Hats plus scarfs

I know that some of you have been waiting for the day and today is that day. Today I have completed hat and scarf sets. I have made two sets modeled here by Mabel and Marvin. Both hats are Billy Beanies with stripes. The pink/purple/orange scarf is a sweet-pea stitch and the black/gray/white scarf is stripes. Soon to be added to my Etsy and hopefully more made before Shoot Cupid.

Earthy Eye at Shoot Cupid 2008

Yes, that is right, I've been accepted to vendor at Shoot Cupid 2008!

Hope to see you all there (all over 21 anyway, don't forget your id)

Also, Earthy Eye is now on Facebook so go ahead and become a fan if you like :)

Tapesty Crocheting

I've been learning to tapestry crochet from the directions in my Happy Hooker book. I first started with the heart design from the book. It turned out pretty good I think!


Then I decided to make a hat and started simply with every other stitch. I counted many, many times and it still did not turn out to meet correctly on the back (not shown). Also, this hat wasn't meant to turn out so small, it would probably fit a new born, if lucky.


Getting closer with the next hat, still small in size but it can actually fit onto my head. I wasn't too excited about how this one turned out because of the red yarn that you can see all of the way around the hat where the hearts are. But all and all, I am very excited to have learned to tapestry crochet. I been improving and now have a few tapestry hats up on my Etsy.

Purple hat with orange "XOXO" tapestry crocheted into it. I used a double crochet for the first time with the tapestry which is usually done in single crochet. I prefer double crochet, even though the stitches are longer.

I will be coming up with more hat tapestry designs soon, it's too much fun not too :)

Tissue Cozy

I was given a tissue cozy that was "made in China" from a friend in hopes that I could recreate with our favorite fabrics. Success! I like these even better than the one that wasn't made by me.

iPod Sweater

Turns out that I am not good at following patterns. I try regularly but never quite get what is expected. No fret though, as I am actually good at making things work for me some way or another. Crochet hacks, as some might say. I got this great new book,
Stitch 'N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker by Debbie Stoller. I tried the cozy pod creatures pattern on page 265. It's a great pattern design! If I remember correctly you only cut your yarn once. I think that I got lost at the pocket. That and it wasn't going to fit my 60 gig like I thought. So, I took my iPod out and measured some vinyl to fit the front and went from there. My pattern is a lot different but with similar results, as in it cover the iPod. No pocket or creature cuteness in mine. Also, I cut my yarn at least 4 times so I had lots to tuck in. Mine is made of Patons Merino wool in a camouflage color pattern. My iPod is happy with its new sweater :)

Marvin and Mabel

Finally the search for glass mannequin heads is over. Meet Marvin and Mabel, the two latest members of Earthy Eye.
I have been searching all over Portland for these two. I searched many fixture stores, second hand stores, Ikea and the internet. Finding glass heads on the internet looked to be my only hope but they cost $15 or so plus that in shipping. Beat the $65 plastic mannequin heads that I had seen but I decided to look on. I ending up finding them at Pier One for $15 each! YAY! I am very excited to have these new hat models. Their head circumference is about 21 inches which is a bit small but not really, because it's better than too big.

Misguided Mittens

Back in September upon having cold hands I decided to make myself some mittens. I did not find a pattern that I liked though I probably did not look too hard as I wanted mittens quick. I was very excited to start my mitten project and bought some feltable Merino Wool. As I crocheted I wrote down exactly what I was doing to so that I could make two mittens just a like. After completing the first one I washed it in the washer on warm with some jeans. Turned out pretty great! Then, with plenty of distractions later, I did not complete the second mitten until December. Thought I should since if I waited too much longer I wouldn't need mittens until next September. Anyway, so the second mitten went following the directions that I wrote from the first. It went quite fast as I started to remember the initial excitement of having 'me-made' mittens. The results did not turn out as had planned though. The second mitten was a bit different even though I followed the directions. And, I since then had gotten a new washer/dried with a front load washer. I don't know why it's different but the second mitten did not felt even after trying twice. So, in the end, what I have is mittens, that are not exact. (the second one turned out smaller) I wore them last weekend for the first time and they still worked out as originally planned. Lesson learn: when making two exact items, 1) do them one after the other, no waiting around, 2) felt them together at the same time to ensure same results. Guess I will have to try again next September. ;0)