Sorry for the wait: Lily Pad Headband

I created this pattern months ago, but was too lazy to put the pattern on this blog. I'm sorry for the wait, but I offer up the pattern now. Enjoy!

Lily Pad Headband

F hook

worsted weight yarn for lilypad, baby weight for flower

Lilypad: f hook / worsted weight

ch 4 sl st into circle

Row1: ch 2, 9hdc in circle (10)

Row2: ch 2, hdc in same st *2hdc in rest around (20)

Row3: ch 2, 2hdc in next, *hdc in next st, 2hdc in next around (30)

Row4: ch 2, hdc in next, 2hdc in next, *hdc in next 2, 2hdc in next (40)

Row5: ch 2, hdc in next 2, 2hdc in next, *hdc in next 3, 2hdc in next (50)

Row6: ch 2, hdc in next 3, 2hdc in next *hdc in next 4, 2hdc in next (60)

Flower: f hook / baby weight (Modified from http://www.allcrafts.net/fjs.htm?url=www.headhuggers.org/patterns/flower01c.htm)

Rnd1: ch 2, work 6 sc into 1st ch, join with sl st in front loop only (do not turn, work in rounds)

Rnd2: Working in front loops only, (ch 4, sc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in next ch, sc in next ch, sl st into next unworked front loop) x 6, join, ch 2, sl st in first unworked back loop.

Rnd3: Working in unused back loops only, ch 1, 2sc/st x 6, join with sl st in front loop only.

Rnd4: sl st to loop, ch 1, sc, {in next loop work (2 dc, 2 trc, 1 quc, ch 3, sl st to 1st ch, 1 quc, 2 trc, 2 dc), in next loop work sc} x 6, ending with petal and join with sl st to 1st sc. Fasten off.

Headband: G hook / worsted weight

Single crochet around band. This is really up to you. Whatever you find aesthetically pleasing. You can make it so the elastic shows through or put enough stitches around to make sure all the elastic is covered when it is on your head. The only danger with this is that if you put too many you could stretch out the headband and it will fall off your head so be mindful of this.

If you find any errors in my pattern, please let me know so that I can fix it.

This is an original pattern by me. I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to give away, sell or alter this pattern. It is free to you. Credit for the creation of this pattern is appreciated, but if you can't do that when asked just be honest and say you stole it from some chick on the internets. :D

Sure I should have spent the day looking for a job...

But I did this instead! :D

This is a pattern that I found and was too cute to pass up. I made this over the course of today and it was really simple and helped me to use up some extra yarn I had lying around.

CROCHET PARTY!!!

Classes are just about over, so what do I do to celebrate??? Throw a crochet party. . . duh! Last night I was helping my brother work on a paper for finals and I was crocheting, he asked how I do that so I showed him. So today, he came over to work on another paper and my friend Jessica came over to escape her roommates. I had promised to teach her to crochet too, so my room turned into a giant, crochet-Wii-chinese food-party-ignore finals-party spot.


I recently finished watching the anime series Death Note, so I created this amigurumi apple. I got the pattern from the Lion Brand website. My brother and Jessica are working on their first scarves. :D It has been a fun day.

Headband CRAZY!

So, I've been going headband crazy. I like them. You can do a million creative things with headbands and even something really intricate will only take you about an hour.

A few weeks ago I made a headband with a flower for my sister, when I saw it I got a crazy idea. I want to wear a lily pad on my head! I've had a LOT of homework, so I haven't been able to do
much crocheting lately, but now is my fall break and no scrap of yarn is safe. TA DAH!



















It may be silly, but I love it. I have the pattern and if anyone is interested I might be persuaded to post the pattern here. ;)

I know it's been a long time.

I know it has been a long time, and I'm sorry, but here's something for you guys. :D I found this really cute flower here:
I thought it was super cute and I was bored, so I decided to use the aforementioned pattern to make this.
This is actually the second headband I made. The first was exactly the same except created in blue. I realized that it was perfect for my sister. I gave it to her and forgot to take a picture so I made a new one. Ta Dah!

This pattern is really simple. All you need is one of those stretchy elastic headbands, some yarn and a button. Just single crochet your way around the headband make a flower and sew it to the headband. Done!

I know it's not crocheted. . .

I know it's not crocheted, but it is something I made with my hands and it is geeky and makes me happy so. . .

Here it is, my Doctor Who inspired t-shirt.


There is a great episode of Doctor Who. And at one point the Doctor says "the Angels have the Phone Box" and another character says he has that on a t-shirt. This has caused every fan kid to make said t-shirt, but I never found one with wings on the back, so I made it myself.

FINALLY!

Happy Easter, all! And what says Easter more than new crochet guys. I am finally back to crocheting after about 7 months of nothing. If you have seen my previous posts, I was diagnosed with tendinitis about 6 months ago and it has taken all of this time for the pain to fully go away. I've done a few stitches here and there over the months, but my first full project since the diagnosis was yesterday. I am making two of my little guys. Here are some pictures.

If you can't tell the first one is Edward Cullen and the second is Dracula. I made the body for Edward about a year ago. It was actually intended to be Captain Jack Harkness, but A) these are presents for a friend of mine and B) I didn't have time to make two new bodies and C) the colors were right (although I wish Ed were a little paler). I made the hair yesterday and it took about 45 minutes. For the record I HATE working with fuzzy yarns, but I think Edward's hair is perfect. I found some really great tips here at PlanetJune.

I started Dracula yesterday and finished him today. Let me tell you, his hair was a pain, but I think he finally looks really good. He has a felt cape that I sewed together, and awesome little fangs.

The only problem now is Edwards eyes. Once that is done, these gifts will be complete! I can't wait to see my friends face. I hope she likes them.