Birthday Yarn Bomb 2

          I continued my tradition of yarn bombing on my birthday with this on Wednesday. I started it Tuesday night at 9 pm and had it finished and up on the pole by 3 am. Its not my best work, because the 22 looks kinda funny. 

          I sewed them a distance that looked appropriate while i was making it, but when wrapped around a pole the 2's got kinda far apart. 

          The balloons are pretty cute though. I started by chaining 3, I put 3 stitches in the stitches on both sides and one in the middle. 

          Then I only expanded in the end stitches: 

                  2nd row= *1 sc, 2 in next*

                  3rd row= *2 sc, 2 in next*

                  4th row= *3 sc, 2 in next*    Continue until the balloon is the size you wish by increasing the red number by 1 each row 

If you would like to see my first yarn bomb you can find it here. Post again soon =) 

Bowtastic: Crocheted Bow Necklaces

Here is a set of crochet bow necklaces and accesorries. I saw some very similar bow necklaces in an etsy store here and loved them sooo much that I had to recreate them. Her's are a little bigger and she uses a different style of chain. They are very unique and beautiful so if you wanted to get one you should definitely look into heading over there and buying one from her shop. =)

*My friend Cristina was nice enough to model the necklaces for me, so I could take pictures =)*

(This one was a little different because the chain was 

longer. I added a lobster hook in the back so that the length is adjustable. That is why it is a different length in the other pictures)

I had a small piece of extra chain when I finished some necklaces. While trying to figure out what to do with it I wrapped it around my fingers and thus the idea was born. I crocheted a much smaller bow and then hooked it to the chain on either side of the center.

 

 Comment to let me know which length you liked best or what you think =) I love feedback. You could also suggest colors for the next one because I have the chain ready to make 2 more and need color ideas. =) See ya soon

Valentine's Day Personal Challenge Results

So for my little Valentine's Day challenge for myself I made 76 hearts in total. I gave about 10 heart to 4 of my friends so I handed out about 27 by myself, after I put the 9 for my family aside which will come up in a later post =) I made one lunch ladies day and I left one girl shouting “I got love! I got love!” It really is a great feeling to make someone else feel good about themselves. I brightened 70 people’s days and it only took me 2 days while watching movies. I only had one heart not given away at the end of the day. I plan to carry this heart until the next time someone does a good deed and give it to them as a kind of token of their kindness. 

 

 

But I don’t think this kind of thing should be reserved to Valentine’s Day I think all people should feel love every day. I have long imagined making hundreds or thousands of these little hearts and going to a busy place like time square and handing them out just to brighten a passerby’s day. Maybe someday I’ll realize this dream.

Sharing Some Valentine’s Day Love

Sharing Some Valentine’s Day Love

A year or two ago, when I was still in high school, I wanted to make sure all my friends felt good on Valentine’s day not just my Valentine. So I took my yarn collection and spent a couple days while watching TV making a bunch of different colored crochet hearts.

  I filled an old chocolate box so I must have had at least 50. I also included in the box a crocheting hook and a ball of pink and a ball of yellow yarn so I could replenish my stock. I started off the day by letting each of my friends pick their favorites and through each class I would crochet while listening.

  I gave a heart to each of my teachers and by the end of the day when I knew all of my friends had a heart, anyone sitting near me got one. Almost my whole health class got a heart that day and I think the thing that made it most special is that they actually got to see me make them =) so they saw the love and care I put into each one. Also I didn’t just hand them a heart I told each and every person why they were getting a heart. Most sounded like this “because your special and everyone deserves love on Valentine’s Day”.

 This year I’m going to try to outdo myself and scale it up. This year not only will I be giving them out, but I will be giving a few to each of my friends and they’ll be handing them out. So not only will my friends get that great feeling, but more people can receive a heart =). I’ll post later saying how many I made and how well it went =) seeya then. 

I used June Gilbank’s pattern from her blog Planet June http://www.planetjune.com/blog/free-crochet-patterns/love-hearts/    I used the "A: small heart" for my hearts. Its a great pattern. It's clear, concise, and quick to make.