Another completed project!

When one is given a whole lotta wool for her birthday, it is only right to make use of said wool!  I found a shawl on the bobwilson123 youtube channel  and decided to give it a go.

Like I have said before, we are huge fans of Outlander and I have a [not so] miniature obsession with Outlander-esque  items and decided I should probably make a shawl for Lauriel.  The shawl I made isn’t in Outlander-ish colours, but it is Outlander inspired.  Even though she doesn’t wear a lot of purple, I think she suits the colour, so a purple shawl it was!  I like the way the grey breaks it up a little bit!

 

 

If you want to check out the tutorial or the pattern, you can find them bobwilson123 ‘Crochet Rainbow Shawl’

Pay it forward: Easy peasy barefoot sandals

I noticed a few days ago that Gabrielle and her friend were using loom bands to make… bracelety things for their feet, hooking around the toe and then going behind the foot, kind of like a sandal.  When looking on bobwilson123’s YouTube channel (something I do on a daily basis, I must confess!) I found some ‘barefoot sandals’, which let’s face it, look a LOT classier than bloody loom bands (yea, I’m not a loom band fan).  So I set about seeing just how ‘easy peasy’ these sandals are and was pleasantly surpised to find they were simple… so simple that if I had the patience, I could probably teach Gabrielle to make them herself.

But I do not have the patience required.  Trust me.

I made a pair for Gabrielle then decided to make a pair for her friend, Tilda, who she is having a sleepover with tonight.  Of course I can’t make something for one child without making something for the other kids, so Eloise and Emersyn also ended up with a pair… Aidan wasn’t such a fan so I am going to make him something else today.

Gabrielle’s barefoot sandals

Emersyn’s smaller barefoot sandals (I adjusted the # of stitches for these ones)

Eloise’s (on the left) are a different pattern but not a hell of a lot harder!

 

And it wouldn’t be a pay it forward post without the patterns, so here are links to the two tutorials, first for the ‘easy peasy barefoot sandals’, the second for the ‘triangle granny barefoot sandal’ that Eloise is wearing

bobwilson123 ‘Easy Peasy Barefoot Sandal’

bobwilson123 ‘Triangle Granny Barefoot Sandal’

I cannot recommend bobwilson123’s tutorials enough!!!  Prior to looking at her tutorials I could do a simple chain and a double crochet.  That was it.  But after looking through her channel and trying a couple of tutorials I found I could actually follow her step-by-step directions and create items that looked somewhat awesome!  She has hundreds of videos on her YT channel and all of the ones I have looked at have a link to a free written pattern.  I’m telling you, if I can follow her tutorials anyone can!

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