hippie skirt

Love this skirt. It's pretty heavy, tho. Took about a pound and a half of peaches n cream cotton-ecru and buttercream. It has cute little white buttons on the "yoke" (a word i had never heard until i started to crochet!). I actually got a compliment from this lady at the liquor store! She asked who made it and I said, oh me! She said that she loved it! I was so shocked that someone knew that it was handmade that i didnt even ask if she crocheted-dammit!!!! I'll need beer again eventually and then I'll go back and ask!!!

bolero

This is "Bolero" from SNB. I made it with Lilac Caron Simply Soft in about 4 days. I really like the outcome, but I think it is more of a fall piece because it's really thick. I love the pattern, it was super easy to follow.

posh frock

i got this adorable frock pattern out of a book i got from the library. ahh, i can't remember the name. i'll look it up in a bit. i have to line the bottom part, obviously, but i'm looking for the perfect material. the picture is a bit blurry, but its the only one i took that showed the truest color. it's red heart simply soft in grape. love that yarn!!!!

hott pink shrug

this is from SNB and my second one. this time i did it in peaches and cream cotton, which helped it shrink a bit after washing it. i still hate this pattern and will have to find a way to make it work. i said this before with my black shrug. its such a dissapointment, but i'll get over it and keep working on it. i wore it to a party, tho, and everybody loved it and wanted one too. bleh!

cotton choker

oh jeez! i am addicted to making cotton jewelry with beads now. i guess because it only takes like 2 minutes. and its fun. and cute!

lacy sleeveless top

This is my berry tank top that i have been working on for about 3 months now. i used i-dunno-how-many skeins (maybe 7ish) of fingering yarn and a g hook. my gauge was perfect, but the scalloped part was too big! i have to adjust my straps and buttons so that it will fit a little better. but everything else was perfect. i wore it to a barbeque yesterday and everybody loved it. i got my picture taken a lot too, and i didnt realize how slimming the top was!!! :)

one skein scarf

This was the first thing that I made from SNB. It was back in March, but I forgot that I had this picture.
When I saw that yarn I really liked it, but when I finished the scarf, I wasn't too sure. I dont know what to wear with it. I dont have a coat to match. Maybe a jean jacket? I'll figure it out, I guess.

finished round ripple

This is the finished product! I used Caron Simply Soft in New White and Black and TLC Baby with the pink (its almost a coral). It came out to be 63" point to point.
I made it for a friend for her birthday, but she hasn't got the package yet, so we'll see in a couple of days if she likes it. She lives in Texas and I dont think that she needs a blanket, but they are just so beautiful and they have a million uses.

drop design halter

I made this at the beginning of the summer. I got my mother-in-law to line it for me and she did a spankin awesome job!!! I'm very happy with it, however, it is a very revealing top and I believe I will crochet a little more around the back. There's a lot of side boob showing, which can be sexy (but not around in-laws/parents),so I am going to add from the side of the cups around.
I will probably make another one as well. The top fits great, but the pattern called for the "skirt part" to be buttoned up rather than the seams sewed, so I will do that with the next halter because I think it would fit better.

round ripple (so far)

This is a "progress report" of my round ripple. So far, this is what I've got! I am going to decrease the white and increase the black. I like it, but I just think it needs less white, it's too bright!!!

giant fat bottom bag

This is my giant fbb. I did 30 inc. rows, 30 straight, and 30 dec. rows. Basically, I doubled the whole pattern, including the base chain.
To give you an idea of the size, it goes from shoulder to hip. The second picture has the FBB from the original pattern: stitches, rows, base, everything as per the pattern.

mini purse

I dont remember the title for this, but it is in SNB. Real easy. Took about a day. I want to find a better flower pattern. I saw one on Crochetville, and PMed the lady, but she never responded. It was 3-Dish.
This is going to be a gift for a friend, but I want to find a way to make the handles more stiff. I was thinking maybe putting wooden skewers thru the top stitches, or single crocheting them into the top. I dunno yet.

shrug

This was quite easy to make. I am not too happy with it tho. The front is supposed to be right below the bust and this goes down to the belly. I wanted it to be medium, but it came out like an extra large. I dont know what to do with this!!! I will probably make another one anyway, but I dont want to until I know what went wrong.

capelet

I LOVE this! Its also from SNB. I guess I couldn't live without that book! My finished project came out with a little more drape than the picture in the pattern. I don't even know what kind of yarn I used because I had this yarn for about a year and a half. Back then, I just threw the label away! Ugh, rookie! But, the capelet used less than one skein. I had to finaggle a little bit with the gauge to get it right. Also, these pom poms were my first!!!

sweet pea shawl

This is the sweet pea shawl from SNB. It was sooooo easy. wow. I did that thing in like 3 days. I couldn't believe it went by so fast! I like it. I left the tassels off because I don't really like them that much. I don't know when I will ever need a shawl, but I'm sure it's just nice to have one just in case!

1st original design

This is my very first original pattern! I have a hard time finding a purse at the store, so I decided to design my own. It works out great. It is lovely and I am proud.

The second picture, my mother-in-law ripped out the lining that I had done in the first picture and made it better. She also reinforced the strap so that it doesn't hang so much. She has about 50 years seamstress experience over my hemming jeans experience.

cupcake top

This is my cupcake top from SNB. I was so impressed with it. However, when I went to go try it on, it did not fit around the hips. I had just got done reading the larger hook tutorial from CrochetMe, but alas, I had been working on my top for a while already. Anyway, I should have used a larger hook on the foundation chain because that was the only part that was too tight. The whole top fit perfectly and I loved it. So I gave it to my sister-in-law, who fits it perfectly. Ugh! I will make another one someday. It was such an easy pattern and worked up really fast. I used about 1 1/2 skeins of caron simply soft in new white.

my first FBB

This is the first FBB that I made. I wasn't too happy with the size. It's too small to put ANY essentials in it. My mother-in-law is lining it for me because I'm a big baby and she is waaaay better than me! She used to be a professional seamstress, so I trust her mor than myself. The purse is actually more of a fuschia color-- a brighter pink than in the picture.

skull potholder

this is from SNB. it was slightly difficult, but i guess it takes practice (and patience!!!) with graphics. its supposed to be a skull, but i have been told that it looks like an alien. bahhh!

interweave dress

This is a dress that I made from Interweave Crochet. It was a free pattern. It took about 3 months to make, but its so gorgeous and so worth it!