Crochet Coffee Sleeve Pattern

I've been "field testing" a crochet coffee sleeve I designed this summer, and its been working out great. I'd love to see pics if you make sleeves from my pattern.


Materials:

• Worsted weight acrylic or cotton yarn
• G or H hook (depending on your tension)

Pattern:

Ch 33 loosely. Join to first stitch with slst.
Row 1: Hdc in each ch. Join with slst to first hdc. (33 sts)
Row 2: Ch 1. Hdc in join and in next 14 sts. Inc in next st. Hdc in next 15 sts. Inc in next st. Hdc in last st, join to first hdc with slst. (35 sts)
Row 3: Ch 1. Hdc in join and in next 16 sts. Inc in next st. Hdc in remaining sts. Join. (36 sts)
Row 4: Ch 1. Hdc in join. Inc in next st. Hdc in remaining sts. Join. (37 sts)
Row 5: Ch 1. Hdc in join and in next 7 sts. Inc in next st. Hdc in remaining sts. Join. (38 sts)
Row 6: Ch 1. Hdc in join and in next 17 sts. Inc in next st. Hdc in next 18 sts. Inc in next st. Join. (40 sts)
Row 7: Ch 1. Hdc in join and in next 28 sts. Inc in next st. Hdc in remaining sts. Join. (41 sts)
Row 8: Ch 1. Hdc in join and in next 19 sts. Inc in next st. Hdc in remaining sts. Join to first hdc with slst. Fasten off. Weave in ends.

This pattern is protected by copyright. Please do not sell or redistribute this pattern in any form. If you'd like to sell the completed items you make using this pattern, please contact me first.

(7-Thing-0702) Bath Salts

An easy day after my hiking misadventures required an easy project. My backpacking companion remarked that he would love some nice smelling bath salts for post-hiking relaxation. It was a breeze to whip the salts up (one cup epsom salts to 8 drops lavender essence). The bottle was in MH's pile to take to the thrift store. The sachet bag I had saved from a wedding shower. I refilled the sachet with lavender blossoms, poured the salts into the bottle, and slapped a "Hello My Name is" badge on it. I think my friend will enjoy the results.

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(6-Thing-0602) Giant Bruise

On Friday, I spent pretty much the whole day straightening the house and running around getting last minute supplies for a backpacking trip that I was suddenly invited on. So no Thing for that day :(

We hiked about two miles into Henry Coe State Park in the fog, and set up camp on the flattest ground we could find. In the morning, the fog had lifted, but it was raining. Our tent was gaining water, and our sleeping bags were getting wet. Once out of the tent, we realized we had set up in a valley, and the run off was running straight under our tent toward the nearby stream. After breakfast, we broke camp, walked about 50 feet and saw a glorious flat camping space on high ground with firm dirt. We were sad.

After filtering water for the days hike, I put a bandanna on my head, thinking I could make an awesome tie-dye project as the bandanna got soaked by the rain and mixed with the purple dye in my hair. As it turns out, my rain gear was way more rainproof than I had expected, and my project didnt work out.

Luckily, I fell crossing a tiny stream and made this amazingly large bruise!

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(5-Thing-0402) Nightshirt

Continuing on the "lounge wear" theme, I decided to make a nightshirt too. I'd bought the materials and pattern about 2 years ago, but wanted to alter the pattern to fit me better in the bust. I had no idea how to go about doing this and so it sat, unstarted, in one of my project bins. Luckily, I was able to get mnrsiat to teach me how to alter the pattern. She's a good teacher, and I was able to finish this project pretty quickly after the pattern had been redrawn. I'm supposed to hem the bottom, but I surged it instead and I'm thinking of leaving it that way.

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(4-Thing-0302) Pajama Pants

I've been excited about this gorilla flannel print since I got it. Wednesday I turned it into a pair of pajama pants. I'm getting pretty good at pj pants by now. They are super fun to make, and I even get to use my automatic buttonhole feature on my machine, which is really fascinating to watch. This is from McCall's 4320 pattern. I didnt follow the instructions for the waistband, because I like to make pj pants with elastic in the back and draw strings up front. So I take a piece of elastic about 14 inches long, sew the draw strings to each end, and then thread it through the waistband. Then I center and stretch the elastic and sew the two ends to the pants through the waistband. It makes it fit better in the seat (for me at least).

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(3-Thing-0202) Collapsible Hula Hoop

I'm a bit behind in posting, mostly because my camera battery died. But now its all charged up and ready to take pictures of my daily "things" once again!

I've been wanting to make a hula hoop for some time so I can start practicing hooping tricks. Tuesday I finally got down to the hardware store to pick up tubing, so I decided to experiment with making a standard and then a collapsible hoop.  Both are incredibly easy to make and fun to decorate.  Here's a picture of my collapsible hoop.  I've written an Instructable on it here.

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(1-Thing-0102) Rolled Hem Vintage Scarf

After a few false starts (didnt have plastic cups for resin mixing, princess was in another castle) I decided to ease into the most creating-est month of 2010.  I just bought a rolled hem foot for my sewing machine and I have been wanting to make a pretty scarf out of a hideous vintage dress I picked up at a thrift shop.  I tore the fabric into a nice long rectangle (to make sure it was on the straight of grain) and then did a few test runs setting up the stitch length and figuring out how to feed the material into the fancy rolled part of the foot. 

I had to rip out the hem a few times and round the corners to make it easier to keep the material threaded through the foot in the turns.  But here it is. Now to wait for my hair to grow out some so I can wear it!

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