Under Color Crochet

This little collection of bookmarks is made from the leftover yarn of the glorious shawl project . Which I'm still dreaming about. And may repeat someday soon, with more of this silk-mohair yarn, or something very similar, maybe another color. Love it so much, can't stop obsessing over it. And these sweet bookmarks kept me occupied with touching and loving and feeling this gorgeous yarn again. Now I want more. More mohair, more silk.  😎 I love this silk-mohair yarn so much, I want to marry it. 😍 This is my first time making bookmarks, and I am now a true fan. These are fun, easy pieces that work up quick, and all look a little bit different - because I keep tweeking the basic patterns 😁 to have more fun. I will definitely make more bookmarks in the future, with different yarn. And I plan on exploring other patterns. For this set, I used variations of two patterns from different books. One pattern (below on the left) is not even a bookmark - it is the pattern for crescent br...

  Which is more gorgeous, the flower or the shawl or the lady?  My cousin, Ann, is now the happy owner of this gorgeous shawl . 😍 I had a goal of finishing it before August, and got it done way ahead of schedule! 😎 Love these pics she sent me. Gorgeous Shawl = Perfect Little Nest for Ann's hen's eggs  Silk-Mohair Lace Yarn + Colorful Crochet = Happy Camper

These two sweet pieces are the cutest  Pillow Pair  in the galaxy! I absolutely love everything about them both. So fun and easy to make (just granny square your way along 😍), and a great way to use up multiple leftovers and favorite colors. I do have plenty of both. 😎 These two pillows have pretty much all the same variety of colors, but there is a big difference in how those colors are arranged. And that adds up to two completely different looks. Like, color magic. I love that! 🤩 Above, on the left, is the loosey-goosey version of this granny square pattern, with three ch stitches in every corner, and one ch stitch between every set of three dc stitches along the sides. And on the right is the righty-tightie version, same granny square concept, but with only two ch stitches per corner, and no ch stitches in between the three dc stitches along the sides. The other big difference between these two pieces is the strands of yarn in each stitch. The loosey-goosey granny square...

  I can't stop doing this. My favorite pattern , simplified (no fringe, no tassels, just one solid color), and slightly modified (tc instead of dc). Wow! So gorgeous and huge and amazing, I love it! Big Pink Shawl The tc stitches all the way around opened it up so much, I don't even know what to call it... big beast of holes? see-through giant? flimsy pink monster? It doesn't matter. It is too fabulous for words. 😆  It is difficult to get a sense of how big this thing is. This helps- putting my jean jacket in the middle of it: It is so lace-like and delicate, except it isn't. The yarn is good solid cotton, and the whole thing is sturdy, even kind of hefty. But not exactly warm weather wear, too many holes. And not exactly for cool weather, just too heavy. I don't know what to do with it. Why did I even make this? Again. 😂 Because of that tc all the way, this piece worked up fast and easy. Back and forth, each row, it gets bigger and bigger, faster and fastest. I ...

I am obsessed with this yarn! It is a lace weight, mohair-silk blend, in this amazing color scheme: Palomino Heather . I love it so much, love it, love it, love love love. It feels amazing, like... a feather cloud glow mist. I know, I know, that is a silly name for this post. But, well, I do have a history of making up silly names. Like,  Fireworks Cake Volcano Circus .  😂 So, yea, this sweet new piece is all about feather, cloud, glow, mist. Those are the things I think when I try to touch it, when it apparently touches back. It is barely there, can hardly feel the full weight of it, like almost no weight at all. Amazing. It looks so beautiful, in every light. So magically gorgeous, just hard to describe how incredibly fabulous this yarn is. Here is how their website describes it:  " Appearing as a warm-toned neutral from a distance, Palomino Heather is a complex heather when you get up close. Hints of purple and magenta are swirled with the more prominent light pink, ...

  I love making these pretty little pieces! Thank you, Yarned and Dangerous , for always providing such a great variety of gorgeous yarn. These sweet mini-flowers are perfect for spring time, and perfect any time. I chose two variations, one with spindly petals, and the other that rolls up like a carnation. Both are quick and easy patterns from a great book: I made a dozen of each kind, and gave them to my students as examples they could work from. So fun! Several of my students made their own variation right there during class time. Fantastic! Here is a whole folder of way too many pics of me having way too much fun working on these cutey patooties:   Flower Roll Ups .  Now that I've made these two, I want to make more, and variations, and different sizes, and more and many more. 😆  I can imagine making a mini-tree version, with a brown base (instead of green) and modifying the spindly petals to be more leaf-like. That will be fun to play around with. 😍 Colorful Y...

  This Cactus Kit is so cute and fun! 🤩 Then, I had to make a cute little lizard to go with it . The first lizard was made out of leftover yarn from the kit - and he turned out a little too bulky. But I still love him. 😍  So, then I did the exact same lizard pattern but now using super fine yarn - and wow! What a cutey patootey difference that made! Not easy to work with, but love how that fine year looks. It works up so slow and difficult... almost not worth it. Probably will not be doing any more amigurumi with fine yarn. 😂 Here's whole folder of pics, showing how much fun I had with this kit and these lizards: Cacti Fun and Friends I have a new love affair going on with fun stuffed crochet cuteness, and it all started here: Swampy Amigurumi

  This Simple Sun Hat pattern from Yarnspirations is so cute - I made two of them! 🤩 And the Super Snappy Top Hat pattern (by Heidi Yates, for Snappy Tots ) is a delightful fave of mine. ( Silly Hats and more ). I had so much fun making these three easy pieces. Perfect examples for my beginner crochet class. No showing off. 😎 Here's a folder of too much fun: Simple Hats

  I love a simple scarf! 😍 Look at those beautiful colors! This was an interesting experiment. Both of the above came from the same skein, of a Carnival color scheme from Hobbii Yarns. The top piece is working short rows of sc going vertically with the scarf, and the bottom piece is working long rows of sc going horizontally with the scarf. What an interesting difference the direction makes! Two completely different scarves, same single crochet stitch the whole way.  I love the look and the texture of that sc stitch. Nothing fancy about this, and the simple beauty just glows through! I know, I would LOVE to embellish both with some fringe and ruffle. 😎 But, this little experiment is all about keeping it simple, because these examples are for a show-and-tell with my Beginner Crochet Class. I am super excited to be teaching a class at the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center .  🤩 Here's a whole folder of fun with these pieces: Simple Scarves . So many great colors! I experimente...