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crocheted basket

crocheted stash basket from purlbee

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Tagged as: crochet,crafts,hobbies,patterns June 17, 2009 @ 02:53 pm

so the new tv has sparked a snowball of reorganization around arinhouse. i’ve a spring-cleaning, decluttering, reorganizing obsession. i’ve managed to finish most of the downstairs (i still have the kitchen to do) and i’ve a short list of things i want / need to do after i get done with everything.

my latest flurry was my craft area, which had become a general dumping ground for “stuff i dunno where to put”. the room is *actually* supposed to be a kitchenette area, as it’s just off the kitchen, with a serving bar, etc, but due to it’s HUGE sliding glass doors with lots and lots of light and my lack of a need for a table and chairs, i’d turned it into the craft area. but…my craft supplies were in lil clear plastic shoeboxes, lined up on the shelves, and really, it looked very utilitarian, very lacking in any personality and just *junky*.

so i fixed it mostly. i still need to do a few things in there, but it’s coming along great.

arin craft room

there’s several big boxes of stuff sitting on the floor right now that i need to donate, i want to buy a white wicker chair for the desk (omg, i hate that folding chair!) and i need to replace the ceiling fan (preferably with a white one), but otherwise, i am LOVING it.

craft boxes

with the ~herb garden~ themed boxes and being right off the kitchen, it all blends well… the boxes and baskets were all on sale at michael’s :D i <3’d michael’s :D

i might actually make use of the room again!

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Tagged as: crafts,me,hobbies,personal June 17, 2009 @ 11:58 am

“crocheted” flip flop thongs

summer has all but officially arrived in houston… temps are well into the 90s. hot hot hot! ...and what better way to keep cool than these crocheted flip flop thongs!

crocheted flip flops

i’m making a pair for my stepdaughter and now i’m glad that i bought enough to be able to make a pair for me as well. i don’t 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 “fun fur”
for crocheters, use a size J hook
for non-crocheters, you can easily do this by hand

instructions:

1. make a slip knot in the end of the yarn and, with the toe of the shoe facing you, bring the loop of the slip knot under the left strap.
2. bring yarn up and over the strap and pull through the slip knot.
3. with hook (or finger holding the loop), reach under the strap, loop yarn over and bring up (2 loops on hook, or finger). yarn over hook (or finger) and pull through the 2 loops.
4. repeat. alot. and then some more.
5. when you get to the toe, you’ll flip the shoe around so that the heel is facing you. work all the way to the top of the right strap, cut yarn, pull through and weave in ends.

note: as you do the stitches, push them together so that the strap is densely covered. (you can make it as dense as you like, i went full on fuzzy!)

~tada~

enjoy the flip flops! i can’t wait to finish my pair!

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Tagged as: crochet,hobbies,patterns June 08, 2009 @ 11:29 am

crocheted baby gifts!

my closest friend is expecting his first baby (his wife’s doing all the work, of course!) and today was the baby shower! teh mommy to be looked absolutely radiant and daddy to be didn’t look entirely terrified… just a bit!

i skipped the baby registry and crocheted for them instead:

the baby snuggle (hooded baby blanket) crocheted in cotton pastels. it’s one of my favorite baby gifts to make.