Birthday card

Here’s a cute little birthday card I made using the Critter Sketch challenge of the week.

I decided to list the products just for fun and to show how many elements go into making a simple card.

Products used:
Card paper – Lily Bee Design “Jingle frost”
Oval paper – Glitz Design “uncharted water” line
Oval stamp (ends used on inside) – the girls’ paperie “jubilee”
Green ink – craft smart “Kelly green”
Brown ink – Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Ranger) “walnut stain”
Green tape – my homemade fabric tape
Dot tape – Smash tape
Flower stamp & made for you stamp – Stampin’ Up “best of everything” set
“Today” Sentiment – Authentique notables “uncommon” collection
“Happy birthday” & “best wishes” stamps – Kaiser Craft
(Other tools: glue dot runner, circular cutter, self healing mat, ruler, scissors, dimensional foam stickers)

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Crochet-a-Day Challenge: Day 27

Day 27: Create something using a jumbo hook

 

That’s my jumbo hook, which you may have seen in the posts about broomstick lace and i-cord, shown next to an F-hook for comparison. I have no idea what size my jumbo hook is and it doesn’t really matter all that much because jumbo hook patterns usually are not gauge-critical.

Jumbo Hook Hat

Materials: Jumbo hook
ww yarn in two colors (mine is acrylic)

Hold two strands together and work as one
Start with a magic ring
Rd 1: ch 1, 6 sc into ring, join (6 sc)
Rd2: ch 1, 2 sc into each st, join (12 sc)
Rd3: ch 1, *(2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st)* around, join (18sc)
Rd4: ch 1, *(2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st)* around, join (24 sc)
Rd5+: Do not join, but work in a spiral, sc in each st until desired hat height. (Mine looks to be about 7 rounds of this, so 11 rounds total before the last round)
Last Rd: Sl st in each st and join

This is pretty much your basic sc hat pattern. The amount of rounds you need to increase (rounds 1 through 4) will depend on your hook size, yarn weight, and the circumference of the head for the hat.

And now, some ridiculous self-portraits of me. I’ve decided the hat can be worn two ways.

The first way is like a skull cap. Or in my case, a retro swimming cap look.

And the way I will likely wear it – pulled back on my head so that it looks like a bonnet-type thing or Amish head covering. Good way to hide a bad hair day…or maybe it makes it worse. You decide.

PS It’s my birthday! When I was growing up, on my birthday my mom and dad would blast Birthday by the Beatles on the stereo first thing in the morning.

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Crochet-a-Day Challenge: Day 16

Day 16: Embellish a greeting card

Handmade greeting card: Cardstock, size 10 crochet thread, size 8 steel hook, yarn needle, clear tape. I was able to use the yarn needle to poke through the card stock and I knotted the ends on the back side of the card. Then I taped the ends down with clear tape. Voila!

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