FO: Candle Cozy

I whipped this little item up yesterday afternoon with some scraps leftover from the ripple blanket. I've had the candle in glass jar for ages and spotted it yesterday up on a high shelf and thought "I could crochet a cover for that". I started with a row of foundation single crochet rather than the usual chain as it's easier to get the right size. If you've not done foundation single crochet before then this tutorial on the Futuregirl craft blog is fantastic, with really clear pictures.The rest is just rounds of US single crochet, finishing with a round of US half double crochet.

CNA Recycled Scarf

Over on the CNA forum we're having a crafty workshop extravaganza for half term. There's a variety of craft tutorials, some for adults, some for children and for all different abilities. I'm currently hosting a quilted placemat tutorial - why not head over and check it out?!

One of the ones that caught my eye though was the recycled scarf tutorial by the lovely Annie. Unfortunately I didn't have any old t-shirts to cut up but I admired the others that had been made. So I was over the moon why my husband got home and said he's ripped his top while writing on a whiteboard at work. He was perhaps less than impressed with my unsympathetic "Can I have it?" response.

So I chopped the ripped bit off the bottom and cut from armhole to armhole, leaving me with a big loop. I then cut thin strips partway up. I also cut the label out as it was a bit big. Then to add insult to injury I got my husband to model it for me cos I wasn't very well

I'm really pleased with how it turned out. No matter how many people previously made lovely ones, I did expect mine to look like I'd hacked at a t-shirt...rather like that zip corsage I made and donated to the children's toybox because I was convinced it looked like I'd just sewn a zip onto my clothes. This scarf I will definitely be proud to wear.