I can't believe I actually did it, I finished all 55 Valentines gifties for the girls' classmates and teachers, two days before Valentine's Day. Whoo hoo! Must be a record for us crafters, or... maybe just me.
These little hearts are about 1" across at their widest point, and most are on satin cord for necklaces, continuing the collection from Christmas and Halloween. I put pin backs on the five for the teachers. These are crocheted, though, not knitted like the previous ones, but I don't think anyone will notice. The fantabulous little cards are from the oh-so-generous Jessica of zakka life, and they were just perfect for this project. Now the necklaces won't get tangled up, turn into a jumbled mess and take forever to distribute. These will be a piece of cake.
One of the greatest things about this project is that I got to turn lemons into lemonade... I had a great skein of red wool yarn I'd been saving for years. When I was going through my stash early in January, I realized I had some unwanted visitors and sometimes it's not so good to save things.
The whole skein had been eaten through, and the yarn was broken up into random, various lengths. So I turned them into miniature hearts, and used up about half a skein that probably would have gone into the recycle bin (actually, I don't even know if you can do that!). Win, win.
If anyone ever wants a tutorial on the hearts, let me know. I can do them with my eyes closed. Really.
I know I've told you before, but you are quite amazing.
I hope you have a beautiful valentine's day :)
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Posted by: regina | Monday, February 13, 2012 at 08:42 PM
Clearly you're a Mom of the Year contender!
Beautiful :)
Posted by: LizA | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 08:55 AM
Tutorial please and thank you. They are super cute!! Glad you could use the yarn. That would have been major sadness with the price of yarn being so dear!
Posted by: Angela Prince-Bex | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 09:53 AM
Nice!
Posted by: Michele C | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 06:12 PM
Cute. BTW--do you really have a book by a Cheney on your list!?!?
Posted by: Carol | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 10:45 PM
I would LOVE to hhave this tutorial please!!
Posted by: Tracy | Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 07:32 AM
You used the cards, what a nice surprise to see! Your heart necklaces look darling. I bet your daughter had the best valentines in the class.
Posted by: Zakka Life | Monday, February 20, 2012 at 10:43 PM
Just come across your site... the little hearts are lovely and also not least a great idea for the short lengths. I'd love a tutorial please.
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Posted by: zbigpigula | Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 09:18 AM
Do you have any idea how much yarn is needed for a baby Afghan? I was just wendoring how much I should buy (I don't want to get TOO much/little). What weight of Yarn would you recomend?Thanks
Posted by: Celina | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 02:14 AM