A Cozy Afghan for K

K loves her cozy afghan!  I love the way it turned out. 

The yarn is Caron Cakes Mixed Berry color, and I used almost 5 cakes.  The dimensions are 42" x 63".  The pattern is called Feather and Fan Baby Blanket by Alexis Middleton, but I made it much larger than a baby blanket.  I used a size H hook instead of the larger hook mentioned in the pattern.

 I cast on 187 stitches using the foundation crochet.  I first tried 221 stitches, but it was too wide (about 50").  I'm really happy with this size.  It will be very cozy this winter!

Halloween Crafts

I had fun making Halloween pillowcases and embroidering Halloween shirts for my granddaughters.

The embroidery designs are from JuJu's.

Weaving on a Beading Loom

I love my bead loom made by Tony Klissus of NW Looms.  I'm making bracelets for my granddaughters for Halloween.

I used size 8 beads and Nymo D thread.  Cats bracelet: Narrowed on the loom.  For the other two, I did square stitch after taking the piece off the loom.  Instead of burying the threads for the skull bracelet, I pulled the loops so I had only 2 warp threads per side to weave in.  I tried pulling the warp threads for the cat/pumpkin bracelet, but the Nymo thread wasn't cooperating.  The skull bracelet pattern is available on Youtube.  The cat bracelet patterns were on Pinterest.

I'm really enjoying making bracelets on the loom.