A friend gave me a vintage crocheted table cloth to re-purpose so I cut apart some of the flowers and sealed the ends with Aleene's Flexible Stretchable Fabric Glue. The flowers made a wonderful base for this vintage flower and styled card.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Staying warm this winter season...
Trying to keep everyone warm in the cold Northeast with chunky scarfs!
Easy crochet pattern below.
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Cream scarf made with Tender Touch yarn from Hobby Lobby
Video Review of Tender Touch Yarn
Cowl made with Lion Brand Homespun Yarn
Video: Chunky Cowl
Cream scarf made with Tender Touch yarn from Hobby Lobby
Video Review of Tender Touch Yarn
Cowl made with Lion Brand Homespun Yarn
Video: Chunky Cowl
Pattern for Chunky Cowl/Scarf:
Pattern: 1 Skein (Lion Brand Homespun), size P hook
Chain 120
Row 1: chain 2, half double crochet into every other chain space with a chain 1 in between, (hdc, ch1, hdc, ch1...), at end of row turn
Row 2: chain 2, half double crochet in chain space of row 1, chain 1, repeat hdc, ch1 for entire row (be sure to hdc in very last chain space), at end of row turn.
Complete 15 rows, use yarn needle to weave/stitch ends together into infinity circle.
So Much Snow...
Had a lot of fun creating these cards with super sweet snowman dies...
see video below with details.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Chubby Crochet Heart
Here is a cute chubby crochet heart that you can create with a wide variety
of materials and hook sizes.
Pattern below.
Chubby Heart Pattern:
Begin with a magic circle and do first row in magic circle...
Row 1: Ch 2, 4 tr, 3 dc, 2 tr, 3 dc, 4tr, ch2, pull magic circle closed and ss in center of circle (you should have a mini heart at this point)
Row 2: in ch 2 loop do 1 sc, 1 hdc, in space after each tr do 2 hdc, in space after each dc do 1 hdc, at bottom of heart in space between the two tr do 1 hdc, 1dc, 1hdc, in each of the next three spaces do 1 hdc, in each of the next 4 spaces do 2 hdc, in chain two loop do 1 hdc, 1sc, then ss in 'V' of heart to finish