Behold the Awesomeness...

...that is the new bicycle seat cover I made.  

I love my bike.  My husband surprised me with it when we lived in Germany (it was locked up where I work waiting for me so I could go on a bike ride with my co-workers.  Yep, we did that sort of thing.)  Almost a decade later it's still one of my favorite things, so I thought I would dress her up a bit.  I looked at some patterns for it, but in the end just sort of made up my own, which is good because now I can make some for different holidays.  I've been considering a crate for either the handlebars or on a rack on the back to put my little dog in.  I'll let you know ;)

                           

Yep, I made a Doily

That word makes me laugh: Doily.  It's funny...

Anyway, I got the pattern for this here.  I question putting the word hipster in the name, but I guess we're labeling all new stuff based on old stuff used or displayed ironically "hipster."  The only yarn I had that was the right weight for this was variegated, but I think it might look better if I used solid yarn, or changed the color for every row- the transitions wouldn't be as noticeable.  

Crochet Friendship Bracelets

This project started out with my researching macrame bracelet tutorials. I have a stash of small beads I wanted to use, but most of the macrame patterns called for bigger beads as focal points. Even the pattern (found here) that I used for these bracelets was laid out using fairly large beads. On a trip to the craft store, I found this lovely pink and purple crochet thread (size 3) with a pretty metallic strip in it. Using a 3.25 mm crochet hook, I made little friendship bracelets that were perfect for my daughter and her friend.