Fool's Fibers

This is the image I'd see on Pinterest a lot lately based on my searches for purse/bag patterns

This diagram they show below the purse does not correlate to create the bag above. The eyelets are far too wide and doesn't even come close to having the same amount of stitches.

So I'll tell you very simply how to do the pattern for the purse in the image above:

First, create your ring how you see fit- be it magic ring or your second chain from hook.

You will begin with 12 double crochets into your ring. Your first chain counts as your 1st stitch. Double crochet 4 stitches, Chain 1- do this 3 times. You should have 12 double crochets and 3 chains that create a small space. Slip stitch into the first chain as if it were a double crochet.

If you're like me and like my rows to look orderly, I'll begin my rows with my double crochet chain, double crochet 1, chain 1, double crochet 4, chain 1, double crochet 4, chain 1, then double crochet 2 times. These two dc will line up with the first chain and 1 double crochet to make the first chain and 3 double crochet! Then you slip stitch into the chain to complete the row! This way your chain will fit snug in the middle of your row instead of sticking out awkwardly at the end.

For your second row:

Chain 2 and single crochet into the same loops your chain is in! Continue to double crochet into each dc below until you reach the little gap where your 1 chain is from the previous row. You will double crochet 2 times, chain 1, and 2 dc into this gap (2 dc, 1 ch, 2 dc). These are your increases and will create the rounded corners and tighten up the eyelets so they aren't very big.

Then dc into each set of dc loops until you reach the next 1 chain gap and repeat the increase of 4 dc stitches.

Caution! When you add your 4 dc into the corners, do not miss the very first dc loops that come after that 1 chain gap. You may need to push away your dc's you just made to see it. If you miss this one stitch, your triangle will begin to look nonsymetrical.

Continue each row until you reach the size you want.

I'm not quite sure how the side was made, but you may crochet and add that piece at your own discretion. I would also recommend an icord strap of the same yarn or any strap method that you see fit!

Decided to try crocheting a headband with this pattern. Somehow, when I was trying to follow this pattern my shells weren’t falling on the correct stitches and if I blindly followed the pattern it would have been lopsided. Also, it was very small if i crocheted too tightly and there’s no gauge so this was useless with my handmade yarn. 

If you start with a foundation crochet and know how to make single crochet and shells, this is pretty easy to grasp. 

Photo of me wearing the wider headband below. 

Chiengora: yarn or wool spun from dog hair.

More specifically, the downy winter coat of my wolfdog. I've been collecting his fur since February when he first begins to shed. The boy is getting up in years (currently 14) so we try to be gentle with brushing.

This yarn is spun with a small support spindle, as the fiber is too short to make a fine yarn on a larger spinning wheel. I hope to make a cozy hat with the finished yarn, which will be a light 2-ply. Knitting will be difficult, since the yarn is so warm it makes my hands sweat to handle it!

I have this blanket. It's a store bought knitted blanket, cotton/acrylic blend yarn. It's over 5 years old and the edge on one side frayed very badly. Patching did not come out well. So in order to give new life to the blanket, I plan to unravel the entire blanket and knit a new pattern with the same yarn!

The weight and texture of cotton is lovely but expensive but I wasn't very fond of this particular pattern the blanket was knitted with.

I might go very simply with a garter stitch; it's fast to knit and will be squishy enough for comfort. It'll also lay flat evenly unlike the way this ribbing on the edge makes it shrink up.

Finished a hat!

It's a 2x2 rib with a 1x1 rib between sections of purl. The top is done with a S2pp, but since this is knitted in the round, I decreased for 1 row and knitted 2 rows then continued with a decrease row.

At the top I crocheted a little nugget to cover any holes because I'm terrible at closing up hats!

Bean stitch crochet pattern!

This stitch looks very cute in rows of multiple or alternating color. I think this would make a fantastic blanket, as the stitch makes very squishy looking little beans throughout the rows. 

I might like to try this with some wool yarns for a warm throw blanket during the winter. Maybe a cotton throw for the summer, too

Currently knitting pieces for a small bag. Going with the herringbone stitch again because it looks nice and it's fun to knit.

I'm using lion brand's fisherman's wool for the light yarn and lion brand wool/ acrylic blend for the dark yarn.

I hope to just sew the parts together but I'm also tempted to do a knit join so I don't have any rough edges.