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23 December 2021 Last Minute Gifts.. Quick and Easy Free Crochet Patterns!

Last Minute Gifts.. Quick and Easy Free Crochet Patterns!

December 23, 2021 By Leave a Comment

Do you need a quick gift? I always think of someone last minute or want to add just one more little item.. I am so glad my Grandmother taught me to crochet! I end up each occasion whipping up a nice crochet item in just a few hours to give to a loved one or someone special… I thought I would share a few of my Quick and Easy Free Crochet Patterns with you so you can whip some up yourself!

When I was a child, my Grandmother(Beatrice Ryan) always included a crochet gift… A Rug(stay tuned soon for my recreation of this rug pattern), Slippers or even a blanket! I hope this holiday season you will bless someone with your creations!

Wintertide Beanie

Amazing Grace Headband

Children’s Whimsical Warmth Beanie

Whimsical Warmth Headband

Amazing Grace Blissful Beanie

Wintertide Headband

Thick and Quick Bumpy Scrubby

Sweetwater Infinity Scarf

Denim Diva Boot Cuff’s

Winter Walk Headband

Enjoy all of this holiday season and make sure to share your finished projects at Beatrice Ryan Designs on Facebook

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I hope you love this project!!  Make sure to share your finished projects on my Beatrice Ryan Designs Facebook Page and make sure to share around social media too! Why share?? Because it shares our Love of Crochet!!

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

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31 October 2021 Amazing Grace Wrist Warmers… New Free Crochet Pattern!!!

Amazing Grace Wrist Warmers… New Free Crochet Pattern!!!

October 31, 2021 By 2 Comments

Amazing Grace Wrist Warmers are the latest addition in my Amazing Grace Free Crochet Pattern Series dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness… They use the same simple stitching as in all of my Amazing Grace Free Crochet Patterns, as a result you will find they work up so quickly! In addition, they are warm and cozy along with being very versatile!

You can wear them tall from your fingertips to your elbows or scrunch them from your wrist up just a bit! Without a doubt, these are one of my favorite accessories!

Make sure to save this pattern to your Ravelry queue or favorites for quick access too… Click here!

In addition, you can find more of my Amazing Grace Patterns and my story about them in the Amazing Grace Pattern tab at the top of the page.

Supplies:

Yarn- 100 grams or approx. 425 yds. of sock weight yarn #1 fingering. I used Opal in Flower Power.

Hook- Size D

Scissors and yarn needle

Stitches:

  • St – Stitch
  • Sl St – Slip Stitch
  • Ch – Chain
  • Sk – Skip
  • Sc- Single Crochet
  • Bl – Back Loop
  • Fl – Front Loop
  • Dc – Double Crochet

Size:

17 Long x 4 1/4 Wide Un-stretched

Instructions:

Make 2

Ribbing:

Ch 13

Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and each across. = 12 sc

Row 2-36: Ch 1, turn, blsc in each st across. = 12 blsc

Joining the Ribbing:

Row 37: Ch 1, fold piece in half putting row 1 and 36 together, sc in bl of row 36 and fl of row 1 and make a sc through both at the same time, repeat across all 12 sts.

Base of Wrist Warmer:

Working in side row edges continue working. You should have ridges and you will be putting a stitch on each side of every ridge(row end), your ch 2 will be over the top of each ridge peak. (see pic)

Round 38: Ch 1, sc in 1st row to the left of the peak where you joined, *(Sc in next row, ch2 over ridge, sc in next row)*, repeat *to* around, sc in last row, ch 2 and join with sl st to beginning sc. = 19 (sc, ch2,sc)

Round 39: Sl st in ch 2sp, ch 3(counts as dc now and throughout), 2 dc in same sp, ,*3dc in next ch 2 sp*, repeat *to* around, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3.= 19 – 3 dc groups

Round 40: Sl st in next st(middle st of 3dc group), ch 1, *(sc, ch2,sc) in st,, sk 2 sts, (sc, ch2,sc) in next st*, repeat *to* around, sk last 2 sts, join with sl st to beginning sc. = 19 (sc, ch2,sc)

Rounds 41-89: Repeat rounds 39 & 40, ending with a repeat of round 39

Top Edging

Round 90: Ch 1, * sc in st, (sc, ch2,sc) in next st, sc in next st*, repeat *to* around, join with sl st to beginning sc. = 38 sc & 19 (sc, ch2,sc)

Finish off, weave in ends

Now make your second Amazing Wrist Warmer!!!

That’s it!!! You now have your Amazing Grace Wrist Warmers!!! I hope you love them and as always with the Amazing Grace Series – Pass a set along to someone suffering from Breast Cancer or any other life tragedy.

In addition, If you are making them for a person with an illness – especially cancer.. You may want to use a soft acrylic sock yarn, wool tends to be a bit scratchy sometimes.

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I hope you love this project!!  Make sure to share your finished projects on my Beatrice Ryan Designs Facebook Page and make sure to share around social media too! Why share?? Because, most importantly… it will share our Love of Crochet!!

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

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16 October 2021 Festival of Fall Afghan Crochet Along… Week 10!!! Finishing your project!

Festival of Fall Afghan Crochet Along… Week 10!!! Finishing your project!

October 16, 2021 By Leave a Comment

This is it, Week 10 of our Festival of Fall Afghan CAL! You have 10 squares joined, now we will complete the edging and you will have a lovely Fall Afghan to keep in your home or give as a gift!

This project seemed to go so quickly! I hope you enjoyed it! If you haven’t finished or you haven’t even started, Good news… The full instructions are in the Crochet with Me tab at the top! And don’t forget to see how to enter the Grand Prize Drawing at the bottom of the page!!

My finished size after blocking is 43″ x 68″

Yarn:

Red Heart ~ I recommend 5 colors, but minimum of 2 to show off the textural stitching. I used both With Love (370 yds ea) and Super Saver (364 Yds ea)colors to get the color scheme I wanted:

  • A~ With Love in Boysenberry (2 skeins)
  • B~ Super Saver in Gold (3 skeins)
  • C~ Super Saver in Dark Orchid (3 skeins)
  • D~ Super Saver in Carrot (2 skeins)
  • E~ With Love in Spinach (2 skeins)

Edging

There are 6 Rounds of this projects edging. I recommend using the 5 different colors or at least each round be a different color. I will share each round what I used, and you can do the same or a different color scheme.

Using the H hook and color B(which is the color I joined the squares with), Join with sl st in top right hand corner stitch Right side facing.

Round 1: Ch 1, *3 sc in same st(corner), sc 99 sts evenly across to the next corner st(this is a st in each st and in the join), 3 sc in next corner st, sc 167 evenly across to the next corner st*, Repeat *to* one more time. Join with sl st to beginning sc. = 544 sc Finish off

With color D, Join with sl st in top right hand corner stitch Right side facing.

Round 2: Ch 3, 2 dc in same st, {dc in next 6 sts, *ch 5, sk 5 sts, dc in next st*, repeat *to* 14 more times, dc in next 5 sts, 3 dc in next corner st, dc in next 7 sts, repeat *to* 26 times, dc in next 6 sts}, 3 dc in next corner st, repeat {to} 1 more time, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3. = 82 ch 5, & 142 dc. Finish off

With color E, Join with sl st in top right hand corner stitch Right side facing.

Round 3: Ch 3, 2 dc in same st, {dc in next 7 sts, *(2 dc in next ch 5 sp, trc in 3rd st of empty sts from round 1 of edging(see pic), 2 dc in same ch 5 sp), fpdc around next dc st*, repeat *to* 13 times, (2 dc in next ch 5 sp, trc in 3rd st of empty sts from round 1 of edging(see pic), 2 dc in same ch 5 sp), dc in next 7 sts, 3 dc in next corner st, dc in next 8 sts, repeat *to* 25 times, (2 dc in next ch 5 sp, trc in 3rd st of empty sts from round 1 of edging(see pic), 2 dc in same ch 5 sp), dc in next 8 sts, 3dc in next corner st}, repeat {to} 1 more time, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3. = 400 dc, 78 fpdc & 82 trc. Finish off

With color A, join with sl st in top right hand corner stitch Right side facing.

Round 4: Ch 3, 2 dc in same st, (dc in each dc, fpdc in each fpdc & trc across to next corner st), 3 dc in next corner st*, repeat *to* around, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3. = 408 dc & 160 fpdc. Finish off

With color B, join with sl st in top right corner st. **Wrong Side of project facing**

Round 5: Ch 2, 2 hdc in same st, hdc in each st across to next corner, *3 hdc in next corner st, hdc in each st across*, repeat *to* around, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 2. = 580 hdc. Finish off

With color C, Join at top right corner st. Right Side Facing

Round 6: Ch 1, 3 sc in corner st, sc across to next corner st*, Repeat *to* around. Join with sl st to beginning sc. =588 sc

Finish off and weave in ends

Block entire project into shape.

That’s it… You have completed your Festival of Fall Afghan!!! Congratulations… I can’t wait to see all of them.

All weekly links will be updated in the Crochet with Me tab at the top of this page for future use.

You can have more fun by joining the Beatrice Ryan Designs Crochet Along Group on Facebook

Grand Prize

Here are the details of the Grand Prize: A drawing will be held for a $50 Amazon Gift Card.

To enter you will email me a picture of your finished Festival of Fall Afghan by 10/26 to [email protected]. One entry per finished project, each entry will be numbered as they come in and I will use a random number generator to pick the winner on October 30th. I will make a Fan Gallery post of all entries that I received so we can see all the beautiful afghans and announce the winner in the same post!

Good Luck and I can’t wait to see your Festival of Fall Afghans!

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I hope you love this project!!  Make sure to share your finished projects on my Beatrice Ryan Designs Facebook Page and make sure to share around social media too! Why share?? Because it shares our Love of Crochet!!

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

©Copyright 2021 Elena Hunt/Beatrice Ryan Designs.  All of my patterns and posts are my own work. Do not copy them in any way. If you want to share this information with someone, share the link to this post. If you want to share on your own blog, website or social media, then you may use the first photo in this post and link back to this post. You may not give away printed copies of this post. Thank you. This post may contain affiliate link

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