Fat Bottomed Bags, you make the rockin' world go round.

Since Li'l C isn't posting anything, I guess I'll post yet again. This purse is the "Fat Bottomed Bag" from the Happy Hooker book. I made it with Caron's Simply Soft, mainly because I wanted to use up some of my stash. I lined it with a flowery fabric and added a magnetic clasp, and it has become my daily purse.

Earflap hat for Lyndon

My BFF Christine told me that her nephew, Lyndon, wears hats in the winter, so I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to attempt to alter my baby hat pattern to be toddler-sized. I think it turned out well, and looks even better when modeled by Lyndon. He doesn't seem to be camera-shy at all, which is good because his mom (Christine's sister, Destiny) is an awesome photographer, and not to mention, Lyndon's really freaking cute!!!


I stole the photo from Christine's family blog: http://robison-foreverfamily.blogspot.com/

Eventually I'll get around to post some items that aren't baby hats.

You're all getting sweaters for Christmas.

Sometimes at work we get crochet books, and today I scored a real gem.



Doris Chan is a BAMF. I want to make nearly all the sweaters in this book, aside from the icky poncho-looking one (Rah-Boon-Dee-Ay a.k.a. a doily with arm holes) and the tank tops. The best thing is that the sweater I love the most (Eve's Rib Tunic) is made from Caron's Simply Soft Shadows, a very affordable and fun yarn. It's sort of space-dyed and when it's crocheted/knitted up, it self-stripes and looks fabulous. I think I'll go with the Mardi-Gray color, because I could pair it with fun pastel accessories, and I've always been tempted to buy it.

inaugural post and baby hats

We decided to create a blog to show the world our crocheted goodies. Basically, I was tired of taking .00000001 pixel photos with my camera phone and texting them to my mom with a lengthy explanation of what exactly she was looking at.

And who knows, maybe someone will see our creations and offer to pay lots of ca$h money for some items.

I love making up flower designs and crocheting scarves, but my favorite thing to make is a baby hat. A lot of my pals have been getting knocked up, so I've made lots of little hats for gifts. They're the perfect gift, because babies get cold easily, they are an easy and quick project (good for those with ADD), and they're also pretty freaking cute.

My favorite baby hat is the earflap one in the Happy Hooker book. Since we're living in ski-mecca, lots of my friends are producing little ski-bunnies/snow-bros, so they always swoon over the tiny earflaps. I always add a little pom-pon to the top. Here's the first one I ever made, modeled on Lex, a particularly cute baby. It was a little large for him at the time, but it should fit him great by now.