Crocheting Cables

I have been wanting to make cables for a long time now and finally looked up how to do them in crochet :) normally it is primarily associated with knitting and since I am not very good at knitting I am glad it can be replicated in crochet. I think These will eventually make very nice finger-less gloves.

 I found the basic instructions at http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa062798.htm  . The cable itself is front and back post stitches, where you skip 3 stitches and then go back after doing the next 3 stitches. The fabric on either side of the cable is made up of half-double crochets.

Reengineering a Pattern my Grandmother Taught me

Years ago when I was about 10 my grandmom was having trouble finishing the baby blanket for one of my cousin's babies. So she taught me the pattern which she called the shadow box stitch and I finished it under her guiding hand. She made these baby blankets with a beautiful pastel rainbow yarn and since then I have been looking for the pattern. I have been unable to find it, but today while messing around I was able to partially recreate it :) I think it came out pretty ok and makes me want to whip up some rainbow colored baby blankets.

Gameboy Color Backpack

About 10 inches wide and more than 20 inches high.

Its funny, of all the colors gameboy comes in, orange is not one if them

 :) I didn't notice this until after and I think its kinda funny

I Finally Finished My Sister's Wedding Afghan

Finally :) its done after 5 months of on and off work. I'm glad that I finally got to give it to her. The look on her face and the pride off finally finishing it made the time and effort I put into it more than worth it.
I probually will not make another one of these until one of my other siblings anounces their engagement :) but I'd deffinetly do it again for one of them.
That's it for now :) post again soon

Happy Birthday to me!! :D

I made a cute little piece of birthday cake :) I will hopefully be putting up a pattern soon. Post again soon :)

Experimenting With a Swirl Border Idea

               I started in each corner with a different color, really low with 3 single crochets, then 3 half double crochets, then 3 double crochets, and then lastly 3 triple crochets.

               Then  3 more triple crochets to make it to the corner. I did that for each color and then continued with the first again. (This is where you on going to start crocheting on the tops of the other colors)

               I then *ch1, tr1, ch1, tr1, ch1, tr1, ch1, tr1* in the same stitch as the triple crochet in the corner. This should get you around the corner of the Granny Square or blanket. I did this for each of the colors and then went back to the first.

              The rest was just triple crocheting until I got to the part you had done the chains before and then doing the triple and chain pattern again until you reached the regular triple crochets on the other side.

               When I got each color to wrap around the times around that I wanted and had then gotten around the last turning set of ch and triples, I did 6 triple crochets, 3 double crochets, 3 half double crochets, and 3 single crochets. I then (after taking the picture below) fastened off with a slip stitch.

                :) increase the number of the singles, half doubles, doubles and triples in the beginning, if the thing you're bordering is bigger and you want the angle for the color rising to be smooth from corner to corner.

                Have fun with it and see what you can do. Post again soon :)

New Yarn Bombing

                   This is the newest yarn bomb that I have done =) I made a black band to fit tightly around the pole and then a blue rectangle. I then pressed the middle of the blue rectangle together and secured it with a long chain with two rows of single crochets on each side. Then I sewed the bow to the band using blue yarn.