Mellowbeing

I made this sans pattern for my coworker Jenny.  Let’s just say she has a small obsession with chicken.   :) It’s just like some people are quite obsessed with finding free stuff on Gumtree or a certain band. There isn’t much available for chicken fans so I thought I’d make her this so she won’t feel left out when people are walking around in band t-shirts or with the things they got from Gumtree.

Did someone say cozies w/ribbons? Why yes, I’ve made a couple more of those. They may be popping up in the shop soon…

It turns out that I had 2 more unfinished cozies.  It seems like I tend to pick up an almost finished skein of yarn and start to crochet a cozy, put it down and repeat.  I’m pretty sure this is the last of the unfinished cozies.  I may start new ones later in the month but will try to move onto postcard design tomorrow for the Postcard Swap I signed up for.

Hello guys and gals!
New to the shop…
neckwarmers!
Perfect for chilly spring weather…
…and bringing a splash of color to your outfit.
More styles to come.
Feast your eyes on these for now :)

Check out the shop for more photos and descriptions.

A few months ago, my friend Kat returned from the Ukraine after visiting her family. As a souvenir, she gave me the most beautiful multi-colored skein of authentic Ukrainian mohair yarn. It was so soft and wispy and I had to come up with just the right project for it.

What could I come up with that would use up one skein? That would show off the yarn’s details and colors just in the right way?
At my local knitting group, I was patiently taught how to double and triple crochet and I quickly put the new skills to good use. This is using the same pattern as the previous scarf I posted. This scarf is using a 3c and 1c in rows whereas the other used it the long way to create columns. I actually finished this one first but photographed the other one quicker since I had to give it away and therefore had to get a photo-op in.
This was a superfluous artsy shot. Isn’t it purdy? I love how it looks as if you are walking in the clouds, looking up at the sky…

Hope you’re all having a great beginning to the week! (Despite the economic turmoil lately..)

:)

I’ve been dabbling with the idea of making more crochet phone pouches for the new shop.. then I started to think, why not iPhone cozies? Would these be useful? This is the first prototype mockup – call it v 1.0. It’s still up for improvements.. any feedback?

And as I said earlier to BananaBoy since this is still under wraps, “Don’t go leaking this to Gizmodo.” ;)