Under Color Crochet

  I love how these turned out! So sparkly, so airy and delightful! They look like they have some substance, because of all that sparkle, but they feel like air because of the fine and extra fine weights of the yarns.  I used up all the rest of the super fine novelty yarn with sequins that I still had, both silver and gold. Whew! What a relief. It is rather difficult to work with the sequined yarn, just so fine and so crinkly. It doesn't hold well and doesn't want to follow along with what you're doing. I love how it looks, but I don't like how it behaves.  So, the perfect pairing did the trick. The novelty sequined yarn does work a bit better when paired with a finger friendly yarn, like Vanna's Glamour (which has its own delicate shimmer), unfortunately now discontinued. I paired Vanna's "topaz" with the gold sequins and Vanna's "platinum" with the silver. They matched perfectly, made a great texture together, and doubled the sparkle .  ...

  Wild'n'wacky color combinations like this are not just for hippies who like ruffles. These are also perfect for any bohemian, beatnik, and flower child who likes fluffy pillows. I had way too much fun making these far out pieces, and I would make more - except this yarn (Mandala Fluffy) has been discontinued. Ah, well, that's probably for the best.  😁 The pink-and-orange color scheme is called "Zebra Lionfish" and the purple-and-aqua color scheme is "Scorpionfish." Great names! Can't go wrong with color schemes based on tropical fish. 🤩 This yarn is a super bulky weight, also sometimes called jumbo. Very easy to handle, and it works up so fast, it's practically begging you to keep working it. 😎  I used a size J crochet hook, and it flowed right along smoothly. I had thought that the fluffiness of this yarn might snag, and make it difficult to work with. But that never happened, and I remembered that I have already worked with this yarn, mak...

  My new fave project for summer afternoons! Light weight, and it glitters so much in the sunshine, you should just stay in the shade. 😎 Two kinds of yarn are paired perfectly in this gorgeous piece. The black is "Amazing Lace" in Broomstick Black (what a great name!), and the gold is "Bejeweled Sequin Yarn" (I also have it in silver). Both are superfine weight, which makes them rather difficult to work with alone - but they are surprisingly manageable together.  A few months ago, I worked with similar yarn in another piece,  Raspberry Lace.  The wintertime low humidity caused such an annoying static electricity problem, and made it difficult to work with this yarn. I basically gave up on it then, because it was so slow going, and just frustrating. But now, in summertime - I am back in black! 😁 It is much easier to manage this yarn now for two reasons: (1) the humidity is way up, and (2) it is perfectly paired with another yarn of the same weight but different tex...

  This double sided piece has everything a princess needs in a pillow- fringe, fluff, sparkle, and ruffle, all in pink. One side is puffy soft and the other side is metallic crisp, both princess'y pink. The edges are double ruffled, in pink chenille. All four corners have three textures of fringe, each more pink than the last. Did I mention that this piece is pink? This piece is so pink, it makes a single pink look not even that pink. 😋 I had so much fun practicing my pillow-making skills on this piece. Eventually I'm going to get good enough at this, I will enter a single perfect pillow in the state fair. The "Pillow Category" is highly competitive, and those Pillow Judges are judgmentally judgmental. I need to be prepared. Not sure if I'll get there this year. There are so many mistakes on this piece, don't look too close. Uh, like, don't look here: This pillow is not flawless. But it is cute in every direction. 🤩 I learned so much throughout the whole...