O' Crafty Day #8 - Acting cute in Kitty Hat

Meow..

This kitty is sleeping..

How the hat looks like flat..

Pattern:

Yarn: Tosca Lang Yarn
Hook Size: 4.5mm

I followed the pattern here exactly before I reached the popcorn stitch row.

Instead of just doing the popcorn stitch for just the front of the hat, I did one full row... (I think my head is smaller... *_* ). For this first popcorn stitch row, I did skip a dc before and after one popcorn stitch...

For the next row, I did a row of sc. I then continue another row of popcorn stitch, but without skipping any single stitches this time. The columns of popcorn stitches would have a slanted look in the finished hat (quite a cool effect..).

I then randomly searched for a flapper hat tutorial in craftster to create the ear flaps. I attached yarn to each side of the hat, and continue crocheting the ear flaps. It's basically doing decreases to get the ear flap shape.

The final part was doing the pom poms, and connecting the pom poms to the hat. =)

Ya know, I think I'm better off acting cool than act cute.. LOLs..

O' Crafty Day #7 - Lazy Man's Weaved Scarf

Translated instructions (with some of my comments):

You need to take a cardboard, and wrap a long piece of thick yarn around the cardboard (lengthwise) once, leaving each of the ends of about 20 cm long before tying them up in a square knot. Tie a few more pieces of yarn around the cardboard till you get the desired width. The full length of the scarf will be twice as long as the cardboard.


You now can start weaving the scarf. Pick up yarns in the odd columns (yarn 1, 3, 5, 7 etc) and pull through the tail yarn as above. Next, pick up yarns in the even columns (yarn 2, 4, 6 etc) and pull the working yarn through all these yarns. Tighten and neaten this first 2 rows by pushing them closer to the tied knots.

Repeat the above step until you reach the end of the other side of the cardboard. (You need to turn the cardboard and continue weaving, until the weaves cover both sides of the cardboard.) Your scarf is now almost done.

Remove the cardboard from the scarf. Next, untie the knots. Lie your scarf flat and at one of the ends, tie the 1st loose yarn with the next loose yarn with a knot that will not unravel easily. Continue this in the same fashion for the rest of the loose yarns. This will secure one end of the weaved yarn. I suggest doing another knot for this loose end of the weaved yarn with one of the other nearby yarns to ensure that it doesn't come undone too easily. If you're using another colorway for the weaved yarn, I think it would be a great idea to add in some yarn of this colorway to the tassles.

Continue this tying procedure to the other end of the scarf. Your scarf is now complete.