Crochet Aida Shrug

Pattern by girlie's crochet



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Crochet Dress

Crochet Patterns by Genuine Mudpie


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Crochet Hats

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Mini messenger bag

Well, finally this is what I call the not-too-ambitious kind of project. A mini messenger bag. Actually it can be finished in less than a week but it took me almost 3 weeks to finish it.

I made this bag by myself without any pattern and to be honest, I didn't have any clue what exactly I did either. I just crochet and crochet ... and voila, it's done. It's not bad either except for the lining. My sewing wasso messy. LOL. Thanks for the bad pictures, you can't see clearly how bad my sewing  is.

At first, I wanted this bag to be big but then I remembered that I've promised myself not to make any ambitious craft projects for the moment otherwise they will end up in a basket with other UFOs (UnFinished Object)
As it's a small bag, I can't use it myself. It's too small for all my stuffs. They won't fit in it. So once again, I gave it to my daughter and she really likes it. Thank you kiddo, you're my number 1 fan.  

So, here it is ...

Another crocheted pencil case

Still from my 'back to school' project, here are the crocheted pencil case. The blue one was made by me for my son and the bunny one was made by my eldest daughter for herself.

The lining

Happy crocheting!

Cheers.

Fabric Crochet Hook Case

Okay, I finally have some free time to sew on my new sewing machine. My first sewing using sewing machine is not perfect yet as I'm still figuring out how to use it properly. Even though I made a lot of mistakes but the result still meets my standard as a new user of sewing machine.

My first sewing using sewing machine is a crochet hook case because I didn't have any proper crochet hook case. The only hook case I have is a plastic case that came with a set of crochet hook when I bought them and it's so bad.  My hooks constantly kept escaping through the holes in the case and made a loud sound when  they hit the floor. So I promised to myself that I will make a decent hook case as soon as possible after my sewing machine arrives.

Wanna see my new crochet hook case? So here it is ....

{Back To School} Bunny Pencil Case

Hi all fellow crafters, how is your holiday? Mine is good even though we didn't go anywhere, just spent the holidays going swimming with the kids. We go swimming almost every day and as a result, our skin is getting darker yet it's fun though.

The school will start in 2 weeks and it'll be my youngest's first day as a first grader and my eldest as a 7th grader. I'm sure in these 2 weeks I'll be very busy preparing all my kids's school supplies. My youngest is so excited meeting her old and new friends and having new school supplies. And I'm as excited as her as well. So, in order to make her first day at elementary school more fun, I made her a crocheted bunny pencil case.

Shell Stitch Scarf

This one is an easy scarf. It can be done in few hours if you're fast. I finished mine in a month. It was me and my daughter who crocheted this scarf whenever we had free time and nothing else to do. The stitch required here is double crochet stitch and V stitch to make the shell.

 

Yellow Angry Bird

Another crochet project. It's yellow angry bird. I got the pattern from Ravelry but mine didn't turn out as good as theirs.

One-eyed monster

Okay, it's my first amigurumi. A day before my son's school field trip, he told me that he would have this exchanging-gift activity and was asked to bring a gift which is worth IDR 10.000 (Around $1). Well, it was a sudden notice and I was too lazy to go out just to buy that. I have yarns at home, felt fabric, a lot of yarn and felt. Well, I guess you could tell how the story went after that ... Since I couldn't know whether it was for a boy or a girl, I guess an amigurumi monster key chain is a safe option for me to make.

One-eyed monster

This monster is based on this pattern

Happy crocheting!!

My First (Finished) Crochet Project

Yay! Here it is, my first crochet project that has finished. 

Great videos for learning basic crochet

I firstly learned the basic crochet from a book that I bought. I thought the book was clear enough for a beginner like me but right after I really started crocheting, the book turns out not as clear as I thought it was to be. My first crochet project I did in my previous post based on that book was totally unsuccessful. I didn't finish it. I made a lot of mistakes, I was so frustrated but I haven't given up on crocheting yet.  So, since I'm more to a visual kind of person, I went to YouTube and tried to find a good tutorial video and found these great videos. These videos are really helpful and easy to understand especially for beginner. It taught basic crochet very well compared to other videos I watched. Here are the videos.

The Very Beginning of Crocheting Journey

Have I told you that I started crocheting? Yes, I'm newbie to crochet and learning the basic of how to crochet now, really starting at the very beginning.

The work in progress

It's not finished yet. To be honest, I don't know what I'm making. I just keep crocheting to practice my single crochet stitch. I think I'll stop when it's long enough to be worn as a scarf. However, based on this first experience,  it comes to a conclusion (Well, actually it was my friend's conclusion) that the crochet hook I'm using is too small and totally not comfortable. No wonder it makes my fingers get tired and stiff easily.