Halloween 2006

Its the beginning of October, and I'm thinking of halloween! Last year, my halloween post came too late...
Now, I'll make sure to have some fun this year =)

Pumpkinizer
A few days ago, I stumbled on this site from Crafty Crochet (Tina), when she left a comment on my blog.
This one's supposed to be dracula in a pumpkin:


(Click for a scarier pic!)
Haha...not scary at all! Its a recent picture which I cropped and edited to make the background darker =)
...it would be fun to see your pumpkin images too ;)

My Pumpkin Container with Lid

This is my Pumpkin Container with Lid. Its good for candies and other small treats. The pattern for this is on the 2007 Crochet Pattern-a-day Calendar ;)

Pumpkin Bracelet

I got this bracelet from my friend who has a bazaar stall.

This is made from mahogany wood. I love the warm and smooth feel of the wood ;)

Watch out, this post will be updated with more halloween stuff =)

For Halloween crochet, you'll find lots of free patterns here, of course that's at CrochetPatternCentral ;)

I'm back ;)

Most of you might not have heard, a strong typhoon hit our city (the whole metro-manila and nearby provinces). The winds were the strongest in 20 years! It didnt last for long, but it left a lot of trees, billboards and electric posts fallen. Some places were flooded and there were landslides. The death toll was small compared to other destructive typhoons...but we got no electricity for 4 whole days!
It was really weird and unexpected. I felt like we went on vacation to a remote place, and now we're back!
(borrowed pic)
Everyone I know was safe, but it is sad that some people died because they were hit by a billboard that collapsed, or were electrocuted, or buried in landslides... These were the people who didnt have real houses, or those who didnt stay home or took extra precaution inspite of the typhoon signal.

Crochet for Baby

Here it is at last, a baby set ordered by my Sis. She asked me to make some baby items for her friend who had a baby last month. (Sorry this took me a month sis, but anyway I think this is for size 3-6 mos. old)
I got the basic pattern for the halter from a crochetville member. I estimated the baby size from this site. Lastly, I got the flower pattern from Yarncat.

Hat, booties and small flowers are from my own patterns =)

Materials: 2 balls Anchor size 8 cotton thread, KAM03.
Crochet hook size 2mm for hat and booties, 2.5mm for halter dress.


Cute Gifts



I got these from my sis, I thought of making the baby halter with this yarn, but it was acrylic. I think it would make a cute stuff toy or a kids purse.
And the stickers are too cute! Thanks Sis!

Chie's lil' brown bag

Hi! Its been a while since I posted a finished project. I recently got the pattern for this little bag from Chie. I wanted to work with some of my yarns, as I had mostly crocheted with thread for the past several weeks.
I didnt have the cotton yarn indicated in the pattern, so I used two strands of my local WW acrylic yarn (Carmencita). I also used a 4.5mm hook and achieved approximately the right gauge.
This bag is very practical to carry along when one needs just a few essentials. It can hold a cellphone, wallet, small hairbrush, pressed powder, and lipstick.
Pattern details on Ravelry.

Crochet Designer's Dilemma

A bit of cleaning up...

Hi! I've been cleaning up my blog today and found some ways to tidy it up.
First, I made sure all my past projects are linked at the sidebar, in case someone wants to take a look, or is searching for a specific item.

Next, I had to do something with that archives list that has become long already after 15 months of blogging. Now I have this:

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I saw it on my friend CL's blog, so I just asked her how she did it and she sent me the link. Thanks CL!

Next, I thought there must be some site also to be able to generate a drop down menu for the other lists in my sidebar. I found this site on the first page of google search. But I havent tried it yet. Instead, I made a page for my crochet blogs links, so I can just put a link to that page on my sidebar, and free up some space.