Crocheted Patchwork Blanket

This is a blanket I crocheted for my cousin's son.  It's made of hand-dyed alpaca.  I started by crocheting all the little blue & green squares then I attached them using a chain stitch.  Finally I made rows repeating the pattern dc, ch of the brown/grey color.
I love the way this turned out & the alpaca is so soft & warm.

It's the little things that count.

It's amazing how simple little things can make all the difference.  I made this little colored pencil holder out of an old oatmeal container.

It took me about 10 minutes to make this.  I pulled the paper wrapper off the container & used it as a pattern then I tacky glued the fabric on to the container at the seam & around the edges so the fabric doesn't fray.

And the lid still fits on with my colored pencils inside!

Finger Crochet!

This is a scarf that I made out of alpaca ribbon that was hand-dyed by a local alpaca yarn shop.  It took me less than an hour to hand crochet this scarf.  I repeated a simple pattern of ch 5 then dc 1.  I love the chunkyness of hand crocheting a thick ribbon like this.  The yarn is so beautifully made that it makes the scarf look like a piece of jewelry.