Just in time for Halloween comes a new addition to the Etsy shop. You might have seen the little bats here, but bigger is always better. These bat hair accessories are perfect for a last minute Halloween Etsy shopping spree, and are actually a runoff to the free simple body/wing pattern I posted last month! If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s a link.
These bat hair accessories are available on a hair clip, or headband and come in two different colors.
You can get buy these here, or learn to make them here!
Today, my parents, my girlfriend and I went to the 25th anual avocado festival! We had tons of fun, and I got a lot of great ideas for next weeks street fair. Oh yah, if you happen to be in the neighborhood of Thousand Oaks, California, come on down to the Rotary Street Fair, I’ll be there, with a booth and everything. If you can’t make it, no problem, there will be tons of photos and a blog entry afterwards!
Anyhow, while we were at the avocado festival, we saw some really neat booths with some cool stuff for sale. And to commemorate the festival, I made an avocado hat!
So check out some of the cool pictures, ideas and neat things I found at the avocado festival!
These cute key necklaces are a handmade product of Lynne Hinz, who owns Maji Designs. I thought they looked really well made. You can find more of Lynne’s designs at majidesigns.com
This woman made a very unique type of jewelery that I have never seen before. She grew very tiny flowers and then solidified them in glass to make necklaces and rings. It was really amazing to see, and then look closer and see actual flowers in the jewelery. Very neat. A link to her site coming soon.
This booth made really cool metal sculptures. They were very detailed and included bugs, animals, vehicles, and tons of syfy creatures like preditor. It was actually pretty neat. You can see more of Metal Soul’s work at metalsouls.com
So we had a really great time at the 25th Annual Avocado Festival, saw some great crafts, got some good ideas, and ate some awesome food. If you’re ever in Carpinteria in October, make sure you get to see the Avocado Festival!
So Halloween is basically here, so I figure, it’s time for a new, Halloween themed pattern.
I was searching online for a pattern for an easy bat, but I really couldn’t find any, so I figured, why not make one? So I did, and I think it turned out really nicely. You might recognize this bat sewn onto the girls Halloween hat (left) available here.
-Ch = Chain -M.P. = Mini Picot (ch 2, sl.st in first ch) *probably not called a mini picot, but i didn’t have a name for it, if anyone knows what this is called, please leave a comment 🙂
Pattern: Ch 16 Rnd 1: Hdc 1 in 2nd ch from hook, m.p, hdc 2, m.p, sc 2, m.p, sc 3, m.p, sc2, m.p, hdc 2, m.p, hdc 1, sl.st 1 in same as last. Turn upside down and ch 2 Rnd 2: *On backside. (In where you put the last hdc and sl.st) dc 1, hdc 2, sc3, m.p, sc1, m.p, sc4, hdc 2, dc 1 in first 2 ch. Sew on some eyes and a mouth and tweak the wings a bit, and you have a cute little bat! You can also sew on a pin or some bobby pins to attach it to some clothes or put in your hair.
And that’s all, simple, quick, and you’re ready to go out and show some Halloween spirit!
Check out some bigger bats and how to make them here.
So I recently bought myself a new camera to commemorate the blogs popularity (obviously that’s a lie haha), and to commemorate my new camera, I made a new pattern!
When I was making my bat hat, I looked around for a pattern for wings, but couldn’t find anything that really worked, so I made some and thought of some other uses for them, and thus came the owl and snitch!
Without further ado here it is!
——————————————————————————————————————- Note: This pattern is for the wings and main body only, the entire pattern for the owl is coming soon, so check back.
Wings: Ch 4 (leave longish end for sewing) Rnd 1: skip first ch, sc 1 in each ch (3 total), ch 2, turn Rnd 2: skip first ch, sc 1 in next ch, sc 3 in next 3 sc (4 total), ch 1, turn Rnd 3: sc 1 in each (4 total), ch 4, turn Rnd 4: sc in each (not in ch’s, 4 total), ch 1, turn Rnd 5: sc in each (4 total), ch 1, turn Rnd 6: repeat Rnd 3 Rnd 7: repeat Rnd 4 Rnd 8: sc in each (4 total), Dont ch, turn Rnd 9: skip first sc, sc in each (3 total), ch 1, turn Rnd 10: sc in each (3 total), Dont ch, turn Rnd 11: skip first sc, sc in each (2total), ch 1, turn Rnd 12: sc in each (2 total), Dont ch, turn Rnd 13: skip first sc, sc in next (1 total), Dont ch, Dont turn Rnd 14: in spots along bridge (see below), sl 1, sc 5, hdc 3, sc 3 Fasten off leaving long end for sewing. Wings reach approximately 3 inches in length
Spots along bridge: Mouse over to view spots
Simple body: Ch 2 Rnd 1: sc 6 in first ch (6 total), Do not join Rnds, Mark end of each Rnd. Rnd 2: sc 2 in each around (12 total) Rnd 3: sc 1 in first, 2 in next, repeat 6 times (18 total) Rnd 4: sc 1 in first 2, 2 in next, repeat 6 times (24 total) Rnd 5: sc 1 in first 3, 2 in next, repeat 6 times (30 total) Fasten off and stitch end in
Stitch Wings onto body to make a simple Harry Potter snitch!
You can purchase the owl here, the snitch here, and the bat hat here.
New hat up for sale in the Etsy store today! Sticking with the Halloween theme, the new hat features Frankenstein’s Monster complete with neck bolts too! It was Carter’s birthday today, so I thought I’d give him the first one. It fit the little monster well! Check out the Frankenstein Monster Hat!
You can buy this little monster now here, and keep checking for new patterns and hats!
That’s a double pun right there. Okay, so mustaches are pretty popular now, and all I can grow is a dirty little fuzz-stache. So I made a pattern for me and everyone else who lack the necessary hormones to grow a great mustache! Here’s a few photos of some different colors and my cousin posing with the finished product.
Ch 19
Rnd 1: sl.st 2, sc 1, hdc 2, dc 1, hdc 1, sc 1, ch 1 around next ch (see below for photos), sc 1, hdc 1, dc 1, hdc 2, sc 1, sl.st 3
Fasten off, tie ends together and sew them into the mustache. Tweak the ends up a little for a handle bar effect.
Now, I know its not July, but I was in the Christmas spirit and I’ve been meaning to make a good Santa hat pattern for my booth in October.
Oh yah, if you happen to be in the Thousand Oaks area on October 16th I’m having a booth at the 20th Annual Thousand Oaks Street Fair on Moorpark road! For more information and directions click here.
Anyhow, back to business. I made them in red and green, and I think I’m gonna put elf ears on them soon too! So anyhow, here’s some photos of my cousin Sara wearing the Santa hats.
I don’t have the pattern written down just yet, you’re just gonna have to wait for Christmas I guess!
Well In a few hours I’ll be on a plane to France! I’m going for 28 days and I’ll be studying french in Montpilier in the south of France. But fear not, even though I’m being shipped away, and I’ve just started the blog, I’ll still be posting to the site! Wooo!! I’m so excited! My first pattern for the site should be up soon!
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