Daisy

I've been knitting again, and I love it!

The Itty-Bitty Hats patterns by Susan B. Anderson are simple and cute. I've had my eye on the upside-down daisy hat, and I finally got around to making it. I loved using the baby merino wool I brought back from New Zealand, and I'm wishing I had crammed more of it into my suitcase!

Crochet Flower Variation

This flower is similar to the Floppy Flower but it is smaller and holds it's shape a little better.

Materials

1 skein of non-divisible, fray resistant craft thread or crochet thread

Size 3/2.1 mm crochet hook

button or other embellishment

Instructions

Make ring: ch 2, sc 14 in 1st ch, join with slip stich to first sc.

Round 1: ch 6, sl st 5 down the chain, sl st in same as beginning of chain,

[sl st, sc, ch 6, sl st 5 down the chain, sl st in same as sc before chain] 6 times (7 petals total).

Round 2: sl st, [sc, sc, sc, hdc, hdc 3, hdc 2, hdc, sc, sc, sc, sk 1, sl st, sk 1] 6 times.

sc, sc, sc, hdc, hdc 3, hdc 2, hdc, sc, sc, sc, sk 1, sl st, fasten off.

Attach button to the center.

As you can see this is a fairly easy pattern to modify to your liking. Enjoy!

Pine cone Turkey

A quick fall craft using bits of nature! And great to use to decorate for Thanksgiving...

Supplies:
pine cone (the more round the better)
leaves of various color
googly eyes
yellow foam or paper for the beak
red felt for wattle
glue

We used the stem end of the pine cone as the head. Glue the leaves to the pine cone between the scales of the pine cone arranging them like feathers. Glue the eyes, beak, and wattle.

If you have brown pompoms available you might try using those as the head and glue the eyes, beak, and wattle to that.

I'm not sure how long the leaves will stay this vibrant, but you could use all sorts of things instead of leaves...paper, feathers, etc.