Bohemian Mermaid Palace

  **Update! April 2022** My first ALL NEW Beer Can Hat Tutorial and video is up!! Woohoo! Many more tutorials coming, this is just the beginning! *New* 3-in-1 Beer Can Party Hat Tutorial - Part 1: The Crown   !!More details and a preview video:  Coming Soon! NEW *Creative* Beer Can Hat Tutorials   *The Best* Beer Can Party Hat Crochet Tutorial     (continued from Part 2 )  See Crochet Basics for stitch descriptions and abbreviations.   5. Make the Base (Top):   I call this part of the hat the Base because that's where a hat usually begins. Crochet the Base of the hat from the Basic Hat Pattern . Work in the dc stitches as described until the underlined number is 4. You should end up with a nice circle that has 60 sts around the outer edge. Do not tie off. 6. Join the Base to the Crown: Hold the Crown and the Base wrong sides together with the labels facing you and matching up the stitches as you work. Sl st into any st at top edge of Crown, *insert hook through sa

My girl Panda likes to sleep outside. In the summer, she likes sleeping on the dirt and grass... but now that it's winter and rainy, she can't really sleep in the mud. So she lays on the cement, which is not very easy on her old bones. I wanted to make her a dog bed that would be soft and weather resistant. I looked around the net for instructions and found nothing, so I thought I'd post my own How To Make an Outdoor Dog Bed project. Here you go... Honestly, I wasn't sure what to make it out of... I went to the fabric store to see what I could find. Here's what I bought: 1 yd Vinyl upholstery fabric (54" wide) 1 yd wool/polyester twill fabric (54" wide) 1 22" zipper Heavy duty sewing machine needles Starting with the vinyl, fold the fabric in half short-ways, to make the widest rectangle you can and measure it. Mine came out to 27" across by 36" long. Fold it right sides together so the edges match all around. On one short end

(From my stash of little articles written about 10 yrs ago... I've not changed my mind. In fact the 70s styles are even more popular today. Woot.) Let's not forget those awesome days of yore...when crafting and needlework were having a real heyday.  No, not the Renaissance, nor the Victorian era, classic though they may be. I am referring to the colorful and creative 1970s.  I am a child of that period, and as such took part in nearly every creative whim of my parents...latch hook, crochet, needlepoint, crewel. And do I recall some of those cellophane dipped flowers and some sort of toxic resin plaques? Yes, those were the days. Funk was the norm and looking through my mom's craft book collection was so much rainy day fun.    "Granny Square Vest Family" painted from a 70s crochet pattern booklet I have now amassed my own impressive collection of craft books, also of the 70s variety.  Most of these (surprise) relate to working with fibers in some way.  I j

OK, as promised... more free crochet patterns. I wish I had better photos for you, but I used to sell these printed out, so the photos are small. Unfortunately I don't have the original pics or samples. I made these years ago. As always, feel free to contact me for help if you get stuck. Enjoy. Bohemian Mermaid Crochet Pattern   Warm &Comfy Slippers     Description: Simple and warm house slippers with optional non-slip soles, size adult large. Materials: 4oz worsted yarn, K hook, rubber shelf liner (optional).   Pattern:   Instructions are for adult size. Work 2 strands worsted tog (1 or 2 colors as you wish) throughout. Make 2: Rnd1: (Toe) Ch 3 (counts as 1 st hdc here and throughout). Working into 1 st ch made, 8 hdc. Sl st into 3 rd ch of ch3 (9 sts total). Rnd 2: Ch 3. Hdc into same st. Work 2 hdc into each st around. Sl st into 3 rd ch of ch3 (18 sts total). Rnd 3: Ch 3. Hdc into same st, hdc into next st. *Work 2 hdc into next st, hdc into

Yay! I've been working hard to get my online listings going again... and my first round of etsy stuff is up. Oh, let me put up some sort of cool gadget. Jeesh. The photos, as always, are a challenge. The light has to be perfect to see the colors properly & clearly. I thought it was bright enough outside even though it was partly cloudy... I mean, I had to squint! But the pics were still quite dark. So I had to mess around with brightening them and tweaking some of the colors. Ah well, I'll get better and faster as I go. Anyway, my goal is to list 10 items per week on etsy, and concurrently update my regular web site with the new photos. This week the goal was 20 things, to get started. Done. Oh and I have become completely addicted to the etsy forums . I'm learning a ton about all sorts of craft business stuff, not just more about etsy. It's quite a bit of craft nerd fun. A couple examples... there is a great wholesaling thread going, started by the owner