Finished sweater

I just finished this sweater made with Knit Picks Comfy cotton yarn.  It is so comfortable, and the pattern was super easy.  It's called the Weekend Pullover and is from a 2009 Crochet Today magazine.

October Weekend Pullover

This is what I'm currently working on.  It's called the Weekend Pullover by Ellen K. Gormley in Crochet Today, March/April '09.  I'm using Knit Picks Comfy Worsted in October.  It's a nice orange/rust cotton blend. So far, I'm lovin' it.

Scrap Afghan

Here's a link to the pattern for this pretty afghan.  http://www.crochetmagazine.com/newsletters.php?mode=article&article_id=1394&key=NL00

Merry Christmas!

Urban Jungle beanie

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This pattern is from the Caron site and is by Vickie Howell. It's really easy and quick. I used some stash yarn, Moda Dea Silk'n Wool blend in Wasabi. I have enough yarn left that I'm doing a scarf in the same puff stitch pattern.

One more finished!

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I finished the Bernat Mystery afghan. I pretty happy with it, but will make some changes if I do the pattern again. I will change the mitered squares to granny squares and leave off the petals on the flower blocks. Other than that, it was a fun project.

Have afghan, will snuggle

Have afghan, will snuggle
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Circle afghan pattern link

This is a link to a beautiful afghan pattern with translated English instructions.  http://solgrim.blogspot.com/2009/06/sirkel-i-kvadrat.html

Forrest's new sweater

Here is chubby Forrest in his new sweater.  He is hoping I don't make him go outside for a walk.  John says he looks like an armadillo.

One more down

One more Christmas present completed.  This one is for my minister son and his wife.  I didn't follow any pattern.  It's just super easy granny squares with a border and a few flowers, but I think they'll like it.

My truly ugly afghan

Truly ugly afghan
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This is the scrap yarn afghan I made during the Bernat Mystery Afghan CAL. It's really awful. LOL I tried an experiment of grabbing yarn without thinking about color. This mess is the result. I went ahead and put it together because my husband likes it. At least it's nice and warm and probably indestructible. Anything this ugly will last forever.

One Skein Crochet Projects

Who doesn't love one-skein crochet projects?  Here's a link to a list of patterns put together by craftiblog.  A few of them are now on my todo list.  http://craftiblog.wordpress.com/crochet-one-skein-projects/ 

Cute snowflake earrings pattern

This is a link to some cute snowflake earrings.  It's thread crochet and looks like a quick project and a perfect stocking stuffer.
 Click here for link to pattern

Pattern for quick crochet scarf

I just found this really quick scarf pattern.  It would make wonderful Christmas gifts.  Link to Pattern

Tutorials for beginning crochet

Here's a great link for beginners.  Crochet Spot Link     It's loaded with tutorials on how to do basic stitches and easy starter patterns.

Granny square join tutorial

Here is a link on how to do one type of join for grannny squares.  Lots of pictures and directions.  It's on Carina's craftblog.  Click this link for the tutorial

Tutorial on puff stitch

I found this really neat tutorial on doing the puff stitch by easymakesmehappy.blogspot.com
She has a really cool webpage.
Link to the puff stitch tutorial

Mystery clue 7

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This is the big block #7 for my scrap afghan.

Square from clue 7

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This is for the mystery afghan.

block 6 and addi hook

block 6 and addi hook
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These are the eight blocks I did for the Mystery CAL. The purple ones are for John's scrap afghan, and the cream ones are done in the "called-for" yarn. The hook is my new Addi hook. I think I'm going to like it a lot. I learned years ago to hold my hook like a pencil, but I'm trying to change my hold to the knife method. It's seems to be easier on the hands. This hook style is perfect for that. Not so much for the pencil method.