Custom Crochet Home Decor

Wow! I've been feeling so proud of Kaeleigh this week for publishing her first pattern on Ravelry and for the great response she's received! In a month of big changes, she's already seriously making things happen. It's the beginning of something great, I can feel it!

I, too, have been off the radar for a few weeks. While I certainly haven't had as big a month has Kaeleigh has, I am certainly THRILLED to have her back within driving distance of me.

I'm just coming out of my busy season at work, but of course I've been hooking away in my free time. We recently renovated our living room, which opened up some exciting new crochet possibilities! What better way to match your curtains to your decor than to just make them yourself, right?

What is this...one big excuse to show yet another photo of one of my cats? Sort of! But also, Marian is lounging comfortably next to the pillow that was the inspiration for these curtains. I found a lovely hexagon pattern on Pinterest, brought my pillow with me to the craft store, found some pretty nice colour matches, and got to work! I worked a row of single crochets in white around each hexagon and crocheted them all together in single crochets. I had to improvise some half hexagons as well, so that I'd get straight edges. I then took apart the dusty old roman blinds that came with my house when I moved in and rigged the new curtains up so that they actually lift and lower as well! It was a pain in the butt but I feel really proud of that.

And here's the Easter Egg of this photo series...Marian is also lounging on top of a crochet creation of mine as well. You see, her brother Floyd really prefers to throw up on that very chair. I worked up a big old rectangle in linen stitch with a fairly closely matching yarn that I can lay down on it so that, should an accident happen, all I have to do is toss the barf blocker in the laundry instead of going through he hell that is removing cat vomit from furniture. And yes, it has already come in handy!

Forgive the poorly lit photo...taking pictures of curtains is hard! I also wanted to share a photo of a valence I whipped up. It matches my new chair nicely, and all I did was work up a pretty C2C shawl pattern I found on Moogly called the Fortune's Wrap....and instead of stopping when it was human size, I kept going and going and going until it was long enough for my window. I gave it a quick drape over my living room window and boom! It really completed the look of the room.

But, that's enough for now. It's Friday, and I'm keen to hang out with my cats, and HOPEFULLY finish up the sweater I'm crocheting! Enjoy your weekend!