Using Up My Stash

 Like a lot of crafters I have so many craft supplies that need to be used and that includes a hell of a lot of yarn. There was a lot of half used balls and smaller balls of random colours that were too small to use in any other project so I decided to use up my yarn stash on a project to brighten up one of my cupboards.

It's a fairly large storage cupboard but it's not overly tall, you need to crawl to get into it. The carpet in there is rubbish as you can see but and it's a private rented property I'm not spending my money replacing it so I planned on making a large scrap blanket to put in there to make it look more cosy. 

Crochet Care Bear

I like to make gifts for people at Christmas for that personal touch and this year is no different. I try to make things a bit more personal rather then just buying something from the shops that everyone else has (not to say shop brought items can't mean something too, it's also just an excuse for me to buy new craft supplies and makes stuff).

One of the gifts I made is a crochet Care Bear, yes I hear you, I know you can buy them in the shops but this one is different. It's a Don't Care Bear.

I found a tutorial on YouTube for Sunshine Bear and adapted that to make this one. There was a lot of prep work for this working out the pattern as the tutorial just showed the number of stitches in each row so I had to work out when to increase and decrease the stitches.

It took a while but I finally got the pattern written down and could start.