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This pattern was great, it worked up very quick and the pattern was easy to read. I love the basket weave pattern and how cheap it was. I used a little less then two balls of Sugar and Cream yarn so the whole hat cost about $2.50, can’t beat that! Here’s some pictures, but they’re kind of rough. I hadn’t fixed the ends, and they were taken at midnight inside, so I’ll get some better ones soon of it on and in use outside. :p (P.S. please excuse the craft room, it looks like a tornado went through there!)

So, I’m doing my best to not buy any new supplies - but instead using up the yarn I already have. I’m trying to do this for sewing and beading and well, everything else too. I’ve decided that I want to learn to Embroider (obviously) and I’m trying to use supplies I already have but I need to find some material to embroider on so if you have any suggestions, please let me know! I’m also trying to finish up old projects, I’ve been working on the Monks Satchel at work

and my Unicorn cross stitch pattern at home.

I’m thinking about making some of these to carry around my projects - instead of plastic zipper bags. This will be a good stash buster project, I think, since I have a TON of WW yarn and I think I’d line them with some of the cotton material I have. The pattern is from the blog Delicious Stitches and I found it on Craftster.org. Thanks for offering the pattern for free, DS!

I finished this tonight while zoning out on some TV (yay for WWE Smackdown, hehe). I really liked the square and the design, it was easy once you got past the first row - simple pattern repeats. I used the hook that was called for, not thinking about the fact that my squares always come out smaller then the pattern, so when I finished this one it was only 9.5 inches - I added another row of brown, join at corner, sc, ch 2, sc, sc in next stitch, sk 2, sc in next st around, then another row of blue, join at corner, ch 5, dc in same st, 2 dc in ch2 sp ’til next corner, 2 dc, ch2, 2dc in corner sp, repeat around.(if you have any questions please let me know, it’s late so I have no idea if these will make sense.)

Here’s a picture!

So, I want to learn embroidery. I know how to cross stitch and I’ve flirted with embroidery before but I’d really like to learn. I’m not sure what I’ll actually use it for, but it seems like a good thing to know. I’ve been looking all over at different sites and what not and I found this really awesome site with some tutorial videos. The blog Feeling Stitchy posts some awesome stuff too - she updates nearly every day!

Here’s my May square from Craftster too -

I made this bag, thinking it’d be cute to carry - I made it using Red Heart Peruvian Print and THIS pattern (it’s a pdf format). Some how my version came out huge… It’s not really what I wanted, and definitely not something I can carry, but it will make a good project back for at home. I’m going to line it with cotton (so it doesn’t stretch) with lots of little pockets. Here’s some pictures to show how large this thing is.

I came out with two extra square - so I made secret pockets on the front of the bag. Not sure what I’ll use them for yet but I thought they were cool.

I got some pictures of my March and my first April square.

Here’s the March -

Craftster -                                                                                                               Ravelry -

Aprils Craftster -

Here’s my Ravelry square. One in progress picture, one finished.

I finally finished the scarf I was working on for Michael, it’s a side ways scarf. I couldn’t find a pattern that I liked so I made up my own, it’s the first pattern I’ve done, and lucky it was simple enough I could manage it, haha.

Back of the scarf

My Craftster February square.

All links are clickable, I squish ‘em down for the blogs, so you don’t have to scroll past these HUGE pictures.

Here’s my two squares. I’m using Red Heart Coffee and Spa Blue. It’s the colors I want my bedroom to be, eventually. I think I’ll link to the patterns also.

Here’s my Craftster square.

Here’s my Ravelry square.

I’m finally joining these squares together, here’s the Jan and Feb squares together. I’m using the Dudesssembly for it. It’s pretty neat, I can’t wait to have one row done so I can join the corners. Anyway, onto the pictures.