instead, I made balls of fabric yarn and crocheted an oval rug. 25 Free Crochet Blanket Patterns. I love blankets. Some of my favorite blankets have been big crocheted throws that were given to me as baby gifts. Crocheted Fingerless Gloves — Compulsive Craftiness.

I am so excited about these fingerless gloves, you guys! I want to just run and tell random strangers how great the pattern is, and how they should buy it. Well, minus the running around, that’s kind of what I’m doing here. Crocheted Doily Rug. Two more things to cross off my crafty to-do list: 1. make a giant rug sized crochet doily 2. try crocheting with zpagetti, the recycled fabric remnant yarn made in, you guessed, it The Netherlands! You can crochet a giant doily and use it as a rug, or even as well, a giant doily! This one would look great on a round table, or just about anywhere really. Crochet granny square pattern. Granny knows best!

Granny squares are fun and once you have the crochet basics they are quite simple to do. They are a great way of using up ends of yarn and can be joined together to form a variety of crafty projects, blankets, throws, scarves, cushions, bags etc. This is not a tutorial, just the pattern, you will need to get to grips with the basic starter crochet stitches first, but once you've got those down it's be granny squares galore!

Miss Make: Kool-Aid Dyed Yarn Tutorial. Basketweave blanket. Two of my good college friends used to tell everyone that they each wanted to have 10 kids. Pattern: Puff Stitch Scarf. Weekend. Cell Phone Cozy Tutorial #3. Free Hats Crochet Pattern Link Directory. Recycle Tutorial – Making Of T-Shirt Yarn. Another tutorial to help save our Mother Earth by turning unwanted items into something useful. Amigurumi Teddy Ornaments. This was our first year setting up our Christmas tree in our new house. Crafty Tutorial: Super-Chunky Crocheted Infinity Scarf [Giveaway!] By popular demand, you can now download the PDF for this pattern here!!!

Cable knit iphone case. Little Black Owl. Brown Slippers « Crochet. Free Crochet Pattern – Easy iPhone Sleeve « Roses n Lilies. How to Make Simple Crochet Slippers « Crafts. Urban Jungle Slouchy Beanie. Vickie Howell for CARON. Vickie Howell for CARON. Flax & twine: Finger Knitting How-to. Souled Objects « greeneyed.com. Found - Mega Doily Rug. T-shirt latch hook rug tutorial.