Felted Seat Pads

The birthday gift project that I showed a glimpse of here is finished, felted and gifted.
 I crocheted 2 wool pads for sitting on outside, preferably in the woods together with a thermos of coffee. They became quite tedious in the end, but they turned out nice and thick once felted (in the machine, 60 degrees celsius). 100% wool, size 6 hook, lots of TV, round and round.

Round and round it goes..

Edging

I made a seam along the edges and put on handels so that you can strap them to your back pack.

I still have some of the yarn left that i have to figure out what to do with.

Crochet scrap yarn hat

 I was sorting through my yarn the other day (again, where does it all come from?!). I realised i hade quite a few different gray left over yarn bits from different projects (seems like i enjoy knitting in grey) which where all a bit to soft/fluffy/expensive/generally nice to go to waste.


The small amount was just enough for a hat.
Crocheted with hook 6.















Another fun way to make use of scrap yarns is to make a yarn ball wreath, instructions here

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On the road crochet

5 hour train ride, thank god for knitting/crochet and radio.
Working on a birthday gift in a beautiful untwisted wool. Some times small things makes me  happier than they probably should, like when my metallic crocet needle matches my yarn.

Antique Crochet Patterns

The back pain pose.

I stumbled upon this site today, Antique Crochet Patterns. How fab is this? A site full of antique crochet patterns, hats, shawls, baby bonnets and baby sets, bags, jackets, you name it. All free.

Perhaps they're not all patterns I'm throwing myself over, hook in hand, but looking at the pictures is a lot of fun.

The, ehrm, sparkly grape hat?