Have you seen the new Yarn Bon Bons??

Aren't these the cutest little skeins of yarn you have ever seen?

From Lion Brands "The Weekly Stitch"

From Lion Brand:

Indulge in color with Bonbons, our collection of mini-skeins of yarn in 8-pack assortments. Perfect for amigurumi, craft projects, colorwork, embroidery, and embellishments, these packs are an easy way to add interest to a project or to craft with kids! Click here for patterns you can make with Bonbons.


Want to learn more? Watch a video about Bonbons.


Bonbons comes in 6 different assortments.


See all the assortments & order.

Baby Emma's Blanket

Baby Emma's Blanket

Design by Eileen Chrisjohn

Here is the link to the free pattern on Ravelry!.
Happy Crocheting!

Don't Forget to Vote-Which Online, LYS (local yarn shop--not box store) Yarn Is Your Favorite?

Just a reminder to please vote in the poll at the right--top of my sidebar for "Which Online, LYS (local yarn shop--not box store) Yarn Is Your Favorite?"

KnitPicks.com

 

Yarnmarket 

Deramore's has the beautiful colors of acrylic "Stylecraft DK" which is one of Lucy's of Attic24 faves.

Jimmy Beans Wool

 

Premiere Yarns 

Annies Attic

Mary Maxim

 

Garnstudio-Drops Yarn

Let's find out which online, LYS yarn is the best for all of us crochet bloggers!

Some Cute Crochet Baby Flower Hats!

I just couldn't wait to show all of you these cute little Flower Baby Hats from Crochet Today!

These worked up really quick with Caron Simply Soft...


This one is in Limelight Green with the flower made in Watermelon and the center of the flower is Sunshine.

Aren't they sweet? I gave the green one to my friend at work for her new grand daughter...

And this cute little Sunshine one is for my grand daughter, (whenever she get's here!) :)

Sorry for the bad pictures but I was so excited to show you I just took them last night...

The pattern is one of my Ravelry Projects

Happy Crocheting!

Hooking Up at FO Fridays

My Crochet Hero...Babukatorium!!

I can't say enough about Babukatorium, her crochet speaks for her...

She is amazing!! A true crochet artist!! I Love the colors she uses...and the designs are so unique. I hope to aspire to her skills someday, design my own patterns and projects, be as unique as she is and keep the prices low like she does, (see her Etsy shop). I love her freestyle designs and want to buy them all! These are only a few. Click on any photo to go to her flickr photostream.

Please take a look at her Etsy Shop etsy shop!


Now on facebook too!!! XD


Follow her on Pinterest


Craftster Best of 2011 Winner I'm a Craftster Best of 2011 Winner!
 Use this tag 3KCBWDAY3 to search on Google and read about other bloggers Crochet heros.

Happy Crocheting!

Color? How Do You Choose?

When I choose colors for my projects I am all over the place! When I look at my finished projects just for the last year it is very clear I don't have a "system" or any one color that I predominantly choose.

As you can see I am about as random as they come. It seems I am drawn to a rainbow of bright hues, nothing subdued in my selections! I have done extensive studies of how to choose the "right" colors for a project. Of course we all love Lucy's colors at Attic 24 so I studied her system of choosing colors and I just didn't get it!!


I don't have any art school training and I kind of have a basic understanding how the color wheel works but, I still don't know what colors look good with other colors and why.

Do I really want to know this much about color? No, not really. I just want to be sure the items I crochet are pleasing to look at and basically look pretty. Isn't that what we all want? Do we really need to know all this information about color theory, hues, tones, etc.?


Well, I think to a certain extent we do. A lot of us ask our readers/followers about our yarn color choices for our next project, so we can get reassurance that our choices are "okay". It's nice to know that others agree with our choices or don't as the case may be. 

Of course we can also check with the new "Color Generators." These are pretty cool but I still end up confused because they seem to be very random! 

This site called Design Seeds is pretty awesome if I want to take the time to use it. It will search for colors by hue, or even themes like flora, vintage, vacation, winter, etc. It seems to be more useful to me than just color generator. It gives you several swatches from a photo.


Okay, I have given you a lot of options for picking colors for your projects but how do I do it? I try to look at nature for my decorating and my crochet projects. If a flower is pretty then the colors in it will look pretty in a crochet project. Mostly though, I go with the yarn that is in used in the pattern. It looks good so why try and reinvent the wheel?

 I know this probably limits me in my choices but some sites like Lion Brand show the same pattern with different colored yarns. They also have a pattern that goes with the yarns you like so when you pick a yarn you would like to use, at the bottom you can see crochet or knit patterns made with that yarn. For example, I looked at the Amazing yarn and then crochet patterns and then I got lots of crochet patterns using Amazing yarn. How easy is that? Use this tag 3KCBWWDAY1 to search on google and read what the other bloggers are saying about color!


HAPPY CROCHETING!!

Proud Mom and What I've Been Crocheting!

Here are some of the items on my hook(s), (I can't show you everything because my daughter reads my blog.) 

Speaking of Angela...I am so proud of her! We went to her "White Coat Ceremony" last night. She only has her rotations left and she will have her Doctorate in Pharmacy. Angela has worked so hard to get here and I couldn't be prouder. Way to go Angela!!!

She isn't showing yet but she does have a little baby bump! Hee, Hee!

Okay, on to the crochet...

Here is the new Cocoon I'm making for future Grand Daughter, Emma Marie...

I'm not quite done with it...I ran out of yarn but it's on the way!

These are some little pretty coasters I crocheted...Just a quick little project I needed to do so I could finish something!!!

I also made a quick little potholder with my favorite pattern just for fun. 

I am working on two other projects I can't show you until I give them to Angela & Kellen.

More later...Have a great week!

Happy Crocheting!!

Update on my Crochet-A-Longs

Here is an update on my CALs...

This first one is the February Block for the Food & Fiber CAL.

This one is the 6" block for the CBAM February 2012 CAL on Ravelry...

My Granny Squares for the Granny a Day 2012 CAL. I haven't done one every day, more like every couple of days! I have quite a few though. Not sure what I am doing with them yet. I'm still experimenting with the square and colors. Not sure if I like the single crochet around the regular grannies or if I like the green added in the other squares??

And last but not least...the CBAM Filler square...A little Valentine Love!

Happy Crocheting!