Lorelei The Crocheted Ladybug

Lorelei the Crocheted Ladybug

Ever since my friend got me to help her with her Baby Shower I've been on a Lady Bug kick.  Her theme had ladybugs on them, and so did the bedding set, mobile, lamps, and wall decor.  She keeps telling me she's not crafty and wants to do all of these things for her kids rooms, so of course now I've got it in my head that I could make some things for her.  But when does a few things end?  For me, I could keep going for months LOL.  Once I get something in my head, I have a hard time getting it out of my head untime I'm interupted.  And no, it doesn't help to throw other things at me, because I can have many projects going at the same time and it will not slow me down at all.

I remembered seeing a crochet pattern for an Amigurami Ladybug on my Pinterest travels, so I decided that was going to be my next project!  I hunted up the pattern and got to work!  I couldn't decided what colors to make her.  I mean ladybugs are Red and Black right?  But, Emma's room is in Pink and Brown.  So what do I do?  I decide to make both.  I just gives me something to do right?  Which one do you like better?

Do you have a favorite? Happy craftin from Homespun by Design! Sunflower Mallory

Go USA Crochet Stars Headband

GO USA! Crochet Stars Headband

With The 4th of July coming up a lot of people are going to be looking for some easy crafts they can do for the Weekend to calm the nerves, or pass the free time.  We've made a cute headband to rock out for the 4th!, and here's how I did it.

I took Scarlet, White and Navy Blue, and made the headband.  With a USG6/4.00mm Hook, I chained 3, turn and in the 2nd chain from the hook you single crochet, and single crochet to the end.  Turn and chain.  Single crochet to the end (2 st).  Continue this for approx. 65 rows for an Adult Headband.  You can change this to suit whoever you are making this for.  Once you get to your desired length, instead of closing the loop, I took our 3 colors and made tassles at the end.  I have Red, White and Blue strings tassles on the Right and Left.  And then repeated on the other end.  Then trim the ends of the tassles so they are even.

Tutorial to make Patriotic Stars. Make one in each color. 
Chain 2. 
Round 1:  Single Crochet 10 in 2nd chain from hook.  Join with Slip Stitch in the 1st Single Crochet.  Round 2:  Chain 1.  2 Single Crochets in each around (20 sc).  Join with Slip Stitch in 1st Single Crochet. 
For your first point, Chain 1. 
1 Single Crochet in the next 4 Single Crochet, then Turn. 
Chain 1, and Single Crochet in the next 4. 
Chain 1.  {Draw up a loop in each of the next 2 Single Crochets.  Yarn Over and pull through both loops on your hook - Sc2tog made} twice.  Turn. 
Chain 1 and Sc2tog.  Turn. 
Chain 2, Slip Stitch along the side, from Point to Base. 
Slip Stitch in last Single Crochet worked on 2nd round. 
Make 4 more points for a total of 5 points and Fasten Off.

Happy Crafting from us at Homespun By Design!
SunflowerMallory

Memorial Day Weekend

With Memorial Day Weekend upon us, I found myself with out a project and 2 boxes full of new yarn.  It was like Christmas here at my house!  I had bought some off of eBay; they came included in the trasaction with the Spruce I had to track down so my Mum could finish her blanket.  Only took me 3 months, but I did it.  Who's complaining?  I got yarn out of the deal!

I pretty much just tossed the contents of the boxes on the floor.  Why the heck not, my Mum was at the store, she had no clue what I was doing ;0).  One by one, I lined up colors along my couch.  I started with light Baby colors.  It is not that shocking.  I do mostly Baby items.  But then I started tossing in darker colors that complemented them.  And my line up grew.

Now everyone knows I'm a sucker for color.  This should be no surprise to anyone by now, but I'm talking I had like 25 different colors and I was considering tossing in more.  And I also have to be perfectly honest, I still had no idea what I was going to do with them at this point.  But colors speak to me.  I can't help it!

By day 2 I had picked out Light, Medium and Dark shades of 6 different colors; Green, Aqua, Yellow, Pink, Blue and Purple.  I decided I was going to make up some Granny Squares.  Yes, they have become my favorite thing to do.  They are quick, easy, and fun to do and so very versitile.  By day 3, I had 4 blocks of most of those colors, 14 to be exact, made up! 

Aqua, Green, Yellow, Pink, Blue, and Purple

That's 56 adorable little squares all lined up nice and pretty like, just waiting for me to make something with!  Of course, I have to finish the rest of my blocks first.  And of course, decide if I'm going to pick those other colors I was talking about earlier.  Yes, I know I'm a sucker.  What can I say?  I was also considering throwing in some ombre prints as well for a touch of funk!  I haven't decided that yet.  It depends on how many blocks I have made up when I'm done, and just how many I need when I am all said and done.  Right now, these are what I have!

Delft Blue, Robin Blue, and Yale Blue

Shocking Pink, Pink, and Young Pink

Medium Purple, Medium Violet, and Rose Orchid

Cornmeal, Maize, and Pale Yellow

With Monday upon us, I have counted only 56 blocks. And honestly that is not going to get me anywhere. I need to get my back side moving if I want to get this blanket make sometime this year. I have finished the Aqua and Green trio blocks at least!

Clover Green, Seafoam and Mint

Teal, Turqua and Nile Green

At this point I have pretty much dumped my yarn boxes all over the floor savaging for colors to use. I have like one color left and nothing to go with it. I'm going to have to hit the store again. In the mean time, I might as well toss in some prints to go with it. If it doesn't look right in the end, I guess I'm just going to have to take them out, right? No big deal. Worse comes to worse, I already have blocks made up for another project!

Sherbert Ombre, Violet Stripes, and Wedgewood

End of Day 4!

And this is where we come to an end of Day 4 my friends. 84 wonderful, pretty, little squares, all begging me to do something with them from their bag! And with this I bid you all a Wonderful Memorial Day! Sunflower #Crochet #GrannySquares #MemorialDay #MemorialDayWeekend #2012

New Pocketbooks

Ok, so awhile ago my Mum started messing around with the idea of making herself a new pocketbook.  Fine, dandy, suit yourself, and have fun even.  Then of course, she sucked me into her adventure.  I'm a sucker for a new project.  Especially when it comes to picking out colors.  I love it.  And seeing as though my Mum got the bags pattern from Attic24, I decided to go hog-wild with the colors!

This is an Attic24 Bag that my Mum made for herself. Its made with Periwinkle, Honeydew, Light Raspberry, Pale Yellow, Light Coral, Soft White, Orchid, and Petal Pink. There are two straps made of all of the colors and and there are four flowers made of all of the colors as well with buttons in the middle. This bag is lined with cotton fabric and has a button sewn inside to close.

  Attic24 is known for her love of color, which I think is why I am drawn to her creations.  It seems like just about everything she makes, I instantly fall in love with.  There are so many of her lovely creations that I want to make.  You should really check out her webpage if you are like me and dig lovely colors!

This is called Flower Power Beach Bag! We made it out of Pale Yellow, Honeydew, Periwinkle, Light Raspberry, & Light Coral. It has 6 Flower Blocks on each sides, and it has stiff boarders all the way around, both sides and the bottom. It is completely lined with cotton material, and has a pocket. And has a button in the middle you can button it closed if you would like.

Now this bag was supposed to be for me, but its way too big for me.  And then we tried to give it to my Grandmother, HA.  Well, my Grandmother makes fun of everything.  Needless to say, I still have the bag.  This bag was a project.  It was full of hard decisions, and tough hours of thinking and reworking things in my head.  It wasn't quite the way it should be, just the way it was written by Bernat.  Of course, Bernat intended it to be a Beach Bag, not a Pocketbook, so of course it needed some tweeting here and there.

And then there was the lining.  Oh, the dreaded lining.  If I was just going to line the bag with fabric, ok no problem, but this bag needed stability too if it was going to be used as a Pocketbook.  So I had to not only make a template for the lining but for a cardboard liner as well.  I took the cardboard and lined the two sides and the bottom of the bag. Then I sewed then each piece of cardboard separately into the bag, piece by piece; three sides of the bag lined, two to go.  Eh, the other two sides were easy.  Now, we're all complete! But, if it were up to me, they would be Sunflowers not Daisies ;0).  I'm still looking.  It will happen, I promise you.

#Crochet #Attic24Bag #FlowerPowerBeachBag #Pocketbook #Daisies

A Gift For A Friend

Baby Boy Baseball Cap 6 months made of Soft Navy and Soft White

                                 

Baby Boy 6-12 months Football Earflaps Hat made of Wood Brown and Soft White

My life these days revolves around crocheting and going to the Doctors.  So, its not a surprise to hear that most of the people I talk to are Nurses from my Doctors office right?  Maybe?  Anyways, one of the girls there was pregnant and she was told the whole entire time she was having a girl.  She was delighted!  She already had an older boy, so this Baby Girl meant the world to her.  She had everything ready for her, couldn't wait for her to come.  So, I made her a big bag full of adorable Baby Girl stuff and she was in LOVE!  Everyone in the office was fussing over it for weeks.

The other day I went in to get my levels checked and on the door I see a picture of this adorable little Baby Boy.  Kelly had a Boy!!  So much for all of that Girl stuff!!  So, what do I do?  I go home and start gathering up Baby Boy stuff to replace what I had given her the first time.  Of course, there are things like Headbands you can't replace, so I whipped these bad-boys up to replace the headbands!!  What do ya think?  Hopefully this will make up for all of the super girly frilly stuff she has to swap out.

#Crochet #BabyBoy #BabyBaseballCap #BabyFootballEarflapsHat #EarflapsHat

Jewel Tones Ripple Blanket

This is a beautiful Jewel Tones Ripple Blanket. It is made with Acrylic yarn in shades of Country Blue, Spruce, Light Raspberry, and Lavender. It measure approx. 48" x 65".

#Crochet #Ripples #JewelTonesRippleBlanket

Marrakesh Granny Blanket

This Granny Square Blanket is a beauty! Just look at all of those rich wonderful colors; Cornmeal, Carrot, Magenta, Cafe and Marrakesh all whipped up into a cozy bundle of warmth that anyone would love to cuddle up with at anytime of year! 

Of all of the stitches I have learned how to do, Granny Squares are my favorite! They are so easy to do and so fun to make! This blanket is made up of 35 big blocks, 7 rows by 5 rows; which makes it 64”x47” that includes the shell border.

You can buy this blanket HERE

#Crochet #GrannySquare #MarrakeshGrannyBlanket #Cornmeal #Carrot #Cafe #Magenta #Marrakesh

Pet Bed

Kali Mist (9yrs old) laying in her new Pet Bed!  This is crocheted with three strings of yarn in two pieces. The first part is the middle which are just two circles. The second part is just a tube. The tube is stuffed and attached to the center pieces which are also stuffed. My cat couldn't wait to get into it!!


#Crochet #PetBed

Angel Dishcloth

This is a crocheted Angel Dishcloth made out of sparkling blue yarn and a wooden ring.

#Crochet #AngelDishcloth

Diamond Bobbles Baby Blanket

This is called "Diamond Bobbles Baby" Blanket.  It Measures 28" x 40".  It is Made in French Country & White.  This little blanket would make a perfect first blanket for that special little boy in your life!  Do you know someone expecting?  This makes a great Baby Shower or Christening gift as well.  Like the blanket and want it in a different color scheme?  Feel free to contact me.


#Crochet #DiamondBobbles #BabyBlanket

You Can Buy HERE: http://thingspeoplemake.com/things/melisaannscheerle/514f9babbf3d526/diamond-bobbles-baby-blanket

Butterfly Headband

I made this really cool butterfly one day and I noticed that if you play with it, it looks like its flying.  Its really cool, I just couldn't figure out what to do with it.  So I made up a headband and stitched it in certain places so when you move the top part of the butterfly will still move.

#Crochet #Butterfly #Headband #Accessories

Ripples in Blues Blanket

This is a Ripples in Blues blanket made for my cousin. It is a super simple, quick blanket to do, if you're looking for a quick project. It has White, Light Blue, Country Blue, Sh. Dusky, and Navy Blue.


#Crochet #Blanket

Breast Cancer Awareness Headband

I was in the middle of making hundreds of headbands, trying to do things to use up all these ends of yarn balls I had everywhere, and my Mom was playing around learning how to make the Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon, so I decided to combine the two!

This is a Petal Pink headband, adorned with a Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon. I made this one especially for my best friend's Mum.        

#Crochet #BreastCancerAwareness #Headband

Crochet Lanyard

I had to get a new Flash Drive for my computer the other day, so I decided to make something for it to live!  This is my first attempt, so I just came up with a simple lanyard.

It is made up of a Double Crochet that is looped around attached to the other end but Single Crocheting across the end.  I then switched colors, and did a few Single Crochet Rows of that color.  At the end, I attached in the middle, did a long tight chain and looped it back around, slip stitched it back to the first chain.

#Crochet #Lanyard #ComputerAccessories

Minnie Mouse Headband

This is a headband I had made for my baby cousin. She loves Mickey and Minnie. Then again, who doesn't right? This is a White headband, trimmed in Red and topped with a Black bear head and I added a tiny little red bow for measure! Cute huh?        

Granny's Little Baby Blanket

This sweet little blanket is called "Granny's Little Baby".  It is constructed of 64 small squares that have been sewed into one big blanket and bordered with all of the coordinating colors.  The colors are: White, Honeydew, Light Blue and Petal Pink.  This would be perfect for a Baby Shower gift or for any Nursery. 


#Crochet #BabyBlanket #GrannySquares

Pastel Ripple Brights Blanket

Pastel Ripple Brights Blanket is a pretty blanket that reminds you of Spring, every time you look at it! It would be a perfect for a Baby Shower present or just for a cute pick me up for your house. It's colors are Calliope, Light Orchid, Pale Yellow, Honeydew, Petal Pink, and Light Blue. It measures 34 x 56.
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You can purchase this blanket HERE


#Crochet #BabyBlanket #HomeDecor #Spring

Hanging Plant Sling

This time of year when the weather is changing and we are doing our Spring cleaning, we are looking to move our plants outside.  What happens when you live in an apartment and have no out side or garden space?  With this Hanging Plant Sling, you don't have to worry!  Why not make yourself a hanging garden on your porch?


This can be made in any color, but the ones made up right now are Orange, and Lipstick & Light Raspberry.

#crochet #HangingPlantSling #HangingGarden

Baby Cloche

Baby Girl Cloche Hats. 0 - 3 months. Plum Pudding w/ White Flower, Light Orchid w/ Calliope Flower, and Baby Pink w/ Lipstick Flower


Baby Boy Beanie Hat. 0 - 3 months. Aran w/ Green stripes and tan Bear!

#Crochet #Cloche #Baby #BabyHat #BabyBeanie

Rainbow Granny Squares

This is a pretty little baby blanket, made of soft acrylic, called "Rainbow Granny Squares". The Blanket measures approximately 38” x 40”. There are a variety of colors in this blanket. The main part is White, and the trim is Pale Yellow. It has been constructed from 27 crochet squares which have been blocked (crochet term) and crocheted together.

I do take orders, and they can be customized. If you have any questions about this blanket, please feel free to ask.

UPDATE: If you would like to buy this, please go HERE. Thank you!

#Crochet #GrannySquares #BabyBlanket