made christmas ornaments that smell good

Great as a gift or to make your home ready for the holidays.

Materials:

Crochet hook, 5mm. Yarn in holiday colours, sparkle is good too. Scissors

potpourri (bought or homemade). Cotton balls or polyfill stuffing

Part 1: See my post on homemade Potpourri

Store in a tupperware until the balls are ready to be stuffed.

Part 2: The ball

**If you are new to crochet try a granny square first

Crochet Pattern: Sphere

Pattern taken from http://www.crochetspot.com/how-to-crochet-a-sphere/ and adapted.

Terminology: ch- chain, sc- single crochet, decrease- sc skipping over one stitch

**use sheet bend knots to switch to a new colour after every 2 rounds.

Round 1: ch 2, 6 sc in second ch from hook: Row should be a total of 6 sc
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around: total 12 sc
Round 3: (2 sc in next sc, sc in next sc) around: 18 sc
Round 4: (2 sc in next sc, sc in next 2 sc) around: 24 sc
Round 5: (2 sc in next sc, sc in next 3 sc) around: 30 sc

Round 6: (2 sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc) around: 36 sc

Note: to increase the size of the sphere, continue to increase this circle.

Round 7– 11: sc in each sc around: 36 sc
Note: rounds 7 – 11 make the body of the sphere. In general, the number of rounds to make the body should be the number of rounds completed thus far minus one. For example, there are five rounds before round 6 in this pattern. Therefore, there are four repetitions of the above line. The amount of repetitions for a different sized sphere also depends on a crocheter’s style. Some crochet tighter than others.

Round 12: (decrease, sc in next 4 sc) around: 30 sc,   aka sc 5 in a row then skip one and repeat.

Round 13: (decrease, sc in next 3 sc) around: 24 sc,   aka sc 4 in a row then skip one and repeat.
Round 14: (decrease, sc in next 2 sc) around: 18 sc
Round 15: (decrease, sc in next sc) around: 12 sc
Stuff sphere as full as possible with potpourri
Round 16: decrease around: 6 sc
Note: if you increased the size of the sphere you will also need to decrease the sphere as much as you increased it by.

Hello world!

A little about myself:

I am a recent graduate, with a degree in Marine Biology. I didn’t  find a ‘career’ job for last summer, and subsequently still have no full-time job. I spent a lot of time at home. For the first few months watching Grey’s Anatomy and the unit online sufficed but I have begun to get restless, I have learned to knit, and crochet. This weekend I decided to get my sisters acoustic guitar restrung so I could try playing it. My dad calls what I am doing ‘a renaissance year”.

With this blog I want to share all the interesting things I am doing, including awesome links and tips for you to use on similar DIY projects. I will also be doing posts on projects I started before creating this blog.

Enjoy!