Crocheted Pigs

My friend Jen LOVES pigs, so for her 21st birthday I decided to give her a pair of them-- a mama and a baby.
I love this project because it's fun and easy, plus it gave me a lot of inspiration and insight into the possibility of shaping crochet into just about anything. YAY pigs! Credit to Claire Garland for the pattern

I was going to end this post with a list of more cute animals I want to crochet, but I'm afraid that list would never end. I'll probably have to consult Jane about list making.

Broomstick Lace all over the place

Hah I feel so clever about the title of this post. I'm actually just exhausted from an amazing weekend playing at (and winning!) an ultimate frisbee tournament. Love my teammates.

Anyway, I made these scarves using the "broomstick lace" stitch I learned off good ol' youtube (another one of my loves). I started with the white one as a project for my a project for myself, but ended up making the purple-ish one for my mama and the other 2 for my best friends from high school. I miss them both dearly and they now go to school in Chicago and Washington, D.C., so I wanted to give them something that would keep them warm and thinking of home.

(some cool things i didn't make)

Today, I made buttermilk and chocolate chip pancakes from scratch for all my roommates, cleaned up the kitchen, did laundry, baked bread, and planned an art project for my sculpture class. In honor of my productivity, I have been lounging and doing a whole lot of nothing for the past hour.

So... crochet zebra head? This was being sold as a children's room decoration for a "safari" theme. I'm so gonna make a life-sized zebra for our living room! HA

The other pictures I've included are inspiration for a project I have in mind. Stay tuned! :)

Yarn Labyrinth

I know I just posted maybe 10 minutes ago, but I want to get the ball rolling in terms of having a bunch of my projects here. Otherwise, it may be a few months before I revisit my blog. This is a "yarn labyrinth" of sorts that was assigned in my VIS3 class.

Project guidelines: Make something as big as you can for $5. I spent less than $3 and didn't even get to use all of my materials, but at least it was relatively big.

Materials: black acrylic yarn

Ch-ch-ch-changes

I'm gonna start posting about stuff I've crafted, which includes sewing, crocheting, drawing, painting, and cooking projects. I hope I stick to some kind of theme on this thing or I will delete my blog. I never have much to say, anyway.

<3 Dadabear