Name Change

Hi, as you may have noticed, or maybe you didn't and you're hearing it here for the first time. I have changed the name of my blog to "Creative Hands Design".  Why is this you may wonder (or maybe you don't so you can't stop reading now but if you do care carry on reading) why?!  I have changed it so that it matches the name on my business cards as well as my soon to be website "Creativehands.design"  Having everything with the same name is helpful for people to find me and not get lost in the...."how do you spell that?" circle of confusion.  I know I spelt "designs" wrong before when I spelt it d'zines.  I thought it was creatively funny.  

Anyways moving on.  This blog is still basically going to be about my hobbies, crochet and card making.  It's also going to have a few posts about nail design. Some of you may know I have taken on a roll with GelMoment. A toxic free, fast and easy to use gel polish company! No base coat or top coat required. Manicure done in 10 minutes with salon quality that lasts up to 2 weeks.  There that's my pitch! If you want to learn more just hit me up, I love to talk about it!  

I'm so happy to have you here and I hope you have found a smile on your face at some point today! 

Chat soon,
Michelle

Eye Glass Holders

Hello everyone! Long time no post.  There's a good reason. I've been a little busy making some really fun characters to sell at my kids' school craft fair this winter.  I wanted to make something that was funny and cute but also practical, useable and different from what you would typically see at a craft fair.  Without taking up too much time let's just get to it. The pattern is listed down below if you're interested in making these too.  I just kind of made most of it up in my head except for the eyes I followed a youtube tutorial.  There are a couple of parts that I didn't write a pattern for so they are unlisted because I can't remember what I did for them, ie the unicorn horn or elephant trunk.  

The Body/Ball:


R1:  Magic Circle, 6sc into magic circle and join
R2: 2sc in each stitch
R3: *2sc 1sc* repeat around
R4: *2sc 1sc 1sc* repeat around
R5: *2sc 1sc 1sc 1sc* repeat around
R6: *2sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc* repeat around
R7: *2sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc* repeat around
R8: *2sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc* repeat around
R9: *2sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc* repeat around
R10: *2sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc* repeat around
R11: *2sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc* repeat around
R12: *2sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc 1sc* repeat around
R11-20: 1sc in each stitch
Time to decrease
R21: *1sc in first 10 stitches then sc2tog* repeat around
R22: *1sc in first 9 stitches then sc2tog* repeat around
R23: *1sc in first 8 stitches then sc2tog* repeat around
R23: *1sc in first 7 stitches then sc2tog* repeat around
R24: *1sc in first 6 stitches then sc2tog* repeat around
R25: *1sc in first 5 stitches then sc2tog* repeat around
R26: *1sc in first 4 stitches then sc2tog* repeat around
R27: *1sc in first 3 stitches then sc2tog* repeat around
R28: *1sc in first 2 stitches then sc2tog* repeat around
R29: sc2tog around until gap is closed fasten off and weave in ends.


The eyes: (Owl eyes)

(With black yarn)
R1:  magic circle with 6sc inside, join together and ch1

 (change to eye colour desired for row 2)
R2: 2sc in each stitch join and ch1

(Change to white)
R3:  2sc in each stitch fasten off leave a long tail for sewing onto project

The eyes: (Smaller eyes) I followed this youtube tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqu9tWXEuM0&t=349s


The Nose and Ears are the same pattern.
Need 2 ears and one nose for 1 character:

R1:  Magic circle with 6sc inside
R2: 2sc in each st
R3: *2sc 1sc* around
R4: *2sc 1sc 1sc* repeat around
R5: *1sc in each st around
R6: *1sc 1sc sc2tog* repeat around
R7: *1sc sc2tog* repeat around leave a long tail for sewing on project and fasten off.

I stuffed the nose and then folded the ears in half and sewed them on

If you have any questions just shoot
Happy crochet day, now go get knotty

Chelle