Scarves for 2014

My goal for 2014 was to place 365 scarves on this blog for the year.  I fell short of this.  Sometimes, life gets in the way but you continue on. I took a break for three months on the blog, but I will be better next year to at least publish once a week.

Santa Game Christmas Party

I went to a Christmas party and everyone was asked to bring a gift for the game.  Everyone chose a number.  Then the game began. When your number was called you could pick a gift from the table or steal a gift from someone who already had picked and opened the gift.  If your gift was stolen you could take from someone or pick from the table.  The gift could only go around  3 times and then it was yours.

I crocheted a scarf for the game.  The minimum was $25.  I created a scarf where I used 100% wool  from the Wool Company, Shepherd's Wool and Brooks Farm.   I used yarn from my stash that took the scarf over the minimum.

Thank you gift

 I had left my cell phone at work and a co-worker was supposed to meet me in the train station  after work  to give me my phone.  When I arrived, she was not there and I waited an additional 30 minutes for her.  I told her that I had another engagement to go to and that she could hold the phone until the next day.  However, she did not listen and took an additional 30 minutes from her time to bring me phone around 7:30 at night.  Good thing she did not listen because my dad had an emergency that night and he called me and I was able to get to him.   So, I made her this scarf to Thank her for doing me this favor.  I used Lion's Brand yarn.

Bowling

On the Saturday after Halloween, I went bowling.  I was still in the Halloween mood since it was Friday.  I created a vest using sock yarn that had Halloween colors.

Ballerina for my niece

I crochet a ballerina blanket for my niece.  The last time that I crocheted her a blanket was 9 years ago.  I wanted to give her something special and to celebrate her enjoyment of dance.  My sister says she loves it and slept with it the first night.

Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays

Crochet Luncheon

For our Luncheon, we raffle off items that members donate.  I had to complete two blankets from squares that were made from the previous years square contest.  The square contest are 12" crocheted squares that are submitted relating to the theme.  Last year's theme was Fall Harvest.  Therefore, the squares related to the season.

Crochet Luncheon for 2014

I have been missing a while in posting to this blog.  In September,  I was preparing for my crochet guild's annual luncheon.  I was the chairperson this year. I also had to created items for the table, fashion show and game.

   The Theme was Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Myths.

This is the blanket that I created for the game.  If you knew songs to fairy tales, you could have been the lucky winner.  Example: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious- Mary Poppins

For the Fashion show, I wore Queen of Hearts and Don't Eat the Apple

For the Centerpiece I created the Princess and the Pea

Square Wire beaded Medallion Necklace

The medallion for this necklace was created using gold wire crocheted with brown beads.  The chain part of the necklace is made with cluster stitch in Lion Brand's Vanna's Glamour Gold

Beaded Pearl Tube Choker

I took a class on a beaded necklace choker.  I used  size 3 purple cotton thread with pearl beads.  A hint of the purple peaks throught the beads.

Silver chain Necklace

I purchased this wide link chain necklace at a craft store and wanted to incorporated crochet with the necklace.  I used Lion brand's Vanna's Glamour in Silver.  I crocheted around part of  one link and then crochet around the opposite side on the next link. It has a zig zag effect.

Oval Metallic Choker

This choker is created using brown, rust and gold metallic yarns and black acrylic yarn.  The Oval are created in various styles but using all the yarns in each one.  The small ovals are created using rust metallic yarn .  The ovals are attached as the choker is created.

Blue Suede Necklace

This necklace is created using Berrocco blue suede with metallic yarn.    I love the Berrocco suede but the metallic yarns did not last long on the market.  It looks like suede after completing the project.  I use two small gold buckles to join the sides together.

Fuzzy Brown Charm Choker

This choker is created using a gold and rust metallic, black acrylic, mohair like  yarns to created the glitter and fuzz on this necklace.    The small charm is created in a circle using the various yarns.

 

Happy 4th of July

This necklace is made from Bernat's Cotton yarn in Nautical

Multi Paper Yarn Lariat

The Lariat is made with a multi paper yarn in green and pink. I made 10 single crochets by 10 rows with a chain in between.  The squares fold on itself.

Simple Bronze Necklace

This is a simple neclace that is created using black yarn with brown and copper metallic yarn.  The stitch is a simple strip of single crochet with 8 rows of crochet.  It has a tail to connect to the other side to hold the necklace in place.

Arrow Shape Necklace

This necklace is created with Black Acrylic yarn.  Metallic yarn in gold, silver and copper are used to decorate the arrow shape piece.  I used surface crochet to create the design on the arrow shape.

Bronze Extraganaza Dress

 I was going to an evening affair for dancing and entertainment.  There was going to be a live band with a female violionist/singer.  I wanted something that would sparkle but also be toned down a little so that the sparkle would not be throughout the dress.   I decided to use Paton's Metallic Orange,   Brown and white and Brown.   I decided the the Metallic Orange would be used in the dress so I started to look through my old crocheted squarea and found a light orange metallic piece that I had two.  This would be perfect with the dress.   I also went to the yarn store Knitty City and decided that I would find some yarn that would match it.  I found a variegated yarn and a solid that would be perfect.

Chain Reaction Necklace

I love using my favorite metallic yarn from Lion Brand. This is done in Copper and chain stitch is used to create rows of chain and then black yarn is added to the sides.

Denim tassel Necklace

I used metallic and Denim to create this necklace. The gold yarn has metallic strands running through it and the chain stitch show a little glimmer of sparkle.

Ruffle Bead Necklace

This necklace is created using Lion Brand's Vanna's Glamour.  I used a lace stitch to create the ruffle.  I added white pony beads.

Necklace

This necklace was created  gold metallic and blue thread by combining the two threads together.  I think that the metallic thread adds a shine to the piece.   I created the necklace in a tube using single crochet.  Then I  tied a knot to give the necklace dimension.

Red and Blue Sparkle Necklace

This necklace was created using Lang metallic thread.  I chose blue and red in the design.  I created a medallion with the red and accented it with the blue

White flowing cape

This cape is created using various crochet stitches as a free form pattern.  I needed a poncho for a sping evening and I chose white yarn.   I can wear this basically with anything and anytime.  The great thing that it is open and flowing.

Double Black Circle Necklace

I think that the metallic yarna works great for jewelry.  It allows for the sparkle of the yarn to shine.  You get glitz and glamour without adding beads.  I paired this Paton's gold metallic yarn with black acrylic yarn to create a double circle  necklace.

Golden Red Necklace

This necklace is creating using acrylic red yarn and metallic gold yarn that was created by Karabella.  I enjoyed using this gold yarn because it was metallic all the way through without being interwined with other yarns.  It added sparkle to the jewelry.

Summer Fun Water Bottle Carrier

I added this carrier because it can be worn around the neck.  You can use it for your waterbottle or small items such as your phone and small wallet because it is long enough to slide the items down.  Just a little  crochet fun for the summer.  You can always have crochet with you.

Beaded Wire Crochet

This necklace is crocheted using gold wire and threading beads onto the wire. The crochet hook is a g size hook that creates a lacy effect with single crochet

Golden Suede Necklace

This necklace is created in single crochet using Berrocco Suede Yarn and gold metallic yarn.  It is beautiful to wear on a spring evening.

Simply Pink Poncho

This poncho is nice for Sping evening. The design uses double crochet with chain stitch around a single crochet square. It is made with Red Heart yarn

Gracefully Orange Scarf

A nice orange scarf to wear on a spring day. The scarf is created with orange yarns by Paton's Grace and Paton's Devine yarn. A lace stitch is used for the cotton yarn

Noro Colorful Ruffle Scarf

In creating this scarf, I used two different types of Noro yarn.  I loved the colorways of the Noro yarn and the yarns fit perfectly together.   The bottom portion of the scarf is created by increases to  make a lovely ruffle flower that can be looped round one another.

Quick Ruffle Necklace

 

This is quick ruffle scarf that is easy to make.  The top part single crochets going around in a circle.  Then the ruffle yarn is crocheted over a portion of the single crochets to add a little jazz to any sweater or dress.

Homespun Loopy Scarf

 

I love homespun yarn. I like to use the loopy stitch with homespun so that the texture of the yarn can be seen.   I created this scarf in tube shape and all the loops fall to one side.  I used a varigated yarn to create this design.