The Magic Star Earrings and Giveaway!

To celebrate the New Year and my very first original crochet pattern; I'm giving away a copy of the pdf for pattern. Note: this is for the pattern, not the actual crocheted earrings. 

I will draw a winner on Dec. 31, New Year's Eve. 

To enter, leave a comment below. 

I will email the pdf for the pattern to the winner's email address.

Also, since this is my first pattern, I'm looking for feedback on how user friendly my pattern is from the winner. 

Baby, you're a star!.

Really? No one is interested in a free pattern? Or was the time frame to short for comments? I did come up with it on the spur of the moment during the holidays. Ok, I'm going to extend the deadline to Jan. 10th, since there were quite a few page views, just in case you all checked it out after the holidays.

June's Pay-It-Forward

To read my first post on the Pay-It-Forward idea to support bloggers who provide content online read here. This month I'm supporting Daniela of danielasneedleart.

This is the cute pattern that I bought:



I think her free patterns are even cuter than her paid ones, such as this:



Her blog has lots of free patterns, and ideas. She also promotes other yarn designers. You can find her on Ravelry as well.

I've been posting so much about food lately, I decided to share some other projects. Here are some crochet projects I've done lately; a hat and a necklace. I was very happy with the hat; I'm going to experiment more with this type of necklace to find the best combo of yarns structurally as well visually.

The super-popular this year, mohawk hat, on my friend Bubha John. I got the free pattern on Ravelry , thanks, Hannah, although I crochet the same way I cook, because this is a knitted pattern that I managed to adapt.

and

the Crochet Necklace