Simple Hat

I made this hat in one day (on Sunday). I actually have a scarf to match (somewhere). I used a Leisure Arts pattern, size J Bates hook, and Lion Brand Wool-Ease yarn in Autumn.

Brown Fringed Scarf

I just finished this fringed scarf a few minutes ago. It is single crochet throughout. I used 3 skeins Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick and Quick in Wood, and Red Heart's Crystalites crochet hook in size M (9.0 mm). This scarf will go to a friend of mine. It'll be an early Christmas present.

Caterpillar

This is the first stuffed animal crochet project i've done. I got the pattern from Leisure Arts Creative Crochet. This is yet another one of those i-screwed-up-but-learned-from-it projects, completed March 1999. I didn't realize that when you do single crochet, you go through both loops, unless the pattern specifies otherwise. So i went through one loop for every single crochet, and the caterpillar turned out twice the size that it was supposed to, but it's still cute. I used scrap yarn for the eyes and nose, because i didn't want any sort of small detachable parts.

Broomstick Lace Reading Shawl

This is the second broomstick lace project i've ever done, completed February 1999. I finally got the rows right this time. I used the same size 35 knitting needle, and by this time i had found a Susan Bates size H hook, and became a Bates devotee after that. The yarn i'd bought at Big Lots, it was a 5 skein bag of mill ends for $3. i wish i remembered what the name and brand of the the yarn, because the color is just gorgeous.

Newborn Broomstick Lace Cover-Up

This was the first broomstick lace project i've ever made, took a week to do, completed January 1999. Half of the broomstick rows are backwards, so that's how i learned that you have to do a row of single crochet in order to get all of the lace rows in the right direction. I used a size H Boye hook and size 35 knitting needle, and Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in Pale Mint.

Slipstitch Afghan #2

This is the second afghan i've ever made. I worked on and off for 2 years on it, completed it in January 1998. Silly me, i thought i was doing single crochet, when in fact i was doing slip stitches, so no wonder it took forever and a day to finish it. But the mistake made it look like a knit-purl thing, though. I used scrap yarn and bought black yarn, and size J Boye hook. Each strip represents a past project that someone else had made out of yarn, so even though this afghan is technically ugly, it has sentimental value. :)

Virginia Tech Q hook afghan

Pardon the dog hair on the blankie :







And here's the source of the dog hair...