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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Reflect a Flower Collar slip on

Reflect a Flower Collar
Using reflective yarn this collar accessory is perfect for those night time walks. To insure you can always see you fur baby! Also with not using much yarn to make this little beauty. Its a great stash buster for all that scrap yarn laying around! Made to fit most collars this will look great on any pet!

If you like our pattern please show us some <3 love <3 on Ravelry HERE

Need/Need to Know
  • N and I hook
  • Red Heart Reflective 2 colors and any worsted weight yarn any color
  • Needle to sew in ends
  • ( ) holds number of stitches
  • [ ] repeat whats inside
  • fits collars width from ½ inch to 2 inch
  • if you don't like the magic circle option you can use a chain 2 and crochet into the 2nd ch from hook
  • 1st chain in pattern never counts as 1st st

Abbreviations
st(s) – stitch(s)
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
tr – treble crochet
dtr – double treble crochet

if you need help in making the double treble crochet here's a great link to Moogly on how to do it! Just Click HERE!

Flower
using N hook and Reflective yarn
  1. make magic circle, 10 hdc in magic circle, pull tight, join with 1st hdc, change color (10hdc)
  2. [ch 1, hdc, dc, tr dtr, tr, dc, hdc, all in next st, sl st in next st] repeat around, join to 1st hdc tie off (5 petals made up of 1 ch, 2 hdc, 2 dc, 2 tr, 1 dtr)

Collar Loop
using I hook and any worsted weight yarn
  1. ch 5, sc in 2nd ch from hook, and each st across, turn (4sc)
  2. ch 1 (does not count as sc), 1 sc in each st across, turn (4sc)
  • ½ inch collar widths repeat row 2, 3 more times
  • 1 inch collar widths repeat row 2, 8 more times
  • 1 ½ inch collar widths repeat row 2, 12 more times
  • 2 in collar widths repeat row 2, 16 more times
  1. fold in half and slip stitch both sides together, tie off

  • sew flower to collar loop and sew in ends
  • ready to go! It will be a bit snug at fist going around the collar but it loosen a bit over time  

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Collar Flower 4 Pets


Pin Flower Applique
This is a slip on flower to slip on most size dog collars 
Will Need/Need to Know
  • I hook
  • Red Heart w/Love in 2 colors
  • Needle to sew in ends
  • ( ) holds needed info and number of stitches
  • picot = chain 3, sl st into 1st ch
  • for collars widths ½ inch to 2 inch
  • gauge is 8 stitches x 8 rows in single crochet = 2 in

Abbreviations
st(s) – stitch(s)
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
picot – picot

Petal make 6
  1. in color A, ch 7, hdc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in next st, 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts, hdc in next st, 3 hdc in last st, rotate to other side of chain, hdc in next st, 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts, hdc in next st, 2 hdc in last st, join to 1st hdc and change to color B (14 sts)
  2. ch 1 (does not count as 1st st), turn, 1 sc in each of the next 5 sts, 1 hdc in next st, hdc and dc in next st, picot, dc and hdc in next st, hdc in next st, 1 sc in each of the next 5 sts, ch 1, join to 1st sc, tie off (16 sts and 1 picot)
sewing your flower petals together
  • sew in all ends to petals except the color B one closes to the edge/bottom see picture number 1
  • use the color B end to sew a small line into the petal and also use them to sew the 3 petal bottoms together see picture number 2
  • sew last 3 petals on one between each petal of the ones already sewn together see picture 3
  • and done ! See piture 4

Collar Loop
  1. ch 5, sc in 2nd ch from hook, and each st across, turn (4sc)
  2. ch 1 (does not count as sc), 1 sc in each st across, turn (4sc)
  • ½ inch collar widths repeat row 2, 3 more times
  • 1 inch collar widths repeat row 2, 8 more times
  • 1 ½ inch collar widths repeat row 2, 12 more times
  • 2 in collar widths repeat row 2, 16 more times
  1. fold in half and slip stitch both sides together, tie off


  • sew flower to collar loop and sew in ends
  • ready to go! It will be a bit snug at fist going around the collar but it loosen a bit over time  

Friday, May 22, 2015

Wobble Wag Giggle Ball Review

The Rolling Hick-Up
Is what this ball should have been named haha... But no it really does sounds like its hick-uping. Anca loves this ball. She wasn't sure at first, but when we gave it a roll outside it was on! She runs for it. She can pick it up. I can play with it with her or she can play with it by herself. She spent a good 20 minuts chewing on it and there's not a scratch on it. We are very happy with this ball. You can pick up your own for around $15 at a Petsmart if you have one near you. If you don't. Like I don't. You can get these from the Home Shopping Network online 2 for $20. HERE is a link in case you want to check it out. So I'm really excited to see how these hold up and I will post and update on this review in a month to show you all how its lasted !

Here is what it looked like brand new right out of the package!

Now we are all tuckered out time to say goodnight hope you enjoyed our review !

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

BarkBox UnBoxing May 2015

Unboxing
We got our May 2015 box in today, and we are going to share with you what we got. For those of you who read last months unboxing post you know Anca is going to go through it first and tell you what she thinks. When she is done I'll give my breakdown/reveiw and an itemized list of what we revived. Oh and there is a Coupon code at the bottom too! So lets dig in ! Once again we got box size size just right 20-50 lbs.

1st we got this awesome bouquet of flower toy. 2 are crinkly and 2 are squeaky with crinkly stems. Better yet when you take the “paper” off it splits into 4 different flowers to play with! So you can share with your friend or fur sister!..... or not ….
and isn't the “paper” just adorable!

2nd we got this stretchy, bouncy, floaty tug toy! I don't even need words to tell you how much I love this toy you can tell by my face!

3rd we got these awesome salmon and veggie treats. These are delish and I love them.

And Last we got a turkey chew, and I loved this too. I say loved because I have already polished it off and searched the entire house to make sure there was no crumbs left over. Barkbox was defiantly telling the truth with there little comic inside the box. Well that's it I'm done. I love everything again! Now you can hear from mom.



Breakdown
Now I am going to tell you my honest opinion on each item. Tell you a bit about them, and how much they cost. Hope you enjoyed Anca's Barkbox adventure this month!

Barkmaid Flowers Bouquet
These are just great all around. Every flower is different and fun. Even the wrapping (paper) holding the flowers together is just awesome and detailed. 2 that make crinkle noises and 2 that have squeakers inside held together by a velcro newspaper. Its really 4 toys in one, and I couldn't be happier with it.

West Paw Design Zogoflex Bumi Tug Toy
Now time will only tell the true durability of this toy it seems to be to me so far,and it says “tough as your dog”. Its very flexible, stretchy and it floats. We took Anca outside to play with it right away and she loved it. She would not give it up even after we got back inside.

Plato Pet Treats Farmers Market
Okay this treat stinks so don't smell it like I did haha... But Anca and Gizmo (the chihuahua) loved these! The 1st ingredient is salmon, and the next 10 are all veggies! How much better then that can you get. Very happy just wish there was more in the bag.

Etta Says Turkey Chew
Now I do wish the chews would last longer they have been high in quality. This all turkey chew is packed high in protein. It doesn't have any coloring, preservatives, or artificial fillers. Anca loved it, and the chihuahua got a taste. She liked it so much she stole a chunk. So that was a winner here.

Thank you for reading this months post! If your interested in bark box you may be interested in getting a free month/1 free barkbox with you subscription to at least 1 month of barkbox ! Using my link not only gives you a free barkbox it gives Anca one too! So we share the barkbox love! CLICK HERE for my link to bark box or use this code L25WGZAQLC