Spring into Summer CAL-Water Bottle Holder

This was a fun project, and super useful, too!

This fits standard water bottles, and even worked for my larger one. It's handy to have a way to throw your water bottle over your shoulder when you don't want to hang onto it all summer long.

Spring into Summer CAL-Dishcloth

This pattern is called Absolutely Fast Dishcloth. It was certainly a quick project, but it wasn't 'absolutely fast' for me. Unfortunately, I'm kind of particular about my dishcloths. Am I the only one?

In fact, the term 'dishcloth' vs. 'washcloth' is an important distinction for me. Wow. What a freak, I know.

Regardless, there are certain 'cloths' that I will use for washing dishes and others that I'll use for wiping down counters or tables. What I use for washing dishes needs to be of medium size with fairly tight stitching.

This pattern looked to fit the medium requirement, but the stitches were obviously pretty loose. Treble crochet was used to make it 'Absolutely Fast.' It makes sense!

However, to fit my tight-stitch preference for washing dishes, I opted for a much smaller hook. It slightly changed the speed at which it came together and the look of the final product, but once I start using it at the sink, it will never look the same again anyway! =D

Spring into Summer CAL-Coasters

For some reason, I have 2 sets of Christmas/winter coasters, one set of fall coasters, and some Kansas City Chiefs coasters that were given to us as a housewarming gift from an uncle that is a huge KC fan. Nothing graces the coffee table as a 'summer' coaster. This project was a perfect fix.

They turned out so adorably that I was almost afraid to use them at first!

Spring into Summer CAL-Bow

Embellishments are always nice to have around so that you can quickly add them to a finished project at the last minute.

How cute is this?

A little orange bow with a bright yellow center might be just the right addition to some of those chemo hats!

Spring into Summer CAL-Bookmark

Rachel at Crochet Spot is coordinating a Spring into Summer Crochet Along with several fun, quick, and simple summer projects. These have been perfect items for me to throw together while sitting outside enjoying the warm weather.

First up is a cute little bookmark out of some cotton yarn.

Lots of trouble with lighting that day...but the 'stem' is a lime green and white variegated that added a little fun to the flower colors.

What a perfect item for another perfect summer activity--reading!

Remaining Chemo Hats

 I've been away from the computer a lot lately, so I've missed posting the rest of my hats and lots of other summer projects!

This first hat has a beautiful butterfly/bow look on the front. Pattern found here.

Two coordinating hats with a removable flower that matches either one. Patterns here and here.

This hat ended up being a little too tight around the brim, so I frogged it and made two new ones in its place. Hopefully I took pictures... ;-)

This is a SUPER soft yarn with very light pastel flecks in it. Pattern found here.

Ugh...this hat. I absolutely love this yarn. I've used it for other projects, and it's wonderful! So imagine my disappointment when pattern after pattern just wouldn't work! I eventually created something mostly based off of this pattern.

These hats were intended to be versatile for use with or without flower embellishments as well as allowing a variety of choices each day. It's gotten warm enough now that these are mostly useless for the time being, but that's OK! Hopefully as she continues to heal, these will just end up in the winter clothing bin!

Creative Corner

A little glimpse at my afternoon of creativity.

Here's hoping all goes well!