Some more items in the Done Pile!!!

First item to share is some close up pictures of the flowers that I added to the Basket Blanket. These flowers are so easy to make and make great little add ons to different items. You can find the pattern at Croco Flower





Next is a cute little dishcloth I made as part of Crochet-A-Long (CAL).



Next are some cute leaf coasters - you can get the pattern at Fall Leaf Coasters



Next is the Mesa Bag I finally learned how to fold! You can get the pattern at Masa Bag and you can find the link there for the folding instructions as well.



And last for this post - is this cute little Teddy Security Blanket - well it's not really a blanket just small enough for a child to hold and drag around with them. I made it in cotton that if it is used, I hope, by a small child, they could "chew" on it as they usually do, drag it around, etc. It can be machine washed, gentle cycle or course.

What else? More completed projects!

Okay let's see what I've got to share - first just some more squares that I have been working on for swaps. This one is just a simple granny type square.



This next picture is of Christmas squares for a swap. I am so enjoying creating and receiving these swaps!



Next two items are some bath poufs I am working on for a spa swap as well just to make them for stash and gifts. I found both patterns by looking for bath crocheted items.

The first one is a flower shaped pouf that I really like!



The second is a pouf more like the nylon ones you get in the store - this was a bit hard to for me to make - well really more time consuming. You do 27 loops and then put 10 loops in each of the 27 loops! For a total of 270 loops - YIKES! Busy work! But it did come out nice!



Next, of course, are some more scarves! I've decided to call myself "The Scarf Princess!" The first one is for my heart sister. It is called Medallion Scarf and was in one of the crochet magazines.



The next one is called Lush Lace Scarf and I bought it on line through Sweater Babe It works up very quickly and is great for that one lonely skein you have left of something! Or maybe splurge and buy one of those hand dyed skeins and enjoy yourself! This is a surprise for someone on a swap so I can't say who! It's a secret - SSSSHHHHHHH!



And last for this post is a tote bag I also made for a swap - the person I got likes autumn colors so I hope she likes it. I'm a little nervous about it. I added a line of leaves and the flower to the side of the bag. I got the pattern for the tote at Crochet Tote Bag I got the pattern for the flower on another site - the link is one of my old posts - it is called Crocus Flower.



Be back soon with more! As a P.S. thanks to my hubby Harry for all the picture taking! It's hard work with me giving him move it an inch this way - no that way - oh goodness that doesn't look right - mmm what now! He laughs thank goodness!

Gift for A Sweet Lady

I was so honored to be paired up with Nancy for an Afghan Exchange. She sent me the most delightful and beautiful afghan (pictures are in the post below this one) and I got to create for her this afghan. It is a basket stitch afghan that I turned on it's side! So I called it the On The Side Basket! I embellished it with flowers. The afghan pattern is a baby sized afghan pattern that I doubled and turned on the side.

You can find the pattern for it at Basket Stitch Baby Blanket

And you can find the flower pattern at Croco Flower

The first picture is of the full blanket.



This picture is a close up of one end so you can see the flowers better - I hope!




It was a pleasure to create this for Nancy and I hope she enjoys wrapping in it as much as I enjoyed making it for her!