Free Crocheted Turtle Earrings Pattern

In case you want to work this pattern off-line, or to store it as a hard copy, a free PDF pattern for these cute earrings can be downloaded here (this is a Rapidshare download – please choose the option applicable to you!)

Please do not distribute this pattern or sell it, and please also do not sell the finished items – the pattern is for your personal use only! Thanks for respecting!

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Revamping the store SALES

♥♥♥ On sale ♥♥♥:

All the crocheted flower brooches:

white and orange

red and orange

yellow and red

blue and yellow

blue and white

All the crocheted hair-ties

Number 1

Number 2

Number 3

Number 4

Number 5

Number 6

All the bow-tie pins

Mix

St. Patrick’s

the raffia basket

the coasters

the filet-crocheted cat

All underlines are direct links to the items, but you can also check them out at the store!

I am re-vamping the store, and those items must go! fast!

Take advantage, if you thought the items were cute before, now they are cute and cheap!

Also check out the individual bulk order offers for different items!

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The items are only going to stay active until Easter, so hurry before anyone else does!

Revamping the store…

So I’m probably not alone in thinking that my store has been having a little bit of a disjointed feel to it, too many different things of different styles, all over the place, no real coherent line to it.

So after exchanging some messages with a lovely lady, the idea that has been brewing in the back of my mind has become clear. Through an innocent enough remark of hers, a spark has been struck and triggered one of those blitz ideas I sometimes get in the shower….

The store is going to concentrate on hands and wrists only.

I have even thought of a new name, and a slogan to go with it – and I found a cool new font to use in the banner – the letters all have hands in them! Initially, I wanted the manual alphabet, but that is not legible for those who do not know it, so I had to find something else compatible with the theme – but I’m quite happy with it.

So stay tuned, news coming up soon!

Creating lacy gothy slave bracelet-style gloves…

I had this idea of making a “barefoot sandal” like thing for hands, I wanted it to imitate henna tattoos.

In search of ideas, I was leafing through an old crocheting magazine I found when cleaning up my cellar, and it is full of tutorials and interesting patterns.

I was looking at one of the lacy patterns – a square crocheted in rounds -  that is actually meant to be crocheted on to other squares, and I thought – well – what if I crocheted that thing in black and turned it diagonally? And make something gothy instead?

So I started out, it is quite a fiddly and messy affair, and half made it up as I went, since actually the pattern needs a lot of attention, the way it’s written. On one end I added a loop for the middle finger and tried it on – it looks gorgeous! I decided on a way to fasten it to the wrist (but I’ll have to look through my button stash to see if I can find 2 same buttons – preferably small, and dark red), and they are going to have another, bigger loop around the forearm.

Photos coming up soon, either tonight or tomorrow, I am in a food break before finishing them off…

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Edited to add a picture:

When I was doing this, I didn’t know yet if it was going to turn out right  so I didn’t add all the loops in one go. Since this has been quite successful so far, the next ones I am going to make are going to have the loops integrated (by then I will also know exactly how!)

Sorry if the image seems a bit distorted, I scanned it, but I cleaned the scanner first, and sometimes that seems to disturb the optics. I will look after it, but I think now it’s bed time!

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Follow-up: I have finished them – and I am mighty happy about them – look:

I have listed them here, as a custom.made item – so if you want something similar, follow the instructions on the post! Thanks for looking

Special Welcome Deal For ETSY ADDICTS ANONYMOUS TEAM MEMBERS!

Dear Team Members,

Since I am going to re-vamp the store, this special offer has changed into a sale.

Check out the store to see what has been marked down, and snatch the items up while they are still around!

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Dear Team Members,

to celebrate the opening of this blog, I offer you a special one-off deal – first come, first served:

I have 5 crocheted flower brooches for sale, normally costing $5 each.

The one to buy them all in one go receives a discount of $10 – meaning you get the lot of 5 for $15!!

Sine qua non condition of course is that you have to be a member of the team!

Hurry, there is only ONE lot!

Sample:

Here are the links to all the flowers available:

White with orange center

Red with orange center

Yellow with red center

Blue with yellow center

Blue with white center

Welcome to my New Blog!

Hi everyone,

This blog is dedicated to my Etsy store that I opened recently.

I intend to write about things that happen while I create new things to list there, my daily progress, ups and downs, and so on.

Just a little example of one of those stories I could tell:

For a trade, a co-Etsyan asked if I could make her these coasters in purple, and so the adventure started. The coasters are made of string, so I went on a quest to find purple string.

At first, I was doubtful, and I was looking for anything purple that was crochet-able. So I stumbled upon a purple raffia-like ribbon ad I decided to get some to use in case I didn’t find string.

Eventually, however, I did find string and my initial problem was solved. But what to do with the raffia now in my possession? An article in a crocheting magazine provided the inspiration, and after hard work and some trial and error, I came up with this basket.

So me being me, I went to show it off to the lady who sold me the raffia, and she liked it so much that she gave me some more raffia in different colours to make her one too!

So this was a kind of trade too, she got the basket, and I got to keep the remainder of that raffia.

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I also am now a member of the Etsy Addicts Anonymous Team, although I still don’t seem to come up as a member in that link…

This will explain the loooong list of links on this blog: those are all the members! Click and enjoy, and don’t forget to visit my site too, from time to time

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The upcoming pages on this blog will contain pictures of finished and listed items, by category. Stay tuned, they will come up sooner or later!

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In the meantime, thanks for looking, and please, do not hesitate to subscribe to this blog, by clicking the entries RSS link here, or at the very top of this page, just underneath the banner!