Cute Crochet Egg Cosies

Hi all. Well i have once again managed to get out of doing my mums blanket by being sidetracked with some cute egg cosies, but what can you do :/

When we were young my brother, our cousins and i use to go to our grandparents property for weekends and school holidays, they had horses, chickens, vegetable gardens etc and we loved it i always remember being so excited to get up early in the morning to collect eggs for breakfast (no matter how cold it was all the grandkids were out there getting their eggs!) our grandma had a special egg cup for each of us that we we used for our boiled eggs (yes there were dramas if someone tried to use someone elses egg cup lol) so it always felt special to have brekky at their house, so i think that's where my little fascination/obsession with the egg cosies has come from. Maybe it's a fun little thing i can start with my grandchildren.... a long, long time from now i hope. lol)

I found these cute and simple pom pom egg cosies and thought i would give them a whirl.....

You can find the pattern here at One Churchills Green a lovely blog i stumbled across. My pom poms are not quite so teeny as Sara's but still cute i think and i changed it up a bit on the second lot of cosies for something different. I made these with 100% pure wool. I also am loving the colour... sometimes it's the simpler things that turn out the nicest :)

I made these simple aqua egg cosies up as i went along so very simple and easy just chain stitch, single and double crochet (sort of like a baby beanie)

I used the 100% wool i purchased from Little Woollie blog just to give it a test run and i am loving it !!

The colour and the feel of it is fab!

I wrote down my "pattern" and i use that term loosely i haven't written one out before so please be kind :/

I used an 8 ply wool with a 4.5 mm hook

Round 1. ch 3 join with a slip stitch

Round 2. ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc, ch2 (all into ring) join with a slip stitch to top of the first 

ch 2. (3 clusters of 3 dc)

Round 3. (here i slip stitched to the first ch 2 gap to start from there and at the start of every row)

slip stitch to first ch 2 gap, ch 2, 2 dc, ch2, 3 dc, (all in the ch 2 space) ch 2.

*(in next chain 2 gap) 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc ch 2 * repeat in last ch 2 gap join with a slip stitch to first ch 2.

(6 clusters of 3 dc)

Round 4 & 5. slip stitch to first ch 2 gap, ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2 (in next ch 2 space) * 3 dc, ch 2 repeat from * till end  (6 clusters of 3 dc)

Round 6 & 7. ch 1, single crochet in each stitch all around

That's it super simple (sure it's been done before) tho i think my instructions may have made it seem super complicated lol.

I made these to sell in my Made It store but i am tempted to keep them they are so pretty.

Have a great weekend!!

Thank you for stopping by

Clarissa xo

Crochet Granny Squares, Ripple Rug and Granny Square Rug

Hi all well it's been pretty overcast here today but i managed to take some passable photos ( i had been trying to stick to the rule of only taking pics when conditions were perfect... um well I would have to wait til next summer for that !! ;) of my previously mentioned crochet projects i have on the go at the moment.


Firstly must share my happy posy of yellow roses of course  :)

Without further ado the crocheting so far ...

these are my turquoise "fancy" granny squares

i say fancy because i tried to get all technical and fancy with my granny squares only to realise 

they are taking forever compared to other simpler (possibly nicer) patterns out there.

I had started to follow a pattern to make these but they were too complicated for me :/

so i ended up using the stitches in my own way and i must say i think they are pretty but 

seeming i am not a fast crocheter (and i have three or four projects on the go at once) a whole rug in this will take me a lifetime (or so it seems) so i have decided to make two cushions out of the squares instead and still make the rug with this yarn but in a simpler quicker granny square pattern....

feels like i am cheating but i will still (eventually) make a rug... i promise!! lol

I used Patons Big Baby 8 Ply Yarn in Turquoise for this project.

Ripple Rug update.... still coming along.... slowly. I keep getting sidetracked with other cute little crochet projects such as egg cosies and teapot cosies and fun granny squares!

This is my mums rug she wanted for Mothers Day... oops

The raspberry yarn is a 12 ply super soft acrylic which was the first colour and yarn she picked

but when i went to look for the contrasting colours they had nothing at all in the range that was suitable so i think i may have committed a crocheting faux pas here but the dusky pink and the off white yarn are only 8 ply so i am using two strands together to get the thickness of the 12 ply... so far its working well.

And i must share this moment, the other morning i was washing up after breakfast and Cooper was in the lounge room watching cartoons and i walked in to find him sitting up in the big arm chair with a pile of wool on his lap and a crochet hook in hand ..... so cute :)

it's always good to thread the wool thru your toes ???

the concentration

oops i have been caught !

I have been making some cute egg cosies for my Made It store which i will share soon.

See this is why my ripple rug is so slow going... no focus!!! lol

Thank you for stopping by

Clarissa xo

Crochet, Black Caviar, Luna Park and a Cute elf style Crochet baby hat... a catch up of the last few weeks

Hi all. Well i have been no where near the computer for a few weeks now after my last post (and i use that term loosely ) we went to Sydney for five days starting the week off with a day at Randwick Races for the BMW Classic (i think) to see Black Caviar race for the 25th time and as they announced a few days later her last race ever as they were retiring her. Well we go to the races alot (my husband and his friends are quite the racing aficionados.... so they think ;) but the atmosphere was electric really amazing and well worth getting up early for and driving for two hours and keeping a 3 year old entertained for a whole day ( who might i add was incredibly well behaved not a single whinge or whine the entire day, no sleep etc ). Here are some pics of the day ....

Cooper & Thomas enjoying the day

Cooper & Dad backed a winner

Black Caviar in the viewing circle 

flashes and cameras were going crazy!!

standing room only for the last race of the day

which of course was Black Caviars race

This is the last pic of the day Cooper "reading" the form guide, no shoes covered in dirt and mud 

(yeah he found the only soft muddish spot in the whole place to drive his cars in)

20 mins later he was sound asleep in the car on the way to the motel .

We also made a trip to Luna Park which is an iconic attraction in Sydney right on the Harbour

As you can see by the look on Coopers face he was having a great time

( i wish i had captured the moment he first saw the clowns etc....not quite so cheerful :(

the next 3 outings i unbelievably forgot the camera??? 

But is was a great week away my husband works long hours and we hadn't been away for over year 

so it was nice to get away for a few days and relax.

On the crochet side of life i am still (slowly) going along with the ripple blanket and i have a turquoise granny square blanket on the go for when i get sick of the ripple one and on top of that my mum put in an order for a simple granny square rug for mothers day so i have stopped everything else to get it finished in time (using 12 ply yarn with a 10mm hook...yay) but its so boring cause i don't want to make another one of those rugs, that it's really hard to keep focused on it so obviously its not going to

be ready in time for mothers day so i put a lotto ticket and an IOU for one crochet rug in her card (classy i know;)

( i think it's going to be about 2 or 3 weeks in the making at this rate!)

This is one of my elf hats for sale in my made it store

always nice to see them on bub :)

this is Archie ... adorable 

I will be posting some pics of my crochet blankets and any thing else i get sidetracked with

in the next few days.

I also purchased some wool from little woollie recently. I only bought 3 balls i just wanted to see if 

the colours were as fabulous in real life as they are on her blog and i must say they are great

and so soft, very happy. Now just have to decide what i want to make with it and order some more...

i rarely get half thru one project without already getting excited about the next one :/ 

I have also sold a few more baby hats online and from home so pretty happy with that especially since it's only started to get cooler here in the last few days. Considering adding a few teapot cosies to my store ... see this is how i end up with a 10 projects on the go at once and none quite finished !! 

Well thats my last few weeks doing everything but nothing if you know what i mean :)

Thank you for stopping by

Clarissa xo

Any one for Scones, Jam & Cream ???

Hi all.  A rather rainy overcast day here in Newcastle. It's a home day for Cooper and I after a busy long weekend (fine by me i love pottering and being at home ) and a bit of a lazy one too i had planned on doing quite a few things on my to do list but all i have managed is the everyday general cleanup, some washing and folding (yuck) and playing games with Cooper. Then i had the overwhelming urge to eat some scones so we made them under the guise of being afternoon tea for everyone else when they get home ;) i had all intentions of waiting til they got home to have the scones but welllllll...... the aroma of freshly baked scones on a rainy day was too hard to resist....

I found these lovely little vintage cut glass footed bowls at the thrift store last week for $1

and 2 of the small vases i purchased for $2 bargains i thought :)

Thank you for stopping by

Have a great day !!

Clarissa xo

Cute Fat Round Crochet Birds

Hi all... just sharing some pics of the cute little fat round birds i made a quite a few weeks back and forgot to share....

I just made the pattern up as i went along (i think i wrote it down when i got to the last one, so i should be able to make them again if i want or share if i can find the scrap of paper :)

the wings... i found the pattern here at bit o whimsy blog

the nose and eyes i just made up

the eyes are just a circle of 9 (maybe 13?) half double crochets with a french knot in the centre

the hearts from sarahndipities blog

I did the blue one without the little pointy bit and loop on top but i prefer them with it, 

not only if you want to hang them

 but i noticed Cooper liked carrying them around with

the loop on his fingers...easier and fun.

Once i put the eyes on i couldn't decide whether they were cute or a bit scary ;)

I am loving the colour combinations tho

and

 Cooper loves playing little games with them

and 

of course throwing them around.... well birds are supposed to fly...

lucky they are soft !

Have a lovely day

Thank you for stopping by

Clarissa xo