This is a pretty quick and easy free pattern from the Lion brand website.  I made it for my sister-in-law's baby, who is due any second!



The wings are a bit different than the pattern; I started with a chain of 13 then followed the beak part to make triangles.  Also I made the ties in half double crochet rather than just chains. 

The adorableness just kills me. 

Rubber chickens:  a staple of old school comedy. 

Hope you like.

I haven't been posting for a while, but I have been making sweaters from Doris Chan's Everyday Crochet over the past few months.  It's a somewhat difficult book, but you do get used to the patterns.  So without further ado:

This is the Galena vest (with added sleeves):



This is the Mei Mei shrug (also with added sleeves (what can I say, my upper arms are not my best feature  )



And this is the Tall Latte, which I had lots of problems with (but I'm over it now):



Thanks for looking, and Happy New Year! 

I made a Fat Bottom Bag from the Happy Hooker book with some leftover I Love this Yarn in Ivory Sparkle.  Found some great lining instructions here:  http://crochetkel.blogspot.com/2006/10/sew-you-wanna-line-your-fat-bottom-bag.html

I made another Knot Ugly.  I'm starting to think the simplest patterns really are the best.

I used naturallycaron.com Country in Chocolate Truffle.  Turned out to be a really nice, soft yarn with great drape.



Instead of ties, I made a little button tab and used one of my favorite vintage buttons from my stash  :

This giant afghan was two years in the making!  It ended up being nine pounds and large enough to cover a queen-sized bed. 

The motif is the Russian Square, which works up pretty thick and chunky.  There's a pattern available here:  http://www.allcrafts.net/f.php?url=web.archive.org/web/20030608190809/http://members.aol.com/SAG55/russiansq.html.  I did six rounds in my squares.

Hope you like!

The Knot Ugly shrug was the easiest and most wearable sweater I ever made.  Here it is!





I used I Love This Yarn in Ivory Sparkle.  (It has a gold thread you can't really see in the pictures.) It's a touch big and bulky, but I think it came out well nonetheless. 

I've been seeing variations of this fingerless mitt pattern from Cats-Rockin-Crochet (http://cats-rockin-crochet.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html) around lately, so I thought I'd whip up a pair.  I plan to use 'em for those chilly nights sitting around at the computer playing video games:





I made them 7 rows longer than the pattern, and I figured out a way to make the beginning chain more comfortable.  I have some notes on that on my blog, if anyone is having problems with the beginning being too tight.

Now . . . let the gaming begin!

I've gotta be in a wedding at the end of the month, and as anybody who's ever been a bridesmaid can tell you, that ain't cheap.  Fortunately, the bride picked out a really beautiful cranberry/claret dress, and to save a few bucks, I made my own earring and necklace set to wear with it.





Most of the beads and sterling silver parts were on sale.  I ended up spending less than $20! 

I found this pattern on Lion Brand's website (www.LionBrand.com) and just had to make these:



The pattern is called "Crochet Driving Gloves" and I made them in Caron Simply Soft (not a Lion Brand product, whoopsy  ).  Kind of an odd thing for someone with a persistent driving phobia to make, but I thought maybe they'd lend me courage.

They're a bit tight around the fingers, but I've seen people make them in a totally fingerless style too.