DIY- Heisenberg Breaking Bad sunglasses crochet pattern

A couple of weeks ago I became part of the worldwide known tradition of Reddit Secret Santa, but by the moment I could know how does it work, I didn't have money to buy a nice gift for my secret Santa, so I decided to crochet a small Heisenberg doll, following this free pattern: http://www.louiesloops.com/2013/10/im-one-who-crochets.html. I love this blog, it has easy and free geeky crochet patterns.

Here are the pictures of the process of me crocheting that pattern:

crocheting the little hat

crocheting the little hat

But then I came with a problem, I didn't have felt to do the sunglasses!, so I decided to crochet them. I was a little skeptical about it, but after they were done I felt quite happy with the results.

PATTERN

For this pattern you need a 2mm hook,

CH 15. Don't Join.
First half of the sunglasses: Skip first chain from the hook. 1 sl stch, 1 hdc, 3 dc, 1hdc, 1slt stch. You will do every single stitch on every single hole in the 14 chain, repeating this twice, in order to do the glasses. Then you'll use some yarn and a needle, to pass it trough every end of the glasses.

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DIY- Hair accessories with delicate crocheted flowers.

Any event is a perfect excuse to try a beautiful but functional crochet project. A friend (another friend) is getting married in a couple of weeks and I wanted to wear a delicate but original hair accessory. I love flowers, but all the flower accessories I saw were too expensive for me, so I decide to do it myself.

As most of my handcrafts, this one is really affordable and super original, you can choose the colors you want, depending on your outfit, you can make a really cute present for another person, and depending how you customize your flower, it could look perfect for a girl or for adults. Flowers will always be fashionable, you only need to change the color of the flower according to the season. 

You can use different types of yarn and hooks, to change the size of your flower, always using the same pattern.

You can use any type of glue, but I like to use hot silicon glue because is stronger.

THE PATTERN FOR THE FLOWER:

Ch 4 and sl st to do a ring, where you're going to work your pattern around.
Round 1: Ch 1, *sc and chain 3* 6 times inside the loop. Join with sl st to first sc. You'll end up having 6 loops.
Round 2: Ch 1, *sc, ch1, 3 dc, ch 1, sc* in every single 6 loops, to form 6 petals. Do not join.
Round 3: *Ch 5. Sl st in the back stitches between every single petal* Repeat this 5 more times, for a total of 6 ch 5 loops. Don't join.
Round 4: *Sl, ch 2, 6 dc, ch 2, sl st* in every ch 5 loop. Fasten off.

THE VIDEO

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DIY: How to crochet the perfect winter hat?

Winter is the best excuse to do easy and practical crochet projects. I did this video tutorial a long time ago, so I decide to post it again, since is that time of the year. This is the easiest way you can make a warm hat for the winter.



My favorite part about this pattern is that you can do so much with it, and is perfect for beginners. This pattern is o easy that even though you don't know how to crochet that much, you can do it, because you only need to know 2 different types of stitches. You can also use this same technique to do scarfs, as you will see in a future video tutorial.

As you can see in the pictures bellow, using your imagination you can do different types of hats with the same pattern.

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DIY- How to crochet a cute baby hat?

Babies are adorable, and they are also a good excuse to make a beautiful crochet project. 

The best thing about this pattern is it versatility; depending on the yarn you're using, and the hook, you can make a perfect hat for the cold seasons, like winter and fall, or for more warm seasons, like spring or summer. 

THE HAT VIDEO TUTORIAL

LEARNING TO DO THE BASIC CROCHET STITCHES

THE PATTERN:

1- Ch 4, joint to form a ring.

2- Ch 2, 9 dc in ring. join.

3- Ch 2, dc in same st, 2 dc in every stitch around. join (to make the hat wider, do this road again)

4- Ch 2, dc in every st around. Join.

5- Ch 2, dc in back loop of next st, and in front loop of next st, repeat the same order around. Join

6- Ch 2, dc in each stitch around. Join.

End- Ch 1, in same stitch: sc, ch 1, 2 dc, ch 1, sc, next stitch sl st. Repeat the same order around. Join

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DIY- How to do your own decorative vases: Inexpensive and beautiful

One of my friends is getting married at the end of November, and since she and her fiance are college students, the had to be creative with the wedding budget. The used a venue on campus, that's free for students, some of their friends offer to pay and do the catering by themselves, the bride's cousin offer to pay the cake, and her dress was on sell!, everything was going perfect...except for the decoration.

We thought about something simple, but elegant. The good thing about simple decoration is that it could be elegant, but at the same time completely inexpensive. So we decided to do beautiful decorative vases ourselves.


MATERIALS:

Glass vase.
Glitter.
Regular white glue.
Brush or a sponge
Old newspapers
Any type of tape.
Any type of candle (optional). You can use instead LED tea-light candles (some venues doesn't allow real candles).

We are going to use LED candles, because our venue doesn't allow real candles. 

STEP 1

Use the tape to create a line that will delimit how is the glitter going to be set up in the vase. Use the tape to create different designs. 

STEP 2

Use the brush, or the sponge, to spread the glue on the vase. You can pour some glue on a bowl before. 

STEP 3

Now is time to use the glitter!!! Right after you spread the glue on the vase, you're using the glitter. We strongly recommend you to use glitters with light colors.

While you`re sprinkling the glitter in the vase, do it on top of a newspaper, you could save glitter, and time when cleaning up.

STEP 4

Let it dry for at least an hour. You'll notice that the white color of the glue starts fading. You can use this time to clean up a little. (We used this time to chat).

STEP 5

Now the best part!. After the glue is completely dry, remove the tape, and you're done!. You can add the candle or just leave it without it. 

And voila!

Cute, inexpensive, and versatile; you can use then for decorate your house, or just for a romantic dinner at home. Please post your questions on the comment section. 

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DIY- Don't know what to do with a boring window? let is snow!!!

Winter has finally come, with a lot of beautiful but cold snow. No more cardigans and light fabric scarfs, no more converse and ballerina shoes; it's time for winter coats, snow boots, gloves, heavy fabric scarfs and hats.

During winter there's hardly sunlight here in Logan, which is one of the coldest cities in Utah. That's shame because landscapes here are beautiful. I looked at my window and I realize "what a boring window". I had no decoration that I could use to ignore the fact that outside was pretty dark... and it was only 5PM.

So I decided to to paper snowflakes to decorate my dorm window. They're delicate, easy to make, and the most important part not expensive at all. 

Here's the video tutorial, I hope you enjoy it.

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A new begining

First of all welcome to my new-old blog! and to my new post in a long time. A lot of things had happen to me in this last year; I'm currently living in Utah thanks to a wonderful scholarship, that gave me the opportunity to go back to school after dropped of college almost four years ago. I saw in this opportunity as the new beginning I needed so much. 

Talking about my blog, as you can see on previous posts, they were in my native language; Spanish. Why changing to English?

1- I want to be a teacher, and I need to improve my English as much as I can.

2- English is like an "universal language", a lot of people speak English, besides their native language, and I want to share this blog with as many people as possible.

3- I only know how to read crochet patterns that are in English: a couple of years ago a very dearest co-worker taught me the basic crochet stitches, but she did it in English. When I went to learn how to read patterns, they were all in English, an I got so used to them, that I can't just follow the ones on Spanish. That's why my crochet video tutorials are in English. (para las personas que hablan español, lo siento mucho, pero blogger tiene la opción de traducir al idioma que quieras).

Thanks for visiting my blog, and I hope you enjoy it. 

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