Slipper

I was making some indoor slippers for my daughter, since she never likes keeping even socks on her feet. I thought to trick her into wear some crochet ones. After some trial and errors I have the first one finished.

Spider Caplet

I found a spanish video tutorial on how to crochet this. It's being made with size 10 Aunt Lydia's Bamboo Crochet thread. It's actually pretty simple to make, after you get through the first two "web" sections. Right now it's not very big and I think it will quickly grow to a size that'll fit my youngest daughter. It fits her larger 'baby' as a caplet already.

I'm quickly getting fraustrated with how much time this purse is taking. I switched from the scales to a single crochet stitch. While this will give me the strength and firmness I want for it, it also makes it kind of boring. I may switch to yet another stitch after a few rows then back. To break up some of the monotony, I began working on the bottom of the purse but realized these should be the first thing you make then work your way up. Lesson learned.

Mermaid Tears

I gave the crocidile stitch another try with some thicker crochet thread. I started with size 10 black. I quickly ran out of that color since the ball was already mostly used up on previous projects. I like the speed this is working up much better. I was going to put it up until I had a chance to get more thread, but I knew it would never get finished if I did that. I had two balls of blue in the same size so I added that in. I feel it gives it a very nice contrast.

My poor fingers

After two restarts I finally got it going. The pattern is by Bernat yarn but this is being made with some size 30 crochet thread. My mother picked up four balls of this DMC thread from a second hand shop. The balls were all new.

The crocidile stitch is not a hard stitch to do...once you have it going. I kept getting my base chain twisted. Imagine spending hours on the base and first round of double crochets only to have to rip them out because it twists.

I'm quadrupling the original pattern to get a decent sized bag out of it. I could have made this faster with the yarn but I was curious to see how it will look in finer thread.

Cupcake bag

Finding another video tutorial this time it was a cupcake bag. The example is made small, but the pattern can be adapted in size. I wanted to make one but had no real use for it. Then I thought to make a larger one and have it be a trick-o-treat bag for my youngest.

I got carried away with the size.It's kinda big for her to be carrying, she's only a year old. Then I thought for the frosting part of the top, I'd use this crocidile stitch I saw on another tutorial. I started two rounds, and while I love the effect, it's quickly becoming heavy. So I had to stop at two rounds. Since it was turning into a weird oblong shaped thing, I decided to square off the top.

My Honey says it looks like a hat and here he is demonstrating.

Toys

I was taking a break from my tatting and ran across a youtube video of crochet toys. There was one that used simple stitches so I decided to try it out. Here is the results:

It was made with size 20 Aunt Lydias crochet thread. It was harder to make because the thread was thin and in the video they used yarn. The directions were very easy to follow. Sometimes it's a wonderful thing to have visual aids when you are working a project.

Squares

It's been a long time. I haven't had the inclination to crochet. It is rather fraustration how easily it can unravel. Especially with a toddler tugging on the string. I did manage some time today and made this small granny square. I put a single chain over the edges. I think it looks pretty good and think of doing a few more to join together.