CAL: Pirate Pete

CAL time with Frog Hooker again. As usual, I got a little carried away with the pattern. Say hello to Pirate Pete, the Floppy Cockatoo.

Bolas Canastas – Teal

My hands are working sporadically again (hooray!)  Cath Thomas’ Bolas Canastas with Miyuki 4516 Picasso teal 11º rounds.  So happy with this bead!

Big Ben’s Fish

My crochet buddy is guarding his new toy. Nothing fancy and no pattern, I just winged it with sc for the eyes and hdc for the rest.

Christmas Pudding

I’ve been waffling about what to make for my annual crochet ornament and was just about to give up the idea when a friend mentioned Christmas pudding. Thank you, Denise, I now have pudding to go with my candy canes!  :)

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

CRAW Candy Canes

I made candy cane earrings last night. No real pattern, aside from a graph I made for the color placement, it’s just a strip of un-embellished CRAW that I curved on one end.

Here’s the graph for the color placement for the red and white earrings.  The blank ones are white beads.  Remember you’re working CRAW so your starting bead is the bottom right.  I usually string the bottom beads (white, red, white red) and tie them in a circle for my starting base.

CAL: Reindeer Candy Cane Holders

This was a Crochet-Along for The Crochet Colony, Amigurumi and Crochet Group on Facebook.  It’s a free pattern by Rachel Hilz Hall and can be found on her blog at Frog Hooker.

The bigger reindeer has modified ears and I used the next smaller size hook for the eyes and noses. I’ve been out of black yarn (gasp!) so I used beads on the eyes. They’re fun to make. Thank you for the pattern, Rachel!

Chicken Scratch with Beads

I’m trying something a little different tonight – chicken scratch embroidery with beads.  I’m working on 1/8 inch gingham with 2 strands of DMC cloth and 15º Miyuki rounds.

More information on chicken scratch can be found on this link to Needle ‘n Thread.