I had two shirts that, over time, ended up not fitting me very well.  Since they were among my most favorite shirts I decided to honor them by making a few things from them.  Here is one of the things that I came up with…..a hot pack.  The inner part is made from the dark pink fabric and can be taken out to put in the microwave.  That makes the outer part washable!  I filled it with lentals and will probably put a nice smelling spray on it later too.  I might end up making these for people at Christmas this year from terry cloth or something.  They were so easy, no hard parts to the sewing, and only took about an hour.

Hot Pack

This is my own take on the crochet Lion Brand Bunny Blanket.  I just used scrap yarns for mine, and made it a lot bigger for a toddler.

Bunny Blanket

These were made up for a friend.  Feel to change the colors to your favorite team.

Materials:

1 ball Paton’s Astra in Grey

Red scrap yarn

Size G crochet hook

Pattern:

Cast on 25 sts

First 3 rows are single crochet

Double crochet next rows till you reach 8 inches

Last three rows are single crochet

Fold glove in half so that the single crochet is at the top and bottom

Stitch up the side leaving a 1-2 inch hole for the thumb

Use a running stitch to put a red line around the bottom of the glove

Stitch any way you want your team’s letters across the top.

Crochet Mitt

This works perfect for small coffee cups and water bottles.  I have also used it for storing my sun glasses in.

Materials:

1 skein of sock yarn (Tofutsies)

5 size 3 double point needles (or your choice for knitting in the round)

Instructions:

Cast on 64 sts

Knit in the round using pattern k3, p1

When you have reached the desired length start your decreases as follows

Needle 1; k1, ssk, k to last 3 sts, k2 tog, k1

repeat for other needles

Alternate a decrease round and a plain knit round till you have 24 sts left

k to tog all the way around

k 1 round with no decreases

slip all sts onto yarn and pull tight.

This will form the bind off and a flat square bottom.

Water Sock

This was made for my hand made bears collection.  I used the simple wash cloth pattern, decorated it a bit and added a bear head.  I look forward to making more of these with different animals and colors.  Although I don’t think that I will use fingering weight again, just DK or worsted.  The fingering weight took forever.  I used Plymouth Dream Baby Fingering Weight for this project.  It is a microfiber.

Bear Head