Tammy's Handmade Crochet
Crocheting is my favorite craft.
I learned how to crochet from my grandmother when I was a little girl and I love it. Grandma crocheted edgings on hankies, so she taught me how to crochet with thread first! I made Barbie clothes. No patterns, grandma never had patterns, so I made my own designs. Then it was on to yarn and my first ripple afghan. I taught myself how to read patterns, and when I lived in Japan I taught myself how to read symbols.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Monday, June 26, 2006
B-I-L Slippers
These are slippers I made for my B-I-L. He had a ratty pair that his mother made for him, I swear sometime in the sixties!!! They were so old, flat and stretched out.
I didn't have a pattern, and couldn't find one anywhere, so I had to make my own pattern. Orange is his favorite color.
Labels: Slippers
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Edging
Here is a pic of the blanket I am working on. Thanks to the wonderful people at Crochetville for helping me with border ideas.
I have worked up a border of one row of single, one row of half double, and one row of reverse single.
Labels: Afghan
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Daisy Hotpad
Labels: Kitchen
Some Doilies I Have Made
Please forgive the quality of the photos {I'm NOT a photographer!} and that fact that these are NOT blocked or starched. These where practice doilies I have made out of various threads and colors.
Labels: Doily
Tammy's Handmade Crochet
For many years I have been making items for charity. I crocheted baby layettes for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, a non-profit charitable organization which gives baby bags to new moms of the armed forces. I crocheted squares and helped join them for Warm Up America!, whose primary purpose is to organize and assist in the creation of blankets by volunteers and to distribute these blankets to needy and homeless people. I crocheted blankets for Project Linus, a non-profit organization that distributes blankets to children of all ages who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. In addition to charity work, I have crocheted many items for family and friends, and have sold several items at craft fairs.