Crochet By Day...Knitter By Night

I hope to share my crochet and knitting projects along with any other crafts I may pursue. Mostly I knit and crochet for my six year old granddaughter and my dogs plus incidental houselold items. Occasionally I do Cross Stitch and Plastic Canvas work.

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Location: Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, United States

I'm married. I'm the mother of a son and a daughter who are now grown. I have one granddaughter. We share our home with three dogs and a black capped conure.

Saturday, December 01, 2007

Another pair of crocheted slippers


I finished these a few weeks ago. The pattern is in the Leisure Arts booklet Cozy Slippers and Throws. They are for my daughter for Christmas. They look like they may be a tad small in which case I'm enclosing an I.O.U. for a larger size if they don't fit. I used Red Heart Soft yarn for these, also. This Teal color seems to be a little firmer although still soft...than the Seafoam Green that I used for the Granny Square slippers. The pattern is rated for a beginner and was reasonably easy. I was very careful/diligent about placing markers to keep my place for the increases and decreases in each round. That helped a lot. I chose to use flowers for trim rather than pompoms. The flowers were made with my Boye Bloom Loom. I'm in the process of crocheting a bag to go with them.

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Granny Square Slippers


Here is a photo of the 1st pair of slippers I've ever crocheted. They are made with 6 granny squares for each slipper. I didn't want too many ends to weave in, so I used only 2 colors.

They are from a pattern in the Leisure Arts booklet Cozy Crocheted Slippers. I liked the project because it gave me experience joining granny squares without commiting to a large project.

I used Red Heart Soft yarn which was nice to work with.




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