Mug Cozy

So continuing with crafts and "pinteresting"...

Have you ever felt that you just want to curl up on a couch with your favourite book or in front of your favourite TV show, with a mug of hot coffee/tea/chocolate? Sure you have! But usually, you have to be careful with that mug! You can't just grab it with both hands... cause you'll burn yourself!

I found how to do this and thought to myself: why not?!.. it's a cozy for your favourite mug! You can make it in about 1 hour (depending on your crocheting speed) and you don't even need to know any fancy stitches :)

Below is how mine turned out. I'll be making another one, from better (thicker) yarn, but for this one I used what I had laying around :)

 Want to know how I did it? ASK ME HOW! :)))

Another Hat Post :)

So it's been a few months since I've crocheted anything, BUT I did promise a hat to my sister and another one to a friend of mine's baby girl. Fortunately, there was an ever-so-looming deadline, so I got into high gear. Both hats were finished on the last day of my sister's stay, but nonetheless I think they turned out great, I think :)))

My sister's autumn hat is embellished with a 10-petal flower. I had no time to sew on a pearl bead into its middle, but I think that would add it a little something extra.

My friend's daughter got this pink little number with a "snowball"-flower:

I hope you liked these :)

How did I become the "Hat Lady"?

So I'm perfecting the art of making hats, he-he :)
Here are some of my latest creations:

25% wool, should be warm enough :)

100% cotton w/ interchangeable ribbon for the summer

I gave him my heart ;)

It's been cold over here before Valentine's Day so we couldn't go for a walk to get something for husband/daddy. So I crocheted and gave him my heart :)

We'll be putting it on our Xmas tree this year (his suggestion)!

: )

Crocheted hats

Since I've been able to revive my knowledge of crocheting, I figured that making a baby hat for a gift is more personal and, hopefully, touching. So here are my two latest creations - a hat for baby M and a hat for baby J (with 3 little flowers):

Embellishments

 

Hats are ready for decorations

All done :)

Long ago...

I was 10 years old when I started Grade 5 in Belarus. One of the new subjects starting that year (and lasting for 4 years) included the so-called "Labours" or "Trades" (Труды). The basics of the course were rooted in the a bit stereotypical notion that girls would grow up to be good in feeding and clothing the family, while boys would be expected to be handy around the house.

So boys and girls were separated into two groups. I'm not particularly sure now what the boys were taught, but we girls started to learn how to cook, sew, knit, crochet, etc. (I think here, in North America, they call it "Home Economics"). The projects started out simple - a sandwich, a scarf... and finishing with something like a nightgown.

Anyhow, many years have passed since I've picked up a crochet hook, but turns out the fingers still remember how to crochet! :)