The Perfect Blanket for Winters!

I wish I had in progress photos of this project, but sadly I worked on it for my nephew's christmas present and there was a bit of a rush on getting it done for a deadline.


Unfortunately, I didn't take any other photos!  I actually made TWO of these. They were so lovely and fun to make, I made this navy blue one for my eldest nephew and the reversed, white and blue for my middle nephew.

I can't wait to make another one, I'd like to do one in grey and white I think.  This is definitely a pattern I will keep coming back to!

Right now, it is available for sale as a custom made to order item, just visit my facebook page, or etsy shop

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Finished Scarf

This pattern is starting to become second nature to me I've made it so many times!  Glad it's finished with, now onto making a dog sweater, that's a new one to me, I'll be sure to post pictures once I get it up and started.

In the meantime, the scarf is ready and I have a listing up in case anyone else wants one.  I've only made a dozen or so this season, a few more won't hurt lol!

Scarf available for sale here

Infinity Scarves Galore!

People just cannot get enough of these scarves! I've had several customers who bought these come back for seconds.  It's a scarf buffet!

I have another one in progress, there really are just great cozy scarves.  I've been using mine all year and it's the warmest one I've ever had.

I can't wait to make a two-tone grey and white for my shop.  

Big things for Canadian Crochet Fairy, my Etsy shop is up and running.  I am working hard on custom orders and building stock and look forward to lots of great ideas and projects in the future!

In the meantime, check out what I do have in stock and give a visit to my store:

Canadian Crochet Fairy Shop

Orange Popcorn Stripes.

I'm sort of in the middle of this project, it's an afghan I am making for my 3 year old nephew.  I let him pick the colours, in hindsight I should have encouraged a contrasting colour instead of orange, so I'd like to make this pattern again one day using different colours.  There are 2 lines on either side of the popcorn stitch that you can hardly see, which is a shame because I really think it would look great if the colours weren't competing. 

 I am a bit disappointed about that, but my nephew loves this afghan so much already so I will continue with it and just make another in 2 contrasting solid colours.

It's coming together nicely, although it took me 8 times of undoing stitches and restarting to get it all to line up, because of this I suggest counting your stitches as you go until you get the hand of the pattern.

 

If you look closely, you can see the thin orange slip stitches. 

This is an interesting pattern, because for the popcorn rows I am stitching over the other string of yarn and that's not something I've done before.

I used a 4double crochet popcorn stitch.

4dc pc

work 4dc intoone st. Take hook out of working loop and insert into topof the first dc made from front to back.  Pick up working loop and draw through to make popcorn stitch.

4 double crochet popcorn stich

I hope to be finished this project before Christmas, I have three nephews and I've never made anything for them.  I've decided this year that I will make them all their own afghan and I am working on all three at the same time.

so many ends to weave in!

I will post the pattern when I have finished the afghan, as I haven't completed it yet.  I will definitely post the finish project with the pattern though, I promise!

Granny Square Mario

In January, I made an afghan for my good friend, Jeff.  He's a fan of Mario Brothers and asked me to make an 8-bit Mario blanket with the colours switched up a bit to resemble Luigi.  Of course I was happy to oblige.

This blanket took a very long time to make, but it was huge! It took 200 squares to make but was well worth the work.

You'll need to make:

42 -  Beige

109 - Blue

45 - green/red

54 - black/dark brown

2 - deep yellow

200 solid granny squares

I put this blanket together in much the same way as the minecraft afghan.  I made the squares needed using the solid granny square (pattern here) and then attached them using the technique described in a fantastic tutorial on the Attic24 website.  If you prefer a cleaner look on  the backside, you can assemble them using a tapestry needle.  Assemble them like the picture shown.

Luigi Afghan

The trim is a simple row of single crochet and then a row of crab edging, also known as a reverse single crochet.

Crab Edging/ Reverse Single Crochet Stitch:

With the right side of you work facing you, insert hook from front to back in the next stitch on the right, yo, draw through stitch, yo pull through 2 loops. 

Trim:

Row 1: Attach colour of choice (I used black) to any corner with a single crochet.  2sc in same corner stitch, *sc in each stich to next corner. 3 sc in corner*,  repeat from * to * all the way around, sl st into beginning sc. Do not turn.

Row 2: ch 1, without turning (right side facing you), reverse single crochet into each stitch all the way around.  sl st to first stitch.  Fasten off.

Huge Afghan

Scarf Season

It's not quite cold enough yet for scarves, but it's coming!

Every day I take my son and nephew to the playground.  I grab a camping chair, my latest crochet project and I crochet my heart out while they climb, run and scream.  I love this part of the day.

People in the neighbourhood always come up to me to see what I'm working on.  Yesterday, I took my latest project, a scarf I'm making for myself.  Three different people approached me and loved it, then asked me to make them one.  I ended up making $30 simply sitting and enjoying the kids and hobby in the autumn sun. Awesome!

  Infinity Scarf

I made this infinity scarf using a simple herringbone stitch.  I wanted a nice texture, but without any holes that wind could find it's way through.  Fashion is nice, but when it comes to Canadian winters, function is better.

Herringbone Stitch:

Yarn out, insert hook, yarn out and draw through st and first loop on hook, yo, draw through both loops on hook.

Herringbone Stitch

I've started the first of three ordered scarves, this is the first a tri-colour blue scarf using the same pattern.

Great way to use up scrap yarn

I'll be making two more in solid black.  Hopefully I can get them done soon, as I have three blankets on the go and have been brewing up an idea for an afghan using a shell pattern.