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Beatrice Ryan Designs Crochet-A-Long … Week 6

February 22, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

Thanks for participating for the last 5 weeks… The Afghans are looking amazing!! Week 6 is back to one of my favorite stitches… The TRC Twisted stitch! Are you ready… Let’s get going!!!

Week 6 CAL

*Tip~ As always, make sure your stitch counts are the same Top/Bottom and Left/Right.

*Tip~ You can refer back to Week 3 instructions and pictures if you need to review the TRC Twisted Stitches.

Row 17: Using one of your non neutral yarn colors, Join with Sl St to any “even” stitch from previous row. Ch 4(Counts as Trc now and throughout), Trc in Previous stitch to create a Twisted Stitch Pair.* Skip next stitch, Trc in next stitch, Trc in Previous stitch(skipped stitch) to form Twisted Stitch Pair. Repeat Twisted Stitch Pairs across to corner. 3 Trc in corner space*. Repeat * * around to past last corner. Continue with Twisted Stitch Pairs until you reach the beginning Twisted Stitch Pair. Join to top of Ch 4. Finish off.

Row 18: With Neutral Color join with Sl St in any stitch. Ch 2 (Counts as Hdc), Hdc in each stitch around, Making 3 Hdc’s in the center stitch of each corner, (this will be in the 3rd Trc stitch in the previous round). Join with Sl St to Ch 2 and finish off. * Make sure your stitch count has the same number of stitches on the top/bottom and also the same number of stitches on the right/left. This will be important to keep the afghan in an even rectangle.

Row 19: Repeat Row 17 with another non neutral color.

Row 20: Repeat row 18 with neutral color…

Now you are done with Week 6 and your afghan is really growing!!! Just a few more weeks and we will have a full afghan!! And for those of you who stick with it and finish your afghan within the time frame… you will have a chance to win the Giveaway at the end of our CAL!!! More details coming soon!!

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

Filed Under: Patterns and Projects Tagged With: Afghan, Beatrice Ryan, Beatrice Ryan Designs, CAL, Crochet-a-Long, Givaway

Monday Makings and Pattern Reviews….

February 17, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs 5 Comments

What a fun last week!!! I released my latest Free Crochet Pattern… Winter’s Twist Headband,,, The Crochet-A-Long is going fantastic,,, lots of great projects shared on Facebook last Friday on Show and Tell!!! My Sunburst Granny is now all most done… Squares are completed and joined,,, Now just for the edging!! And, I made 3 more hats for our upcoming charity drive at ELK Studio From The Heart… Wow… Now that’s alot of crochet!!

So here are some pictures and then… Reviews of the hats I made… Just in case you would like to make them too!!

First here is my Winter’s Twist Headband… Click Here for the link to the Free Pattern!

Next,,, Week 5 Crochet-A-Long… Click the tab “Crochet-A-Long at the top of the page to get going on this great afghan!!

And here is how my Sunburst Granny Square Blanket is coming along… All that’s left is the edging… I hope to finish that up by tonight!!

Now on the the reviews…

The first hat is from ELK Studio Handcrafted Crochet Designs… This is Kathy’s Country Appeal Hat… This is a Free Pattern! As usual, this pattern is easy to read and can be made in one evening… Kathy is quite the hat designer and as you know,,, I have made several of her wonderful patterns… This hat is one of my favorites!! The texture she designed makes this very cozy and comfortable to wear! It is worked from the bottom up to assure a great fit!! So if you would like to make this Country Appeal Hat, Click Here

Country Appeal Hat

The Second Hat I made is the Surface Braid Hat by The Laughing Willow… To make this hat, Click Here for the Free Pattern… I have wanted to make this style of hat for a while and just found this pattern recently!! It is a great technique to get the fun effect on the right side of the hat… This technique makes the hat very stretchy and plush!!! I actually ended up making two… I need to send off at least 4 hats to the charity… so now I am ready… I have these 3 hats and one from last weeks review.

Flat Braid Hat

I hope you had a great Crochet Week!!!

Happy Crocheting!!

Filed Under: Patterns and Projects Tagged With: Afghan, Crochet-a-Long, Free Pattern, Granny Square, Hat, Sunburst

Beatrice Ryan Designs Crochet-A-Long Week 5

February 15, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

Wow… Amazing! Week 5 already and our Afghans are really taking shape!! This has been a wonderful week,,, I am celebrating my 1 year blogversary,,, Released a New Free Crochet Pattern~Winter’s Twist Headband and Having a great time with our CAL!!! Thanks so much for joining me here and Loving Crochet!!!

So here we go… Week 5 CAL Afghan Pattern…

*Tip~ You will want to make sure that you have the same number of stitches Top/Bottom and Right/Left.

*Tip~ You will continue working your afghan turning the work after each row.

*Tip~ For Row 16 it will be very important that each side of your afghan has an “even” amount of stitches between the corner spaces… This with be necessary for week 6 to turn out correctly!!

*Puff Stitch~ YO, insert hook in stitch, pull up loop, *YO, Insert hook in same stitch, Pull up loop*, Repeat 2 more times, Yo and draw yarn through all 9 loops. You will be Sc in the next stitch to lock in the Puff Stitch.

Row 12: With Right Side facing, Join your neutral yarn with Sl St to any corner space. Ch 3(Counts as Dc), 2 Dc, Ch 2, 3 Dc all in the same corner space. *Dc in the next stitch and each stitch across to the next corner space, 3 Dc, Ch 2, 3 Dc in corner space*. Repeat * * around. Join with Sl St to beginning Ch 3. finish off.

Row 13: Turn, With Wrong Side Facing, Join contrasting color with Sl St to any corner, Sc in next 2 stitches (Not in corner), [*Puff St, Sc 3*, Repeat * * across to corner, 5 Sc in corner space, Sc in next 2 stitches], Repeat [ ] around. Join with Sl St to beginning Sc. Finish Off. Make sure you have the same number of Puff Stitches Top/Bottom & Right/Left.

Row 14: Turn, With Right Side Facing, Join with new color in any stitch. Ch 3, Dc across to corner stitch (Middle stitch of 5 corner Sc), *Dc,Ch 2, Dc all in the corner stitch, Dc across to next corner*, Repeat * * around to beginning Ch 3. Join with Sl St to beginning Ch 3. Finish Off.

Row 15: Repeat Row 13

Row 16: Turn, With Right Side Facing, Join with neutral color to any stitch. Ch 3 *Dc across to Corner Stitch (3rd Sc of 5 corner Sc), Skip Corner Stitch, Ch 2, Dc in next St*, Repeat * * around. Join to beginning Ch 3. Finish Off. **Make sure each side of your afghan has even amounts of Dc… See Tips**

Congratulations… Another Week done and your afghan is looking wonderful!!