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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

These Are Some Of The New Afghans That I Purchased

 

I gave these to people who are sick and lonely.  
They were in a sealed
container for months.  





I Purchased Newly Made Afghan Blankets
At A Reasonable Cost.






Thursday, October 22, 2020

I Finished This Afghan Tonight

 I Finished This Afghan Tonight
Intermediate Level
This one took longer to make than my prior projects.
I had a migraine today, it took up my whole day until tonight.
In spite of it, I was able to get up and finish my afghan.
I'm very happy with how it looks.  It's pretty big.
I can go on to my next project now.  Christmas will soon be here.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this one yet.
I'll let you know what I decide.  

 





Saturday, October 10, 2020

I Have All The Pieces Sewn Together - Almost Done

 

I Have All The Pieces Sewn Together

I'm so happy I'm nearing the finish line on this afghan.
I had to sew together each piece.  Now I have to hide all the strings. 
This may take a couple of days.  This afghan has taken me the longest time to make.
It is 54" wide and 63" long.  42 octagons 6X7
I'm happy with how it looks. 

Funny thing when I was making it I counted it over and over to see how far along I was.
I made 42 octagons.  I counted it several times.  I even had an extra one I did not complete because I had enough.  When I put it together I was missing one.  I don't know where it went.  I was happy though because I found the one I didn't finish and finished it.   I didn't come up short after all.  

It's not laying all out flat in this picture.  It's pretty big.



I'll show you the whole afghan once it is fully completed.  Almost done with this one. Yay!


Friday, March 27, 2020

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Heart And Lace Crochet Block


Heart And Lace Crochet Block

I used the daisy stitch, double crochet and single crochet stitches
in this crochet block.
I will post the pattern as soon as I can.



Blue Lace Pineapple Ring


for the blue lacey ring I used 2 ply Herrschners Afghan yarn (cobalt blue)
Crochet Hook US - N - 

Crochet 4 Attach in first loop making a ring.
Crochet 3 -  Double Crochet 50 double crochet then attach ring with a slst.




4 vrs 5


Peach Heart 

size G/6 needle 4.25mm
for the heart I used 4ply Caron Simply Soft  (strawberry fraise fresa) peachy pink

start with loose slip knot then crochet one- go into beginning loop - single crochet chain 1 then half double crochet (hdc) 4 times ( I used 4)- 5 if you want a larger heart.
slip stitch into first chain closing the circle.

 slip stitch in next loop then:  in the same loop
1 hdc - 3dc - 1 hdc.   hdc in next 3 stitches chain 1
then dc in the bottom stitch,
 which is even with the v at the top.
hdc into the next two upward stitches.
then in the next stitch - 1 hdc -three dc- 1 hdc.

End with going into the center of the heart 
adjusting to make sure it is centered.
Pull through and sc tighten and close off the stitch by coming from
the back upward to close the stitch cut and pull yarn all the way through at the center of the v at the top-
pull tightly downward towards the back of the heart. 

Tie hearts strings to the blue loop by inserting strings through each side of center loop
and tie the peach stings together into a knot - do not pull too tight across the blue loop.

When sewing use the same color yarn in a wide eyed needle, 
Sewing carefully not showing any stitches or loose threads. 

Pull at the bottom of the heart to set it's shape.
Sew that point and also the 
rounded tops down to your project.






For The Ivory Square

I used a Crochet Hook US G - Crochet loosely
Yarn Bee - Ivory (Soft Secret) 

Chain 25
Skip Stitch go into 2nd chain.
Pull through keep two loops on the needle -
Pull through the third chain - now you should have three loops on your needle.
Pull through each of the next 4 stitches of your chain.
You should have 6 loops on your needle.
Yarn over - pull all six loops through then chain 1 - this makes
your first daisy cluster.  
Now insert your needle into the chain 1 loop you just made to close your daisy.
Pull thread through making two loops on your needle.
Look down the right side of your daisy - You should pull thread through 3
seperate times down the right side of the daisy before pulling through your chain again. 
You will then have 6 loops on your needle.   Yarn over and pull through all 6 loops.

Keep on going until you have ten daisy clusters -

 close row by inserting needle into last loop and 
chain two to finish row.  Turn your work....

 Row 2: Chain 1 skip one chain sc (single crochet) into into daisy loop
 chain 1 sc into daisy loop - do this all the way
to the end of the row.
End with sc into last loop.
turn your work over.

Row 3:  Chain 3 - Insert hook into second chain - pull thread through.
Insert hook into third chain  - pull thread through.  You should have three loops on 
your hook.  Then you should start pulling thread through 3 next chains until you
have 6 loops on your hook.  Then pull thread through all 6 loops making the daisy cluster.

Refer To The Video On Ending Your Third Row
( Only I  did not turn it to the back) 


You'll need 
7 rows of daisy clusters ending with the ( Row 2 pattern).

Now The Edging

Round 1:
 *2sc in corner space sc in nxt 19 stitches 3 sc in corner stitch*
do this on all sides.  Then...   Sc and ss stitch closed. turn

Round 2:  
1 chain 2sc in same place as ss.  (1 sc crochet in each of the side 21 stitches each)
3 sets of 3 sc with sc between in each corner.  Ending with a ss. Then crochet one in ss in the first sc.  turn

Round 3: 
chain 1, sc in same place as slip stitch.  chain 6 - 1 sc into next stitch.  skip 1, (*1 sc chain 6 - 1 sc into next stitch skip 1) - repeat from *  46 more times - ss into last sc. turn. 


Round 4

The Ruffle




dc in each chain 2 opening all the way around.  
Pay attention when you get to the corners of the square - 
dc 5 -  chain 1 - dc 5 as you get to each corner. 

ss to close at the completion of the square.


Susan Nikitenko: Creation Using The Daisy Stitch
print only


I made this purse using two of these squares.

Strap

I made the strap using a bulky cottony white yarn and 


Yarn Bee - Ivory (Soft Secret)  Crochet together.

Chain to desired length with large K needle
turn - sc another row.

You'll need:
2 wood rings and 4 matching wooden beads.

Needle and thread
glue gun

I used 2 fat quarters for the lining, fusible web and muslin.

I'm going to be making another purse:
Then is when I will give you instructions on making this purse.
With the pictures.







  









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