In my last post I mentioned that I would post the finished oval mat/doily that I was making. It's more of an eye shape than a full oval but I do love how it came out. I was looking for a way to brighten up the table for Valentine's Day. I had some leftover red cotton yarn from a previous project and some leftover white. The yarns are not the same weight as the red is technically a 4- worsted weight and the white is a baby cotton 2 - fine. Despite this I think it still worked up nicely; however, I do want to do another doily for spring/Easter using just the fine weight. The pattern I used is a free pattern from craftorator.com
Another area that I wanted to add interest to is our front door. Due to the fact that it is mostly window I haven't tried to decorate it much. This year for Christmas I decided to use an adhesive backed hook and hang a decoration. I really liked having something on the door. After Christmas, I was trying to decide what to put up and remembered that I had had a tree of life wreath craft pinned for awhile. All of the supplies for the wreath can be purchased at the dollar store; so I figured even if it came out awful I wouldn't be out much money. I used the instructions from The Shabby Tree. The wreath came together nicely and I love how it looks on the door.
So, that's the bit of crafting I have been doing. I'm currently waiting for some yarn that I ordered so I can start on another hat project. I'd love to hear and see what you have been crafting!
Beautiful, Elisha! I will have to check out that crochet site and the eye-shaped pattern. Very unusual.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love the tree of life wreath. It certainly didn't come out awful. It's actually beautiful and one would never guess its dollar store origins.