Crochet Mandala - Part One...

I saw this tutorial for a mandala over at A Creative Being a few months ago and have been wanting to make one (or more) ever since. I like the way she finishes each round so it looks seamless.

Here is my start...

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Laura

E-Reader Cozy...

Happy Father's Day - I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful day.

I love reading. I love my e-reader. I love to crochet.

So, I made a crocheted cozy for my e-reader.

This was an easy, fun crochet project. I used some leftover Cotton-Ease to make it.

I started by crocheting a chain to the width of my e-reader case and then doubling it. The brown stripes are three rows of half-couble crochet and the blue stripes are one row of single crochet. For the back, I made one row of double crochet on each short edge and then stitched them together with yarn and a large needle. Then I slip stitched the bottom up with yarn. At the top, I made a row of double crochet and then a row of single crochet. I created the fold over piece with single crochet at a width and length I liked. To make the opening for the button, I used a chain stitch. I sewed the button in place with the brown yarn.

This was definitely a "make-it-up-as-I-go" pattern. I started and then pulled it all out three different times. I can see a few things I would do differently if I made another one. But, for the most part, I am happy with how it turned out.

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Laura

New Feature on Pinterest...

I love the new feature on Pinterest. It lets you know if you have already pinned a picture.

It's very helpful for me because I have over 900 pictures pinned to my crochet board. I use to open two windows, one of the main page and one of my crochet board. When I saw a picture that I thought I had already pinned, I would check my board to see if it was there. It was time consuming but worth it to me because I really dislike when I have something pinned twice.

Yay for Pinterest...

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Laura

Orange Enzyme, Part 2...

On March 4th, I started an orange enzyme cleaner. It needed to sit until June 4th, three whole months.

I thought, "There's no way I'm gonna be able to wait three months for this to be done. That's way too long..."

Well, June 4th came and went and I am just now getting around to doing something with it.

Oh well. The waiting isn't hard when you are kept busy.

Here's what it looked like when I started...

And here's what it looks like now, just over three months later...

Time to get a bottle and see how it works. I'll let you know...

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Laura