Monday, June 30, 2008

Free Hat Pattern-Divine Hat


the divine hat
This free pattern was truly a delight to work with, the pleasure being with the outcome of the Hat. The pattern is written in simple terms. Just remember the space to dc in, is the space, not the eye of the dc, I did this at first and the spiral effect was not there, once I had over come this little hurdle it was on with the pattern and it was a breeze. It's written in US terms and some adjustments were made due to US yarn being different to AU yarn, I used a 5.00 and 6.00 hook, 12 ply yarn, I decreased the height and added a few simple decreases around the last few rows for a better fit with the Au yarn used. Here is the link to the free pattern.

Thanks to Rheatheylia for the pattern, she does have more free patterns with in her site.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Crochet Hat Additions

Because of the popularity of the slouch/beret type hat at the market last week, I've made some more for the market tomorrow.


This one is a lovely thick blend with a small fleck of black through it, it feels very soft and silky

I've called this one a flurry, as it is a flurry of mixed colours
which can be worn as a hat or slouch


This is truly a lovely set, which is done in a V st.
The model does not do it justice.
The wool blend is almost silky and it has abit of a shine.
I've made this very soft brown before, as I had a little of the wool left I was able to make just one more





A bit of a colour medley here, which is done in a fpdc and a bpdc, with a tassle for fun




This is my caramel surprise, after I had made the V st set above, I wanted to make another in 2 colours, but the increase of the V st made it difficult to keep the colours aligned, so I alternated coloured rows as the pattern increased, it is a colour and style that actually suited me

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Market Day

To market, to market
to sell something
rain again, rain again
jiggid'y jig.

All was well at 7.30 am.
Here is a view of my stall from the right.






And here is a view of my stall from the left. My youngest daughter is in the back ground, she actually got up early to halp me after she had a late night.








A close up of the left side of the stall.









A close up of the right side of the stall.










The rains came down and the brellies came up.

My second eldest daughter came along with 2 of my beautiful grandsons.






Not selling much at this point in time, can you see the puddle of water in the plastic?










My grandson Cooper loved the puddles.












I sold 3 beret type hats to an elderly lady, who would have bought more if I had more to suit her.

I sold a hat and neck warmer set, a few single scarves, a single neckwarmer and a few variety items from my bargain box.

I was in profit after I paid for the stall.

There was so much interest in what I was selling, that I couldn't resist booking a stall for the following week.

No body knew what the ice-cream cone or cup cakes were, they were clearly marked, but this is not some thing one see's alot of, here in Australia.

The neck warmers were a first time see for many, I can see that people need to be educated, we wore my product and I had display heads and a picture in a frame of the neck warmers, but people still seemed uaware of their purpose.

I know that I need to specify that what I was selling, was adult wear.

I was impressed with the males who liked the neckwarmer, but alas I did not cater for them.

I am back to the drawing board this week and I will focus on improving certain area's which may help with more sales next Sunday(Weather fore-cast is windy but dry). It was also a fun day, even though we got rained out. The market closed a half hour early and I had my stock covered for an hour previous to that. 3 of my daughters, 2 grandsons and my Husband turned up for support, so it was a wet family fun day.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Crochet Panda Purse and update

Crochet Hats and Panda Purse
The kungfu Panda movie is now showing in Australia.
So with a bit of luck this cute little Panda purse may sell at my stall this Sunday.

YES I GOT A STALL.

This Sunday at the Berwick market.

I'm so excited and I feel prepared.

Of course I'll take photo's and write up a post here about it.

Whether it was good or bad I will let you know.

More Additions For the Market

Cute little dress purse based on my dress Bag pattern
Gotta love those lady bugs


Another cute cup cake purse, with beads



Some more hats
3 Little Bags.
The two on the left took me about 4 leisurely hours to make.