baby sneakers

 

Booties made from an old pattern of mine (available through Crochet Today, only--I no longer have rights to the pattern, so I can't give it to you, seriously). I used Red Heart brand Shimmer in royal (blue) and snow (white). The baby seemed to like the little sparkle in the yarn. It's one of my early published patterns, a little more complicated than it should have been, but cute as ever, if I do say so myself.

October Scarf--donated to charity

I wish I knew what the yarn is in this scarf--I really wish I knew!--but it's unlabled yarn I got from a swap at a church. I made the scarf using a pattern from crochet genius Doris Chan's new book, Convertable Crochet.

Today is International Crochet Day!

Which begs the question: Why aren't we celebrating crochet every day?

Keep crocheting, my friends, keep crocheting...

Heartbreak and hope...

Up the street from where I work, a forest of flags to commemorate 9-11. It casts a light on everything I see and do today.

Baby Blues--easy baby blanket

I've been working on a few design ideas over the summer, but for now I needed a really quick baby gift:

I made this in Lion Brand's new Tweed Stripes yarn, a chunky weight, self-striping yarn. The photograph doesn't do it justice--the colors are exquisite! The colorway is called "caribbean," rich blues with yellow-green and purple accents. I don't usually like acrylic, but it is lovely and soft, and it will be easy to wash and dry.

The baby blanket is made up of traditional granny squares, and since the yarn changes to a different color every few yards, there's no need to stop and attach a new yarn. It took me about a day to make it, start to finish! The yarn itself does most of the work--I would definitely use this yarn again for a baby blanket or a full-sized afghan.

Simple directions are available in my Ravelry store for free:

http://www.ravelry.com/stores/donna-childs-designs

Break time!

I can't believe it, but it's July tomorrow! Time to take a break and go to the beach, go camping in the woods, work on my art journals, do some writing--and whatever else may come my way!

It's possible I'll do some sporadic posting, but I definitely need a little break from my crochet designing so I can refuel that part of my brain.

See you on the beach!

Summertime, and the crocheting is...

...not always easy. My hands get seriously sweaty when I crochet on hot days, so I came up with a remedy: baby powder. I feel like a gymnast when I pat powder all over my hands, but it works great. It smells nice, too.