Fall Wreath

Hi All!

I recently finished this crafty fall wreath I've been working on for awhile:

I was inspired by this post and my love of yarn pom poms! They are so fun and easy to make!

I used this set of Clover Pom Pom makers (size Large) which make it really easy to crank out pom poms pretty quickly! I had a floral foam wreath lying around so I covered it with felt just to keep the yarn from sticking to it in a weird way. Once I hung it on the door I felt that it didn't hang quite where I'd like it to so I put a brown ribbon on it which I think kind of ties it all together. As Halloween approaches I think I will stick some paper bats on there too!

As far as materials used here I just pulled all the fall colors out of my yarn stash. I think there is only Red Heart Super Saver and I Love This Yarn in there. You'd want to keep the yarn weights and types similar just so the balls hold together right. I backed off on the number of balls a bit so I may put more in at some point to fill out some spots around the edges. It doesn't look too off in the photos, but in real life its a little unbalanced.

Warm calves are a fall necessity

I finished another project! ...sadly it was not a long outstanding project but one that was newly begun. Behold...legwarmers!

To make these I glanced at this pattern but I really kind of winged it from there. I kept them the same length as suggested in the pattern and thought they were pretty much the right length...but I'm 5'11" so if you're making them you may watch the length. I also did not count my rows, instead I kept going until they looked wide enough to go around, which turned out to be 12" wide in the middle

In the end, because of the yarn I used, I think 12" may have been too wide. They don't want to stay up very well. I used Caron Simply Soft, it has a lot of give. I should have taken that into account. These work well with boots (that's my dog, Kipper, he's a helpful helper and a delightful model) and would probably work well over leggings or skinny jeans too.

The give in them is nice in that it allows them to be worn as thigh highs or folded over.

They look pretty cute with shoes too!

Here are some detail shot...minus my bad modeling!

I used:

Yarn: Caron Simply Soft in Grey Heather; 2 skeins (really 1 and a half)

Hook: size H/ 5.00MM. In hindsight I should have used size G, but what's done is done!

I (heart) Fall afghan

Full steam ahead on finishing up those lingering incomplete crochet projects! First up (and not surprisingly, the most recently started) scraps afghan:

I made this blanket using this pattern, and I think it turned out really well! I skipped the step of putting the fringe on the ends. This was partly out of laziness, partly out of the fact that I have a cat, and if you have cats you know fringe doesn't last long!

I started this blanket after making this basket for my mother's day. Of course I forgot to take any photos of the basket! Anywho, I wanted to use up the left over yarn...honestly I could probably get another one of these out of the yarn I still have left in the colors in the hearts!

Here's what I used:

Hook: Size G

Main Color: Red Heart Super Saver in Aran, roughly 4 and half skeins
Other colors, didn't use probably even half a skein of any of them:
I Love This Yarn in Cream
I Love This Yarn in Yellow
I Love This Yarn in Sungold
Red Heart Super Saver in Pumpkin
I Love This Yarn in Orange
Red Heart Super Saver in Cherry Red
Red Heart Super Saver in Burgandy

As I still have so much yarn left I may make some fall heart scarves. The pattern works up really quickly and each row is different so you don't get bored, which is nice!