tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200504612089586692024-03-05T19:05:32.862-08:00MMMM, Yarny.Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-70972429589277969672008-02-04T06:39:00.000-08:002008-02-04T07:58:38.547-08:00Punisher FinishThe Punisher intarsia...done! But, me being me, that really only means that created another project. So, mostly done. <br /><br />(To see the other posts on this project, please click the label titled 'intarsia' or 'comics')<br /><br />After making the first Punished piece, I decided to make a Punisher purse. I might be a huge comic book fan, but I'm still a girl. I hooked up a strap and a side/bottom piece and made a purse out of it. This was my first go at lining a project. It went better than expected. My first thought was to line the purse with Cookie Monster fabric. But, everyone I suggested that to flailed about and yelled 'NO WAY!'. In the end, I went with a pink fabric with heats and flowers on it. I needed something to contrast the Punisher bits. <br /><br />(doing thumbnails of the images today. just click them to see the larger size)<br /><br />Side 1:<br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img402.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0003406sk6.jpg'><img src='http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1705/0003406sk6.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br /><br />Side 2:<br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0003407xk5.jpg'><img src='http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5540/0003407xk5.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br /><br />Edge and strap connection:<br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0003410pt0.jpg'><img src='http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1765/0003410pt0.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br /><br />The edge is one piece, wrapped around and whip stitched onto the front and back sides.<br /><br />Strap:<br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0003412ag6.jpg'><img src='http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1959/0003412ag6.th.jpg' border='0'/></a><br /><br />The strap is done in SC with SLST around the edge to help cut down on the stretching...and it just looks good. <br /><br />Lining:<br /><a target='_blank' href='http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0003408aq1.jpg'><img src='http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/518/0003408aq1.th.jpg' border='0'/></a>Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-39257017498649182272007-12-11T11:18:00.000-08:002007-12-11T11:34:08.044-08:00Cheap Yarn Love...I'm a yarn addict, this I know. I buy up yarn with no idea of what to use it for. This is especially true when I see cheap yarn. Not cheap as in poor quality, but cheap as in $1 a skein. My local dollar store sells yarn quite a bit. Usually it is the fun-fur novelty stuff. That does not deter me from buying, though. I recently came across some yarn I just had to have. I'm looking for suggestions on what I should make with it. <br /><br />First up is 2 skeins of Bernat Soft Boucle in teal twist. 5 oz skeins.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/3148/0003403zc6.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />Next up is 3 balls of Lion Brand Incredible ribbon yarn in autumn leaves. 110 yards each. The label of these has a scarf pattern on them using a K hook, which I might make if I don't come up with something better.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7075/0003404bk4.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />Give me your ideas in comments here or email them to me at: <br /><a href="mailto:yarnmonkie@gmail.com">yarnmonkie@gmail.com</a>Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-41582590194371920342007-11-21T07:11:00.000-08:002007-11-21T07:54:08.905-08:00A Thank You and More ImagesFirst of all, Thank you to everyone who has been voting for me on Top 100 Crochet and Hook List! As of this morning I'm a solid #33. Want to vote for me? Click the pink box to the right under the yarn skull. If you are viewing me on a feed, drop by and click through.<br /><br />I have been taking a bit of a hooker break. Once again I have too many project ideas, too much yarn and too many things going at once. Also, I think that cookie jar project just sucked the life out of me. If I ever decided to take on something like that again (meaning no pattern, several parts and use of stiffeners) just shake me and tell me no. Speaking of that project, I have some more, but not exactly better, images. <br /><br />First, the cookies. I think there are about 20 of them. Done in 3 parts and whip stitched together *pulls out her mad math skills* that's 60 little circles. You can see why it drove me crazy.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6081/dsc02837am0.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />...and the pile of cookies.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/3610/dsc02843nw6.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />Cookies were done on an f-hook in Red Heart SS in Coffee and White.<br /><br /><br />I wanted to get a picture of the back edge of the jar. I decided to do the jar in rounds to stop the line that would have happened from that. What I forgot is that since I changed colors, there was a bit of a jag to the stripes. By the time that fact dawned on me, I was to far in the project to frog it. It works out just fine, though. It is being displayed with the lid leaning on that side.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4818/dsc02842ee2.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />See the jag...jog...where it's not perfect? That bothers me. I still can't see past it.<br /><br />Some images of the lid. The fabric stiffener is on the outside of everything but the lid. I had to do that on the inside because of how I shaped it (read I stuffed it inside a bowl). <br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5088/dsc02841bw3.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /> <br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3845/dsc02840kn4.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />One more from the top.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/391/dsc02839xo7.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br /><br />For the life of me, I can't get a good image of the matching tea cup. <br /><br /><b>ETA:</b><br /><i>Blogspot is doing some funky things on the preview. Every time I click it it jumbles up my images. I think I got it fixed. But, if things look off it's all on blogspot, not me, for once. ^_^ </i>Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-1857706239540539042007-10-29T20:19:00.000-07:002007-10-29T20:21:54.727-07:00Cookie-Cookie-Cookie starts with CMy mother's birthday was this month. I decided to make her tea cup (like the one <a href=http://yarnmonkie.blogspot.com/2007/07/spot-of-tea.html>posted here</a> only better - pictures of it later on). I though that the cup wasn't enough, so I was going to make a cookie jar full of cookies to go with it. Great idea in theory. It took much longer that I though it would. The cookies were the worst part. I think I made the jar bigger than it needed to be. I ended up making 20 cookies to go in it and it didn't even fill it half way. I stuffed the bottom with tissue paper and set the cookies on top of it. I also use chocolate scented oil to make them smell more like cookies and less like yarn.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9091/dsc02772ka7.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />One inside the jar:<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1492/dsc02773mg3.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />All done with Red Heart on a f hook. The jar was my own pattern. The cookies were from <a href=http://www.thriftyfun.com/downloads/CrochetOreoCookies.pdf>this pattern (pdf file)</a>.Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-66531638324318927912007-10-09T08:52:00.000-07:002007-10-09T09:18:06.651-07:00Email OopsIt was brought to my attention that I didn't have a visible email address here. If you need to contact me, feel free to email me here:<br /><br /><a href="mailto:yarnmonkie@gmail.com">yarnmonkie@gmail.com</a>Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-70042721864856393012007-10-08T18:44:00.000-07:002007-10-08T18:57:07.915-07:00BOOKS!!This weekend I got a lovely surprise in the mail; a box of crochet books. Yes, I had ordered them, but I didn't think they would come so quickly. I joined one of those craft book clubs and got 4 books for 99 cents each and 1 book half off.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/2535/0003375am9.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />Here's what I got:<br /><br /><a href=http://www.amazon.com/Crochet-Blocks-Box-Designs-Fingertips/dp/0312371500/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-5468990-4309644?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191894427&sr=8-1>Crochet Blocks in a Box: 50 Great Designs at Your Fingertips</a><br /><br /><a href=http://www.amazon.com/Crochet-Motifs-Blocks-Patterns-Ideas/dp/1904991645/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-5468990-4309644?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191894427&sr=8-2>201 Crochet Motifs, Blocks, Patterns and Ideas</a><br /><br /><a href=http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Crochet-Stitch-Designs/dp/1579909159/ref=pd_bbs_3/002-5468990-4309644?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191894427&sr=8-3>The Complete Book of Crochet Stitch Designs: 500 Classic & Original Patterns</a><br /><br /><a href=http://www.amazon.com/New-Granny-Square-Susan-Cottrell/dp/1579909809/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-5468990-4309644?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191894550&sr=1-1>The New Granny Square</a><br /><br /><a href=http://www.amazon.com/Crochet-Answer-Book-Solutions-Question/dp/1580175988/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-5468990-4309644?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191894588&sr=1-1>The Crochet Answer Book</a><br /><br />I have been reading through them on and off all weekend. I actually used a pattern out of one on Sunday for a friends Halloween piece. I'm most excited about the Blocks in a Box book. That one has been on my wish list for a while now. I'm going to makes some out of there for my October square trades. <br /><br />Some FO posts coming soon. I have several going at once. It's just a matter of getting them all finished and photoed.Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-52392913751318799022007-10-02T17:33:00.000-07:002007-10-02T17:39:32.262-07:00Much love for hard yarnJust a quick post to say 'Yes, I'm actually doing things with hook and yarn and stiffeners'. <br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6521/0003309fg3.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />While working on this stiff project, I'm also working on other things I cannot yet blog about. ^_^Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-53215653854712943852007-09-28T15:36:00.000-07:002007-09-29T07:58:18.285-07:00Promos and CodesFirst, please vote for me on the Crochet Top Site list!<br /><br /><!-- BEGIN TOP SITE LIST PLANET VOTING CODE --><br /><center><br /><a href="http://crochet.top-site-list.com/vote464.html"><br /><img border="0" src="http://crochet.top-site-list.com/images/voteimage/crochet-2.gif"/></a><br/><font size="1"><a href="http://crochet.top-site-list.com/">Top List</a></font><br /></center><br /><!-- END TOP SITE LIST PLANET VOTING CODE --><br /><br />Next, want to help promote my blog? 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Or, if you are interested in a link exchange, let me know.Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-466127387529875832007-09-27T18:15:00.000-07:002007-09-27T18:36:55.617-07:00Seeing StarsI'm seeing stars! Okay, I'm making stars. Why? Because I can. I do it because I think that I might just have a perfect project to add stars to. I think of it as something that I can mindlessly hook away at while watching CNN. Also, as something I can do instead of committing to a larger project. The truth? I make stars while deciding on my next project. How I'm going to do it, what yarn to use, etc, etc.<br /><br />Here's what they look like:<br /><br />A pile of off white stars with the tails still attached. That's so I can easily stitch them on something later.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6331/0003325uo1.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />Here's some larger ones, sans tails.<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/9122/0003328lg6.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br /><br />The white ones are on WW yarn on a F hook. The Colored ones are WW yarn on a H hook.<br />Here's a picture for the size difference.<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9425/0003331dy0.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />Want to make some? Here's the pattern! <br /><br /><br /><font size=4><b>itty bitty 5 point star motif</b></font><br /><br /><br />Materials: <br /><br />worsted weight yarn - I use that little bit left over from other projects.<br /><br />a hook in any size - I find that a F hook works great for a tighter star. A H hook works well for a bit larger one. I haven't use any other sized hooks. But I don't see why you couldn't.<br /><br />yarn needle <br /><br />***This pattern is for a 5 point star. You can adjust the number of points by adding or subtracting chain rows.***<br /><br /><br />ch 3, slst in the second ch from the hook and the starting ch. (this is your first point)<br /><br />ch 2, slst in the second ch from the hook and in the starting chain. (this is your second point)<br /><br />ch 2, slst in the second ch from the hook and in the starting chain. (third point)<br /><br />ch 2, slst in the second ch from the hook and in the starting chain. (fourth point)<br /><br />ch 2, slst in the second ch from the hook and in the starting chain. (fifth point)<br /><br />Draw up your last slst, cut the yarn and pull it through. Now you will have two tails on the star. One on each side. I use a yarn needle to stitch through the tail on the front side to the back, then tie it off. I leave the tails if I plan on adding them to something. If not, I cut off the tails and give them to my cat to play with.Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-7694166040410505802007-09-23T19:33:00.000-07:002007-09-23T19:37:45.388-07:00September Trade Squares4 Trade squares for September. All 8 inches x 8 inches. Done in Caron's Jewel Box in Garnet.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3498/0003318rb2.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />Those 4 squares took up 2 whole skeins of the yarn.Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-7834962764269256982007-09-17T16:42:00.000-07:002007-09-17T17:02:29.184-07:00Doilies are for the birdsTonight, I decided to try my first doily. I had the pattern, I had the thread, I had the hook. What I lack is the talent and patience. <br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/6114/0003302yb7.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />I stitched, I frogged, I stitched, I cursed. Then I came to the realization that I hate working with thread and teeny-tiny hooks. This is how far I got on it before I gave it up. <br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/4527/0003303mv3.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />See that thread? It's going into my next crochet round-robin box. *nods*Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-47963033734987509532007-09-12T18:02:00.000-07:002007-09-12T18:21:51.165-07:00Headphone CoversI am a headphone kind of gal. I own several pairs, mostly the in-ear type. Some for the computer, some for my iPod, some for my CD player, extras for the iPod...you get them point. Recently, I got some new jewelry and with it, I cannot wear my ear clip style headphones that I usually wear when listening to my CD player. After digging out my over the head type headphones and using them for a few days, I realized why I never use them. I don't like the feel of the foam ear covers. I find it so distracting that I spend my whole time listening messing about with the headphones trying to get comfortable. <br /><br />While listening to my CD player tonight, I remembered that I had seen some headphone cozies in a recent crochet magazine. After some digging through my magazines, I found it.<br /><br />The pattern is from the September/October issue of 'Crochet Today!' page 47 listed as 'Music Cozies'. I use the pattern for the small headphone cozy (pg 48), using scrap acrylic yarn. <br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6910/0003293lg4.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8417/0003294fo6.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br /><br />The cord of the headphones was in the way of the cozy. What to do, what to do?! I ended up slipping on the cover and tying a piece of yarn through the cozy so it wrapped its self around the cord. I tried to get a picture but my camera is full of fail on close pictures. <br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6032/0003296ia3.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />Hopefully you can see what I did. The whole project took about 30 minutes. That includes time hunting down the right size hook, putting the covers on and taking the pictures.Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-91631670680148987402007-09-03T08:14:00.000-07:002007-09-03T08:18:07.427-07:00Something FunnyThis came across one of the crocheting/yarn communities I am a memeber of.<br /><br /><i>A recent study indicated, that yarn and thread gives off certain pheromones that actually hypnotize women and cause them to purchase unreasonable amounts.<br /><br />When stored in large quantities, in enclosed spaces, the pheromones, (in<br />the yarn,) cause memory loss and induce the nesting syndrome, (similar to the one squirrels have, before the onset of winter, i.e. the storing of food,) therefore, perpetuating their species and not having a population loss due to their kind being cut into pieces and mixed with others.<br /><br />Sound tests have also revealed, that these yarns, emit a very high-pitched sound, heard only by a select few, a breed of women known as "loomers." When played backwards on an LP, the sounds are heard as chants, "Buy me, loom me, and wind me into a ball ".<br /><br />In order to overcome the so called "feeding frenzy effect," that these yarns cause, one must wear a face mask when entering a storage facility and use ear plugs, to avoid being pulled into their grip.<br /><br />(One must laugh, however, at the sight of customers in a yarn store, with WW2 army gas masks and headphones!).<br /><br />Studies have also indicated, that aliens have inhabited the earth, helping to spread the effects, that these yarns have on the human population. They are called "YARN STORE CLERKS".<br /><br />It's also been experienced, that these same pheromones, cause a pathological need, to hide these yarn purchases, when taken home (or at least blend them into the existing stash.) When asked by a significant other if the yarn is new, the reply is, "I've had it for awhile."<br /><br />Author Unknown</i><br /><br />I've done the "I've had it for awhile." part more than once. :-DMonkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-85896370082159983122007-09-02T19:47:00.000-07:002008-12-10T18:36:06.427-08:00Share a Square SquaresI'm at 15 squares for my share-a-square square count. I'm going to send them out this week. Here's a quick picture of some of them.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/2913/0003287on3.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><center><a href="http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/06/14/searching-for-people-with-big-hearts/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_rlzbSIxaQ6xcjKUtX4uMx0dqInpegGZm1_Bn8NSUQrzOQU3yx6REkyy7MTlV8nD2oUEcFfrFpEmz1gY6fxH7ickNx-NfDycI2srJs7gu78WGeg8UT_xPANBnWx_zOoNPxBP2c_zOZ8/s400/ lovetosharemini.jpg"/></a></center>Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-78612689570970319022007-09-01T11:50:00.001-07:002008-02-04T06:57:04.616-08:00Sneak PeakAfter talking to what I will call a reputable source of Punisher knowledge, I have worked out my next grid for my project. <br /><br />First we have a 9mm Beretta. Here is the original image:<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/5341/picture3jy3.png" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />and my grid:<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5992/picture1yn8.png" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />You can't do that with out this:<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/7485/picture2tt3.png" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />I plan on doing the Beretta on white in shades of black and gray. The crosshairs will be either red on white or red on black. This project has taken on a life of its own. I get one thing done then add on another and another. I'll be done with it one day.Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-70678595901504192462007-08-26T19:50:00.000-07:002008-02-04T06:55:49.662-08:00Punisher intarsia part 2After making my first intarsia piece, I knew I wanted to do another one. The last Punisher piece <a href=http://yarnmonkie.blogspot.com/2007/07/learning-intarsia-with-punisher.html>(blog post here)</a> I did was just to see if I could do it. I looked at it for about a month before I decided on what to do with it. I finally made my decision and that involved making another intarsia piece of the same size and shape. I went with a different type of Punisher logo:<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8297/punisherbloodlogowl9.gif" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />I decided to do just the right side one to keep the size the same.<br /><br />Here's a work in progress picture with the grid:<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/3713/0003217ye8.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />And the finished piece:<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/9392/0003220nu6.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />Hopefully, I'll have the entire thing together to show you my final vision sometime soon. I'm thinking by next week. *crosses fingers*Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-70657827739758772742007-08-16T05:05:00.000-07:002007-08-16T08:03:21.599-07:00August Trade SquaresI've finished up my August trade squares for this month. A crocheting friend asked for a bit of help with a pattern she had found online. After trying out the pattern, I liked it so much that I made all 4 of my squares the same. A first for me. <br /><br />The pattern is called <a href=http://members.aol.com/lffunt/circlefriends.htm>Circle of Friends Square</a>. I used Red Heart Super Saver Fleck in Aran Fleck on a H hook.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6800/0003206tf6.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />My camera doesn't do the square justice. It has all kinds of texture and interesting details you just can't see in the image. I only took one picture this month. No need to take a picture of each square when they all look the same.Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-25401869279150768732007-08-15T16:38:00.000-07:002008-12-10T18:36:06.466-08:00Love to Share - Share a Square<a href="http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/06/14/searching-for-people-with-big-hearts/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsxssh5yVsmLSaG3LWsw-mvDbUa0wccl-3B5vmkSHdRqpQuI3E7MqsCNfPvJqOe4Et4pSY70NXuKSHmFUzKKdadr7nNWH4Bm0aDVECHHNcKaxAAGR7WCdj8bImFV4u74sEQ8HHzLeE5o/s400/ lovetosharelrg.jpg"></a><br /><br />This project has been brought to my attention via Live Journal. It is a great idea. It's so easy to just make a 6" x 6" square. I know I can make several of them in just an hour. I plan on a bunch and send them off next week. I hope all the crocheters out there will at least send in a square or two.<br /><br />Here are the links:<br /><br /><a href=http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/06/14/searching-for-people-with-big-hearts/>Original post</a><br /><br /><br /><a href=http://thiseclecticlife.com/crochet>Square instructions</a><br /><br /><br />Pictures of my squares to come soon!Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-14462014411192209092007-08-09T19:02:00.000-07:002007-08-09T19:23:40.124-07:00More Mala Beads and PouchesI have some more sets of mala beads and pouches for them. First up is a set I made for my friend. 108 wood beads, turquoise separator beads on cotton cord. The pouch is a mohair/wool/acrylic blend.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7239/picture1dr2.png" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />Next is a larger pouch made with an unknown fiber yarn.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/5946/0003163qe6.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />Mala beads for it are 108 wooden beads, unikite separator beads on a cotton cord.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6699/sc003ac36cwg6.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />And 54 wooden beads, unakite separator beads on cotton cord. Pouch is TLC something or other in red.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/4994/0003168gq2.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/5603/sc003ae104mo8.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br /><br />I'm done making these for a while. I've depleted my bead supply. I do plan on making a few more, possibly as gifts, in the future. I would love to make some out of <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapis_lazuli>lapis lazuli</a> or sliver. I have time to work out exactly what I want to do.Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-44440433896916305882007-08-06T11:20:00.000-07:002007-08-06T11:33:01.540-07:00The stash and other infoI have been trying to post for days, but blogger had my blog marked as spam. Which means I could not make posts. Now, that dirty little mess has been taken care of, I'm ready to post.<br /><br />First up, I went through and organized my stash. I really needed to see what I had and to get all the types together as well as I could. <br /><br />Big basket of misc acrylics and half skeins:<br /><img src="http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2928/0003190ze7.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/><br /><br />Cottons:<br /><img src="http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7845/0003194po9.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/><br /><br />Whole skeins acrylic:<br /><img src="http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7338/0003193cf7.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/><br /><br />Novelty, fun fur, small fuzzy skeins:<br /><img src="http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/2034/0003191gs9.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/><br /><br />Current project basket:<br /><img src="http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8220/0003195uy8.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/><br /><br />Now to finish the shawl that I keep putting off so I can get something new in the current project basket. <br /><br />I have a few people ask about writing a pattern to the tea bag holders to post. I plan on doing that as soon as I'm finished with this shawl. <br /><br />My 'August projects' list looks so empty. But, once again, I plan on filling it as soon as the shawl is done.Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-91187164650655397412007-07-22T21:27:00.000-07:002007-07-22T18:31:34.346-07:00An Apple A Day...<span style="font-style: italic;">...keeps the doctor away, as long as it is not in an appletini. </span><br /><br />My mother recently bought a set of stemless martini glasses as a gift for an aunt of mine. Here's what they look like:<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us/"><img src="http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9842/41krptwwajlss260gs1.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" border="0" /></a><br />By <a href="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yarnmonkie">yarnmonkie</a><br /><br />They are for drinking <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appletini">Appletinis</a>. Just reading the ingredient list makes me shudder. The drink is made with a slice of a granny smith apple in it. *shudder, again* I offered to make a coaster set to go with the gift.<br /><br />After some flailing about with the yarn and teaching myself a new-to-me stitch, I got what sort of resembles an apple slice. I ended up making a set of 4 of them. Here are come pictures.<br /><br />Made with Red Heart (lime green color, not sure of the exact color name), aran and Red Heart Softs brown (for the stems). on an acrylic g hook using trc, dc, hdc and sc.<br /><br />One coaster:<br /><img src="http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/428/0003073ll5.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /><br />By <a target="_new" href="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yarnmonkie">yarnmonkie</a>,<br /><br />One with the glass:<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us/"><img src="http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2190/dsc02555xa9.jpg" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" border="0" /></a><br />By <a href="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yarnmonkie">yarnmonkie</a><br /><br />For the record, an appletini is that exact color. Eww, eww, eww!Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-25750174891369662292007-07-21T13:43:00.000-07:002007-07-21T22:19:12.966-07:00Mala Beads and How to Store ThemOver 10 years ago, I bought a set of <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japa_mala>mala beads</a> from a Monastery in Tibet. Which was no small feat then, because you just couldn't hop online and buy them like you can now. My beads came with a small carrying pouch, which I never liked because I literally had to twist the beads into a small ball to get them in there. Over years and moves, I lost the pouch, but was able to hang onto the beads. They usually sat on my dresser or jewelry box. It dawned on me that I could make a new pouch for them. While digging through my yarn stash in search of a yarn that just called out to me, I found part of a skein that is a mohair/wool/acrylic blend. Very fuzzy and quite beautiful. I don't recall the brand name of the yarn. <br /><br />SC on a bamboo h hook. 8" long x 3 " wide (closed). Simple chain tie closure. SLST around to make the shape. <br /><br />Closed:<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/9837/0003143fz0.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a>By <a href="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yarnmonkie">yarnmonkie</a><br /><br />Open:<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8762/0003148nc6.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a>By <a href="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yarnmonkie">yarnmonkie</a><br /><br />I made a bit of the beads stick out so you can see where the flap and pouch opening is.<br /><br />Open/Inside:<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/1533/0003150zv4.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a>By <a href="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yarnmonkie">yarnmonkie</a><br /><br />My beads are the longer 108 bead ones. That's why I made such a long pouch. I only have to loop them once to put them in. Here's a image of the beads out of the pouch.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/7503/0003151ch9.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a>By <a href="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yarnmonkie">yarnmonkie</a>Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-71361739678563574332007-07-20T08:44:00.000-07:002007-07-20T08:53:37.220-07:00Of Pot Holders and TrivetsOver the past two months, I've been working on a set of potholders for my parents. Six pot holders to be exact. They were made holding two strands of cotton yarn together and single crocheting on a h hook. After making one or two, I was ready for a break. I think that's why it took me so long to make them all. <br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/8405/dsc02595bj8.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br/>By <a href="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yarnmonkie">yarnmonkie</a><br /><br />Then, with the left over yarn, I made a set of three trivets. The went much faster. I made the set of three with in an hour. They are DC on a I hook.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/5751/dsc02591qx4.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br/>By <a href="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yarnmonkie">yarnmonkie</a><br /><br />These were so easy to make. I would have no problem making more of them.Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-44690282511655596702007-07-18T20:33:00.000-07:002007-07-18T20:44:57.120-07:00Triangle shawl no. 2, updateI decided that the shawl wasn't going to work and pulled it all out. I started it over again, adding several more inches to it. I finished it, again and it still seems small. I'm adding the boarder to help it out. I'm at a loss as to what to do about it. The yarn is so springy, it draws up no matter what I do. I'll finished it and get her opinion about it. I'm not going to weave in and tie anything off until she likes it.<br /><br />*frustrated*Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420050461208958669.post-70820541433970872922007-07-17T18:40:00.001-07:002007-07-17T18:50:01.942-07:00Triangle shawl, number 2This is my second triangle shawl this month. My grandmother asked if I could make her one. She offered to buy the yarn. How could I refuse?<br /><br />She bought Red Heart Light and Lofty in Cap Cod Multi. <br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6483/0003125st9.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br/>By <a href="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yarnmonkie">yarnmonkie</a><br /><br />I started on it tonight and finished the main part of the shawl. For the life of me, I can't figure out why it seems so small. I think it is because of the yarn type...maybe. It might be because the last triangle shawl I made was 7 feet across. I'm going to add a boarder on the two sides to beef up the edges a bit. If all else fails, I'll pull it out and start again. I'm pretty sure the boarder will help.<br /><br />Here it is ready for the boarder.<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/3949/0003136kp4.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br/>By <a href="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yarnmonkie">yarnmonkie</a><br /><br />one closer up:<br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/2631/0003137ms4.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br/>By <a href="http://profile.imageshack.us/user/yarnmonkie">yarnmonkie</a><br /><br />Done on a q hook. I'm doing the boarder on an n hook (which is what is in the picture).Monkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642017302481941211noreply@blogger.com0