Feelin the Love

I've made it my goal to complete a TON of crochet project this year. I am trying to crochet projects before the holiday arrives, and I managed to succeed with Valentine's Day! (I also have some post-Christmas projects that I haven't blogged, so that will be fun later lol).

 

First up, the Love Bunny. The pattern suggested two, and it really was easy enough that I could have done it, but this guy is flying solo. He's off to my secret sister in my fire wife group. Adorable, right? Also, I realized that I overprocessed the photo and you can't see the stitch definition. Fail. Click on over to the original post for better pictures.

 

Next up is the Heart Potholder. I have never crocheted a potholder before, and I am still a bit wary to use this guy. But it's thick. So that's promising, right?

 

Lastly, want to see what it looks like when I try to take a picture? Complete chaos behind the scenes! (also, don't be like me and take pictures at 10 pm. Take them with natural light. Unless you have a day job and forget on weekends. Then you are stuck with 10 pm pictures).

Feb 13: Crochet Heart Garland (Love) - COMPLETE

Pattern #44: Crochet Heart Garland

Remember our heart pin pattern from Wednesday? This pattern from Cindy [at Skip to my Lou] is a spinoff on that. It should really be called a project, more than a pattern. Basically you made a bunch of those hearts and join them together. Only Cindy added another row to make them bigger. I am going to make these my own way -- which is a new concept for me. I am a stickler for rules, that I always feel like I need to follow a pattern exactly (especially for this project). However, the exact pattern might not be right for me. So I am going to make this chain with 3 different sizes of hearts, and feel more comfortable crocheting other things differently (like making a beanie bigger or smaller than the pattern, so it fits me!)

A pile of hearts:


The finished chain (close up and then a shot of the whole mantle):



(I chose to use a little pink as well, I thought it gave it an extra kick!)

Feb 11: Heart Potholder - COMPLETED

Pattern #42: Heart Potholder

This pattern was designed by Linda Lanning over at Kalei Designs. I love hearts, if you hadn't noticed, in the past few days; so this obviously caught my eye. I don't think I would use it as a potholder though, I already have lots of those. I will probably put it to use as a decoration during February.

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January 19, 2014: This was a pretty quick project. I'm still a little unwary as to if I will use it in my kitchen, but it's worth a shot. I do like how it came out with the two colors though. Very fun!

Feb 10: Heart Pin (Love) - COMPLETED

Pattern # 41: Heart Pin

This lovely pattern is from Suzetta, over at Suzie's Stuff. I found this link while searching for another pattern - which you will see on Saturday! Anywho, I realized these little hearts are SUPER easy to make, and super cute! I made a few of the medium & small ones and have not decided exactly what to do with them. Well, many will go into Saturday's project - but not all. I think I am going to attach one of the little ones to a pin and then put it on my purse, or my black jacket. How cute are these?


This is actually that Butterfly beanie, from back in January, but I added the heart just to see what it would look like -- very cute! I am going to make another little beanie and adorn it with a heart. I really hope baby Atwood is a girl, because I want to shower that kid with gifts!

Feb 8: Heart Afghan Square (Love) - COMPLETED

Pattern #39: Heart Afghan Square

This pattern is just too cute. This was designed by Crochet 'N' More and I absolutely adore it! How perfect would this be for a baby blanket. I'm envisioning a pale pink heart with the white background. They measure 4.5" square, so if I made it 6 squares by 8 squares, it would measure 27" by 36". That seems about right. That means I need to make 48 squares! Wow. Well, it would be worth it for someone special! A labor of love, for someone I love.

I finished my first 6 squares. So I am going to call this completed, officially, even though I plan to make a whole blanket!  Check out my post on the completed blanket here.

How cute is this? (Okay, so I just realized this one is a bit wonky - the rest aren't as weird down at the bottom of the heart)