Life of a craft, travel, food, and photography loving engineer

Arm Knitting!!!

2014-01-20T15:30:00.001-05:00

I used Michael's brand Loops and Threads Wool yarn and finished this cowl in less than an hour. So soft and cozy. Ignore my ridiculous face :)

http://www.michaels.com/videos/2013-12-30-yarn-01,default,pg.html

Cute Crochet Hat Pattern

2014-01-13T11:35:00.000-05:00

This was a relatively easy pattern. Good way to combine two gold colors that I didn't really like separately.
Hat and flower patterns from:
http://www.bustingstitches.com/2012/09/candy-puffs-beanie.html

Purdue Blanket Progress

2014-01-13T11:29:00.000-05:00

Slowly but surely, I am making progress! I can't wait to see what the finished product looks like :)

Old (more awesome) Purdue Logo Crochet Grid

2013-06-17T18:00:00.000-04:00

This is a grid I came up with based on the old Purdue logo that some sports brand decided to change to make manufacturing easier. Boo. I plan to use it for both an afghan with granny squares and Tunisian crochet. I believe it would turn out as a large throw pillow size using Tunisian... Enjoy!

Please do not sell this pattern or claim as your own. Feel free to sell items that you make using it but just not the pattern itself! Let me know if there are any other logos or designs that you are having a hard time finding.

Rainy Mornings Lead to Mittens

2013-04-22T02:57:00.001-04:00

Using the Mrs. Murdock's Mittens pattern as a base:
http://www.crochetme.com/media/p/109505.aspx

And the night before, infinity scarf from
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/granny-scarf

Crochet Projects Update: Hats and Earwarmers (also GIGANTIC flowers)

2013-04-10T08:04:00.002-04:00

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/TFaye/bow---licious-hat-crochet-tutorial

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/TFaye/solid-dc-skully

along with
http://oflions.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/dinosaurs-revisited-t-rex/
http://oflions.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/stegasaurus-applique-pattern/

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/TFaye/simple-crochet-ear-warmer-headband

with
http://the-dark-knit.blogspot.com/2008/11/crochet-roses.html

New Winter Hat

2013-03-08T06:09:00.003-05:00

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/TFaye/divine-hat

Canvas for Grandma

2013-02-25T07:12:00.000-05:00

Standing in front of the 'You are my sunshine' canvas that I made for Grandma for her birthday. The cricut can do amazing things :)

Successful Pinterest and Ravelry weekend

2013-02-10T14:09:00.001-05:00

adapted from http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/crochet-garcia

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/granny-stripe-headband-earwarmer

Crescent roll and jelly wrapped brie

Start of some cables

2013-01-30T15:51:00.000-05:00

following pattern at www.sadiesbasket.blogspot.com/2012/10/cable-stitch-headband-crochet

just joined the ends since there were no handy buttons

Pumpkin Mini Muffins

2012-10-29T21:26:00.001-04:00

This was an easy recipe and turned out really good!

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/pumpkin-cake-doughnuts-recipe

No Mount, No Sew, Manual Roll Up Window Shades

2012-10-26T14:19:00.001-04:00

So when I moved into my apartment in St. Joe, I loved that I had these huge windows and high ceilings. I quickly found out that the street lamps are left on every night and the blinds that were in the window were now exactly light blocking! I decided that I wanted to keep a little more light out and add some color since I can't paint. I went through quite a few ideas but settled on manual roll-up shades so that I didn't have to ask for anything to be mounted in the windows. They are just on tension rods.

I decided on one patterned window and two red ones.

I decided to use fusible interfacing to give the shades some stiffness along with some more darkening ability.

So first step was cutting everything to the window dimensions. I definitely remembered my measurements incorrectly when I was working on these at my parents house. Luckily, it ended up giving me the necessity of having a cute border on each shade.

Then, I had to iron everything together. The first time, I actually followed the interfacing directions and used a damp cloth but then slowly proceeded to get to the point where I just directly ironed on the fabric because it went so much quicker!

Next, I aligned the border and ribbon. This is what I did to fix the measurement mistake :) After I ironed the borders on, I just flipped and used fabric glue to secure the edges.

I knew I had originally seen a button tutorial on Pinterest but never thought I would use it. I bought the little kit from JoAnn and made what I consider to be completely easy and acceptable buttons. This was the only sewing portion of my project though, and I definitely stabbed my finger.

I used fabric glue again to stick a dowel rod in the bottom of the shade to give it some weight and then again to make a loop in the top to put my tension rods through.

These are the 3 mostly finished products without buttons yet.

I knew that I wanted some way of keeping the shades rolled up if I actually wanted light in my apartment, so that is where these strips and the buttons came into play. I just used my leftover fabric and cut them to a length that would wrap around the shade when it was mostly rolled up. I used the interfacing and fabric glue again. So simple! I did make slits on both ends of the strips and sew buttons back to back on the shades to make for easy moving.

So this is the final product! I love the pattern and colors. There is a nice strip of window at the top because I am not tall enough to shove the tension rods up that high, so I am pretty excited for Max to visit and fix them so I can unroll the bottom and block out the stupid streetlights!

Canvas Leftovers Became My Wall Art

2012-08-19T14:18:00.000-04:00

So when I made the canvas for my mom, I used a silver vinyl so that I could keep the letters for myself :)

Provo Craft 29-0-0457 Cricut Cuttables Adhesive-Backed Vinyl 12 x 24 InchSheets (Google Affiliate Ad)

Table for my mama

2012-08-08T20:36:00.001-04:00

Purdue Blanket for Friend's Graduation

2012-08-06T14:17:00.000-04:00

This is the blanket that I finished for a friend who graduated in August. His mom was my advisor in ME. I searched all of the yarn websites to find the color that most represented Purdue Gold. It was pretty tough to settle on one (Coats - Yarn 67311 Red Heart Super Saver Yarn-Gold ), but ultimately this was the best!

I got to learn how to cross stitch in a double crochet... It definitely could have been prettier.

I was asked to put my name and the name of a mutual friend that we lost right before graduation. Molly was originally supposed to make the blanket.

I loved the way the blanket ultimately turned out, but there was no shortage of tears throughout the process.

You are my sunshine canvas

2012-07-28T11:49:00.001-04:00

Mom's birthday present

Cricut Cabinet Decorations

2012-06-24T20:48:00.001-04:00

Chalkboard table :)

2012-06-24T18:42:00.001-04:00

Shopping deals

2012-05-19T17:01:00.001-04:00

Two pairs of tennis, a pair of sandals, and a scarf for €15! Very exciting day :-)

Hotel, Dublin

2012-05-13T09:05:00.001-04:00

2012-05-13T05:43:00.001-04:00

Travel buddies

Chocolate marbled cheesecake

2012-04-13T11:49:00.001-04:00

Adapted from moms who think and food network!

Happy belated anniversary mom and dad!

2012-04-04T11:43:00.001-04:00

Adapted from the same lion brand pattern as the last!

Multicolored peppers and mushroom risotto

2012-03-19T19:24:00.001-04:00

Adapted from The Pioneer Woman's red pepper risotto

Granny square blanket #2

2012-03-06T15:54:00.001-05:00

inspiration from:
http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/90545AD.html

had to alter it a little, though