Elf SlippersI’ve been a bit quiet but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been crocheting.  I am feeling a serious addiction to crochet at the moment and I can’t sit in front of the TV without wanting to crochet something.  That desire has lead to a couple things that didn’t develop into anything usable.   I tried to make up my own pattern for 2 hats without success and attempted to make a crocheted gift box which looks quite sad.  Some things that went well are the granny square slippers from The Purl Bee.  I decided to make them in red for my niece and nephew.  Those kids are getting a lot of crocheted things this Christmas, LOL.  I even added a bell to the tips which makes them officially “Elf Slippers.”  Now I just hope they fit!  They are darned cute though.

I also made a hat and scarf set for my sister.  I used the Divine pattern for the hat and Simply Soft yarn.  It was a little more light weight yarn than I realized but it certainly is soft.  Then I grabbed some fleece yarn I’ve had for years and made a scarf to match the hat.  I bought the fleece yarn years ago with the intention of making a scarf for my sister and I’m happy that’s what it was used for eventually.  I had a skein of white and one of variegated white/blue.   The yarn was hard to work with because it’s fuzzy and the base of the yarn is a tiny string with the fuzz coming off it.  The scarf is about 6ft long and I tried not to make it too wide since the current fashion is skinny scarves.  The scarf is snuggly and I hope she likes it.  I don’t have a photo yet and my camera battery died so it’s getting revived at this moment.  I’ll add a photo later.