Looks like a snowflake

Wanna try making this beauty?? Follow this link for the chart. I used size 10 thread....I think...I get a lot of crochet thread at the thrift store that doesn't have labels, so I'm not 100% sure... So fun to see the pattern come to life after a few rounds. This one is mostly double and triple crochet with chains in between. Enjoy!

More snow...

We are getting more snow today...so I am doing this:

You can find this sweet little pattern here. Enjoy!

A little more crochet...

I've been enjoying the Winter Olympics while doing a little crocheting...I am so into using those awesome crochet charts now!!!!! I pinned this project a few weeks ago; totally love the rainbow colors. I made one in bright blue, using size 3 thread. This is a very easy pattern to follow! I had a hard time getting a good photo...but you get the idea. I took a couple of pictures without the flash, so they look a little dark, but the pattern shows up well.

Here's the same doily done in yellow thread (size 10) with a size 7 hook...smaller for a different look.

Thanks for checking in! Have a great evening!

A little crochet creativity....

Hello! I am enjoying one extra day off today, due to severe the severe windchill in our part of the country. I thought I'd share some projects I did over Christmas break...they are not school related, just so you know. = )

I made each of my students a crochet snowflake for Christmas and since then I've been bitten by the crochet bug! I've wanted to learn how to read and follow crochet charts for quite a while, so I've been focusing on that over the past couple weeks. I started a crochet charts Pinterest board as well, where you can find most of the following projects. I purchased the book Connect the Shapes: crochet motifs  from Barnes and Noble last summer...and finally took it out and set to work. The first few pages explain the symbols and basics of reading charts. This little motif was a favorite! I made 3 of them to use as coasters.

I also sat at my computer with charts I found online. Some of them are easier to read than others. I also found some of them are too small or out of focus to actually read. I pinned the ones I found easiest to read.

Now I have a little stack of these cute motifs...so here's what I've decided to do with them...

Use them as coasters....I'm going to take one to school to keep on my desk, too!

I am going to use them around the house...like under candles or under my jar of crochet hooks.

Eventually I'd like to make enough of one kind of motif and join them together to make a pretty pillow or table runner....and I want to get more fun colors of crochet cotton. There's a lot of color inspiration out there!

Thanks for checking in and stay warm! I'll be back tomorrow with a school project...a felt "Roll the Snowman" game.

5 Days and Counting!

Well, we are down to the last 5 days before Christmas break.  December, as we all know, can be a crazy, busy, fun month. I always like to give my students a little Christmas gift. The past few years I've purchased ornaments for each of them. Last Sunday I had an idea....that I would like to make each of my students a gift this year. So I got busy and crocheted each of them a little snowflake ornament.

I did a few each night and finished today...one week later! I needed to make 16 of these beauties!

I found the pattern here. I absolutely love to crochet and was happy to find this cute pattern. It is very easy and quick!

I attached each snowflake to blue card stock and added a hook for hanging...so hopefully, they will look like this on each student's tree...

I definitely plan on doing this again next year, but perhaps I will crochet over the summer, so I am better prepared come next December!

Hope your month is going well! Thanks for checking in on my little corner of the kindergarten world!