Makings

It's been a while since I've posted any crochet.  

Here are a few things I've made over the past couple months.

I made these Hello Darling Headbands while working on a custom order for a lady who is growing her hair back after chemo. She needed them smaller than usual. The turquoise was for practice, and the purple/grey one turned out bigger than she needed with the color switching pattern I used.  

The one with cream and greys turned out the right size.

I also made this Celtic Winters Ear Warmer in her custom size.

I made these Stevie Mittens for Sylvia after I made a pair in black for her to give one of her friends as a Christmas gift.  I found these on the floor after I asked Sylvia to try them on for me, so I can only assume she doesn't care to have them.  I will either sell them or wear them myself when my current mittens wear out.  I love the pattern and this soft cream yarn.

I actually finished this early last fall, but never got a good photo of it.  

This is the Tessera Bag by Outstanding Crochet, and it is my favorite item I've ever crocheted. I don't even know how many hours I have in this, and I didn't do that great a job at it, but I really love it.  

I'm using it as my Bible bag.

I made this Coffee Bean stitch slouchy beanie/mittens/infinity scarf set just because I like working with Scarfie yarn.

I saw the designer working up this Spindle Shell Beanie pattern in one of the Facebook crochet groups I'm in, and I was SO excited to make it.  I didn't get chosen to be a tester, but I bought the pattern the day it was released, and made one up quickly.  

This was not the right yarn to use, and it worked up pretty funky looking--and not a good kind of funky, according to my kids. 

I tried a second one in this yarn, and really don't love how the spindles turned out either.  I think this yarn is too soft.  I guess I will have to try a cheaper, rougher yarn. 

I still think it's a cool pattern, and it is fun to work on.

I've been carrying my grey Macie Bag that I made last year, and I get tons of compliments on it.  I decided to make up another in a random bulky yarn I had sitting around.  I think it will be cuter for summer in this color.  It's a fun pattern to do, and I really should make more.

Last week, I had the opportunity to help test a new pattern.  It was for the designer Beechtwine, and it was her first ever pattern.  I really enjoyed the Instagram testers group chat we had going.  All the ladies were sweet and I think we helped get the Oaka Ear Warmer Pattern ready for launch!  I think it's a great pattern--really cute and easy to make too.

One of my favorite crochet designers, A Crocheted Simplicity, released this great pattern for her My Love design for free for it's first day.  The pattern includes a beanie, a slouchy hat, AND a messy bun hat version!  I made both the slouchy and the beanie for Annah, thinking she would choose one...but she wanted both!

Slouchy

Beanie

So, I'm not doing great with keeping up with my Etsy shop or my crochet social media, but I am always making several somethings!