New classes update!

Quick class update:
Here's the classes for May. And this is cool because this will be in West U Rec Center. If you haven't been to the place, the building is brand new, and we'll have a nice room.

For 6 Tuesdays in May and June that is May 24-June 28. Basically, it is going to be a series of Crochet classes in a string. We'll cover from the beginning, and by the end I'm hoping to have a mini amigurumi accomplished by then.

You can see the catalog of classes here and sign up is here. P.S. you may notice that I also teach Swing Dance lessons... in case that peaks your interests. ;-)

This is what I'll be doing till the end of the summer. I'm also working on something w/ Texas Art Asylum. So, I'm hoping to get that news to you soon!

You say tomato

You say tomato and I say tomaato... Yes, this is the technical difficulties of loading the photo... hope that is worth the wait.

On top of that, I'm going to give you the pattern and you can try it out for yourself. Ready? Set? Go!

Tomato Body

R1 Magic Ring, 6sc

R2 2sc in each sc around (12 sts)

R3 *1sc, 2sc in next sc*, repeat 6 times (18 sts)

R4 *2sc, 2sc in next sc*, repeat 6 times (24 sts)

R5 *3sc, 2sc in next sc*, repeat 6 times (30 sts)

R6 *4sc, 2sc in next sc*, repeat 6 times (36 sts)

R7 *5sc, 2sc in next sc*, repeat 6 times (42 sts)

R8-12 sc all around (42 sts)

R13 *5sc, del 1*, repeat 6 times (36 sts)

R14 *4sc, del 1*, repeat 6 times (30 sts)

R15 *3sc, del 1*, repeat 6 times (24 sts)

R16 *2sc, del 1*, repeat 6 times (18 sts)

R17 *1sc, del 1*, repeat 6 times (12 sts)

This is where you want to stuff and this is where you want to put in the safety eyes and use embroidery floss for the mouth.

R18 decrease 6 times (6 sts)

The top:
R1 Magic ring, 6 sc

R2 *sc, 3ch, sl st, sc in one stitch*, repeat 6 times

Slip stitch at the end

Sew the top to the body. You can leave extra tail at the beginning to create a holder for you to hang on to hooks.

Hope you will give it a try, and if you do, please share. Love to see what you make!

technical difficulties

For some reason my browser doesn't recognize that I have a picture on file, so I can't show you what I made. I promise I'll load up a pattern w/ photo... Meantime, there's some new patterns at Lion Brand, Red Heart, and Caron. Some cool Spring patterns to play with.

Divine Hat

Friend of mine is doing her Fulbring in Taiwan, and when she's bored she makes something. Mostly baking of some kind, but she also crochets. One day, she posted this most amazing hat and I was in love. How awesome it looks and how easy to do... you wouldn't believe it. This is from Rheatheylia's site. Told you, easy and pretty... can't shake a stick at that. Go try it. If you don't know how to make a magic ring or need help w/ the front post/back post crochet. Come to one of our classes. Happening on Wednesdays!

New Yarn!!!!

So, as a crafter, I think by nature, you ended up being a hoarder. And we need more craft supplies like you need a hole in your head, but they're so (insert your reason here) you must have them. Yes, I hear you, fellow hoarder crafter.

I've longed been clicking around on Japanese sites just to see what they have. I always find myself going back to Pierrot yarn. (BTW, Pierrot in French means clown). What I love about this site is that they have alot of cool yarn variations as well as tons of cool patterns for free.

Now, I have to preface that I don't read a lick of Japanese, but if you're a chart reader, that's a rabbit hole that you can definitely have fun with. I usually check out their Sample page and click thru their awesome patterns. As I said, I don't read Japanese, but no worries, they have an English site. It's a bit less robust, less photos to click thru. But, you can place your order there and there are some patterns translated in English.

So, anyway, let me show off to you what I got, shall we? Haha... I got a set of the Zakka yarn, a set of Yuttari acrylics, and couple ball of the soft merino. They were on sale. =D T

he package comes with a mini catalog. I love it because it has little sample of the color as well as texture. Sometimes that's what important since it's not like you can go to the store and touch and feel the yarn to make sure you like it before buying. This way, you know what you're going to get. On top of that, their website often has deals and right now, given the devastation in Northern Japan, they are donating proceeds to the Japanese Red Cross. Hey, shopping and doing good at the same time, why would you not do it?

Too cute

Just saw this, too cute not to share:
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/04/craft_pattern_spring_bunny.html

A real post to come!