Men's ZigZag Back Scrubber

I really wanted to make my boyfriend something, since he has been so supportive of my new hobby, but it is hard to find something to make for a guy.

Anyway, I was lucky to come across this pattern for a zig zag bath set.

So I asked Jeff if he would use the back scrubber if i made it for him, and it promised he would, so I dug through my scraps till I found some olive green and navy blue. The scanned image for some reason kept coming out black and tan, so I adjusted the color as best I could to blue and green, but it is still not quite right. the picture is pretty close to the exact colors though.

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Thanks for looking!!

6" Square Exchange

For the August Exchange at the Happy Hooker Paradise, I decided to do the 6" squares.

I love making squares because they are simple, and quick.
So I started my search for the perfect square on the internet.
I looked and looked, and all the ones I found that I really liked, were so very hard, or wouldn't have turned out good with the colors I already have. So after about an hour or two of searching I realized that I had just bought 4 new books from crafter's choice. So I opened up 201 crochet motifs, blocks, projects, and ideas. I looked through twice before I decided on the diagonal sqare.

What a simple design!! It was so easy, and went so quick, but came out pretty nicely I think.


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I was so inspired that I used the pattern, but with different colors and striping, to start on an afghan. So far I have about 14" done on it, a far cry from the 60 or so inches it will end up being, but it's getting there. I can't wait to get it done so I can post it on here!!

Thanks for looking!!

Creepy Gingerbread Man

Ok, so the July Exchange at the Happy Hooker's Paradise was themed Christmas in July. I decided to enter the toy exchange. I thought, I want to try making a stuffed animal, everyone is making them nowadays, it is my turn now.

That was a mistake.

I made the gingerbread man the first time and it came out ok, except that the cotton showed too much, so I wanted to make it again, but with a smaller hook, but I also wanted it a little bigger, so I had to adjust the pattern a little. I am still pretty new to crochet, and pretty bad at math, so that proved to be a challenge. But I managed it somehow.
The biggest challenge with this project however, was figuring out how to do the details. I was going to embroider everything, but soon realized I cannot embroider worth a crap. So with some trial and error, and lots of support from my wonderful boyfriend, I decided to glue on some googly eyes, use some pipe cleaner for the mouth, and pom poms for the buttons.

I thought it came out terrible, my boyfriend said it came out fine, a coworker said it 'wasn't that bad', and my exchange partner said she loved it and not so to sell myself short (after I promised to send her something else soon).

So over all I give myself a C+, but an A for effort. I worked so hard on this stupid thing, LOL
Anyway, here it is, the infamous gingerbread man.
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Please don't laugh too hard, I am still learning!!

"Painted Desert Tote" Now in Banana Berry!!

When my sister saw the painted desert tote I made for myself, she loved it and wanted one for her. So I took her to the store to pick out the yarn she wanted. She picked banana berry.

Basically I made hers just like mine, but I added a pocket to the inside for her pens for school.

Here is the bag.
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And the inside.


And a close up of the pocket.


And finally, a close up of the stitch.



Thanks for looking!!
(These will be for sale shortly.)

Clorox Ready Mop Pad

Ok, so I am super cheap, especially when it comes to things I don't need, but would make my life easier. Luckily I am not as lazy as I am cheap or this project wouldn't have happened. I stumbled across a pattern for a swiffer wet jet pad on the internet, and at first I laughed and kept browsing. But about an hour later I thought, maybe she was on to something... So I broke out my favorite hook (H) and some yarn that I had plenty of, but had no plan for just yet, and started crocheting.

I basically made a chain till it was about 13" long, then started to single crochet. When I got to the second row, I decided to crochet in the back loops only to give it a little traction. I crocheted till it was long enough to wrap around the ready mop and finished it off.

This was such a simple project that took no time at all.
Here is a close up of the stich.

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And an action shot:

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Now whenever I am done mopping, I just through the pad in the washer, and reuse!!

Water Bottle Holder

A couple different things inspired me to make this.

1. I saw one on a website I was on a month or so ago. I can't remember where it was though, but I thought, hey, that could be cool for work. For those of you who don't know, I work at wal-mart as an overnight stocker. I keep my water bottle in the top of my cart, but if I am using a blue boy, which is an L shaped cart, there is no place to put the bottle, so I end up putting in on a shelf and the guy who works evening shift in toys likes to throw out bottles even if it is evident that it has just been purchased because it is full and cold with condensation all over it. I really think he does it on purpose because he does other things to get on our nerves as well, but that is another blog entirely, LOL.
Anyway, I figure that it is less likely someone is going to throw out a bottle if it is in a holder, because then it would be even more obvious that they were doing it on purpose.
Oh, and the other reason it would be good for me to have on of these when I use a blue boy is because the top of the cart has a place where we can hang our scanners my their cord.

2. I just bought the Stitch and Bitch Crochet book "The Happy Hooker". In it I read how to do a 'magic ring'. I had heard the term before, but had no idea what it was, and never thought to ask.
After reading how it works, and what it is for, I was like OMG!!! I have such a problem with keeping my center ring tight, and this is so easy and perfect!! So I had to try it out on my lunch break last night. At first I was just going to practice with the magic ring, but then I looked at my water bottle, and thought, man, I really need to make that bottle holder. Tonight of course I had been using the blue boy so it was fresh in my mind how annoying it is to carry the water bottle instead of being able to put it in my cart.

3. I have problems with my hands. I don't know if I am getting carpal tunnel, or if my tendinitis is coming back, but I drop stuff all the time, especially water and soda bottles. Have you ever dropped a soda bottle, and then took a drink of it after the fizz went down?? Enough said!! Flat mt.dew is disgusting...Eww

With all that said...
I looked farther in my book at all the stitches they show and saw the fishnet stitch. I loved it especially because I didn't have much yarn to work with. I had chosen a very partial skein, probably about 1/4 of some old redheart in a dark brown that I got in a bag of random yarn at an auction or yard sale a while back.

And here it is!!



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If it weren't for making it up as I went along, and distractions, it would have taken me about a half hour, so it is a pretty quick, and very easy project that requires very little yarn. i would say you could make about 4 out of a regular size skein of redheart worsted weight yarn.

I will be working on a pattern for this, and I will post it on my forum.
Oh yeah, if you didn't get to this post through my website, I have a new website!! LOL
www.crochettheworld.com
and there is a link to my forum on the navibar.

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So thank you all for looking!!
Oh, btw, I took this picture with my phone, I still can't find the cord to the camera, but I will be taking more pics of my projects with the phone, and my scanner.

Have a great day, and happy crocheting!!

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