Xmas Swap/Exchange 2008

This year I was involved in 2 xmas swap/exchange. One being with HGTV (American Board) and the other with Crochet Lovers Victoria, (ravelry group from Australia). I made exactly the same items for both swaps. The milk ring decorations below, which I divided into 2 groups and my first time ever to make a doily, which I actually made 2 of.

The Xmas doily.

This is what I received from Bluechook a member of crochet lovers.

There was even a toilet roll in the toilet roll cover. LOL.

This is what I received from Vicky1205 from HGTV

It is such a thrill to receive hand made goods by others, they will be always treasured.

Crocheting Around With Xmas Curling Ribbon

This was a cheap packet of xmas curling ribbon that was opened and damaged, so it was discounted. It normally retails for about $2.30 and has 6 balls in the pack. You can crochet with almost anything so I thought I'd give it a go.

I began with the milk ring theory as I have used before and just covered the ring with sc.

I then continued with 2 dc in each sc around.

With the silver I did 1dc, then 2dc all the way around, but by this time it was starting to curl up a bit and I used up the entire ball of silver, I went on to the green and just did 1dc in each dc around.

I'll probably add some more of the gold and fill that gap with a hanger or something. I used a 6mm hook and could have gone a larger hook. This is just to show, just one of the many types of things we can crochet with, especially when they are a bargain medium. So watch out for the end of xmas sales, you never know what you can pick up to make for next xmas.

Tunisian and Cro Hook Learning

I highly recommend to visit this first link and watch both video's, much to learn from them, also while you are there, have a browse around the site.
http://www.crochenit.com/tutorials.html#basic

Here are some more links to see too.
http://hmmmk.tripod.com/Crohook.htm
http://kimguzman.bravejournal.com/entry/21484