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Ruffly Santa Scarf

I started with this pattern
http://woollywormhead.blogspot.com/2005/10/its-getting-bit-curly-round-here.html
then saw this pattern
http://community.livejournal.com/crochet/919068.html#cutid1
Sooooo what I ended up doing was this:

Susan Bates J hook
Using Red Worsted Weight acrylic yarn
Chain 213 (My Birthday Feb 13) LOL
Row 1 - 1 DC in each chain, chain 2, turn
Row 2 - 2 DC's in each DC of Row 1, chain 2, turn
Row 3 - 3 DC's in each DC of Row 2, finish off
Row 4 - (Done in a White fun fur type yarn) Attach yarn in first DC of Row 3, 1 SC in each stitch across to the end
Finish off, weave in ends, and Admire!!!!

(This turned out to be very long, so I suggest to make a chain as long as your arms stretched fingertip to fingertip)
FYI: Wooly Wormhead uses British terms, so for American terms, substitute SC for DC and DC for TREBLE (See below)

Row 1 - SC to end (SC once into each chain)

Row 2 - DC twice into each chain (increase row)

Row 3 - DC twice into each chain (increase row)

R0w 4 - DC once into each chain

Row 5 - SC into each chain

Winter Crochet Patterns

Here are some of my favorite FREE winter crochet patterns:

Crochet Calorimetry

http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTcalorimetry.html
Ever since I saw the Calorimetry in Knitty, I have wished for a crochet equivalent. Well, my wish has come true!
Thanks to this blog!
http://homegrownrose.typepad.com/reclaimingthehome/2008/07/the-one-hundredth-in-which-she-shares-a-crochet-calorimetry-pattern.html
They work up quickly and they will make nice Christmas gifts (or whichever winter holiday you celebrate )

RIBBED NECK/FACE WARMER
http://patbythehook.blogdrive.com/archive/43.html
These are so much nicer than trying to keep a scarf wrapped around your neck, and much safer for those kids that ride the school bus. It can be pulled up over your mouth and nose, or worn slouched down around your neck. It also works well pulled up over your ears like a wide headband.

Bev's Marvelous Mittens
http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/bevs-marvelous-mitts.html
These are so easy and she explains how to make any size you need

HATS
Thanks to yarnluver on Crochetville for this post: http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=89187 where she shows some boys and girls hats she made.
She used this pattern from yarncat for the girls hats http://www.yarncat.com/Timberon.html
She made up her own pattern for the boys hats: http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=89271

Ski Mask (aka Ninja Mask)
http://www.christinascrochethaven.com/ski_mask.htm
These are just too cute! Fun and functional as well. Sizes listed for the whole family.

Loong time, no Blogging

Geez.... I can't believe it has been over a year since I last posted in here......
I have gone thru spurts of major crocheting, then I become un-inspired and don't crochet for months BUT I have now opened up my own etsy shop flybabytina.etsy.com so I have been digging up some stuff to sell and some new patterns to create too! Have a look and if there is something you would like to see, let me know! I have some WIP's to finish up too that should be posted soon as well.

Moon Tea?

Ok, so it's been nice and warm here lately, in the 80's and I have been having a craving for Sun Tea... ya know, where you put tea in the sun to brew? The recipe is usually 1 gallon of cold water, add 9 tea bags, let sit in the sun to brew. How long to sit in the sun? That is up to you, shorter time (hour or 2) will lead to weaker tea and longer (4 + hours) leads to stronger tea. I normally let mine sit all day (8 hours?) Well I decided to get a jumpstart on my tea last night and filled my jar and set it outside afer dark, before I went to bed, that way my tea would get sunshine starting at sunrise. Yeah...... must be the moon decided it wanted to brew some tea last night because when I checked my jar at 8:00 AM it was brewed to perfection! I didn't know that tea could brew in cold water!!!!!! Why else would they make special "Cold Brew" tea??????
Anyway, I am enjoying my "Moon Tea" LOL

From Buffalo and Proud of it!

I'm from Buffalo. We eat chicken wings, not buffalo wings. We drink Labatt Blue and love it. Mighty Taco always has preference over Taco Bell. Pop, not soda and Pepsi, not Coke. A sub, not a hoagie. They are sneakers, not tennis shoes. It's a sucker, not a lollipop. Bison Chip Dip, Duff's Wings, Aunt Rosie's Loganberry, Chevetta's Chicken, and Ted's Hot Dogs are all too familiar. A fake ID is unnecesary when there is always Canada... but we have them anyway. Our bars don't close until 4, and we DO sell beer in a grocery store, which always makes for early starts and late nights. We never cuss, but we swear entirely too much. We know that a 65 mph speed limit really means 80. We will cut you off, swear, and give you the finger if you are not keeping up AND do it all in the snow, while expecting nothing less in return. Driving in the snow not only comes naturally, it is fun. We lived through Wide Right, The Forward Lateral, and No Goal. We love the Sabres (no matter what) and accept that it takes 2 hours to get home from a game. Nothing closes in 3 feet of snow or -20 windchills... in fact, that's how we prefer to tailgate. The 2001 Christmas Storm that dumped nearly of 7ft of lake effect snow we still think it's a mere 2nd to The Blizzard of '77. We can correctly pronounce, spell, and identify Chippewa, Scajaquada, Lackawanna, Cheektowaga, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Olean and Tonawanda without hesitation. We are one of the seven wonders of the world. It's the second largest city in New York. I AM FROM BUFFALO and damn proud of it!

The Best Baby Hat Ever

This is my original pattern.
I have used techniques I have learned from various sources.
I rate this pattern "Easy enough for a Beginner"

The Best Baby Hat Ever! LOL
Scraps of homespun and a J hook

Round 1 - Start with a magic loop
8 single crochets in loop
NO slip stitch to join, just continue in a spiral
In back loop only:
Round 2 - 2 sc in each sc around (16 sc)
Round 3 - 1 sc, 2 sc around (24 sc)
Round 4 - 1 sc, 1 sc, 2 sc around (32 sc)

Now just continue on until the hat looks long enough. (Mine is 15 rows)
On mine I used a light purple for the main part, and a dark purple for the last 2 rows, for the last row sc in BOTH loops, slip stitch to join to the very last stitch.

This hat is very stretchy; has not been tested on a baby or any round object of similar size (yet)
Please try my pattern and let me know what you think

"The preemie hat is sized to fit an orange, the newborn hat to fit a grapefruit."

Super Easy Newborn Baby Booties - http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/newbootie.html

Preemie Booties - http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/thumb-booties.html
(Amanda has a doll that these fit perfectly using a G hook and Bernat Baby Coordinates)

Baby Sizes - http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/size-chart.html

Also - the right way to join in a round (to avoid that nasty crooked seam)
http://www.hook-and-hype.de/?lp_lang_pref=en&page_id=100