Silly Yarn Poem - I'm Just An Oma Having Fun! | Posh Pooch Designs

Silly Yarn Poem - I'm Just An Oma Having Fun

Written by Sara Sach of

 Posh Pooch Designs

I wrote this silly poem about yarn, because 

someone on Youtube told me,

" You need to be more professional".

 My answer was, " I am not a professional,

 I am Just an Oma having fun!"

Oh, My Grandkids call me Oma.

See me "perform" the Poem on my Youtube Channel at This LINK

I’M Just an Oma Having fun!

I Love Balls of Yarn, and crochet hooks.

I Just don’t have time for Romance Books.

I Got lots of yarn balls up to the ceiling,

made of squishy Fluff,

I’ve Got every color imaginable and More,

Because I just cannot get enough.

But, that’s ok with me… 

Because I’m just an Oma having fun!

I’ve been told, I am hooker fine, 

Because I love to Crochet.

But I just cannot help it, 

I need to do it every day!

I love to use my crochet hook 

to create what’s in my mind.

Looping, joining, and slip stitching 

with all the yarn I find.

And that’s Okay With me… Because I am

 just an Oma having fun!

Knitting is fun, and it looks great,

 it’s as pretty as can be.

Embroidery, tatting or cross stitch

just don’t do it for me.

I need my hook and balls of yarn 

well within my reach.

And Some would even say,

that makes me a yarn Freak!

But ya know, that’s okay With me…

Because I am just an Oma having Fun!

So you see, I am just an Oma having Fun,

 Doing what I love to Do,

Acrylic, cotton, alpaca too, 

Bamboo blends and Wool,

Whether the yarn is thick or thin,

 I just love it all.

Yarn, yarn, yarn, yarn, yarn, yarn, yarn,

I just love all  yarn!

And I m’ Just An Oma having Fun….

With YARN!

Written By Sara Sach

 I even have Yarn balls in my hair!

I guess I am  Yarn Goddess!

Yarn Ball Curtain Tie Back Crochet Pattern and Video | Posh Pooch Designs

I just remodeled or re-designed my yarn Studio

And I designed these fun 

Yarn Ball Curtain tie backs for the Curtains

 in my window.

I Love Them.

It is a really simple Pattern or Recipe to make them.

Here is a Video to show you what I did.

You can see this video on my Youtube Channel at This LINK

Yarn Ball Curtain Tie Backs Crochet Pattern

 By Sara Sach

Please add this pattern to Your Ravelry Favorties.

Skill: Easy

Materials :

Crochet Hook - J

Yarn - Worsted Weight ( 4) about 2 oz of 3 colors of Choice

            I used REd Heart Super Saver, Brown, Teal and Aqua

Yarn Needle

Stitches:

Chain (ch)

Single Crochet (sc)

Pattern Notes:

Tie Back Strap is Stitched using 2 strands of yarn.

Pattern: Tie back strap

Ch 81, 1 sc in the 2nd cha from the hook, 1 sc in each ch across.

 Tie off and weave in your ends.

Wind 2 Yarn balls about 1 .5 inches, attach one to each 

end of the Strap using the needle and yarn tail.

And That is it.

 Super Easy, Super fun and Super Cute!

Loop them through Your curtains.

Don't you just Love them.

Crochet Patterns To Use Up Your Yarn Scraps | Posh Pooch Designs

Crochet Patterns To Use Up Your Yarn Scraps
By Sara Sach of  Posh Pooch Designs

You you have yarn scraps

 left over from projects?

Baskets of yarn balls, bit and pieces

 that you do not want to toss or waste?

I know I do.

 Here are some fun ways

 to put those to good use.
The name of the pattern is the link, 
with the designer under the link.

1.Scrap Busters Hat
Jenna Wengate

2. YoYo Scraps
Priscilla hewitt

3. Stash Buster Beanie 
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4. Scrap Yarn Bracelet
Jessie At Home

5. Scrappy Yarn Afghan
Elizabeth Hamm

6. Stash Busting Cup Sleeve
Oombawka Design

7. Stash Buster Leg Warmers 
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8. Black Berry Salad Blanket
Moogly

9. Scrap Happy Poncho
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10. Puffy Scrap Hot Pads
Stitch11

11. Scrap Happy Dog Poncho
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12. Crochet Bag
Lucy of Attic 24

13. Stash Busting Monster Pouf
Kt and The Squid

2 more Fun 
Scrappy Crochet Patterns! 

14. Scrappy Circle Scrubbies
By Danyel Pink

15. Scrappy Scoodie 
Jessie At Home

And here is a another blog filled with
Yarny Art Goodness.

So please, do not toss out
 those yarn scraps.
Keep them and make fun pretty 
and useful things!

Christmas Cowl of Leftovers

Christmas Cowl of Leftovers
By Sara Sach of Posh Pooch Designs

I was going through my plastic tub of Christmas yarn.

 I have several balls of yarn leftovers  from various Christmas projects. And as I played with them, I thought, "Oh this one
 or that one would make a nice Christmas cowl".

Some are Sparkly, some are furry, some are plain. 

I love all sorts of textures and colors of yarn.

Then I thought, "I'll crochet a cowl with them all!"

So I did.

I LOVE IT!!!!

So here is what I did.

You need to think more like an artist on this project. Relax and let your creative juices flow.

And although, This Cowl is designed with Christmas Yarns, you can make this with any yarn leftovers you have on hand.

See The Video on my Youtube Channel at This LINK

Okay, lets get started!

This Cowl is stitched in rounds.

I will not be giving the yarn color changes.

as I just used up what I had, and changed colors, 
when I ran out of each color.

Christmas Cowl Crochet Pattern By Sara Sach

Please add this Crochet pattern to Your Ravelry Favorites

Skill: Easy

Materials -

Hook - K / 6.5 MM

Left over Yarns of Various weights, colors and textures.

All Worsted Weight yarns(4) are stitched with 2 strands held together.

All Chunky yarn is stitched single strand.(5 or 6)

The fun fir is stitched with 2 strands.

Stitches-
Chain ( ch)
Single Crochet ( sc)
Skip ( sk)

Size: About 27 Inches around, and 6 inches tall.

R: 1 - With 2 strands of any WW(4) yarn, Ch 81, join in a circle,

 being careful not to twist the ch.

81 chs = about 27 inches,

 If you want a longer cowl add chs in increments of 3.

3 ch = 1 inch

R: 2 - 1 sc in each ch around, join ( 81sc)

Stitch Count will be 81 through out the rest of the project.

R: 3 - From here on out, do not join. 

*ch 1, sk the next st, 1 sc in the next st*

Repeat From * to * around.

The Rest of the Cowl is stitched in the round without Joining.

R: 4 - *ch 1, sk the next st, 1 sc, in the next sc*

Repeat From * to * around.

Make sure you st the scs in the scs, for the pattern to look right.
It gives it a little bit of a ribbing effect.

R: 5-20 - Repeat R : 4

This will make your Cowl About 6 inches Wide, If you want your cowl wider,

 just add more rows.

R: 21 - For a furry trim, With 2 strands of fun fur, 

or 1 strand ww and 1 strand of fun fur.

1 sc in each st around, join this row for a nice even trim.

tie off and weave in all your ends.

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 in my Ravelry Shop

For $3.50

 At This LINK

I think this cowl is so festive and fun!!

What a fun way to use up some of

 those left over yarn scraps!

And you can Make this Cowl in any colors for a cowl you can wear any time of year.

Yarn Ball Art

What to Do with all that left over yarn.

So, you have finished 
your projects

 and now you have 
a bunch of left over 

yarn.

So lets Roll it into balls,
and make some fun things!

Maybe put it into a lovely vase,
with a few colorful hooks? 

or a nice candy dish, 

or a cute coffee mug?

How about adding some
yarn balls to a wreath?

Here is one super idea, By 
Tangled Happy 
Just click the link to see how to
do this amazing yarn art.

I Love This.

Got any great ideas???

I would love to hear them!

Yarn Ball Winder - Makes Yarn Cakes!

I was involved in the

"Craftanonimous Gift Exchange" this year,

and I received this yarn ball winder.

I was so surprised and excited to

receive such a wonderful gift!

I let it sit for about 2 weeks,

 till I had tie to play with it.

So, I am working on an order and my yarn became tangled,

 really tangled.......

Ok, it is time to try out the Yarn winder......

And I made a white cake!

That was so much fun, I think I'll make another one.

Then, I went through my left over yarn balls,

and did few more

And Just few more.

All of my left over yarn balls.

Became yarn cakes!!

I Love This thing.

No more chasing yarn balls around the room.

This one was ordered from Amazon...

You have got to get one.....

I don't know how I functioned with it!



How To Make A Yarn Ball Wreath

How To Make A Yarn Ball

 Christmas Wreath

By Sara Sach of Posh Pooch Designs

Supplies:

14 inch Styrofoam Ring

Assort. Sizes of Styrofoam Balls

Assort. yarns

( I chose all Christmas Sparkle yarns)

Hot Glue Gun

Hot Glue sticks

Step 1: Wind yarn of your choice around the Styrofoam ring.

Put little dabs of hot glue to hold the yarn, But,

please note: The Hot glue will melt the Styrofoam.

so tiny little dabs of glue is all you need.

Step 2: Wrap different size balls with different color yarns,

again only using little dabs of hot glue.

Step 3: Arrange your yarn covered balls

onto your yarn wrapped ring.

This is were I used a lot of hot glue

 to hold them in place.

Last Step: Braid some of the coordinating yarn

and make a ribbon.

And also make a yarn hanger by looping the

 matching yarn over the top of the Wreath.

All Done.

I Love it!

This project took me about an hour to make.

The longest part was wrapping the yarn on the ring.

Enjoy!

Crochet Pillow Cover

This is not a crochet pattern,

but rather,

 an explanation of how I crocheted

a pillow cover.

I have lots of left over balls of yarn.......

and a really ugly pillow.

So I figured..... yarn bomb that Ugly pillow!

I chained enough chains  for the length of the pillow

and then added 3 more inches.

For the pattern I chose to do a "sc, dc, sc dc ..." across.

 I randomly chose yarn balls, when one ran out,

I randomly grabbed another one yarn ball.

Once I Had enough rows to cover the pillow,

 I did a row around all four sides of the pillow cover.

So for the other side of the pillow cover,

I decided on Granny squares.

Again just randomly putting colors together.

Next, I attached the front to the back

 by single Crocheting around the 3 sides.

Then I slipped the ugly pillow inside,

and sc  the opening closed.

Finished Striped side of the pillow.

Granny Square side of the pillow.

I really love how it turned out!

Granny Square Challenge Week 3

I am having a blast with the

 "Granny Square Challenge".

In case you missed it.

I am Challenging my self to make 7, 

 5 inch Granny Squares each week,

From my left over yarns.

I have learned 2 new styles and have a lot more I want to learn.

I always thought Granny squares where only made by,

   Grannys.

not True!

Well, I am a Grandma, but definitely NOT a Granny.

This is what I have so far, 21, 5 inch squares..

not enough for a throw, yet,

but I am loving all the textures and colors.

And here is my Tub full of Fun!!!

You are welcome to come join in on the fun!