no, really.
i’ve DONE IT.
i have made…
well, basically, i have made the world’s best crocheted marble EVER.
it all started because i want to crochet a beaded necklace, but, with the pattern calling for a .75mm steel crochet hook and SEWING THREAD, i first had to create it at a scale i could actually see and get an idea of how the pattern worked. so first step? ~done~.
as i stated previously, i’d purchased “The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet” and in the very back of the book is a gallery of items created by the book’s contributors…
which is where i saw something like this:
recently i’ve been on some kind of frenzied hunt for crochet books… i swear, they’re *like crack to me*! i can’t pass a book store without rushing to the craft section to see what they have. then, someone recently gave me an amazon gift card and i spent… 5… F I V E… five… hours, looking through every crochet book that i could find š either there’s been a recent surge in the number of ZOMGTOTALLYAWESOME crochet books or i was just not paying attention in the past!
the first “must have” was:Ā the complete photo guide to crochet and OMG, it’s simply ~beautiful~. though there’s not many patterns within, there is a HUGE collection of unusual stitches and motifs. i’ve had some “encyclopedias” of crochet before, but none of them have impressed me as much as this book. the pictures are just beautiful (bright and colorful!!!) and the stitch instructions are easy to follow… if you crochet, you should have this book!!!!
summer has all but officially arrived in houstonā¦ temps are well into the 90s. hot hot hot! ā¦and what better way to keep cool than these crocheted flip-flop thongs!
iām making a pair for my stepdaughter and now iām glad that i bought enough to be able to make a pair for me as well. i donāt often wear flip-flops but these are just too darn cute! anyone who has ever made those yarn covered coat hangers should have absolutely no problem making these thongs. the technique is exactly the same.
materials:
pair of flip-flops
2 skeins of lion brand āfun furā
for crocheters, use a size J hook
for non-crocheters, you can easily do this by hand
instructions:
recently, i went to visit my aunt & uncle. i was reminded of all the summers that iād spent at their home in canyon lake, texas (beautiful, beautiful area) and during those visits, i learned to love heehaw (pfft! she was gone!), square dancinā (yes, i CAN acey deucey AND load the boat!), and crocheting. in all these years, iāve never given my aunt anything that iād crocheted and, wanting to send her something, i decided on a little donkey that iād made not too long ago. yet, it needed ~something~… and thus, the crocheted asshat was borned!
you can download the pattern for the donkey, {filelink=1}.
