cozy mania~

Hello everyone! It's a cozy party in my dorm room! After I made the mug cozy for my boss, I instantly dove into hooking one for my friend. But instead of sticking to a pattern, I decided to just wing it. And this time I even have pictures! *dance party*

See! It's my friend's mug and her brand new mug cozy! I didn't have any more buttons, so she got a lumpy yarn flower...thing. The only problem that I had was working with the green yarn. It was a pain and a half, since it was so much thinner than my yarn. On top of that, the mug is a funny shape, so it needed several increases and decreases, so I needed to learn how to do them on the fly. But everything worked out, and it looks so nice, if I do say so myself! It's made of both single crochet and half-double crochet, to give it a little more cushion.

And now here's mine! Covering my lovely Rutgers mug!<3 The purple is my boyfriend's favorite color, and red is mine. It wasn't as hard as my friend's was, since it only needed one increase. I made it all (aside from the very bottom) in single crochet, so it would be a little more firm. I managed to teach myself how to carry along the yarn when I'm not using it, so I didn't have to cut and weave for every layer. I am, admittedly, a bit worried that the gap for the handle is too wide, but I shall not allow myself to be bothered by it!

~Cupcake

It's alive!

Already a successful crochet project!


No picture at the moment, but I have successfully crafted a mug cozy for my wonderful boss.
I used this pattern, found through Ravelry (if you're not a member yet, go sign up! It's a dream for all yarnworkers): http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/coffee-mug-cozy-2


The pattern was a piece of cake! It only took me an hour or so from start to finish.


On top of that, my big WIP project is my friend's blanket. It's only a couple feet long, and it's really not too bad difficulty-wise. The hard part is actually doing it.


I usually get distracted by new obsession: granny squares. But more on those later, once I have some pictures.


I proceeded to hatch the brilliant plan of making my own pattern. Alright, so it wasn't the best idea, since I've only been crocheting for a few weeks. But since my boyfriend sometimes comments that his fingers get cold while drinking Monster. So, like the loving girlfriend I am, I came up with a Monster Cozy. I won't say anything about that now, since I'm going to post the pattern I came up with!


~cupcake