best bunny

A couple weeks ago, I pulled out the Best Bunny I'd begun crocheting early in my learning this summer. At long last, I finished it. I can tell that the body is a better stitch than the head which was done as I first learned to crochet in the round. (I added the scarf to disguise a cater-wonky "neck" where I stitched the head and body together...heh!) I used Caron Simply Soft for this, but think that I want to try it again with a different yarn as I just didn't enjoy working with this one. The little bunny has so much personality and strikes me as a great gift idea for various people. I need to experiment some and see what I like. I'm kind of thinking along the lines of regular worsted weight (Vanna's Choice) as the pattern shows, or some of my randomly stashed super soft fuzzy stuff. Oh, the choices that are before me. Now, for some time. :)

Tiger scarf

My son is all about tigers lately so here is the Tiger scarf I made to accompany his Tiger slippers.


I used two strands of yarn at a time so it's super soft and super warm (I used Whisper and Merino 5).

ravelry!

I put in for an invitation which came over the weekend and now I'm "hooked"!

Ravelry is the most addictive yarn-lovin' site I could have dreamed up. I have a log of my yarn stash, my hook collection, my finished and in-progress projects (well, some of the finished ones), and a queue of projects I haven't started yet! There are thousands of pictures, projects, patterns, yarns and everything you can think of that goes with it--usually linkable to what you want to find. Beautifully organized, too!

I can't really describe this amazing place to do it justice.
You'll have to just get yourself invited and find out for yourself.
And if you're on there, you can find me as "cjoy"--as usual.

(Oh, and I've linked this blog to it; if you're one of the authors and you join, please do the same since we're all part of it!)

sippin' sleeves

I've seen some variations of these done in a long piece then stitched together with fur for trim (and various names). I've decided to try doing a few in the round, changing up the stitches (and I'm working at more variety there) and maybe if I'm lucky I'll sell some at a local coffee shop during the holidays.

The two in green I made for the class basket to be auctioned off at our school's Fall Festival this week. I had suggested a basket with "green" items which was adopted then duly dubbed "It's Easy Being Green"...and of course, this seemed a good time to try out my new sippin' sleeves. I was going to make a mesh bag, but I didn't like the way the first one I made carried and neither was I able to find quite enough time or desire to repeat that right away. So, I skipped it.

Thoughts and suggestions are more than welcome!

Tired of plain jane scarves?

After knitting a few scarves, it gets a little boring. This is still a super easy pattern but adds a little variety to a scarf. I used size 4 needles with this yarn in Green Fields. I think this yarn would make fun and comfy socks. Perhaps my next project?