crocheted qiviut hood

 Woke up to snowflakes falling this morning... a perfect opportunity for Sadie to try out the crocheted qiviut hat-hoodie I made for her back in August, when it was way too warm to be modeled.

 This is made from a ravelry pattern, which can be found here.  Overall, it was a very simple crochet project...it took less than a week of here and there working.  I did alter the pattern as I saw some people mentioned the hood in the original pattern was kind of shallow and didn't come forward far enough on their kids' heads.  I added 8 or 10 stitches evenly spaced across the bottom of the hood to accommodate for ponytails and my kids' giant noggins (because I figure when Sadie is done with it Eli can wear it). This alteration made the hood plenty big (as you can see above) Not quite as excessive as, say, the hood of Emperor Palpatine from Starwars, but almost.  Although, all mama biases aside... pretty sure the face peeking out from this hood wont give anyone bad dreams ;)

Nope, just sweetness there! However, it is pretty funny when your kid is old enough to try posing every time you get the camera out.

 

I tried to sneak a couple of candids though...Here is how the hood should be worn...under a nice winter jacket where the lovely yoke serves as a scarf too (but attached, so one less accessory to keep track of-yay!)

Happy fall time to you readers... may your necks and heads stay toasty warm!

this week...

Loren had impromptu surgery from getting an almond stuck in his esophagus...

I tell you, its the little things that make or break your week sometimes.

We cut up two caribou.

 We discovered two more good uses for bacon: 1) wrapped around a fresh caribou tenderloin stuffed with blueberries and blue cheese.  OMGood, and 2) baked inside muffin cups with a cute little egg inside.  Such a perfect little breakfast nest!

 I crocheted a hat for a sweet baby boy

 

 We enjoyed some good company...some of the best, in fact.

We knocked some more items off the git-er-done house punch list.

We furminated our poor shedding hounds.  

After a snowy adventure outdoors we ended this quiet Sunday with hot chocolate and snuggles. 

All told, not a bad week really.

MIY Monday: Crocheted Eggs..Chrocheggs? (tutorial)

One thing that Sadie really, really likes is checking for eggs in our chicken coop.  I usually let her put the eggs in the carton (with intense supervision) but then she wants to take them out again, and put them in again, and... you get the picture.  It also goes without saying that eggs don't make the best toys.  Going through a box of yarn remnants from last years Sock Monkey Hat making binge, I found a color palate that reminded me of eggs, so I decided to make some eggs that Sadie can play with.

The yarn is organic, tea-dyed cotton in worsted weight.  These would probably look better if you were using a sock weight yarn, but I don't have any of that, and the point was to use up what I had, so... I used a G hook and started with a magic double loop of 6 single crochets. I crocheted these in the round, so you either have to count or use a thread marker.

Row 2  two SC in each stitch- 12 stitches.
Row 3 two SC in first stitch, SC in next: repeat around-18 stitches
Rows 4-8 SC in each stitch around- 18 stitches
Row 9: SC 2 together, SC one. Repeat around, 12 stitches
Row 10: SC in each stitch-12 stitches

at this point you should probably stuff the eggs. I am using a poly-fiber fill that is from a dog toy that Cash destroyed. I thought about putting a pebble into each egg, just to give them a more realistic weight, but kind of glad I skipped that step since one of the things Sadie has decided to do with the eggs is throw them at the dog's head.

Row 11: SC 2 together SC one, repeat around-6 stitches
Row 12: SC 2 together until the top is closed. 

Cut thread, pull tail through the last loop, and then use your crochet hook to pull the loose end back down into the egg--weave it through a couple times, then hide it.  Voilla. Crocheggs. Its a seriously quick and easy project. 

A perfect homemade toy to help your little practice those fine motor skills with none of the messy clean up that playing with real eggs requires.  And now I have until Christmas to figure out how to crochet the chicken to go with them.

Happy Monday!

MIY monday- crochet headband pattern & BLOG GIVEAWAY!

Hello, my name is Tara, and I am hooked on crochet.  Unfortunately, I also suffer from a lesser-know condition called crochet-D-D (crochet+A.D.D put together, get it?--forgive the terrible pun) This condition requires that every now and then I find a quick and easy project that I can finish in less than a couple of hours.  Therefore, when I saw the cute crocheted headbands my friend Esther has been making, I decided to pick up my hook and make up a simple, easy pattern.  I will include the pattern I made below, for all you crafty blog stalkers out there.

I am also doing the first EVER Making a Good Life BLOG GIVEAWAY!!!  

So here is the deal.  If you are a stalker reader of this blog, and want to win the headband pictured below,  just leave a comment below with your name and tell me why you read this blog.  Next Monday, I will use random.org to select a winner.  It is super easy, almost as easy as making this crocheted headband.