Valentine Heart Pin

This Pin is a project from the crochet class I took in July 2004 at the CGOA chain link conference in Manchester NH. The class was teaching how to crochet with beads with flat work (rather than in the usual round). The ruffle around the heart and the charms are my tweeking of the design.

Finished just in time for Valentines 2005!

Posted in time for Valentine 2006!!

Dress Bookmark

I made up a bunch of these for a holiday exchange. I can no longer find the pattern on the web. Thank heavens I long ago learned to save patterns when I saw them and not to go looking for them on the web once I finally got around to wanting to make it!!

If anyone knows if/where this pattern is still posted please let me know and I'll provide a link. The pattern was originally published at www.crochetmamashouse.com with a copyright date of 10/26/99 by Esther Cott.

Update 4/25/10: The pattern can currently be found here!

Update 10/13/12: The pattern is currently at the Wayback Machine and can be found here.

Hopefully the Wayback Machine will be a stable home for this pattern but this pattern has moved around! If you visit here and the above link is no longer working, please let me know and I'll see if I can track it down again.

There is another post where I help clarify how to work round 5 of this pattern - Dress Bookmark - Revisited

Baby Fleece Blanket

How do people poke holes in fleece????

I tried. I tried the awl (couldn't get even spacing and I kept pulling the fleece). I tried a hole punch (maybe a 1/8" hole punch was too big but UGH, it wasn't pretty). I wound up zig zagging with a sewing machine around the blanket and using that stitching/spaces to work a blanket stitch (photo 1) followed by two rounds of crochet (photo 2).

The result is a blanket I want to keep for myself!

Baby Fleece Blanket pattern

Skinny Scarf - Homespun

Quick and easy!

Homespun yarn
Size K crochet hook

Width=2"


Row 1: Ch 9, dc in 4th ch from hook, dc in next 2 ch, sk 1 ch, dc in next 3 ch.

Row 2: Ch 3(counts as dc + ch 1), turn, 3 dc in ch 1 space, ch 1, dc in 2nd ch of beg. ch.

Row 3: Ch 2, 2 dc in next ch 1 space, ch 1, 3 dc in next ch 1 space.

Repeat rows 2 & 3 for desired length.

Finish off.

RedSweaters.org

I ended my crafting year with a personal political statement. I knit two red sweaters (one for me, one for sister) for Red Sweaters --An art installation inspired by the American soldiers lost in the Iraq war.

Read all about it here: RedSweaters.org

Harry Potter Scarves

Crocheting will always be my first passion but I've fallen in love again with knitting. It started when I found a pattern to make a Hogwarts scarf for my granddaughter. Simple enough, but I don't like seams; so a decision to knit the scarf in the round sent me searching the internet for a brush up lesson. The result was a golden site find at KnittingHelp.com. They have incredible video instructions for many methods and areas of knitting. Not only did I brush up my circular knitting technique but I learned how to knit the Continental way. This method is at least twice as fast for me to work and much easier on my wrist than the English way. When I'm done with my scarf I'm looking forward to finding another knitting project!



Best site for Harry Potter scarf information and free pattern:
atypically.knit