Crazy Lady Throw Progress

And it's functional!

Another mandala potholder

I got tired of only having this one, so I made this one:

Netbook, Kindle or Nook Covers & Boutique Bags

Here is a Boutique Bag that I made from this pattern, and modified to so it can now carry my Kindle Fire (or Bella's Nook, when she steals it)..

I thought about adding a pocket to the front for my phone, but I like what the stitches look like so much that I just left it naked.

This is the first one I attempted using Tangled Happy's pattern:

Obviously, I have to make another one now, because the girls think anything pink belongs to them. Which is true. Duh.

Giant Granny Square - Work in Progress

My newest project - a giant granny square blanket. I plan on making this one big enough to snuggle up under on the couch.

The black yarn is not reclaimed, but the teal/aqua colors are reclaimed from a sweater (that I did not get pictures of because I am a bad blogger). Here's a picture with Jack to show you the scale. And by 'show you the scale', I mean 'show off my cute red-head'.

Crazy Lady Throw Progress

Haha.. lets sit for just a second and think about the traffic that this title will attract.

Ok. That's enough.

I have been working on this throw for, like, ever. At least a year. Every time I think I'm done with it, I come across it and remember how much I like it and decide its not actually done after all.

I like to work on it whenever I have anxious energy, or something on my mind, or am being particularly neurotic about something - which is often.. hence the name.

It is made out of yarn scraps from other projects, so I think it's kind of cool to look at and remember which projects I was working on at that part of the blanket. I'll keep updating as it grows.. eventually it will be bigger than my house!

Another skinny scarf

Another skinny scarf made with reclaimed yarn..

Pay It Forward 2011

About a week ago, I posted this on my Facebook wall:

Pay it forward 2011: I promise to send something handmade to the FIRST 5 people who leave a comment here. However, to be eligible, you must repost this status, offering the same thing to 5 other people. The rules are that it must be handmade by you and it must be sent to your 5 people sometime in 2011. Ready, set, GO!

..and now I am working on 6 handmade creations (yes 6 - I like breaking the rules).

Tada! This crunchy, wooly scarf is heading out tomorrow as my first PIF2011 surprise!

The white is reclaimed from a sweater and is big, fat, crunchy and soft, and the skinny purple yarn has just a touch of shiny shimmer in it - cute!

Noodle Hat!

Bella models my newest project - The Noodle Hat from Haakpoes:

Made with reclaimed yarn!

Granny Square Pillow

I had an ugly pillow that was desperately in need of a new look..

Jacks' Window Bunting

Fancy schmancy window bunting..

Santa's elf hat..

Jonny modeling Santa's little elf hat..

Mandala Potholder

A crocheted potholder from Crochet With Raymond's pattern..

Crocheted Earwarmers

Here are 3 earwarmers I made as Christmas presents from Tangled Happy's pattern..

Halloween Projects (some gone awry)

So Jack wanted to be Elmo for Halloween, and I had this great/awful red sweater that looked just like Elmo fur.. so I frogged the whole thing and made this goofy Elmo hat..

Yes. Thats the best picture he would let me take. He has decided that when people point cameras at you, you should close your eyes and droop your face.

Then Veronica said she wanted to be a puppy (which later turned into a zombie puppy), so I did these..

And then I got all big-headed and tried to make a Cookie Monster hat..

..and that went horribly awry. Horribly, horribly badly awry.

Skinny scarf!

A skinny scarf made with reclaimed yarn..

A few reclaimed yarn hats

An experiment with the ProvoCraft Kniftly Knitter loom using reclaimed yarn from a hideous Christmas sweater..

Here's one from a while ago - I can't stand the idea of throwing anything away (even scraps) so I found this Accidental Hat pattern by Laughing Purple Goldfish Designs..

Granny Square WIP

Just some simple grannie that I am putting together when my brain is busy doing other things.. I have a pile of these that will hopefully turn into a real-live blanket someday. I like the bright colors on the black..

So - It turns out I'm a crochet...er

See?!
I'd take a picture of it all spread out, but then you would see that it is not, in fact 'square' in the traditional sense, and then I would have to make something up about how I did that on purpose because it's a statement about how The Man can't hold me down or make rules for a girl like me, and then I would burn my bra, and no one wants that. Trust me.