It is very cold outside today. The weather was bad yesterday and I stayed home from work and off the roads. This gave me plenty of time to complete the body of my Relay For Life Afghan and work on a Valentine box for work.
We are having a potluck Valentine Party at work and a Valentine box contest. I decided to crochet one. I did not have a pattern. I just flew by the seat of my pants if you will.
I did a series of increases and decreases and made 2 hearts.
For the bottom, I single crocheted in the back loops around so that the sides would turn up. I continued in single crochet until the sides where about 2 inches tall. I lined the sides with some plastic so the sides stand up.
For the top, I single crocheted around and then did a row of (sc, ch 2, skip one sc, sc). Then I worked in the first ch 2 (sc, hdc, dc, tp, picot, dc, hdc, sc) sl in next ch 2 around.
I crocheted a couple of chains and hot glued them on the top of the box as the "be mine" words.
I crocheted a chocolate covered strawberry. I had no pattern. I just single crocheted a circle and then started decreasing so that it was shaped like a strawberry. I made a leaf by chaining 6 and working sc, hdc, dc, tp, dc, hdc then fastened off. I sewed the leaf to the top with the extra length i left when fastening off. i made a circle of single crochet with brown and attached to the bottom of the strawberry so it looks like chocolate. I hot glued it to the top of the box.
I added some hot glued on sparkle and crocheted some hearts following chrochetspot.com mystery valentine crochet along heart pattern and attached them to the box.
It was fun and turned out cute.
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