Witchy Stitchy

broomstick lace and more...

its been awhile since my last post, and i apologize for that... I got a new RAZR cell phone, which takes pretty okay pictures, considering its a cell phone... so i promise to take more pictures of my work...
so i was looking for some crochet patterns yesterday, on crochet pattern central, and came across instructions for broomstick lace... so i was at walmart today, and found size 50 knitting needles, which is what i read is often used for broomstick lace, so i bought them... they were like, 6 dollars, and they are HOT PINK!!! lol... did i mention that i'm slightly obsessed with all things pink? speaking of which, have you seen the new Hummer H3? Its a smaller version of the hummer, so it looks like a Barbie car. so if they ever make a more fuel efficient H3, and if i ever become insanely rick, I'm going to get one, and have it painted hot pink, like a barbie car...

so anyways, back on topic. i was looking for patterns for broomstick lace, and i came across this hat: Lovely in Lace. This woman is now one of my crochet idols... hey, that gives me an idea... i wish i had more readers for this blog... oh well... anyways, i decided to make this hat. the pattern was so nicely written, that it only took me around 2 hours to make, and i didn't ever have to rip anything out... there is one row of broomstick lace towards the bottom, and its just a very cute hat.
My version of it:

(ignore the ugly model... that's just me...)
I think the hat works nicely with this belt I made a few days ago:

do you have any idea how hard it is to take a picture of a belt you are wearing on a camera phone? the belt is a mile-a-minute strip i have been using for a few afghans i'm working on... each time i make it, i think to myself, "this would make an awesome belt". so i finally did it, once i got some plastic bone rings... i made both the belt and the hat out of wool i ripped out from a sweater i bought at a thrift store... i also have a bag i made, but that's just plain and ugly and not worth taking a picture of...

anyways, if by some chance, there is actually somebody reading this, please leave me a comment, and let me link to your blog once i get my links section up... i'd like to have a few readers because i have a really cool idea for a project i'd like to do, and i need participants!

posted by Brittany @ 6:16 PM