Monday, February 14, 2011

Soft Crochet Helmet Hats

This is my new favorite hat.  It is soft and keeps my head and ears warm. 
I also enjoy making these hats!
My New Favorite Hat

The Soft Crochet Helmet Hat by Karlita's Designs






Friday, February 11, 2011

The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef


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I am so amazed by this!
http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/hreef/index.html

And I think that I'm a little late to know about it- but I love it!  I love the idea of a community of people coming together to crochet a coral reef to promote awareness of the destruction of global warming.  I guess that it is possible to become involved with this giant community project.
Look here for more information:
http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/hreef/communityreef.html

With permission from the IFF, a Satellite Reef could be started in Seattle!
http://crochetcoralreef.org/

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Refashioned Pants = Yoga Mat Bags!

About a year ago I said that I would make a yoga mat bag. A home-made tube shaped bag with an easy to carry strap to hold it to the body. I thought for a while that I would crochet the bag. Hmmmm.... I thought. Yessss.... I will crochet it with pretty colors. And then I thought about how easy it would be to sew a bag. Well, all of these things take motivation and I am a procrastinator. Although I am a procrastinator that gets so many things done while putting off one simple task; one as simple as sewing a tube with a strap. And then, the other day, the yoga bag motivation kicked in and I started looking through my fabric and found a pair of torn red pants. I looked at the pants... Aha! Pants have legs and legs are tubes and voila, yoga mat bag! Now I just need to motivate to sew those buttons on.


Refashioned Yoga Mat Bags!