Finally.........A New Post

I admit it.  I am a horrible blogger!  In my defense it has been crazy busy at our home.  We are currently getting ready for a craft fair this weekend and one the next weekend. Add to that Thanksgiving tomorrow and the fact that the kids have been out of school (the kids call this month No School November) and you can see why I have been busy.  Oh...and I also agreed to take on sewing piece work to help out a friend and make some extra money.  Needless to say I have pretty much given up sleeping for now.  I have been able to get a bunch of crafts finished though so I feel like I just might be ready to do the craft fair.  Here are some of the hats I have been working on.

First up are some of the hats just for the Civil War....the huge football rivalry game here between the University of Oregon and Oregon State University.

If you can't tell the colors from the pictures the OSU Beavers colors are black and orange and the UofO Ducks colors are dark green and bright yellow.  Unfortunately being winter in Oregon means there is no sun so the pics were taken under the lovely yellow tinted lights in my house.

Next I have some fun/cute hats!

I do have newsboy caps (the style of the hats right above) that I made for boys.  For some strange reason the pictures didn't make it to my email.  I can pretty much make any pattern and I do have several more patterns in my collection so if you see something you like let me know.  The pattern for the owl hat came from Repeat Crafter Me (repeatcrafterme.com) in case you want to try it out.  I think I would also be able to figure out a pattern for almost any character or animal hat if you are more interested in that.  I am currently working on a Pikachu hat and I have the stuff for a sock monkey hat waiting for me to finish.

I don't just do hats, even though it may seem that way.  Here are some hair clips I did.

These are easily customizable and can be made with almost any crocheted flower.

Last but not least I want to share my favorite thing that I have made so far.  It is a diaper cover and hat set just for Christmas.

Little Santa and Elf sets!  So adorable!  The diaper covers are adjustable so they can fit any infant and the hats can be made in any size.  I found this set on Repeat Crafter Me.  They are not her patterns so here are the direct links.  The Santa hat is from Girl in Air.  I did alter the pattern because I didn't like all of her pattern but I don't write out patterns very well so I won't put it on here.  If you really want to know please email me and I will try to share.  The diaper cover is from Flowers Creations and it is easy and wonderful!

Well I best be getting back to my crafting and Thanksgiving preparations!  I do have other non-crochet crafts that I have been working on and just don't have the pics for them yet.  I will get them up as soon as I can.  I you are in the Portland area and want to check out a fun craft fair this weekend please come out and support us!  It is at Cartlandia so there will be great food along with the craft fair.  The address is 8145 SE 82nd Ave and it will be Friday-Sunday from 10-4.  If  you have a Facebook account you can check it out here.  As always you can email me with orders and questions at craftablesbyali@gmail.com.  I hope you all have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving and fruitful and safe Black Friday shopping!