School is now in session! Look for my Crochet and Knitting School videos on YouTube! I post under the user name Mommaflick09.
I am using YouTube as a teaching medium for those who want to learn how to crochet/knit and how to read patterns that relate to the stitches used. This "school" material will cover basic techniques as well as more advanced ones as well.
The first video is up on YouTube now and goes over the crocheted chain stitch and how to read the stitch in written patterns and charted patterns as well. Please check it out here.
If you would like to see something specific taped and reviewed, please leave me a comment and let me know! I would love your input and feedback! Thank you!
Until next time, keep those needles and hooks busy!
Sara
Showing posts with label pattern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pattern. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Monday, September 26, 2011
Baby Booties
Hello everyone! Hope you are well this Monday! It was a crazy weekend in the LBD house and even though I hate Mondays, I am glad to be getting back to some semblance of normalcy.
My son has been a huge crank-butt; we think he is teething, and so he has pretty much gone from perfectly happy to full on crying and whining in 0.2 seconds! Thank God for children's Tylenol! I dislike grumpy kids and my kid being grumpy is the worst!
On the crafting front, I have slowly been making progress on a new item. I was able to make a new set of baby booties this weekend and I think they are so cute! Tiny shoes are always darling, and crochet ones just take the cake! These are made from a pattern I received for free from The Lovely Crow. Super cute and modifiable for boys and girls! Available sizes are Newborn, 0-3 months, 3-6 months and 6-12 months. I have the blue and brown set I made, Size 0-3 months, available for sale on my Facebook Page. All you would need to do is let me know what type of buttons you'd like and I can sew them on then ship them out! They are available for $20.00. If you'd like to custom order a pair for your little one or one you know, just send me an email at sara.littlebirddesignsfxbg at gmail dot com. I would be more than happy to make a pair for you.
If you want to custom order something else, be it hat, slippers or cowls, just let me know! Hope you have a wonderful week!
Until next time...
~Sara
My son has been a huge crank-butt; we think he is teething, and so he has pretty much gone from perfectly happy to full on crying and whining in 0.2 seconds! Thank God for children's Tylenol! I dislike grumpy kids and my kid being grumpy is the worst!
On the crafting front, I have slowly been making progress on a new item. I was able to make a new set of baby booties this weekend and I think they are so cute! Tiny shoes are always darling, and crochet ones just take the cake! These are made from a pattern I received for free from The Lovely Crow. Super cute and modifiable for boys and girls! Available sizes are Newborn, 0-3 months, 3-6 months and 6-12 months. I have the blue and brown set I made, Size 0-3 months, available for sale on my Facebook Page. All you would need to do is let me know what type of buttons you'd like and I can sew them on then ship them out! They are available for $20.00. If you'd like to custom order a pair for your little one or one you know, just send me an email at sara.littlebirddesignsfxbg at gmail dot com. I would be more than happy to make a pair for you.
If you want to custom order something else, be it hat, slippers or cowls, just let me know! Hope you have a wonderful week!
Until next time...
~Sara
Sunday, January 30, 2011
First pattern listed on Etsy!
Well, today is a momentous day for LBDFxbg. Over the past week I have been writing and typing up a pattern for the sock monkey hat I recently created for my husband's aunt. She wanted to use it for skiing, so a slightly fuzzy, bulky yarn was called for. I loved working with the yarn I chose, which was Lion Brand Yarn Jiffy. So comfy and nice! Here is the link to my shop on Etsy where the pattern is for sale!
In the process of writing the pattern I realized how much actually goes into writing something as "simple" as a crochet pattern. Not only was it time consuming, but stressful! You have to get the wording right, get the correct angles for pictures and "package" it in a way that is not only pleasing but fluid too! I asked a very nice lady to read over my pattern and she did and gave just a few suggestions. To add a hyperlink here, a more detailed description there and to rearrange some wording over there. All in all, not too shabby for my "first" written pattern. I put first in quotation marks because I have short handed other patterns for myself, but this one was for public scrutiny so it had to be perfect! Thank you Tara at Mamachee*Crochet makes me happy! and EASY for your wonderful support and suggestions!
Now that I have written and posted the pattern for sale, I have an itch to write another one. Not right now, but some time in the near future I suspect :)
Until next time, Happy Crafting!
In the process of writing the pattern I realized how much actually goes into writing something as "simple" as a crochet pattern. Not only was it time consuming, but stressful! You have to get the wording right, get the correct angles for pictures and "package" it in a way that is not only pleasing but fluid too! I asked a very nice lady to read over my pattern and she did and gave just a few suggestions. To add a hyperlink here, a more detailed description there and to rearrange some wording over there. All in all, not too shabby for my "first" written pattern. I put first in quotation marks because I have short handed other patterns for myself, but this one was for public scrutiny so it had to be perfect! Thank you Tara at Mamachee*Crochet makes me happy! and EASY for your wonderful support and suggestions!
Now that I have written and posted the pattern for sale, I have an itch to write another one. Not right now, but some time in the near future I suspect :)
Until next time, Happy Crafting!
Friday, December 31, 2010
First Appliqué...
I recently received a commission for 2 hats. A fade from light to dark with a small heart and a fade from gray to blue with a moose. The first one was simple! Turned out great and the client loves it! The second one presented several challenges.
First I was going to blend the gray and blue then fade to brown with a moose pattern I designed built into the stitches. But the blue/gray combo didn't pop like I'd hoped for. So I pulled out all the rows and started again. This time with just gray at the top and fade to blue with the brown as the moose pattern stitches. But, in the way of round worked crochet, all the stitches were slanting and didn't line up! So I pulled it out again! and started fresh. Gray at the top, fade to blue, and finish with ear flaps. Then I tried to cross stitch the moose pattern into the hat. Epic fail! Pulling the cross stitch out, I decided to make an appliqué of sorts. I crocheted several small pieces and sewed them together to create a moose! Then sewed the moose onto the hat. The end result is pretty good. And the client loves it too!
While these hats were fun to make they were a little stressful because I had to on the fly make up some patterns for the moose I was going to originally use and the moose appliqué too. But I needed the stress, because the best things are created when you are working on the fly :)
First I was going to blend the gray and blue then fade to brown with a moose pattern I designed built into the stitches. But the blue/gray combo didn't pop like I'd hoped for. So I pulled out all the rows and started again. This time with just gray at the top and fade to blue with the brown as the moose pattern stitches. But, in the way of round worked crochet, all the stitches were slanting and didn't line up! So I pulled it out again! and started fresh. Gray at the top, fade to blue, and finish with ear flaps. Then I tried to cross stitch the moose pattern into the hat. Epic fail! Pulling the cross stitch out, I decided to make an appliqué of sorts. I crocheted several small pieces and sewed them together to create a moose! Then sewed the moose onto the hat. The end result is pretty good. And the client loves it too!
While these hats were fun to make they were a little stressful because I had to on the fly make up some patterns for the moose I was going to originally use and the moose appliqué too. But I needed the stress, because the best things are created when you are working on the fly :)
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