A Snood and vintage granny pattern

So I made a snood using the same technique from the tutorial that I posted the other day just using a bigger doily and a bigger elastic. On one of the forums I belong to they actually just happen to be talking about snoods yesterday. Someone commented on my tutorial (funny it wasn't me that commented on it) anyway they said it was only for bun covers. So I thought I would show it could do both.

I pulled out a damaged antique doily I had and pulled out vintage crochet thread too to make the snood. Since the doily was damaged it was not usable as a doily and since this one has no sentimental value to me as it is a thrift store item I had no problem doing this to it. I did repair the doily first and replaced the stitches that had become missing.

My oldest daughter has the longest hair so she is the model in these photos.

The elastics I used are made by goody.

The thread is vintage bedspread weight cotton fast color and will boil are stated on it. Inside the wrapper I found a pattern for an old granny square so I decided to post images of that it is always cool to find these little things inside of balls of thread.

Wire yoyo crochet choker necklace

So I was playing with wire and crochet today and made myself a wire crochet yoyo chocker. I don't think these pictures came out very well but after six different photo shoot tries I gave up on the photos.

I still think it came out well and I hoped it wouldn't be irritating so I wore it all day to see if it would bug me and it didn't. Now my kids want them. Hum should I be concerned that little children think this is cool as I think it is but does it fit into the 7 to 11 age bracket of cool. I mean I didn't think it looked childish but I am not sure now. Oh well I like it so I will wear it anyway. I can see me making a bracelet to match maybe make some bracelets for the girls in colored wire that to me seems a little more child like.

Tutorial on Doily Bun Cover or Easy Snood

Here is the tutorial I promised about a week ago.

You can either use found doilies such as ones you already have, found at a craft store, thrifting or if you are lucky enough one grandma made for you. If none of those are around just make one in the color of your choice.

Since I have a ton I found at a thrift store I will use those in this tutorial.

Supplies

1. hook (I am using a size 6 steel hook)
   
2. thread (I am using size 10 thread)
   
3. doily
   
4. elastic ( either to cover a bun or the whole head for a snood)
5. scissors
   

• When you have a doily the size you want for your intended project make the last row a series of chain 5 followed by a sc making a scallop boarder don't be stingy this will give you the extra width you need to get around the bun for both the width and height of the bun. I tried to find a thread that would match the color of the doily I found but you can make it a different color if you want for contrast.
• When you have made it all the way around chain three instead of 5 for the last set and dc into the first sc this will get you to the correct height to start the next round.
• sc in space just made *ch 2, sc into elastic, ch 2, sc into next loop on doily* all the way around You can use what ever size of doiley is needed to accomodate the size elastic you want to use. Ie little for bun and large for snoodDo this all the way around the doily till there are no loops left to attach finish with a sc on the elastic. This will place your hook and thread at the right location for the next step.
• This next part is somewhat subjective I place two single crochet in-between all the sc on the elastic this gives an even spacing for the stitches to make them lay nicely around the bun. If you have less loops or a bigger elastic this may take many more trial and error on your part. This also covers the color of the elastic making it have a nice finish. You can stop at this point if you do not want a ruffled edging.
• next row isch 1, sc in 1st sc, ch7, skip two sc and sc in next sc all the way around ending with a chain 4 with a treble in first sc of round. This once again places you at the correct height for the next round.
• This row is about increases: sc in last loop space of previous round,* ch 7, sc in same loop, ch 7, sc in next loop* all the way around ending with a chain 4 with a treble in first sc of round. This once again places you at the correct height for the next round.
• sc in last loop space of previous round,* ch 7, sc in next loop* all the way around ending with a chain 4 with a treble in first sc of round. This once again places you at the correct height for the next round.
• This is a repeat of the last round: sc in last loop space of previous round,* ch 7, sc in next loop* all the way around ending with a chain 4 with a treble in first sc of round. This once again places you at the correct height for the next round.
• sc in last loop space of previous round,* ch 5, sc in next loop* all the way around ending with a chain 4 with a treble in first sc of round. This once again places you at the correct height for the next round. this round is your last round and pulles all the stiches to a nice even finish by the decreas of two chains.

Finished item

DO NOT USE THESE TO MAKE THINGS TO SELL FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY!!!!


July 10, 2009: Update: adding a picture of a larger doily as a snood.

More Progress on Dress

So I have done a little more progress on the dress. This is where the old pattern tells the crocheter to stop. As you can tell there is a ways to go to get to the bottom of the slip. I may not make it that long but I may as well. I will give it as a shirt to a little girl I know that likes it. But I think it will be made into a real long shirt mid thigh length. That way she can wear leggings with it or summer shorts like a pantry dress.

What I have been doing

While the computer was down I did work on a few projects. My youngest daughter wanted an afghan like her sisters so she went to the box of acrylic yarn and picked out some colors. She wanted a rainbow of colors, but sisters had already snagged all of those balls. So we decided to make one with a lot of cream and white in it. Sisters gave her reds and browns and there was some pink still in the box. So we came up with the "Chocolate Valentine" afghan. We choose this name for it because of all the reds, pinks, creams, whites which are valentine colors and then the browns sort of like a box of valentine chocolates. We still have about nineteen scrap balls to add to this, so it will probably double in width before this one is done. She wanted to do it herself, but her tension is all over the board, so it was handed off to me to finish it for her. About 90% of this is me and 10% her work. She is still very proud of her work in it (she is 7 years old).

I have also been working on the orange dress. The sleeves are both done, but for some reason I only took pictures of the right one. Below are pictures of the sleeve before it was attached and after.

My computer crashed it is ok now

I meant to post the hair bun cover tutorial a few days ago, but our computer crashed. My husband is the computer guru in the house, and he had lots of deadlines at his work. So, I hope to have this up today or tomorrow. Thank you for your patience with this.

yoyo hex pattern

The afghan in the above photo was made by florines13 on flickr. I asked permission before posting; I think she did a wonderful job on this.

Center of hex stitches and part of round 1 stitches marked.

How to do corner joins of hexs.

I just am going to post a hand-drawn pattern in diagram form for the yoyo hex afghan block. If you have questions, please ask. Sorry it isn't computer rendered, but that is software I do not own.

Please click on photos for a larger picture. The joins between each block are made in between stitches using the same method as described in the square yoyo afghan block. All circles (yoyos) still have a 6 chain requirement for their starting chain except the center yoyo; it starts with a 4 ch with 17 more dc going into the first stitch (ch), or you can form a ring of 4 chs and then ch 3 then put 17 more dc into that ring. Either works; the second is easier to work with but forms a bigger hole.

Over-all picture of how to place together.
There is already an afghan started in the yoyo crochet pool on flickr using this technique. She figured it out after I posted the picture but before I posted this diagram. So pretty impressive I think.

Stitch counts per round are as follows for starting chain each round has 6 more yoyo so each round increases by 36 chains
center = 4
1st round 6 x 6 =36
2nd round 6 x 12 = 72
3rd round is 6 x 18 =108 diagram only drawn to this point but you can go on indefinitely
4th round is 6 x 24 = 144
and so on

DO NOT USE THESE TO MAKE THINGS TO SELL FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY!!!!

More Dress Progress

I am making a size four dress; the slip that you see is for a size four child. So this way you can see how much more I have to do to get to modern standards of dress length. When I get to where the original pattern asked the crocheter to stop, I will post a photo. There will probably still be about 7 to 10 inches of slip showing. Dresses had been worn much shorter in the 1940's. It was considered cute to see a little girl's bloomers. The way people wear clothes on children these days, it would be considered a long shirt that you wear with leggings. Fun how time changes some things. Click on photo if you want a bigger image.

3 down out of 208 opps 212

Remember those doilies I found at the thrift Well, I found 4 more of the same pattern; must have missed them last time. Plus, I bought a 50 cent ball of thread that had another doily in a different pattern half done inside of it. So I started to take the half done doily apart because I didn't like the way the person had done it. But I like the center part, so I stopped and thought what could I do to save the middle part and make it useful to me and my family. So I came up with this idea; I am sure others have thought of it before because it is so simple. Take doily and make a hair bun cover or a snood. I took photos while I was making the second one so I will post a tutorial later in the next 2 to 4 days. I used up 3 of those 208 doilies which are now 212 doilies.

1st one from the doily found in the 50 cent ball of thread:

2nd and 3rd ones:

4th one:

All four together with three silly girls! Because I was making these out of already-made doilies, they are the color of the original doily, but they would be cute in real bright colors to match spring and summer outfits or holiday themes.

Update tutorial is now posted

blogged tutorial
http://sunshinescreations.vintagethreads.com/2009/07/tutorial-on-doily-bun-cover-or-easy.html

11 year olds progress on her afghan

She hasn't given up on her thread project, yet; just put it on hold till this yoyo afghan project is done. She is doing fairly well; she has started making a ton of centers so then she can just build on them. Her plan is a 9 by 12 block lay-out for her bed, so she needs 108 blocks, total. She hasn't decided yet, but she may make two of these afghans because she has a set of bunks in her room. All the little squares you see in the photo are centers for other blocks; she just wanted to see how much total area she has covered so far.

My 9 year olds progress on afghan

My middle daughter decided that thread was too slow and wanted to work with yarn. Shown above is her thread work with white edging to make it into a doily.

So, just as with the older sister, I told her to go get stuff from the acrylic yarn box that I don't use any more. She continued with the granny square theme, but with a rainbow of colors, and it went much faster for her. She wants to make it big enough to fit her twin-size bed. She is doing pretty good; it covers all of her except her head at the moment, so she is about half-way there.

Here is a photo of the two in comparison. Sorry (blurry photo), it is a rainy day here today; not great lighting. The hand in the last two photos is that of my 7-year old to give you an idea of how big this is.

This is her first big project other than Russian needle punch. I think she is having fun with it. She and her sister are having a contest of who can get done with their acrylic afghans first. The winner gets a fabric latch hook kit I bought at a thrift store for $0.75. Hey, maybe they will get them done before summer ends and they have to go back to school! Never thought something I bought for 75 cents could be such an incentive.

This last photo is of the daughter who is making this afghan.

Dress progress

So this is how far I have gotten on the dress; the bodice is done and sewn together at the shoulders. The edging for the neck is in place, and the buttons have been sewn on, as well. I have begun to work on the skirt portion of the dress, also. I still have two sleeves to make, then the dress is done. This is a vintage size 4; the reason I say that is because modern clothes have different sizing than vintage. When done, there will be a ribbon that runs through the neck beading and around the waist at the waist beading.

This is a detail of where the skirt starts.

This part of the dress is the back portion with 5 reclaimed antique mother of pearl buttons. The thread being used is also a discontinued thread, so once I use my stash of it I cannot replace it.

Oh yeah I finished the scarf

I forgot to show all of you the scarf it is done and here are the pictures of that. It is all washed and clean in these photos actually still a tiny bit damp too.

And as a neck scarf.