Handmade For Valentine's Day By RSS Designs In Fiber

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

I've been crocheting for Valentine's Day since I started doing Thread and Yarn Crochet and Knitting to Sell - about 17-18 years ago - like the Fiesta Red Irish Crochet Heart with White Pearls - a Beaded Crochet Heart - that is in my Etsy Shop!

But this Year I was inspired to do more by Cathy Morgan of Crafting Memories when she sponsored a "Valentine Crochet Along or Knitting Along" on her Blog!  

~~~ I made 3 new projects!  All in my RSS Designs In Fiber Etsy Shop! ~~~

1. Hearts Cluny Crochet Lace Doily

2. Red and Pink Ladies Hat For Winter - Nice Valentine Hat!

3. Handmade Reusable Cotton Red and White Cup Cozies

Thank You to Cathy Morgan of Crafting Memories for the inspiration to get these Red and Pink / Red and White Handmade pieces done - nice for Valentine's Day - or when Red with either Pink or White is the right Handmade for you!

The 3 projects above are in the "Crafting Memories KAL / CAL" Link Up!  #cmkalcal2020

~~~ For more Valentine-themed Handmade, see my "Hearts and Romance" Section of my Etsy Shop!

Handmade Laptop Sleeves for Back To School - By RSS Designs In Fiber

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

One of the Handmade items I have been making for years is a Laptop Sleeve - Knitted or Crocheted with yarns!

These can be great for safely carrying a Laptop to School - so they make a great accessory for Back To School!!!  Below the top 2 photos are available to buy - the third is my own personal one. 

These Laptop Sleeves are Knitted or Crocheted in Double Strand Yarn -- and are great for protecting a Laptop Sleeve or Tablet -- and they are in delightful colors!

~~~ I can always do a Custom Order - Customer can specify the Size, Colors, Yarns! ~~~

This one below is the most recently made one - HandKnit with Caron Simply Soft Yarns in Green and Light Blue - a Tree Tapestry - and it is available in my RSS Designs In Fiber Etsy Shop!

This second one is Hand-Crocheted in an Earthy Ombre Yarn with a Green Yarn -- See all the details in my RSS Designs In Fiber Etsy Shop!

Here is a photo of my own Personal Laptop Sleeve that I have had for years -- it is the same style as the top one, but with no Tapestry picture knit in -- I have used it for years and it is still great!

A Customer can always contact me with questions -- and specifications -- if they want something like one of these Laptop Sleeves for their own use - or they can go to my RSS Designs Etsy Shop and request a Custom Order!

Bright Fiesta Red Flowers in White Lace Doily By RSS Designs In Fiber - In "Handmade Finds Painting The Town Red" By On Fire for Handmade

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

This Hand-Crocheted Square Lace Doily has Bright Fiesta Red Flowers in the center of 4 Square White Lace motifs

 - Each Motif has a Bright Fiesta Red Border

 - and they are joined together to make a Square

 - with a White Lace Cluster Doily Border.

The Doily is a 9 1/2 Inch Square.

If you display it as a Diamond Shape - it is 13 1/2 Inches high and wide - Corner-to-Corner.

Bright Fiesta Red is an exciting Red that cheers up a space when used in Decor Accents such as this Doily!!!

On Fire For Handmade has done a Handmade Finds:  "Painting the Town Red" - including my Doily above in it - click on the heart in the upper Red corner there to vote for it!

Take a look at the Collection of Handmade in "Painting The Town Red" for a variety of Handmade goods!

I use various shades of Red crochet threads and yarns to make Handmade products.  Here are a few more of them with cheerful Bright Red in them - click on photos to find them online!

My RSS Designs In Fiber Handmade Hats and Bags and Accessories with Bright Red!

Handmade RSS Designs In Fiber Decor Accents with Bright Red!

Ladies Cloche Hat - Navy Blue with Blue Tweed - Handmade By RSS Designs In Fiber - with Matching Scarf

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Etsy Shop -- or Privately -- or at On Fire for Handmade Marketplace

~~~ A Brand New Ladies Hat ~~~

 ~~ A Hand-Crocheted Cloche Hat - Afghan Crochet Tweed in Navy Blue and Multi-Color Ombre Yarns ~~

~~~ Chunky Warm, Soft Yarn Hat! ~~~

~~ and there is a Matching 86 Inch Long Scarf made with the same yarns and the same Afghan Crochet Tweed design! ~~ Also Chunky, Warm and Soft!

~~~ Here is a Photo of the Matching Hat and Scarf:

Find All Handmade Hats and Scarves By RSS Designs In Fiber:

~~~ RSS Designs In Fiber Hats Ready To Ship ~~~

~~~ RSS Designs In Fiber Hats Made To Order ~~~

~~~ RSS Designs In Fiber Scarves Ready To Ship ~~~

Find Blue Tweed Ladies Cloche Hat on Pinterest:  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/567594359284816455/

Find Blue Tweed Ladies Cloche Hat on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/RSSDesignsInFiber/posts/10155573712376735

New Americana Cup Cozy Set - Handmade - Reusable - EcoFriendly

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in Etsy Shop -- or Privately

New EcoFriendly Cup Cozy in Americana Red, White and Blue By RSS Designs In Fiber!

Handmade with EcoFriendly Cotton Yarns - a Red, White and Blue Ombre held together with a Solid Navy Blue to make it double-worsted - These Cup Cozies are Hand-Crocheted in a Stretchy Cotton Stitch - these Cup Cozies will fit on most usual size of Hot Coffee / Tea Cups at places like Starbucks and Panera (I have used mine at both when I don't bring my own cup)!  Photo above taken with one on a Panera Cup!

Carry this Cup Cozy with you in your pocket, purse, knapsack, briefcase to just grab every time you buy a cup of Hot Coffee or Tea!  

They work much better than the disposable paper ones these places offer - and they are Reusable many, many times!

And these are in Patriotic Red, White and Blue!!!

See on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/RSSDesignsInFiber/posts/10155475824006735

See on Pinterest:  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/567594359284208531/

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I blogged about my other Cup Cozies I've made - and they are all in my Etsy Shop!! -- And I can always make some Custom for a Customer in some of the other colors of the cotton yarns I have!!

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And I've been Crocheting and Knitting in Americana for years now - here are a couple of other Handmade Americana currently in my RSS Designs In Fiber Etsy Shop!!

Bright Colorful Accents For Summer Days! All Handmade!!

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

Here are a few of my Handmade items that I think are particularly suited for Summer Days!  The Bright or Vivid or Deep Colors in each one seems to fulfill the Bright Sunny Days of Summer!!

The first three are Thread Lace Doilies of different sizes.

The blog post finishes up with the Red and White Sun Hat for Sunny Summer Days!

All available in my RSS Designs In Fiber Etsy Shop!

Little Things For Holiday and All Occasion Gifts - Handmade by RSS Designs In Fiber

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

Whether it is for the Eight Days of Hanukkah - or Stuffing Stockings for Christmas - or a Gift Basket for Mother's Day or Birthdays - "Little Things", like the "Americana Star Coaster Set" in the photo above,  make nice Gifts!

RSS Designs In Fibers makes colorful things in all sizes - including "Little Things" - and here are a few of them -

• Decor
• Jewelry
• Personal Accesories

All of these are Little Enough to fit in Baskets, Stockings, Envelopes, Gift Bags or Pouches!

Here is something to wear for a Lady - Boho Yellow Crochet Earrings!

Some Fall Leaves - For Coasters, Decorations, Appliques!

Some Personal Eco-Friendly Cup Cozies in Blues!  See more in other colors HERE!

A lightweight Wood Bead Pendant Choker Necklace to Wear with anything!

Blue Irish Crochet Heart - Use as a Decoration or a Jewelry Pendant - See in other colors HERE - "Blue Heart signifies "Pure Honest Love" 

Something colorful that is really useful - A Keychain with Irish Crochet Roses and Leaves

Silver, Red and Green Holiday Oval Decorations or Coasters!

Happy Holidays!!

Handmade Cotton Pink Scarf - Using Filet Crochet to Make Something To Wear - Nice For Summer!

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

Filet Crochet Flower Design - Handmade Pink Scarf by RSS Designs In Fiber

6 Filet Crochet Flowers - with 5 Filet Crochet Webs - a Web between each Flower - See this Photo showing 3 of the 6 Flowers with 2 of the 5 Webs:

The Scarf is Hand-Crocheted with Fashion Weight Cotton Light Pink Yarn -- 70 Inches Long and 10 Inches Wide - Being 100% Cotton Lace, it is definitely Summer Wear!

Here is a Closeup of one end of the Scarf - a Flower is at each end of the Scarf.

Of course - this could also be used as a Decor Item:

• A Dresser Scarf in a Women's Bedroom or Dressing Room
• A Table Runner on a Dining Table or Coffee Table

Find more Filet Crochet by RSS Designs In Fiber in this Section of her Etsy Shop

 -- Or this Section of her Bonanza Booth!

Newest Crochet Lace - Yellow Star Crochet Lace Earrings - plus other Crochet Jewelry by RSS Designs In Fiber

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

These are the Newest line of Crochet Lace items I decided to make and sell online - Crochet Lace Dangle Earrings - Handmade By RSS Designs In Fiber - these are a Yellow Star In A Circle Dangles - 3 1/2 Inches in Diameter, which is considered "Extra Large" or "Jumbo" for Earring Dangles.

These are basically a Crochet Lace Round in a certain pattern - the type of which I make all the time - but for Earrings, they are tightly stitched and then starched to stay in shape when attached to Earring Wires.

Note:  These Yellow Star Earrings are in the "Handmade Heatwave Great Finds" by On Fire for Handmade for the week starting July 9, 2017 through July 15, 2017 - You can Vote for "RSS Designs 

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I had gotten some instructions/patterns for making Crochet Jewelry - mostly Chokers or Necklaces or Earrings - with Beads and I made one Choker with Wood Beads some time back:

But I decided to do more - in more colors and designs - and I have made a little bit of headway - and my first newer project was this longer Beaded Pendant Necklace with Matching Earrings in Aqua. 

 The Aqua Beads and the Pendant are actually crocheted onto the crochet thread strands, that are crocheted in a design by Maggie Petsch Chasalow that I like, though I adapt it to my idea of what to make!

Then I had the idea to take one of my Wood Hoop projects with a Filet Crochet design inside it of a "Bird of Peace" (Dove with Olive Branch) - and make it a short Necklace/Choker:

I really enjoy crocheting with  Crochet Threads - which these are all crocheted with!  Making a Necklace / Choker / Earring Strand with Crochet Threads (sometimes doubled up) makes for a very lightweight Jewelry piece.  I use very strong crochet threads, which hold up well - and are washable and colorfast!

I have a Pinterest Board for My Handmade Jewelry - you can follow it on Pinterest for any new pieces I add to it - or follow me on Etsy, which is where I put the Crochet Jewelry I make!

Eco Crochet Cup Cozy in Colorful Yarns By RSS Designs In Fiber

Ruth Sandra Sperling

RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

I Crochet and Knit pretty much all the time - people who have been in my apartment have seen all the Handmade items that I have made myself and use in my daily life .... and that is how my newest Handmade Crochet product came to be.

It is called a "Cup Cozy" Red and Green Set of 3 of them in this photo to the left.

But those who I have met in a Starbucks - and the people working at Starbucks, where I go the most often for that cup of Tea (I don't drink Coffee any more) while I am On-The-Go, have seen my Cozy that I carry with me and put on my Hot Cups there - instead of those paper ones they give out that I can't stand.

Here to the right is a Cup Cozy Set of 2 in Blues - and, hey, these go with your Jeans (LOL)!!

They are all crocheted with Cotton Worsted Yarn doubled up - or Double Cotton Worsted Yarn - both of which I have plenty of in Peaches and Cream Colors (new colors - and older discontinued colors that I still have).

These are soft Cotton - they stretch a little bit to fit and "hug" whatever cup size you buy - they actually make it easier to hold the cup and really protect your fingers from the Hot Cup.

I like mine that I carry with me (in a color not yet available in my Etsy Shop) -- works much better and adds a bit of color to that part of life!!

Eco-Friendly for three reasons:

1. Replaces the disposable paper cup cozies given out at most Coffee/Tea Shops - Reducing Waste!
2. Made with Eco-Friendly Non-Toxic Cotton Yarn (I have checked - this particular Cotton Yarn is made with non-toxic colors and that is verified by tested waste-waters at the yarn manufacturers.).
3. Re-usable for a long time!!

I have lots of this Cotton Yarn - I have 2 more Cup Cozy Sets in my Etsy Shop, as shown below - and I can make Custom Orders for people in the Colors of their choice by Request ... h-m-m-m, I think there is an Americana Red, White and Blue Set coming soon!!

Funky Multi-color Cup Cozy Set of 2

Pink And Burgundy Cup Cozy and Coaster Set