Wildly Artistic Living

Category: crochet

  • Reset

    Today has been a small success when it comes to crochet and mindset and moving forward.  Sometimes you need a reset with your business, your plans, your life.  Today was one of those days.

    Balling up yarn seemed like a good place to start.  I officially have one tub of new skeins and only one tub of balls left! It is exciting to see the progress and the momentum forward when you work at your craft diligently! 

    Also a good tip. I did have a jumbled mess of tangled yarn last time I did this, but now I saw a tip of using paper tape on each ball.  To hold down the end. It truly works! I only had a few unraveled balls, ones I had not put tape on. I’m telling you it saved me atleast half the time! We’ll worth the effort of adding tape.

    I didn’t seem to get a lot accomplished on this day, but I went to look at my amigurumi books just see what I might want to do next and I saw a snail pattern I hadn’t done! Well, I happened to have a partial snail made from a previous mistake piece.  She just needed a shell! So now that my yarn is organized i picked the colors and got her cute shell made!

    I believe she is a success. Im debating adding antenna and a smile. But for now, she’s a cutie.

    I did end up watching some very inspiring youtubers and getting my frame of mind reset was what I actually accomplished today.  Got a few goals and plans written. Although, I still need to make those definite.  I atleast have a basic path mapped out and my head is in the game.

    You have to know where you are going or there’s no telling where you will end up!

    It started off as a rough day. But I think it ended up with a reset and that is the makes of a good day.  I am thankful I took a day to reassess a few things. You need to do that now and then.

    April was a very busy month!

  • Flower Burst Bucket Hat!

    This fun bucket hat is one of my favorites for late fall and early spring for those days in the sun. You can easily make this your beach hat! This project is fun and easy. If you can follow along, lets make your fun spring hat! This is a full crochet tutorial/ directions for this fun project!

    You will need a variety of colors of your favorite yarn, your favorite crochet hook (size G if you are new), a yarn needle, and some scissors. That is all!

    First you will make 5 flower burst squares. You need one for the top, and 4 for the sides. You can change the size by adjusting the size of the squares. If you can’t picture that then keep reading. Directions for the flower burst will be below.

    The squares in this Pink/ Red and white directly above only have the 3 colors. I made this one a small basket, but this could be a child’s hat. The one in the first picture has the first 3 colors in the flower burst. Pink/ Red and white. with a fourth color which adds an inch around each side of the square, making it an adult hat.

    If you prefer to watch a video on how to make this childs hat, click here.

    If you’d like to see the adult hat come together, click here.

    For written instructions, continue on!

    Make your Magic Ring. Chain 3 from the ring.  Pull ring tight and slip it together.

    Make 11 DC in the ring. Slip together

    Chain 3, and in that same space do 2 DC then chain 2.

    *In the top of the next DC from the first row, do 3 DC in that stitch.  Ch 2 , Repeat from * Until you have 12 clusters.

    To make the circle you now have into a square. We will start where you are at. Chain 1 , 3 SC in the ch 2 space.

    Ch 1,  Then in the Next ch2 space : SC, DC, TC, Ch2, TC, DC, SC.

    **Ch 1, in the next ch2 space 3SC,

    Ch 1, in the next ch 2 space 3SC,

    Ch 1, In the next Chain 2 space you are making a corner. So 1SC, 1DC, 1TC Ch2, 1TC, 1DC, 1SC

    Ch 1, Repeat from **

    Continue until you reach the end and slip together!

    To make this an adult version, Do One more row of DC around as you would in a traditional Granny Square. With 3 DC in each chain space and 3 DC 2Ch 3DC for each corner.

    The joy of this hat is you can make it in many colors to suit many styles. And if you are feeling really brave you can turn this flower burst into an Afghan!

    Thank you for being here! I hope this is helpful! If you have any questions or you’d like to show me your crochet. Please feel free to reach out @ wildlyartisticliving@gmail.com

    Let’s keep being wildly ARTISTIC! Happy Crocheting!

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