Crochet Headband Tutorial

This is a tutorial for a basic crochet headband. If your crocheting skills are somewhat limited, this is the perfect pattern for you!

Lets start with things you'll need for this project:

- One skein of yarn (a four ounce skein will be plenty). For this project I just used Lion Brand Wool Ease, in "Dark Grey Marl"
- A crochet hook (Size G/4.5mm is what I used)

- A yarn needle 

Step one: Chain 9 stitches

Step two: Single crochet into stitch that is 2nd from hook, then single crochet in every stitch until end of row

Step three: chain one, turn, single crochet into all stitches until end of row.

Step four: Repeat Step three until desired length (until it can wrap comfortable around your head

Step five: Cut yourself a long tail, knot it off and then thread the yarn onto the yarn needle. Bring the two ends of the headband together and then from one side to the other side, sew the two ends together. 

Enjoy!

Here are all the steps in pictures: 

Supplies: 

Step one: ch. 9

Step two: single crochet in 2nd stitch, then single crochet until end of row. You should have 8 stitches

Step three: Ch. 1, turn, single crochet until end of row 

Step four: Repeat step three until desired length (you should be able to comfortably wrap it our your head)

 

Step five: Cut a long tail and thread your yarn needle onto it, join the two ends of your headband together and sew them together with the tail you cut. When you have finished sewing your ends together, knot off your yarn tail and sew in your ends so they are invisible. Cut off any extra yarn that may be sticking out and you're finished!




It should look like this:


Thanks for reading! Happy crafting!

- Morgan

Mustard, Everyone, Mustard!!!

I don't know if you've noticed, but colors are just as capable as becoming a trend as a brand name is.

Remember last year when that mint color came on the scene and was practically impossible to avoid? 

Despite all hipster efforts to ignore such a wonderful color because it was mainstream, we all know we bought at least one thing in that shade. 

Well guess what, there's a new mint in town, and as much as people will try to deny its presence, it is about to hit fashion with a force! 

I started noticing mustard colored things slowly trickling in two years ago so I began documenting it: 

I stumbled upon this unique item at Grand Marketplace in Portland Oregon. 

This lovely hiking backpack was spotted in one of my favorite stores on Mississippi Street in Portland called Animal Traffic. 

Check them out, they're amazing, great quality goods.

I found this beautiful hat in one of my new favorite shops on Etsy called LovelyMuggle, you can find her in this link: 

And this hat is also a huge favorite, from a lovely Etsy shop called TheHookNook

You can find her shop here: 

 

If you haven't gotten in on the trend, I'd love to help you out! You can find all sorts of mustard apparel in my shop, here

Thanks for reading, have a lovely Mustard-y week!! 

- Morgan 

"Hey! Let's go to the beach!"

Oh! We went to the beach!

Meet my friend Katie "Kathleen" Rowe!! 

She's outrageously wonderful! 

Today we decided to go to Seaside, Oregon and just  relax and enjoy ourselves. 

Here we met a bookstore cat, bought some coloring books, ate some tasty burgers and salt water taffy, colored on the beach and got some fresh spring water from some sweet old strangers. 

Here's some pictures :)

We wore matching pipe cleaner crowns because we're princesses ;)

Take some time to relax this week!!

- Morgan 

Diy Satchel Purse

Greetings on this incredibly rainy afternoon!

Today I've decided I'm going to make my own satchel type purse out of this tacky/chic fabric that resembles a carpet bag! 

Materials:

- approx 1/2 yard of fabric 

- a 12 inch zipper 

- sharp scissors

- a measuring tape/ruler 

- a sewing machine

- confidence! (you can do this!!!)

Step one: 

Measure a length of fabric that is 14" wide by 17" tall (doubled over, the crease is at the bottom, the opening is at the top). 

(Width)

(Height) 

Step two: 

Sew the zipper on (it helps to fold about 1/2 an inch under on the fabric so the seam looks clean)

Do one side at a time 

When you do the second side, make sure you leave the zipper most of the way open so it is easy to sew

Step three:

TURN INSIDE OUT

Lay bag flat and cut the bottom all the way, evenly. 

Then measure three inches from the bottom and three inches from the side and sew from those coordinates diagonally. 

Do this on both sides and then sew the bottom line. MAKE SURE you leave your zipper open so you can reverse it with no hassle. 

Once you flip it right side out it should look like this! 

I wish to do a thin (2cm) black leather cord for the strap, so I'll update this post when I find the perfect materials!! 

Happy crafting!  

Morgan 

Pip's Original Donuts with My Katies

Today I went to Pip's Original Donuts with two of my closest friends, Katie and Katie. 

We got a lot of donuts 

Here are some Nutella donuts

These ones in the picture above were my favorite!!! They were Maple and Bacon flavored, honestly the tastiest donuts I have ever beheld. 

Katie J got a chai tea sampler, it was pretty delicious if you're a big fan of chai. 

They had the sweetest little handmade pillows that said Pips on them. 

One even had an embroidered picture of the front of the shop!!

Their bathroom had a really cool wall made of mismatched tiles. 

We had a great time!! 

And remember, everyone, you belong at Pip's!! 

(Portland, Oregon, United States) 

Cheers, Morgan 

Also, we saw a bear sized dog 

Diy Scarf Post!

So here is my tutorial on how to make a cute easy, tassel scarf!!

I've had this idea for a while, and I'm glad it actually works! Enjoy! 

Step one, buy 3/4 of a yard of fabric you really like: 

Step two, make tassels 

For this you will need: 

- yarn

- scissors 

- a piece of cardboard 

- yarn needle

Cut a small piece of yarn and rest it on the cardboard horizontally

then wrap yarn vertically seven times 

Cut 

Tie the small string at the top in a knot

Slide it off (make sure your knot is tight) and wrap a different piece of string (that should be about 12inches long) around your strings approximately 1.5 centimeters down from your knot (wrap it around 4-5 times)

Use the yarn needle to secure your string and hide it with the result of the tassel strings

 

Cut the ends of the tassel evenly 

This is what your tassels should look like.

You're gonna need to make about 15-20 of these 

Let's go back to our fabric, fold it in half with the ugly side out, and the pretty side in. 

Next step, we're gonna go to the sewing machine and evenly sew in our tassels onto the scarf. 

NOTE: because this is inside out, MAKE SURE you put the tassels on the inside and sew as close to the knot as possible. Space your tassels about 2.5 inches apart. 

NOTE: they don't need to be along the whole length of the scarf.  

This is what it will look like, cute little tufts sticking out of the seam 

Turn it inside out and it'll look like this!!

Now, the final step is sewing the ends together, tuck one end into the other end, fold in the edges and sew them together 

Tada!! Tassel scarf! 

Love love love, 

Morgan.