Crochet

What I Made for Christmas

Monsters | Webster Fiber Arts
| Annie

Hi folks,

The gifts have been distributed, and now I can show them off!

I made this scarf for my mom:

Mom's Scarf 2 | Webster Fiber Arts

This is made from my beloved Lion Brand Landscapes yarn. I love the colors in this one (Tropics) and I knew my mom would, too.

Mom's Scarf 1 | Webster Fiber Arts

My favorite thing about this one is the edging. I’ve used this one a few times, but the way it worked up in the thick Landscapes yarn makes me really happy.

I made these guys for my brother and his girlfriend:

Monsters! | Webster Fiber Arts

I learned how to make these monsters in Stacey Trock’s Amigurumi: Design Your Own Monster class on Craftsy. This class was awesome because I learned to make these stuffed monsters from my own little monster doodles. So much fun!

The blue guy took on more of an alien form as I worked on him.

Blue Monster | Webster Fiber Arts

And greeny has bumps on his back, kind of like a toad.

Green Monster | Webster Fiber Arts

Until next time,
Annie

New Piece: Lakeside Infinity Scarf

Lakeside Infinity Scarf | Webster Fiber Arts
| Annie

Hi folks,

I hope all of you Thanksgiving celebrators out there had a great holiday! Ours was small, but nice. I cooked my first whole turkey ever and it was delicious! We also had a bit of wintry weather, so it was a little icy outside. We stayed in and watched TV, decorated Christmas trees, and I did a bunch of crocheting. My fingers were flying! Everything still needs to be blocked and photographed, but I will get to that soon.

I do have a new piece in the shop today. This is the Lakeside Infinity Scarf:

Lakeside Handmade Infinity Scarf | Webster Fiber Arts | Etsy

This yarn is from Isaac Mizrahi’s collection for Michael’s, though it looks like this particular style is no longer available. I should have bought more, because this cotton yarn is really soft and lovely—it does not feel like you are wearing a dishcloth around your neck.

I’ve had this piece in the “needs to be photographed” stack for a little while now. I finished it back in September. It traveled with me to a Royals game, but I was too squished between the people sitting next to me to work on it before the game started. It was the night Alex Gordon rejoined the team after recovering from his injury.

The yarns in this collection are named after neighborhoods and places. Since I don’t know a thing about New York neighborhoods (except what I see on TV shows), I decided to go with a Kansas City neighborhood name for this piece. Our neighborhood is Highland Acres/Lakeside Heights. I honestly don’t know which side of the slash we are in. I don’t believe there is a lake in the neighborhood, though we have had a lake in our basement before, so maybe that is where the name comes from. The blue and green in this yarn do remind me of water, so I went with “Lakeside” for the name.

See more photos and purchase on Etsy.

Until next time,
Annie

New Piece: Winding Forest Path Cowl

Winding Forest Path Cowl | Webster Fiber Arts
| Annie

Hi folks,

I just added a new piece to the shop! This is the Winding Forest Path Cowl:

Winding Forest Path Handmade Cowl | Webster Fiber Arts | Etsy

I love the combination of black and deep, dark green in this yarn. I can almost smell pine trees when I look at it, which makes me think of this as a kind of Christmassy piece, though it is really appropriate for any chilly time of year.

I’ve wanted to try a braided piece for a while now. I went with fairly wide sections for the braid, which means I ended up with a shorter piece—a piece that is the perfect size for a cowl. The braided panels wind around like a path in a forest.

See more photos and purchase in my Etsy shop.

Until next time,
Annie

New Piece: Meandering Moss Scarf

Meandering Moss Scarf | Webster Fiber Arts
| Annie

Hi folks,

The last week has been very itchy for me. Last Thursday, I worked in the yard, cleaning out flower pots and birdfeeder, planting mums, and collecting our various gnomes, birds, and gazing balls for winter storage. I had a couple of bug bites that started itching that night, but Friday morning I woke up to discover my chest and neck covered in bites. I tried to count them a couple times, but they were all swollen into each other, so I lost track. I’m guessing there were about 50 of them.

The itching was terrible. I went to the store Saturday and bought Benadryl and spent most of the day sleeping, which meant I wasn’t scratching myself, which is a good thing. I covered myself in Calamine lotion, but after a couple of days, my skin got very dry and even itchier—so annoying!

Things are much better today. My skin is still dry in spots, but the bites are no longer swollen. I just have little bursts of itchiness now and I am feeling like a much happier person. I’m feeling so good, I am even up to posting a new piece today. Yay!

This is the Meandering Moss Scarf:

Meandering Moss Handmade Scarf | Webster Fiber Arts | Etsy

This is yarn I dyed myself, then I crocheted it into this frilly little scarf. I love the look of these kind of swirly, coral-like pieces. There are just so many stitches crammed into the space. There are artists out there doing really cool things with hyperbolic crochet. Look at the photos in this Google Image Search for “crochet coral reef.” Amazing!

With all of the curls, this scarf can be worn in a number of ways. I like it wrapped a snug around the neck a couple of times to get a flouncy collar.

See more photos and purchase on Etsy.

Until next time,
Annie

New Piece: Smoky Mountain Rain Infinity Scarf

Smoky Mountain Rain Infinity Scarf | Webster Fiber Arts
| Annie

Hi folks,

I just added a new piece to the shop, the Smoky Mountain Rain Infinity Scarf.

Smoky Mountain Rain Handmade Infinity Scarf | Webster Fiber Arts | Etsy

I worked on this infinity scarf during my recent trip to the Smoky Mountains. It rained almost every minute of our trip, and if it wasn’t raining, it looked like it was going to start. We still spent a lot of time outside, we just got wet.

I think the rainy chill I felt as I worked on this piece kept me crocheting past the point I would usually stop length-wise. I just wanted a big mound of fabric, and I that is exactly what I got. When I finally ran out of yarn, I realized I had something enormous—and I love it! The yarn is soft, which makes this one kind of like wearing a big hug. It wraps you in coziness.

See more photos and purchase in my Etsy shop.

Until next time,
Annie

New Piece: Sunset Waves Scarf

Sunset Waves Scarf | Webster Fiber Arts
| Annie

Hi folks,

I’ve felt yucky this week. I have had a cold. Fortunately, it hasn’t been a bad one, but it has sucked up all of my energy and left me wanting to do nothing but sleep and watch TV. The watching TV isn’t unusual, but the sleeping during the day is. I’m feeling less dizzy today, but I am doing more coughing and sneezing.

I did have enough energy to add a new scarf to the shop today. This is the Sunset Waves Scarf:

Sunset Waves Handmade Scarf | Webster Fiber Arts | Etsy

This scarf is very similar to my Hills & Valleys Infinity Scarf. I made these two pieces around the same time, but I am just getting around to posting Sunset Waves. It was in the “completed” stack, but I hadn’t photographed it. Ooops!

I used my beloved Noro yarn for this piece. Wooly wonderfulness!

See more photos and purchase at Etsy.

Until next time,
Annie

New Piece: Scoops Cowl

Scoops Cowl | Webster Fiber Arts
| Annie

Hi folks,

Back when I posted my Smooth & Melty Cowl, I mentioned that the yarn reminded me of ice cream. Specifically, it reminds me of both Neapolitan and Spumoni ice creams. There is the chocolatey brown, the golden vanilla, the strawberry and cherry pink, and the pistachio green. I crocheted this cowl from the yarn I had leftover from that Smooth & Melty Cowl.

Handmade Scoops Cowl | Webster Fiber Arts | Etsy

I really like the way the thicker parts of this yarn create the little puffs in this piece. Those are the “scoops” of ice cream in the cowl.

See more photos and purchase in my Etsy shop.

Until next time,
Annie

Blah Days Need Cool Yarn

Tapestry Rainbow Mandala | Webster Fiber Arts
| Annie

Hi folks,

I’ve been cranky today. I know it is from being tired—I couldn’t sleep after watching the Royals win last night. I was too excited to sleep, just like the kids in this Disney ad from years ago.

If those kids were half as cranky as I was today after being “too excited to sleep,” then they had a miserable time at Disney World the next day.

I decided I needed to crochet something just for me today. I had some yarn that I wanted to use: Crystal Palace Mini Mochi in Tapestry Rainbow. I got this yarn by accident (I ordered two Intense Rainbows to finish up a project, but ended up with one Intense and one Tapestry). Craftsy fixed the mistake right away, and let me keep the skein of Tapestry. Woo-hoo!

The Tapestry Rainbow is a pretty yarn. It is more muted than I am usually drawn to, so I’m glad I ended up with this one. I decided I wanted to make a mandala today. I hunted through my patterns to find one and chose the Gemstone Doily from Foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. The original version of this doily is done in a single color, which is lovely, but using the striped Tapestry Rainbow, I got something more mandala-looking:

Tapestry Rainbow Mandala | Webster Fiber Arts

I’ve not done any blocking on this piece yet, so the edges are still curling up a bit.

I’m really happy with the way this one turned out, and, more importantly, I felt much more relaxed and much less cranky when I finished. Hooray!

Until next time,
Annie

New Piece: Falling Leaves Scarf

Falling Leaves Scarf | Webster Fiber Arts
| Annie

Hi folks,

I just added a new scarf to the shop, the Falling Leaves Scarf:

Falling Leaves Handmade Scarf | Webster Fiber Arts | Etsy

I wrote about this piece a few weeks ago when I was about halfway through the scarf. I fell in love with this yarn as soon as I saw it. It’s part of the Isaac Mizrahi Craft collection from Premier Yarns, and the colors are glorious.

The leaves are only beginning to change colors here in Kansas City, but on my trip to the Smokies I saw some beautiful colors, especially as we drove into higher elevations. There were beautiful golds and oranges, with a few vibrant red leaves thrown in for good measure. When I got home from the trip and started taking photos of this piece, I was reminded of those leaves. I am hopeful that we will soon have those glowing colors here at our house.

See more photos and purchase at Etsy.

Until next time,
Annie