Rainbow Sherbert Throw Pillow! Too cute!! :) (July 2, 2013)

Check out this cute adorable pillow from Twinkie Chan! 

This is so cute and clever!  The way you would make this a larger (longer) pillow is to add more "scoops" of ice cream!

This is sooooo cute!!   :)

http://blog.twinkiechan.com/2013/07/01/free-pattern-at-michaels-com-rainbow-sherbet-throw-pillow/

Confira este travesseiro cute adorável de Twinkie Chan!

Isso é tão bonito e inteligente! A forma como você faria isso um travesseiro maior (mais longo) é adicionar mais "conchas" de sorvete!

Isso é tão bonito!!!! :)

SCARF: Lotus Flower Lace Scarf Vintage Pattern

January 21, 2013:



Hi everyone,

I can across a very pretty scarf pattern yesterday and I want to blog-share this with you.  It is a chart which I have seen a lot but what caught my eye about this website was that the pattern for the chart is also written out.

Here is the link:
http://thecrochetlounge.com/2013/01/lotus-flower-lace-scarf-free-crochet-vintage-pattern/


The chart is there as well as some pictures.  This is at Amanda Watson's blog and she notes that this pattern was from a vintage publication called, "The Creative Wife, Volume 6 published by Sea & Co. Publishings in 1915.   Wow!    :)

This not only has a chart diagram, it has written directions!    :)   :)

-Lee Ann Hamm
http://cgli.us (crochet names and rosary patterns)
http://crochetgottaloveit.blogspot.com

Box of Goodies Arrived Today!

March 1, 2012: Box of Goodies Arrived Today! I had bought some more yarn from a seller on Ebay and these are terrific!

I carefully opened the box and ..... Wow!



This cone is a light lavender or purple shades and white, an ombre-colored yarn:



This is the label on the inside of the cone:



It weighed in just under 8 pounds on this cone, WOW!



On what size this thread/yarn is, it looks like a size 8 cotton thread (similar to 2 strands of size 10 held together):




The pink and white ombre skeins are center-pull skeins or balls and about a size 8 cotton thread (sort of like 2 strands of size 10 held together):



All of these 5 skeins weighed in just at 3 1/2 pounds:



I really LOVE this next cone which is a purple cotton yarn (size 10) with a nylon gold metallic filament. It's lovely and the pictures don't do it justice:






Here is the label on the inside of the purple/gold metallic cone:



The purple/gold metallic cone weighed in at 3 pounds:


 
I absolutely love the purple thread with the gold filament and the pink ombre and the light purple ombre are wonderful!

Needless to say, I love these yarns and I HAD to pose with them!




I do not know what I'm going to make with these but I am thinking, "garments!"  I have some ideas in mind, some of them ideas on my own designs which I have yet to write down and make.....just my brain thinking in my "downtime."


What would you make with these?  Please leave your comments below and thanks very much for visiting my blog!   :)  :)  Have a nice day!    :)

New Blue & Green Yarn (what to make with it?) & Pattern Find (search is over!)

Hi everyone!


I did something wild and crazy the other day and bought a huge cone size 4/2 cotton yarn described as having 9.53 to 9.91 POUNDS of yarn on the cone.

I have very large hands for a girl and this is what the cone looks like from the side view:





Here is a view of the top of the cone:

 

And, here is how small / large the yarn size is (about the size of 2 strands of size 10 thread held together)

I wanted to see how accurate a description the item was given on the weight and so I placed it on our scale.  This is one of those doctor's office scales which can weigh from 1 to 500 pounds.  It's a SECA brand scale - an older model but it works just fine.


Well, I set the sliders to zero to make sure that everything was calibrated correctly and then put the cone on the scale.  This weighed in at 10 pounds .... WOW!

 

   

Needless to say, I am going to have fun with this yarn.  I already have a design in mind which I bought yesterday. I couldn't believe my luck as I have been looking for this pattern for about a year now and this lady had one copy to sell:

Finding this pattern sure made my Mardi Gras for me!  I'm thinking that this blue and green yarn might work well for this.  I don't know if I will use 1 or 2 strands to make this - just something that I need to play with on my gauge.

My only irritation so far with this pattern is how the gauge is written, which isn't much (and this was typical of crochet patterns back in the 1970's).  It says: 1 pat = 1"; 2 rows = 1"

I understand the "2 rows" being 1 inch  as these seem to be primarily dc rows. It's the "1 pat," as if I've already made the garment and I know what part of the pattern row they are talking about.

I'll have to fiddle around with this but I have to get some more projects finished first.  :)  Have a great day and thanks for visiting my blog!   :)  :)

Circular Shawl Crochet Pattern

Wow!  Look at this beautiful circular shawl.  I've never made a circular one and it's been over 25 years since I've made any type of shawl, but this one gets the creative juices flowing!

http://www.dailycrocheter.com/crochet/circular-shawl-crochet-pattern/

The Size:

42’ diameter

The Gauge: Rounds 1-3 in dc=4 inch diameter (really, gauge is not critical)

The Materials:

• Lion brand Pound of Love 1020yds/932.7m or any medium worsted weight yarn
• Crochet hook: H/8/5.0mm
• 1 tapestry needle

The Stitches:

Chain (ch)

Slip stitch (sl st)

Single crochet (sc)

Double crochet (dc)

V stitch (v st)

Double V stitch (dv st)

Shell stitch (5 or6 sh)

Camelot: from New Directions in Crochet by Anne Rabun Ough, the Viking Press-New York, 1981. Page 143.

The Instructions:

Round 1:

• Chain (ch) 3.

• Make a circle by slip stitch (sl st) of 3rd chain (ch) into the 1st ch as a join. (Makes a tiny circle)

• Ch 1 and insert the hook in the tiny hole and make a single crochet stitch (sc).

• Make 15 more sc in this circle.

• Sl st the 15th st into 1st ch 1.

• Total : 16 sc.

Round 2:

• Ch 6 (Counts as 1 dc and ch 3.).

• *1 Double crochet (dc) into the next st, ch 3*.

• Repeat *from around into the next 14 sc.

• Sl st the 15th st into the 3rd ch of the beginning ch 6 st.

• Total : 16 dc and 16 ch 3.

Round 3:

• Sl st to the first ch, ch 3.

• Dc in the next 2 ch, ch 1, and skip the next dc st.

• *1 dc in the next 3 ch and ch 1, and skip the next dc*.

• Repeat * from around with a sl st to the top of ch 3.

• Total sts: 48 dc and 16 ch.

Shawl in progress.

Round 4:

• Ch 8 (Counts as 1 dc and ch 5.).
• Skip the next 2 dc.
• 1 dc in the ch 1 space (sp).and ch 5.
• *Skip the next 3 dc, 1 dc in the ch 1 sp, ch 5*.
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st to the 3rd ch.
• Total: 16 dc and 16 ch 5 sp.

Round 5:

• Sl st into the ch 5 sp and ch 3. 4 dc in the ch 5 sp. Ch 1 and skip the next dc.
• *5 dc in the next ch 5 sp. Ch 1 and skip the next dc*.
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st into the top of ch 3.
• Total: 80 dc and 16 ch 1.

Round 6:

• Ch 3 and dc in the next 4 dc, skip the next ch 1.
• *Dc in the next 5 dc and skip the next ch 1*
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st to the top of the ch 3.
• Total: 80 dcs.

Round 7:

• Ch 5 (Counts as 1 dc and ch 2).  1 dc in the same sp.
• Skip the next dc and work v-stitch (v st): [1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc] in the next dc.
• *Skip next dc, work v st [1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc] in the next dc*.
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st to the top of ch 3.
• Total: 40 v sts.

Round 8:

• Sl st into previous row v st space (sp).
• Ch 5 (Counts as a 1 dc and ch 2) in the v st sp. 1 dc in that same sp.
• Work v st (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) in the next v st sp.
• Continue *v st (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) in the next v st sp*.
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st into the top of ch 3.
• Total: 40 v sts.

Round 9:

• Sl st into the next v st sp.
• Ch 6 (Counts as a 1 dc, ch 3), 1 dc in that same v st sp.
• Work *v st (1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc) into the next v st sp*.
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st into the top of ch 3.
• Total: 40 v sts.

Round 10-12

• Repeat Row 9 for the next 3 rounds.
• Total: 40 v sts.

Round 13

• Sl st into the next v st sp.

• Ch 3 (Counts as 1 dc), 1 dc, ch 3, 2 dc in the same v st sp. Double v st made. (dv st)

• Work *dv st (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) into the next v st sp*.
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st into the top of ch 3.
• Total: 40 dv sts.

Rounds 14-17

• Repeat Round 13 for the next 4 rounds.
• Total: 40 dv sts.

Round 18

• Ch 2 (Counts as 1 sc, ch 1)
• Skip the next dc, 5 dc (shell made) in the ch 3 sp of the dv st.
• Skip the next dc, 1 sc in the next dc, ch 1.
• Work *skip the next dc, 5 dc (shell) in the dv st sp, skip the next dc, 1 sc in the next dc, ch 1*.
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st into the top of ch 1.
• Total: 40/5 dc shells (sh), 40 sc.

Round 19:

• Ch 8 (Counts as 1 dc, ch 5).
• Skip 2 dc, 1 sc in the next dc (Which is in the middle of the 5 dc sh.), ch 5, 1 dc in the next sc. Ch 5, skip next 2 dc, 1 dc in the next sc.
• Work *ch 5, skip next 2 dc, 1 sc in the next dc. Ch 5, skip the next 2 dc, 1 dc in the next sc.*
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st into the top of ch 3.
• Total: 40 sc, 40 dc, 80 ch 5.

Round 20:

• Ch 4 (Counts as 1 dc and ch 1), ch 1, skip ch 5, dv st (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next sc,skip ch 5, v st (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) on top of the 1 dc.

• Work *skip ch 5, dv st (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next sc. Skip ch 5, V st (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) on top of dc.*
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st into the top of ch 3.
• Total : 40 v st, 40 dv st.

Round 21:

• Sl st into the v st sp.
• Ch 3 (Counts as 1 dc), 1 dc, ch 2, 2 dc in that same v st sp. (dv st made)
• V st (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) in the next dv st sp.
• Work * dv st (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next v st sp. V st (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) in the next dv st sp.*
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st into the top of ch 3.
• Total: 40 v st, 40 dv st.

Do you see the alternating rows of v st and dv st?

Round 22:

• Repeat Round 20.

Round 23:

• Repeat Round 21.

Round 24:

• This time: Turn, and sl st into the v st sp.
• Ch 3 (Counts as 1 dc.) 3 dc in the same v st sp. Ch 3.
• Work *4 dc in the next dv st sp, ch 3 and 4 dc, ch 3 in the next v st sp*.
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st into the top of ch 3.
• Total: 80 /4dc, 80 ch 3.

Round 25:

Starting the Camelot foundation.

• Turn. Sl st into the ch 3 sp and ch 1 (Counts as 1 sc.). Ch 6.
• Work * 1 sc in the ch 3 sp, ch 6.*
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st into the top of ch 1.
• Total: 80 sc, 80/ch 6.

Round 26:

• Turn.
• Ch 1 ( Counts as 1 sc.) and sl st into the next ch 3. Ch 3 (Counts as 1 dc.), 3 dc in that same ch 6 sp.  Ch 3, sc in the next ch 6 sp and ch 3.
• Work * 4 dc in the next ch 6 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in the next ch 6 sp. *
• Repeat * from around.
• Sl st into the top of ch 3 as the 4th dc of the last st of this round.
• Total: 40 sc, 40/4 dc, 80 ch 3.

Round 27:

• Repeat Round 25 but Do Not Turn!

Now, you can either continue Rounds 25 and 26 or complete Round 28 as the edging. From Round 1 to Round 28, the diameter is at 42”. It depends on the desired diameter as a shawl, blanket, or afghan.

The Edging

Round 28:

• Turn. Ch 3 and 1 sc in the next 3 dc. 6 dc (shell made) in the next sc.
• Work *ch 3 and 1 sc in the next 3 dc. 6 dc (shell made) in the next sc.*
• Repeat * from around.
• Total: 40 shells, and 40/3 sc.

This shape and the design of the shawl were inspired by a mathematician and by the botanical gardens in Austin, Texas.

After being here for almost a year, I have recovered from many stressful events. This city is wonderful for healing, making new friends, and creating beautiful fabric.

I want to share this pattern with you and ask only one thing in return. I ask that you make one for charity or give as a gift.

Happy Crocheting!