The Shtick I Do

Have you seen all the Frozen themed crochet items out there? OF COURSE YOU HAVE! You'd have to be living in a cave without internet to NOT have seen all the lovely crochet items from the animated movie, Frozen. How many of you have had someone ask you to make something for them? I'm sure a LOT of you have. As have I. Personally, I haven't seen the movie. I hear it's good and plan on renting it just to say that I've seen it. I have loved the things I've made from this movie. Some of them are replicas from the movie and some are "inspired". Here's what I've made so far and I will link patterns if it had one. Two of the three items I free-handed. This is one of the most recognizable characters from the movie. This hat was made to resemble  the the character Olaf. He's just so stinking cute! This is in reference to the character Anna. I followed the pattern available at Over The Apple Tree . Love the addition of the ...

I spend more time than I like to admit browsing through posts on Pinterest. I thought I'd share some of the Halloween themed ideas I came across! Halloween Doily This  idea from Ana at i made it so...  just caught my eye and I've taken to looking through my stash for some embroidery hoops. I think I can get one made before the holiday gets here! Another doily pattern that I found is very pretty and can be made in other colors for seasons outside Halloween is the Pretty Kitty Doily  from FreePatterns.com .  You do have to "join" their site to download the patterns for free. Image from Ravelry.com Will you be having a Halloween party? If so, you might want to whip  up  these little cuties as a table top decoration!  Beverly Mewhorter from TalkingCrochet  designed these little guys with scary thoughts in mind. But I just think they're cute! Rebeckah from Rebeckah's Treasures  has another table top decoration that's s...

Happy Halloween! I hope all you ghosts and goblins (and zombies, how can I forget zombies) are being safe and having a great time. Speaking of zombies, my son and daughter are both participating in something called Fright Nights at Glade , a haunted attraction in the area. It runs every Friday and Saturday during October and on the 31st, rain or shine, or snow, they've had snow before. Here's my son, Michael, guess what role he landed for this month?  This is after a Saturday night of scaring tons of people, he's tired and in pain. The attraction for him is Zombie Lazer Tag. He takes his role seriously, so much so that when he gets shot and falls down, he doesn't cushion his fall. His elbows and knees look like they belong on a zombie.   My daughter is part of 3-D Nightmare, it's about a circus that goes wrong. Yes, you got it right, clowns! And it's in a blacklight setting with strobes and neon. I'm sorry I don't have a shot of her in t...

I haven't done much crochet since Wednesday of last week when I finished up those adorable baby booties , surgery tends to knock me on my own bootie. I had a somewhat minor procedure done on Friday and wasn't fully awake until sometime Monday afternoon. Ugh, all that wasted crochet time. (hehehe) One thing I was able to get completed is the hat I'm showing you today! I love it because of it's silliness! (I'll chalk up the inspiration to post surgical drugs.)  Begin with any beanie pattern you wish as long as it isn't an open weave pattern. This is a Jack 'o Lantern with a twist. I like to imagine he's just gotten back from holiday in the Big Easy and is showing everyone how much he loved Mardi Gras! (I know, Halloween and Mardi Gras aren't even close but we're pretending here.) SO - get that beanie ready and lets have some fun! VooDoo Jack Hat Pattern Materials : crochet or knit beanie in orange size H/5MM and a size G/4.25MM croch...