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Recycled Holiday Ornaments

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Made some ornaments on-the-fly over the past few weeks.

Here they are:



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I’ll post some patterns later. Good luck running into green plastic bags! My sister found a huge green one for me at her vet clinic.

The tree is pretty easy, I’ll try to write the pattern.
G hook,
green “plarn”
row 1: ch 3, dc in 1st ch
row n: ch 3, dc in every dc + 1. (usually i increase in the middle somewhere)

when you decide it is long enough, sl to the center, ch 4, tr, ch4 back to the body of the tree, tie off.

at the top, yellow “plarn”
ch2 from first green ch. sc counter clockwise as many sc’s as can fit (usually about 10-15), sl to join. sl behind the round of sc’s to the top of the ornament, leave 2-3 inches of tail to hang ornament.

The trees in the picture are 4-5 inches. I’ve made more that are only 2-3 inches, and they are MUCH COOLER. Hang a tree on your tree!

Suffering from vacation (again)

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

After Thanksgiving break I got a craft bug and a cold bug at the same time. It is time for a post though.

First off: last night’s experiment took precedence over the bundle of gifts headed out to NY state this year. Saw an example on this blog page (the first two crafts). (WARNING: SENSE OF HUMOR REQUIRED) These toys are totally appropriate for fun-loving adults, and remind me of something my Aunt Jean would make if she didn’t have to make 20 of them for her Christmas Craft Botique.

So last night, I started teaching myself the fine art of Japanese Amigurumi. It is a form of tight crochet with small yarn and small needles, where the crochet stitches are so close together, that the object “stands up” and can hold stuffing. It is used mostly for doll-making, but is also used for making containers. Also for the crocheters out there, everything is done in spirals, not in rows. No pictures on that experiment yet, but judging from last night, it would take me about 5 hours to make one of the dolls above, so only a very special person is getting one, and one very special aunt if I have time after xmas.

Ok now back to the backlog. Here are some blurry-close-ups of some holiday gifts I’ve been making:


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Tomorrow…recycled holiday ornaments….