Viking Helmet and Mask - May 2012

A while back a friend of mine from church showed me a picture of a viking helmet and mask.  He asked if I could make something like it, but it was just a curiosity.  More recently he asked if I could make it for real.  So I did.  Here is the finished product!

Above: the crocheted hat and mask.

Below: modeled by my friend Jerry.

I adapted a hat pattern from a book my sister gave me in order to make the helmet and horn.  From there, I crocheted the mask base.  Once each of those pieces was made I strung the yarn and tied it to the base for the beard.  The mask/beard is attached to the helmet/hat by two buttons on the inside so the hat can be worn separately from the beard.

I hope you enjoyed this little random request!

Blessings and Peace!

Tabi

Pieces and Parts - May 2012

I'm sure you remember the School Pride Warmth Sets I talked about last time.  Now here are the personalization pieces and parts I will eventually add to the scarves.  The first picture is the original set options for Bremerton High School (Stripes and Cables Hat, Bumblebee Stripes Fingerless Mitts, and Bumblebee Striped Scarf with blue border).

Next, we have the color combinations for three of the local high schools (including Bremerton High School [BHS]).  The characters below include both numbers and letters as well as a "number sign" for more versatility.  I'm looking forward to personalizing the scarves with peoples initials, school abbreviations, and jersey numbers.

Stay tuned for more scarves, hats, fingerless mitts, and much, much more!

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Tabi

"Delight yourself also in the Lord, 

   And He shall give you the desires of your heart."

~ Psalms 37:4

School Pride Warmth Set Follow Up - May 2012

So the one of the ladies from our church's business prayer meeting said she might have a mutual opportunity for some girls and me.  The idea is these girls would make a profit off of selling my items to people as a fundraiser.  I don't have all the details yet, I was only recently offered the idea.  With this in mind I crocheted up some samples. 

My first two samples (above and below) are based on filet crochet style.  These are altered to have two stitch by one row squares instead of three stitch by one row squares.  Filet crochet is most easily read from a chart.  It is harder to see the designs in this particular yarn-hook combination (worsted weight yarn with H hook) than many of the other filet crochet samples I have seen.  I believe it would work better with a smaller hook.  But that will be an experiment for another day.

The second set of samples (above and below) is based on Fair Isle crochet.  By using two colors in each row, working one color, holding the other color still, and switching colors in pattern, the pattern pops out much more readily than my previous attempts (filet crochet).  Again, Fair Isle crochet is best read from charts.  I used Bremerton High School colors for (above) gold on blue and (below) blue on gold samples.

Following are three swashes for the body of the scarf or fingerless mitts.  The first swash is plain stripes with no border.  Second is stripes with a blue border.  And third is plain stripes with a yellow border.   

I have not finalized the options I want to make available as of yet.  I will be contacting the lady from church and asking her input as well as feedback from several other sources.

Peace and Blessings!

Tabi

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School Pride Warmth Set - May 2012

Using the Fingerless Mitts in blue and gold as a springboard, the School Pride Warmth Set sets the stage for more possibilities!  Below is one possible combination of hat, scarf, and mitts.  

Above: The final piece in the three-piece set, a striped scarf with blue border.  

Below: The original three piece set in blue and gold.  

With this as a model, I plan to make hats, scarves, mitts, and School Pride Warmth sets by order.  Stay tuned for more specialized options coming soon!

What are your school colors?

Peace, Blessings, and God Bless!!

Tabi

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Stripes and Cables Hat - April 2012

One more project completed!  Stripes and Cables hat in blue and gold to go with the Fingerless Mitts in blue and gold.  Next up: a blue and gold scarf.  Once I have all the pieces, I'll be able to show them in a set.  I'm looking forward to doing other color combinations for the hats, scarves, mitts, and sets as well.  The blue and gold theme is due to a mom who found out I make fingerless mitts and requested a pair in her kid's school colors.  She's apparently very active in her son's sports team and wants to show school spirit!  

Stay tuned for more!  

Peace and Blessings to you all!  

Tabi

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Fingerless Mitts in black and white - April 2012

All right!  I told you I'd be stuck on the fingerless mitts thing for a while.  Here's another pair!  This pair is made from Angel Hair yarns (found at JoAnn's Fabrics and Crafts), one skein of white and one skein of black.  I didn't actually use all of both skeins, in fact it is reasonable to make an pair of fingerless mitts from one skein.  So, I have the option of making another set of black and white fingerless mitts from the same two skeins.  Yay!  The stripes aren't exactly my favorite design but I do like the stripes pretty well.  These went up on my Facebook page for sale today (April 26, 2012).  

I hope you all enjoyed this new project!  Look forward to more posts and more types of projects coming soon!  I have a scarf and a hat in line along with a pair of socks.  Plus there are a few sets I have in mind, including a set with a hat, mitts, and socks and a set with hat, scarf, and mitts.  Plus, there will be dish cloths and other household items to come!

God Bless and goodnight!!

Tabi

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Lion Brand Chenille Fingerless Mitts - April 2012

I know it's spring, but these are for Christmas!  And there are more to come!  I have truly fallen in love with the idea of fingerless mitts.  Maybe someday I'll experiment with fingers and turn them into gloves... or just regular mitts.  Either way, fingerless mitts are here to stay!  I hope the recipient of these mitts appreciates them. 

God Bless!

Tabi 

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Fingerless Mitts in Blue and Gold - April 2012

As I checked my Facebook one last time before I fell asleep, or so I thought, I noticed someone commented on my business' Facebook page.  As it turns out, one of the ladies in my church apparently keeps score for her son's sports team.  (I didn't ask for all the details.)  So, with it being cold a lot of the year, this lady noticed the fingerless mitts and said she could use some.  A few comments later and I had a project!  It didn't take long the next day to find the yarn and come up with a few pattern options. 

I never claimed to color in the lines and the colors aren't quite right, but it gets the point across.  I personally like the C option best, but D is pretty cool, too.  It reminds me of a bumble bee.

So, my special talents apparently called for making two pair.  The pair in the top picture will go to the lady at church and the bottom pair will be up for sale.  The only difference between the two pair... the number of stitches around the fingers.  You'd be surprised how much difference a stitch or two makes!

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Also, stay tuned for more posts!  I have projects lined up from hats and scarves to bookmarks to more fingerless mitts and socks!

I hope you enjoyed this project as much as I did!

Blessings and Peace,

Tabi

Japanese Flower Bag #2 - April 2012

As requested by a friend and customer, the Japanese Flower Bag #2 is a piecewise work of art!  I enjoyed making this bag with all it's bumps and kinks and found the end result satisfying.  Upon my friend liking the original Japanese Flower Bag, I began talking to her about different possibilities and she became excited about a customized bag for her.  After she choose the three colors she wanted I drew up a variety of color schemes and had her choose which one she liked best.  We looked at drawings twice for a satisfactory color pattern.  Once I knew what I needed, I found the yarn and put my nose to the grind!  The following pictures tell the story of how this bag was made starting with the drawing my friend selected.

J. The color pattern selected for this special order project.

The yarn I found.  I was actually surprised to see this yarn was Red Heart because it is super soft compared to a lot of Red Heart yarn I have used before.  The black is especially soft.

The first Japanese flower.

And the second joined to the first.

It's beginning to take shape!

After some time was put into this bag I took what I had (one side and most of the edges and bottom) to find material for the liner.  Here, the purple liner material is folded to show the contrast.

Liner, made and laid out.

Though it's kind of hard to see here, I made the liner with two big pockets and two little pockets inside.

The finished bag!

The two handle-straps.

Inside held open.

I would like to again take a moment to remember Ms. Carol and her late husband Mr. Bruce.  Thank you for the pattern, support, and inspiration you have shown me.

Blessings and Peace,

Tabi

Mint Chocolate Purse - March 2012

There was a lady who posted in a groups page on facebook about a Mother's Day giveaway and she wanted donations for it.  I agreed to provide one product for this giveaway and directed her to my business' facebook page and the "featured items" album.  She said a bag or purse would be preferable.  The only bag I had was a large beach bag, so I thought about it for a few days and remembered this yarn (the color is actually called "Earth and Sky") stuck in my stash that I didn't know what to do with it.  So, with this inspiration I began the "Mint Chocolate Purse" and it came out beautifully!

I was told the top picture makes it look "wallet" sized so the person I was talking to said they were surprised when the picture below put it all in perspective.  

It took me two tries to make the liner the way I wanted it.  The first time I set the material up differently and couldn't sew two of the edges properly, so I scraped it and tried again.  It's a good thing I bought the entire yard x 60" of material available.

I truly hope and pray the person who receives this bag is blessed!

Blessings and Peace to you all!

Tabi

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