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From Go, Dog, Go.  This is my first cabling project.  I think it turned out nicely.  Cables are fun!

this is my old hat. as my mood is a little down the cellar, I decided to make it a little sunnier with wearing a funky sun hat!

and yes, I AM late three days, so what?

One of my Etsy street teams, the Fantasy Artists of Etsy, is in the process of doing a round robin to create two fairies a “light” one and a “dark” one. I got assigned to the light one and received her in November and immediately got STUMPED. So, after much discussion with my brilliant husband, I decided on decorating a small straw bonnet for her. (Before and After pictures of her when I get this finished–hopefully in the next couple of days). The light straw matched the vintage lace of her gown and I decided to decorate with minature versions of the paper flowers I use on my cards. I decided to go with blue to match the necklace and wand she is already outfitted with.

This isn’t complete yet as it needs to be far more ornate to “fit” with what is currently on the doll, but this is what I got completed tonight.

Organic Cotton hat #2.

Today I made this hat out of Blue Sky Alpaca’s Organic Cotton.

I was worried I wouldn’t finish on time when I ended up out shopping all day with my mom, but since I actually was making two, I guess guess getting even one done would have been sufficient.

So… today I made two crocheted kufi caps for the sons of a friend of mine. One is navy blue with one cream stripe, and the other is cream with one navy blue strip. The boys will match without looking identical.

I’ve been crocheting since I was about 11 or 12, but I’ve never learned how to do many stitches. So the caps are made using a single stitch for the most part. To make the kufi round, you use a single stitch with an extra stitch on each one… I don’t know what the proper terminology for that is… I also made two double stitch rows in the top part, and the alternate color stripe is also done in a double stitch. After that a single stitch minus the “extra” stitch tightens up the bottom part that sits across the forehead.

I was first taught how to make kufi caps within days of converting to Islam by a really special sister in Hamtramck. My son was just shy of two at the time. Now he is 11 and still asks me to make him one every now and then.

Pictures will be forthcoming, hopefully next week.

UPDATE: Here is the link to a photo, but it’s quite blurry. Still trying to figure out this camera…

Two Kufis