Finished Friday - Rachel's Outfit, Shawl, Plarn Bag, Sponge Bob Hats, and Baby Blanket Border

If you would like to join me in this Finished Friday quest to get rid of all the half finished projects we all have... please blog about your project(s) you have finished the past week on Friday's, and come back here and leave a comment with your blog link. If this is successful, in the future I might set up a linky list you can join. Projects do not have to be projects you procrastinated on, they can be anything, sewing/crocheting/knitting or any other fiber art, and they need to be FINISHED! :)

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I never said you couldn't post about more than one item! I usually tend to do only one, but I'm changing it up this week! :) Hopefully this will also make up for the Finished Friday's I missed in the past few weeks.

My excuse for being MIA lately- fair judging starts in 63 hours.. err 2 1/2 days. And I still have LOTS to do. :)

So onto this week's Finished Friday! First up, a sewing project for fair - An outfit for my little sister Rachel. I have to admit, this turned out absolutely adorable, and it called for an impromptu photoshoot. :)

Had to take this picture... because you won't look at the outfit in the pictures below... only my adorable model!

Seriously? Little Diva! I had her put her hand on her hip and on the garage there, but she lifted up  her foot and put it on top of the other one!!

Not a fan of the bees buzzing around her head...

So I "threatened" to tickle her if she didn't smile!

Peek-a-boo! I see you!

My favorite picture!!

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Next up - a shawl/big scarf/wrap thing! I used a N hook (REALLY big for my non-crocheter readers), and reg worsted weight yarn to create the lacy effect. I used this pattern, and used ALL of the One Pounder skein. This shawl is going go to fair (if it makes it), and then I'll sell it on my other blog.

Yes, I used the shower curtain rod to model it for me because I didn't feel like it. I'm cool like that.

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Next - a plarn bag. I never blogged about it here (hello, I've blogged 7 times since the Block Party posts.. I kinda don't have breathing room in there to blog about such projects), but I made a rainbow plarn bag for my sister Anna awhile back. I took most of a day to make (6+ hours?), but I finished it in a day, and same with this one I just made the other day for my sister Rebekah.

It looks much cooler in person. Take my word for it.

This bag will go to fair, and then it will used by my sister and hopefully not get sprayed with water and rot. I used plarn (plastic bag yarn) and a strand of regular acrylic held together for stability. I changed the color of the acrylic to do the striping effect (same with the rainbow one). I did make up this pattern, since I HATE using patterns (no offense pattern writers), and I will write and test this pattern soon so I can share it with you so you can make your own awesome colored plarn bag! :)

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Next - Sponge Bob Hats. Ohh these were dreadful! They were for an order, and I will let you all know that if you want to order one of these, expect to pay $50 per hat, and expect it to take a couple years. Ahem. I am not in favor of making more. :) 

The pattern used is from Ashley Phelps, who is one of my favorite designers for hats. I've come back again and again to her patterns to use as the base for mine, and haven't been disappointed. I've used her Angry Red Bird, Angry Black Bird, and now SpongeBob. I also have intentions of using the Minion, Panda, Polar Bear, and I have a Monkey in process. So yeah, all her hat patterns. :)

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And lastly - I finished the border on this blanket. :)

Until Fair is a "Finished Friday",

Sarah :)

Finished Friday - Another Baby Blanket

If you would like to join me in this Finished Friday quest to get rid of all the half finished projects we all have... please blog about your project(s) you have finished the past week on Friday's, and come back here and leave a comment with your blog link. If this is successful, in the future I might set up a linky list you can join. Projects do not have to be projects you procrastinated on, they can be anything, sewing/crocheting/knitting or any other fiber art, and they need to be FINISHED! :)

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I'm not doing so well with posting my Finished Friday posts on Friday's am I? Well this week I didn't have anything done since I've been working on all big projects. But this morning I did get another baby blanket done!

It really didn't turn out that shape, honest! :) It stretches and I took this picture from a weird angle. The lighting in this picture also messed up the color. :P

I have a newly found addiction for making baby blankets with big soft yarn and big hooks, as you can probably tell. They just work up so fast and are so fun to make! I plan to make more soon, and I think I have enough of this purple left over to make another one a little smaller.

This technically isn't something I've had the yarn for a long time, or something the that I've been meaning to make for a long time as I got the yarn at the beginning of the month at the same time as my last baby blanket. It was on sale for $5 for a huge skein, instead of $10 like normal, so we went a little overboard and bought 3 skeins of purple, and 3 skeins of blue, which Rachel is currently working on a blanket just like this one with. The yarn I used it Bernat Pipsqueak, which I will be writing a review about soon.

The pattern is 2 rows of just double crochet across, and then one row of 1 double, chain 1, skip 1, and repeat to make the holey effect. Then it has a single crochet border around it, but I might add more of a border later on. I plan on taking this blanket to fair, and then giving it to a friend who is having a baby girl in October.

The color is much more accurate in this picture.

Do you have any projects you finished this week? Blog about them and come leave the link in the comments here! So far I've only had one person join me doing this, but I'd love to have more!

Can't wait to hear about your projects!

Finished Friday - Baby Blanket

If you would like to join me in this Finished Friday quest to get rid of all the half finished projects we all have... please blog about your project(s) you have finished the past week on Friday's, and come back here and leave a comment with your blog link. If this is successful, in the future I might set up a linky list you can join. Projects do not have to be projects you procrastinated on, they can be anything, sewing/crocheting/knitting or any other fiber art, and they need to be FINISHED! :)

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Yup. I'm busted.

I posted my first Finished Friday, was gone the Friday after that, and this past Friday I forgot.

I forgot until I read Brianna's blog.

She is a MUCH better blogger than me! She blogged Finished Friday when I didn't.

Thanks for the reminder Brianna! I'll try to remember from now on. :)

And all of you should go check out Brianna's cute giraffes she posted about!! I love them!

Soo, for my Finished Friday, I'm gonna cheat a little. 'Cause this wasn't a project I've been meaning to get done for a long time. I only had the yarn for a few weeks, and I didn't have it started at all. But still, I got it done and that's what counts.

It's light blue and I used Bernat Baby Blanket yarn - 7 of the small skeins and I had about 1/2 a skein left. It measures about 33" square. I used a double crochet V-stitch. I'll post the pattern hopefully soon. I love the yarn because it's soo thick and works up super fast, and is still really soft and fluffy. The problem is finding 7 skeins of the same dye lot!

I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with it yet. I might sell it, but I'll probably give it to a friend at church who is having a baby boy in July (though she probably won't need it till winter!).

The a nice size because it's not to small and it will fit over or in a carseat, and it's no to big that it drowns the baby. This is the second one I've made, and I love making them and how fast they work up! Be on the look-out for the pattern soon!

Can't wait to hear about your projects!

Finished Friday - Black Angry Bird Hat

Oiy.... I'm a bad blogger. I'm starting a new weekly post here, so hopefully that will help me blog more. That new weekly post is going to be called Finished Friday!

At least once a week I'm going to try and finish a project that's been hanging over my head, that has been half done or started for a long time, or something I've been meaning to make for a long time. Don't we all need to do that? :)

If you would like to join me, please blog about your project(s) on Friday's, and come back here and leave a comment with your blog link. If this is successful, in the future I might set up a linky list you can join.

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This week my project is a black Angry Bird hat. I hate making Angry Bird hats because they are a pain, especially to sew the eyebrows on, but I love how they turn out! :) The first one I made was this one for my brother, and I've made another red once since, and I have a pig and a bluebird in process (which will probably be future Finished Friday posts!). :)

I had a little trouble with the proportions on this one, as I've never made a black one before and I didn't use a pattern, but I think I like how it looks.

Happy crocheting! Can't wait to hear about you projects!