One Two Cha Cha Cha

I ended the last post with hats, so let's start this one with hats.
The other one was too small for myself, too small for Tesah. I put bells in the ears, so it's like a toy on it's own. She put it on her rocking horse! Giddey-UP!
I bought new yarn, altered the pattern, and made my own hat. It turned out very warrior like [mine is the one with the teeth].


Since then, I have made 2 other hats, to be sent to friends across the pond.



My mums birthday is coming up. I made her a dragon of her very own. A pink dragon with very gauche eyelashes!5.5 hours of hand sewing -the machine kept trying to vomit the bobbin. The dragon can also be seen on this blog. Yes, I submitted her myself, but shh!


Our garden is coming along. Some tomatoes are turning red already! Hurrah!


The flowers have lost most of their beauty due to the heat and the rain, but I am still seed collecting. I am trying to hybrid my lilies. They look like aliens, what with the foil over their stamens. It will either work, or not work.

Cat-Tastic

Following the pattern precisely, granted I used the wrong yarn, the hat shrunk ALOT!
I had a problem putting it on Jingle Bear.
I am hoping Tesah has dolls or stuffies that would like a new hat.
I have decided not to use the pattern much anymore. I used it to start the ring. I will be using it for the ears and eyes.
For my most recent hat, I picked up Bernat Chunky. It's a #5 bulky. I added stiches, lots of stitches. To be on the safe side, I also added a whole row of double crochets.
Three hours into making the main hat, I realized it did not fit. I ripped it apart (except for the starting circle) and decided to just keep adding and adding until it fit both mine and my boyfriends heads.
I have come to the realization that when I crochet, most patterns do not work for me.



Here's some "love-in-the-mist", courtesy of my garden
...I think I like the idea of ending my posts with a flower from my garden! Yes!

Mew

*quick, should be getting ready for work*

Using the pattern from Crochet Me that a friend of mine found (and made some awesome hats), I decided to try to make my own for myself. So far, it's a failure.
I either crochet too tightly, or am using the wrong yarn -RedHeart I forget the number. My hook is only a six when it should be a 5.5.
As you can see, its TEEEENY!
I called a friend with a little girl today and was like "how big is her head? Ok..she gets a hat."
I hope to have it finshed by -if not before- next Friday. I have no life, and dont work at all tomorrow...so probably will be done tomorrow.