Car Steering Wheel Crochet Cover

It just came to me last night to make an handmade crochet cover for my steering wheel.  Because I'm lazy, I didn't want to search for a pattern.  But I did have a stitch in mind.  So I quickly watched a Youtube video on the shell stitch.  There's no tutorial on YouTube for it, so I had to figure it out on my own.

Here's what I did to crochet my steering wheel cover.

I began with 135 chains.  Formed a circle with a slip stitch.
Then I Single Crochet in each chain, till end of row.  complete this row with a slip stitch.

for the next row (2nd row)  Begin your shell or fan stitch.
ch3, insert 4 dc in same stitch.
*  skip 2 stitch, sc in next stitch, skip 2 stitches,  insert 5 dc in next stitch.
repeat * till end of row

Row 3 - repeat row 2
Row 4 - You gonna want to increase on this row.  So instead of 5dc for your shell stitch, use 6 or 7 dc for the shell stitch.
Row 5 - Repeat row 2 (5dc for your shell stitches)
Row 6 - Repeat row 2 (5dc for your shell stitches)
Row 7 - sc in each stitch.  (decrease in each 5 stitch) and you're all done.
Optional:  Row 8 sc in each stitch.

Securing your cover to the steering wheel.  This is very important.  You must secure your cover to the steering wheel to prevent slippage.  You do not want to loose control of your steering wheel because your cover slips.

I had about 2 yards left on your yarn when I finished my pattern.  I didn't cut this part, instead I crochet a long chain of tail.  So after installing my crochet cover, I used that to zig zag to in and out to secure my pattern to the steering wheel.  and then I tucked in the rest.

Lunch at the Park

We tend to take advantage beautiful days such as today.  With all the rain and gloomy days we've been getting it was nice to see the sun out.  We grabbed lunch to go from a local Caribbean restaurant and decided to eat at the Tattnal Square park.

Curry chicken meal

It was good to see the park under construction.  They are adding a fountain which reminded me of the water fountain feature in Savannah Georgia.

They also added these column at the entrance 

and I love this new organic swing.  Literally made out of just wood and ropes.

the park as usual looks tidy and well maintained. 

just another selfie at the park

afterwards, we watch the sunset and walked around the park before heading home.

entrance to the new renovated tennis court.

the Sentinel church across the street

Historic Tattnal Square Park, est. 1853

Yarn Sale at Michaels

It seems I am never prepared whenever Michaels have their yarn sale.

Impeccable Loop & Thread yarn usually cost $3.49 per skein but today they are only $1.99 per skein.  Hoping to come back and grab more before the sale ends.  To get notifications of their yarn sale, sign up either at the store or online to receive email notifications.

Romantic Lazy Shawl Pattern

Back in July, I learned the "Romantic Lazy Shawl" crochet pattern on the back of ball of yarn.  And I have been in love with this pattern ever since.  I've used it for all sort of things.  Here's my recent project with this pattern.

I made one into an afghan.  I love the colors and the outcome.  

See my previous post of the Romantic Lazy Shawl

http://handmadebyhaniyya.blogspot.com/2015/07/romantic-lacy-shawl-crochet-pattern.html

http://handmadebyhaniyya.blogspot.com/2015/07/more-use-of-romantic-lacy-shawl-crochet.html