Candy Cane Sleeves Pattern

I have made about 3 dozen of theses in the last few weeks to go on my tree, and to us as gift tags. I have added the pattern below. I just looked at a picture I found online, and did my best to copy it.

Materials:

size 10 cotton

ribbon

candy cane.

Chain 50

Row 1: 1 hdc in second from hook, to end chain 1 turn

Row 2: sc in first two stitches *chain 5, skip 1 st, sc in next* repeat till last two sc in each, turn

Row 3. sc in first two stitches, *sc,hdc,3dc,hdc,sc, in each ch 5 loop* repeat to end, sc in last two st.

Then add a ribbon loop for hanging. I have also hotglued, bows approx. halfway down.

Christmas Ornament Diaster

I went down into the basement today, with plans to pull out my xmas ornaments and start getting ready to decorate. When I grabbed my tote of ornaments, I heard a very startling sound of broken glass. My glass ornaments were broken!!!!!

We spent most of the summer renovating our basement, and totes and boxes had been shuffled around. So, it seems that in the shuffle, our ornaments were victim. I am going to head out to the store, and by a few replacements, however, I will not be able to replace them all till after Christmas, when I can hit the sales. So, being a crafter. I am going to get busy and start making a few of my own ornaments.

I started by making some candy cane covers last night. There were great fun, and really easy to whip up. I used size 10 crochet cotton, and I am going to pick up some Christmas Ribbon from Micheal's to dress them up.

I had also being participating in Crochetville's Snowflake Mondays so I have quite a few beautiful snowflakes in red and white to go in the tree this year as well. I am sure that with a little time and some creativity, I can save the tree from looking so bare.

Kniffty Knit Stockings

While I was out I stumbled across a yard sale, where there were a few pattern books for the kniffy knitter. My knitter has kind of sat in a tote for awhile, and I figured with a pattern book, I should pull it out.

There was a great pattern for Christmas Stockings, that I just had to give a whirl. After looking through my stash I saw that had red and white. It was a pretty easy pattern to follow and it did not take very long to whip it up. I don't think I will do another one that is stripped as I do not like how it lookes where they are joined. However a few solid colour ones will be a must for my Christmas decorating.

Christmas Countdown

OMG...........I just now realize that Xmas is not that far away. I have been sooo busy planning for my Xmas craft sale, that I completely forgot about my own Xmas crochet list. I have barely made a dent in my HUGE list for this year. I definitely see that some things will sadly have to go.

I am also on a wool strike, and not buying any wool (or yarn) yes I do need to specify, till November 1 YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What was I thinking so close to Xmas. I am sure I am going to need to start attending some sort of Crafters Anonymous meetings.

So here I am stuck about 86 days away from Xmas, a huge list of projects, and banned from buying and wool. (or yarn). I do have a pretty impressive stash (hence the need for the strike) however I know for a fact that I would really need to buy some specific types and colours for a few of my bigger projects.

Also in my need to reduce, I am trying to whip up as many one skein projects as possible as I seem to have a huge tote full of 1 skeins. It seems that I tend to be cautious when buying for a project and always over estimate, then when I finish, the extra all goes into the OVERFLOW tote, that is now litterally overflowing. Hopefully I can find some quick and easy projects to help use this up, and at the same time fill the void for some of my Xmas list.

Well enough chatting about my predicament.............time to hunt down some patterns!

Christmas Inspiration

With the Christmas Craft sale just around the corner, I have been frantically adding some last touches to my inventory. Dishclothes are always a good bet. It never fails whenever I attend a sale, that I come home empty handed of dishclothes. Tired of making the same ole pattern, I went on a search, and found a picture of a Dishcloth flower pot. I figured to myself how hard could that be.

I looked for some round dishcloth patterns, and never found one that quite fit what my mind saw. So I played around and came up with two patterns that I just love. I folded, and then rolled the clothes, and placed them into a glass bowl. I just love how they turned out. I am hoping to have a few more made for the sale. I hope they go over well.

Christmas is a coming!!

Well the holidays always seem to have a way of sneaking up on me...so I am trying to get a head start on some of my projects. I had seen some pics of some beaded garland, with crocheted lace around it. I am a big fan of red on my tree, as all my ornaments are red, with white lights.......sooo I dug through my xmas boxes, and dug out some of my red beaded garland, and started on my lace. I was not prepared for the hours of labour that would be involved, but man was it ever worth it!!! I had come across some patterns however I made mine following my own pattern. Each strand is a little different, and I am sure that these will make awesome items to hand down to the kids!

Dolls Clothes Revisited

Well my girls have had me at it.........More doll clothes. The trouble is now they are enjoying the new outfits that I believe they are purposely hiding previously made outfits so I can make more. One baby doll has had three outfits already. I think it is now time to put an end to this and just make outfits and put them away for Christmas. I am thinking about putting together a chest of outfits , one for each daughter, with a new baby doll. I just know that they are into dolls enough that I think they will appreciate this. I will add some pics of the outfits as they are made to this link.