Stacking Crochet Baskets

3 round stacking crochet baskets out of chunky yarn. Perfect for all the small toys like legos, action figures, etc. #phoenixrosedesign  #crochet #baskets #stacking #black #orange #green #acrylic #chunky #solutions #organization #homedecor #handmade #Phot

Doing a bit of retro blogging today, as I am trying to catch up on several Crochet projects that I did and then gifted for Christmas. Since I didn’t want to reveal the “gift” until after the person received them, it only makes sense.

3 nesting baskets - crochet. Completed Dec. 18,2014

While I was ill over Christmas, I was home for about a week from work. The bad news was that I was sick and highly contagious. The good news was that I rested up, and with the help of antibiotics, I did feel well enough to get some crocheting done. I had some really rough, chunky yarn that I got at the local Euro shop – in not very pretty colors. My original thought was to make an “ugly rug”.

3 nesting baskets - crochet. Completed Dec. 18,2014

The problem was that I just couldn’t think of making a rug with a couple of afghans and other larger projects in the works. As a result, I decided to try my hand at some baskets. The result was me crocheting a set of 3 stacking baskets in orange, Green, and black. They weren’t very big – maybe about 14 inches high for the largest, but they are all quite wide in diameter.

3 nesting baskets - crochet. Completed Dec. 18,2014

3 nesting baskets - crochet. Completed Dec. 18,2014

The smallest is perfect for fitting a skein of yarn and keeping it from rolling about on the floor. The middle and larger ones hold 1-2 skeins each, or they can hold some cool things like legos, GI joe type toys, or Mc donalds figures. I’m trying to figure out what to “line” them with – maybe I won’t do that at all – but I’m still trying to think what to use. I’m open to suggestions, so please feel free to share.

Otherwise, as always, if you’d like a custom order set of baskets, or anything else you see here, please let me know!

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Retro Ear Warmers

This week, I had an order for 3 gorgeous ear warmers to be made. They needed to be in light blue, Dark blue, and Grapey Purple.

I did them all 3 in some variations of the Pinup girl tie style hairbands that I made, and I’m pretty pleased with how they turned out. There are no a patterns – I came up with them myself. 🙂

The first is the Grapey one. It’s in a front/back post stitch, and has a little “feature” of a loop that hooks around it to make it a bit looking like a bow.

sparkly grape colored ear warmer. crochet. #PhotoGrid #phoenixrosdesign #violet #sparkle #crochet #earwarmer #handicraft #hairbands

The second was a petrol blue colored blanket stitch style ear warmer. This one I narrowed the ends and added a button to go in the back.

Blanket stitch crochet ear warmer in petrol blue. #crochet #phoenixrosdesign #earwarmer #selfpattern #blue #fashion #winter #warm #PhotoGrid

And the third is a light tourquoise hair band with ruffled edges, and a tie on the top. This one is the one I mentioned that was modified from the pinup girl hair tie I did earlier.

Scallop edged tie crochet ear warmer #PhotoGrid #phoenixrosdesign #crochet #blue #custom #handmade #pinup #pinupgirl #sexylady #winter #hairbands #hairtie

Not bad – and for a custom order – 8 Euro each. You can always reach out to me if you’d like a custom order for something that you’d like.

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Navy, Mulberry and Petrol Cowl

Doing a bit of retro blogging today, as I am trying to catch up on several Crochet projects that I did and then gifted for Christmas. Since I didn’t want to reveal the “gift” until after the person received them, it only makes sense.

The last time I was in the USA, I went shopping with my step mom. She helped me pick out some gorgeous yarn, in 3 shades – Mulberry red, a beautiful turquoise blue, and a lovely navy. They all went together, and the original plan was to make a certain type of scarf. After returning to Ireland, I unfortunately discovered there wasn’t enough to do what I’d wanted. So, I frogged the entire scarf – and put the yarn aside.

This winter, I picked the yarn back up, and made a shell stitch cowl – with the 3 colors. It’s an infinity scarf / cowl, and I think it turned out pretty. I gave it to my stepmom as a Christmas gift. This is me modelling it.

Mulberry,Petrol,Navy Cowl

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