Craftsy is starting to sell patterns, and the Blue Brick pattern store is ready! Only 4 patterns are up so far but I’m looking forward to building a fun collection :)
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The Blue Brick is on Craftsy!
Published February 16, 2012 Crochet , Knitting Leave a CommentTags: craftsy, patterns
A Belated Christmas gift – The Lisa Shawl
Published December 30, 2011 Crochet 2 CommentsTags: Crochet, free, Grape, pattern, tanis fiber arts
The Lisa Shawl is a free crochet pattern by yours truly – a fun, quick crochet project with beads to spice it up. The shawl is named after my gorgeous and colourful friend Lisa who was the first person to love this design :)
The shawl is worked up using 2 skeins of sock weight yarn. My shawl was done in TFA Blue label Grape, and Lisa’s in Ella Rae Lace Merino, in the whimsically named colourway #117.
The beads are easy to add, visible from both sides and add a lovely weight to the finished piece.
You will need a 3.75mm hook for the main body, a 1.0mm hook for the beads, and about 50 grams of size 6.0 seed beads.
You can download the pattern here. Or check out the Ravelry page here.Enjoy!
Sweet Mary Janes with ceramic buttons
Published June 2, 2011 Crochet Leave a CommentTags: ceramics, Crochet, slippers
Quickie post today – I just finished a cute pair of crocheted Mary Janes in a beautiful robins egg blue – complete with cute little hand made ceramic buttons. I whipped off the buttons while bored in the ceramic studio a few months ago and I’m happy I finally got to use them for something!
I have been sooo busy these past few days, between work and packing … and work… and packing.
This condo is going to be gorgeous. I spent a ton of time putting my core skills to work in designing it, of course – I drafted a top-down, to scale schematic of the apartment and laid in each piece of furniture as I considered it to find the perfect fit. Everything is being delivered after the move and I already know where each piece will go. Tito and I are excited to see the space we’ve been planning finally emerge. It will be elegant and functional while maintaining an efficient and open layout for such a small condo.
In the meantime I’m also still planning on attending the Knitters Frolic this weekend, despite the proximity to our move. (Tito has known for weeks that we had to pack specifically to leave this weekend free for yarn shopping on Saturday and being at the Beading and Jewellery fair with mom on Sunday – and he doesn’t mind any of this. One of the things I love about him =) Speaking of the Knitters Frolic I just delivered 8 gorgeous new yarn bowls to the Purple Purl – look out for them at the show!
I’m also excited that my first sweater has been featured on the TFA Tuesday entry for Tanis’ Blog - Thanks Tanis!
Now, on to a few cute pictures.
These guys were the best part of Despicable Me! Who doesn’t want their own minion army?
I’m far from having a whole army – but I had to try making these cuties!
He (she?) can be found lurking around corners and in sock drawers. This one was gifted to my friend Chris, but someday I hope to have time to make a bunch!
Kickass Mary-Janes
Published April 13, 2011 Crochet 1 CommentTags: Crochet, goodknits, slippers, tutorial
Found this pattern by Goodknits.com on these super adorable Mary Jane style slippers. The tutorial is for crochet, is beautifully easy and fast and I definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a super comfy, quick and fun project. Either for yourself or as a gift – these are perfect!
Crochet hoodie blanket – free pattern!
Published March 8, 2011 Crochet 8 CommentsTags: Crochet, free pattern, hoodie baby blanket
In response to a few emails, here is the pattern for my hoodie baby blanket - Please email me if you have any trouble with the directions – this is my first take at writing a pattern so it might be kind of sloppy =o) I even had the courage to add this to Ravelry! Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
**UPDATE** My apologies to everyone for a major oversight in the pattern. The directions on how to begin the hoodie section were missing. I have uploaded a new pdf to both the download link and to Ravelry. Please feel free to email me if the pattern is still unclear, and a special thank you to Turquoise for pointing out the problem to me!
I just want to point out one thing about the ties on the hood: Do not make them long enough to actually tie under the baby’s chin – that would be a hazard and the ties are not intended to be used in this way, they are just there as decoration, and to make the hood a little snugger when needed.
Edit: You can now download my pattern here:
I just finished crocheting the loveliest baby hoodie blanket!
This is one of the many reasons why I love crochet. I started this blanket on Friday night, by Sunday night it was washed and laid out to dry. The blanket is about 24″ square – try that with knitting! While I adore knitting, crochet definitely has it’s moments and fast, beautiful projects like this one are a perfect example.
I saw this hoodie blanket and really wanted to make my own version of it. I wrote the pattern to be crochet instead of knitting, to use more colours and to work outwards from a block. After that I crocheted the hood directly on to the blanket, did one row of openwork for eyelets and ran a braided rope of yarn through.
I used 4 balls of Bernat Satin yarn – it’s 100% acrylic which I don’t normally like to work with but in this case it was perfect. The yarn is soft and silky to the touch and the results are machine washable and dryable, to make care easy for a busy new parent.
Alas, I have no model babies available, but I tried out my pattern on a stuffed toy and I think it’s going to work well. I can’t wait to see what the parents think!
