My son's holey gloves got the Mario treatment...crochet style

My son loves his gloves, 

to the point where they now have large holes in them.

When I promised to fix them I was thinking

of simply crocheting a brown rectangle as a patch.

Then I realized that I could be more creative so

this is what I did.




He's had his gloves for years

and he is the type of kid 

who would rather get something fixed

than buy something new.

(Takes after his mum :D)  

He still really likes Mario so

he was really happy with them.

Also in this picture is my beagle

who was sick all day today and part

of yesterday.

I was so happy to see her sniffing around,
hopefully she

will be eating again soon.

Day 18: Red Riding Hood

I had so much fun yesterday

making  the Ninja , I decided

to see if I could come up

with a pattern of Red Riding Hood.

 

Day 17: Ninja love

 A cute fast pattern 

for a busy day.

It looks like everyone

is getting into Olympic fever.

Day 10: teacosy made from thrifted hat

When I found this hat yesterday 

at the thrift store I didn't know

what I would do with it

but it was such pretty colours 

that I couldn't resist.

Both the scarf and the hat

were each 69 cents.

Normally I would just wear the

hat but it was a toddler 

size so that was out.

Then I realized that it

would make a perfect teacosy.

First I tried to sew a band of

stitches on either side of 

where I would cut

(this technique has always

worked in the past).

 

But it was so thick it wouldn't

go under the pressure foot so 

I sewed the rows by hand.

The second I started to cut I

knew I was in trouble because

all the stitches started to unravel.

So I put tape on the back to 

temporarily stop more unraveling and

resewed the edges with yarn that

I had unraveled from the flaps.

Then I single crocheted over the edges

to clean up the mess.

I had been thinking of cutting

a hole for the spout but because the

side and top were made in one piece

I knew that I might ruin it.

I have to say that I'm very

chuffed at my new teacosy and

I'm going to be on the lookout

for other suitable hats.
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Cost 69 cents.
So far this month 69 cents