Yarn, books and tiny projects

Today I got my books! Okay, so one of them aren't exactly books, but hey! It still contains pattern to many different socks. Can't wait to try it out, but I think I'll wait till winter. After all I won't need them until then.

I also bought two new boxes for my yarn today. When I went home to my mother last week I visited my grandfather. He had gathered all the yarn my grandmother had, and I could choose freely. Of course I took it all. I think I am addicted to yarn, seriously! So I had to sort my yarn, and I decided to sort it after color and not type of yarn. I still know what kind of yarn I have, and I think it will be easier to search by color.

And the black and mixed colors I didn't have room for. When I stacked the boxes they were not as steady as they are supposed to be, because they are so full they bulge!

Since last time I've made some more earrings. I took a picture, but the lights was to bad, so I'll have to show it later. But I made pawshaped ones, square ones and heartshaped ones. I have also made cauliflower and broccoli from this "recipe." My last work in progress is a black necklace that I hope I can finish tomorrow. But I can't make any promises, as my boyfriend is coming tomorrow, and I haven't seen him in over a week. I know it isn't long, but I've been lonely and I've missed him.

The crocheted food project!

Okay. I predicted that I was going to make earrings the next month. But I went home to my mother and younger brother last Friday. My brother had just gotten some pots and pans to play with. But I had seen some crochet patterns making different foods and dishes, and thought it would be a fun thing to make for my brother. So these last days I've been making food he could serve with his new toys.


This is a slice of bread with cucumber slices and a slice of tomato. When I started this "project" I didn't have white and yellow(For sunnyside up eggs) but my mother had beige and brown yarn so that I could make a slice of bread. I first made it with only one "layer", but it just curled up and didn't work, so I made it double.(I'm probably crocheting to tight or using a hook that is to small. And this picture is taken before I made it double, it looks a little better now.) I used the pattern from this page. The slices of cucumber I composed on my own, starting with ch 2, then 6 sc in first ch, and just increasing the next round, switching color for the last round. The tomato slice pattern I found here. By the way, my brother had a friend over today and they came up to my room asking if I could make another slice of bread, because they wanted to make a sandwich. Having already used up (Almost) all of the beige yarn I had to use off white for the center of the bread and the rest of the beige as the crust(And it was not enough so the last side of it I had to make in off white) So now I has one slice of ordinary bread and one slice of white bread. I'll add a picture later.


This is actually the star of this project, but since I have no real system of my pictures it comes in second, forgive me. It is a hot dog in a bun with ketchup(I'll make the mustard later). And a pancake/lompe. He likes his hot dogs best in lompe(Seriously, I don't think there is a word for this in English, but check the wikipedia link) and therefore I thought he should have one. It also doubles as a pancake, if he would rather serve that. The hot dog pattern, with bun, I found here. The ketchup is just a chain of red yarn, in stead of being crocheted on. After all, no one cooks hot dogs with the ketchup or mustard on! The pancake/lompe I made on my own, it's just a spiral and increasing. Again I think I should have had a bigger hook, because it curles, but my brother said it was okay.


So here is my beautiful piece of toast once again, now with an egg on top. Also a whole, uncracked egg, and a leaf of lettuce. The sunny side up egg pattern I found here. The whole egg here. And the lettuce here. The fried egg was kind of a challenge, because of the yolk. I didn't make the last round of the pattern, because I thought it was to big. It was also a little hard to stitch on, but turned out ok. The lettuce I made because I actually promised my brother to make him a hamburger, but I have not yet found a pattern for it that I like. But anyway, the lettuce will fit in between the burger and the bun.

I ordered this book, because I like the pattern for the burger in it. How I know? Well, on Ravelry you won't only find the free pattern for your search, but also patterns from book, or that you have to pay for. I've already wanted to buy this book, now I just have an excuse.

I also ordered a book on how to crochet socks, and another book on amigurumi. You know what, I'll take a picture of my books as soon as my new order has arrived to show you guys.

But; I must say I love Ravelry. The search engine for patterns is great. You can find patterns to just about anything there!

Edit: I also made a few pairs of earrings, but I forgot to transfer the pictures, so they have to come in next post.

This weeks project.

So, after the weekend I still had some work to do, so I had to postpone the crocheting. Wednesday I could finally start crocheting again. I didn't feel like continue on the hook case, so I started making a red Mushroom. I started of course, right before my eyes shut them selves at night, and I haven't finished it yet. But I promise, I'll finish it. And I would have already, if it hadn't been for the package I found in my mailbox on thursday:

 It is 250 hooks, to make earrings. I found this pattern, and got really inspired, as I have a friend of mine they would be perfect for. The hooks are beautiful, silver and bright! Okay, I'm obsessed with making things these day, and I get impatient with all my ideas and only two hands to work with. But at the moment I have a feeling it will be mostly earrings, in different shapes, colors and sizes. Here are the first two pairs.

Both pairs are gifts. The purple themed one for my landlady and the other pair for my friend.

Note: I changed the pattern a bit, because when I made them after the pattern they became to big, and curled up. In stead of chaining 4 I chain 3 and I use double crochets in stead of triple crochets. I still crochet 13 stitches around, and connect them the same way.

Hook case

I'm not yet done, but I decided to post a picture of the progress. It is moving slowly, because I have gotten something else to do, at least 'till the midst of next week. I decided to post the picture because I'll be gone this weekend, so next update probably won't be until Monday, if I've gotten anything done at all.

The picture isn't the best, and the colors are all wrong. The correct color is similar(same code, but not same batch of coloring) to the grapes and the dark purple crab. I also filled it with all my crochet hooks, to show off. Yes, I know, the pockets are not all same hight, I have no idea what happened, but I have an idea how to fix it.

Since the case is to be stiffed up by cardboard that has to be crocheted in, I won't bring it this weekend, but rather try to find something small I can work on.

Woooops!

I've almost forgotten to blog. As I mentioned earlyer I went home to Løten on tuesday last week. Me and my boyfriend stayed at my fathers girlfriend/fiancés cabin for 5 days together with my dog, Zelda and her mother Mira. It was 5 lovely days, even though the weather could have been better and there were outdoor toilet and no shower. Not even reseption service on our mobile phones. Aaah, relaxing! Of course I brought yarn and had printed some patterns, but we spent time together and most of the days outside and by the lake, I just didn't have the time to crochet anything.

Zelda(Black) and Mira

Since I got home on sunday I started a new project, of course. This time I'm making a crocheted crochet hook case. The pattern is free, and also this time I found it on Ravelry first.