Another Cigar Box Purse for Sale!

 

Here is a Cigar Box Purse that I made a few years ago. I was not ready to sell it then. I am now ready to have some one take it off my hands. Please click on the pictures to go to my Etsy listing for this Woodland Fairy Cigar Box Purse. There is Free shipping!

Peace, Love and Free Shipping!!

Crochet Cigar Box Purse is For Sale!

Crochet Cigar Box Purse is For Sale!

I posted before about my crochet cigar box purse and how I would probably not sell it. I have changed my mind. I listed it on Etsy. If you are interested please take a look. There is no shipping cost!

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It’s been so long…

I think I might be going through a bit of WordPress with draw. I have been just busy since the beginning of the school year. My youngest just turned 5 in September and my oldest is turning 8 tomorrow. I’ve been trying to climb out of the summer slump and back into the swing of getting important things under control. I am speaking, of course, of bills and other important related maters. My electric was almost shut off about 2 weeks ago. Also, my children are with my husband and I full time now. There was an incident near the end of July and my children do not want to see their father anymore. There are custody matters I have to attend to.

I have been working on some things, though, I don’t have pictures right now. I made several cloth menstrual pads. I was obsessed for a little while with that. I’ve also started making crochet tampons. I’m not as obsessed with that, but I still am eager to finish some. For my youngest son’s birthday, I made him a pillow pet, which needs to be fixed already. For my oldest son’s birthday, I made him a little “nest” for his stuffed animal puppies and a pillow out of a shirt from his kindergarten class. I’ve also been working here and there on my “overskirt” for work for this winter, which I am crocheting with Lion’s brand Homespun.

Alright, I changed my mind and I am going to add some quick pics:

This is the organic un-dyed, un-bleached cotton sport weight yarn I ordered from Knit Picks to make my crochet tampons with. You can see a tampon WIP there, its the first one I have attempted. Here is the pattern I am using.

 

And this is my lovely overskirt. It has belt holes in the  waist band and it is a bit ruffly at the moment, but I think as it gets longer it will not look so ruffly.

I have been collecting patterns like crazy over the last two months or so. I created a Ravelry account and was downloading free patterns left and right. There is so much I want to make and try but so little time right now. I think as the winter goes on, I will be able to find a little more time (I hope!).

Well that is all for now… Oh… I have seen some really awesome knitted and crocheted items in the Reader from some other WordPressers this evening… It inspires me

So, Peace, Love and Organic Cotton!

 

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Some yardsale finds

I picked these vintage, I think, balls of crochet thread up at a yard sale yesterday for a dollar!

I got this awesome vintage knitting and crochet book for 50 cents… There are some really sweet patterns and projects in there.

And today I made this necklace!!

I have been really busy with school starting this week and work that I haven’t had much time or energy to crochet. So this is just a quick post because I’m excited about this stuff!

Any way…

Peace, love and crochet thread!

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Crochet panties

I just finished a pair of panties… I’ve had this yarn for a really long time and it has been hard to work with. So I wanted to finally do something with it and I’ve been wanting to crochet some panties.
As usual, there are a few things I will fix the next time. I am happy with them. They fit me. I used a pair of panties I have to base my work on.
They fit very low and are similar to bikini style panties…
Now, I must do the dishes….

Of course in this picture, I haven’t yet woven in the ends. I am serious about doing the dishes first though! Lol! There is a pan that highly needs to be washed… Then later I will weave in the ends.
Peace, Love and Panties!!!! ❤

If you want to destroy my sweater

My most recent obsession is unraveling sweaters ( store bought ). I started the other day with this American Eagle Outfitters sweater, which is ironically made in China. The tag reads 50% Cotton, 20% Rayon, 20% Nylon, and 10% Angora Rabbit Hair.
So, the yarn is really tiny, but that is great and I have tons of it now. It was double stranded while being knit. So when I use it, I will use it double stranded as well. I rolled the yarn up double stranded anyway.

Besides the long continuous yarn sections, I also ended up with lots of shorter yarn pieces. Part of the reason for this was me oopsing and accidentally cutting yarn at the seam that wasn’t supposed to be cut and the other part of the reason was because the top of the sweater in the front had sort of a V neck. The yarn around the V neck was not in one continuous strand.

So, I thought I’d either use this yarn as stuffing or I will tie the ends together and wrap it into a ball.

I might be planning on using some of this yarn to crochet some socks. This time I will get the socks right! (hehe).
I have one more sweater to unravel as well. I forget what brand it is, but I know the tag said its Acrylic… But with how broke I am, it’s still worth it to take it apart….

Peace, love and sweater yarn!

New Chapstick Holder

I just finished my new and improved Chapstick holder.

As you can see it is more of a little crocheted case. It is not real tight fitting around the Chapstick.

I am planning on adding a loop at the back where the top and bottom of the case meet. The loop will allow it to be put on a necklace or lanyard, keychain, or even just a clip or something.

I’m very happy with it. I want to keep it for myself but I may give it as a gift soon… I don’t know yet. 😊

Peace, love and Chapstick!

The latest…

I have been pretty busy… things have gotten busy in life lately… Anyway, I’ve learned to start taking my crochet hooks and yarn with me places…

Friday my husband had to do some training at his job. I got to sit in the mall and wait for him for four hours and it was nice because my mom had the kids with her, so I was able to relax a bit. I have been wanting to make a cell phone cozy that hangs on my belt loop, so I used the relax time at the mall to make one!

 

 

 

I didn’t use a pattern for the cell phone cozy and my iPhone slides in with a good bit of room around it… its almost like a cocoon rather than a tight cozy thingy… When I put it on my belt, it hangs nicely and is just like an extra pocket… it is perfect (to me)!

Next, before the cell phone cozy, I started making the over skirt that I have been brain storming for a while now. I did start it with the soft Homespun yarn and I may need to buy another skien… but basically it has holes (like large button holes) in the waist band that will be like belt loops. The belt loops on the skirt actually line up with the belt loops on my jeans that I wear to work… because the idea is to wear it over my jeans to work…

 

I know the photo doesn’t show Homespun detail very well. This is the nouveau color way. I love it so far…

Also, lately I’ve been thinking about quick little projects that I can post in my Etsy shop. Things that might sell pretty quick. One idea was the cell phone cozy, which I love, but I am not sure how much other people would be interested in them, especially with the belt loop at the top. I think it is very functional and great.

Anyway, another idea was chap stick or lip balm cozy / key chain holder thing…

 

 

I obviously used crochet thread for this and it worked out nicely, even looks a little “lacy”. I didn’t use a pattern. I did find a pattern, but I wanted to experiment and make it on my own. This pattern is one that I found. I thought it was really cute but I wanted mine to have a “bottom” and have the ability to turn the dial at the bottom. There are things about mine that I would change the next time I make it. I get to be a perfectionist sometimes… but oh well. The pattern calls for a finger weight yarn or embroidery floss, I think… But I don’t think I have yarn that size. I have a size bigger than that and I may try to use that yarn for this project too.

I’ve been contemplating making some fingerless gloves too. However, I think for now I will stick to perfecting my cell phone cozy and my chap stick cozy thingy. OH… and I might make some more stitch markers to sell.

Peace, Love and cozy thingies! Happy Blogging!