What a morning

What a morning and it's only 4 hours old for me. I started cutting up some rags and I thought I would sharpen my scissors, so I used the knife sharpener and went back to cutting, BLUNT! Yes blunt scissors, the knife sharpener had the reverse effect on my scissors. So I hunt around for more scissors and I cannot find a pair that are sharp enough. I look at the time and decide I'll go to K Mart as soon as it opens, I go back to crocheting a bag for a customer order and then I head off at 8.45 am. I get to the shop and they are slow in opening up, so I am now waiting out side the shop waisting time. Going back and forth from kitchen to craft, I can't find the scissors I was hoping to buy. Whilst in the yarn section I spot some lovely soft baby blue yarn on clearance for .99c, so I bought the lot, it's for an up and coming project I have in mind. I also got to buy the 6ft folding table that was on special, I can use it at the market and I need it for xmas too. I get to the boot of my car, open it and it comes slamming down on my shoulder, OUCH!

My morning can only get better now.

New yarn and scissors pictured on my new folding table.

Rag crochet basket

Remember this colour scheme?

Here it is in action. Ready for some flowered embellishment.
And the flowers attached, this makes for a lovely decorative basket.
I love rag crochet.

My Happy Hippy Crochet Scrap Vest

I made this vest from lots of scrap yarn that I had and the trimming is made from a yarn I was given by Stramenda from the crochet lovers group on ravelry.

Firstly I had to come up with some sort of plan to go by, so I drew one up, but I did alter it as I went along and below is the final plan I used for my vest. It is made in one complete piece.

Here you can see how it has come along, I crocheted it so the stripes were vertical. Following this stage, I sewed the front shoulder parts to the back, sewed in all the loose ends and used the same yarn to crochet around the vest for a nice edging.


No body was home to help me take pictures. So here I am modeling my new vest.
And a side view.

The big bold leather buttons really make a statement. They were a part of my dear departed mother in laws button stash, I'm so glad I got to use them, we think they may have been of one of my dear departed father in laws jackets.

Not wanting the front of the vest to sag or gape when buttoned, I actually sewed the front of the vest together, over lapping one side under the other and it fits very well over my head and hangs nicely to my shape.

The moral here is, keep those scraps you have, there is always something to be made from them.

Browsing through the op shops for crochet materials

Feeding my new addiction for rag crochet, I sorted through doona covers sheets and pillow cases to end up with these colour schemes. There has been a noticable price increase through out the op shops, so I have chosen sheets this time to feed my habit.

The colours above can be used in many combinations, it was fun matching them up

These ones are baby cot sheets and baby pillow cases to make for a project I shall reveal later.

I came across this cardigan too. I had to have it even though it was a little large for me.

The find of the day was this little beauty, a spider man bean bag for my spider man crazy grandson.