Crochet for Cancer Crochet Along and Givaway!!!!

April 6, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs 7 Comments

Are you ready for another Crochet Along?? How about helping out those in need?? And an awesome prize package!!

You know I have a heart for Cancer Awareness and Charity!! So~ I would love for you to join me and 9 of my Crochet Blogging Friends… Over the next two weeks we all will be participating in an all out crochet, hat making fun time!! We all will be making hats and other crochet items to donate to Crochet For Cancer and Hooks of Hope!! And to top it off,,, My Crochet Friends and I have put together a whole list of Free Crochet Patterns just for you to use!!! And guess what else?? Red Heart has put together a great prize package to worth $125…

Great Cause, Free Patterns and a Giveaway!!

My Friend Sara at My Merry Messy Life has organized this wonderful event… and here are my other great friend who have provided some of their free patterns…

Petals to Picots • I’m Hooked •

Curious Tiff Crochet • KT and the Squid •

EKKStudio • Moogly •

Grammy Dirlam • Tales of a Crafty Mommy

This is such a great chance to meet some of my Crochet Blogger Friend,,, Try some new FREE Patterns and Pay it forward!! Here is a list of our Free Patterns:

My Merry Messy Life

Moose Beanie All Sizes
Fox Beanie All Sizes
Lion Beanie All Sizes
Sugar Love Beanie Baby Sizes
Cheery Lime Adult Beanie Adult Size
Baby Boy Beanie with Pom Pom Preemie and Baby Sizes
Crochet Monster Hat Toddler and Child Sizes

Beatrice Ryan Designs

I’m Hooked

Basic Single Crochet Beanie All Sizes
Basic Half Double Crochet Beanie All Sizes
Jake the Dog Hat Child Size
Blue’s Clues Hat Child Size
Cute and Warm Beanie with Bow All Sizes
Holiday Hats All Sizes

Curious Tiff Crochet

Pixie Hood Hat

KT and the Squid

Free Simple Single Crochet Beanie All Sizes
Bright Stripes Beanie Child and Adult Sizes
Walkabout Slouch Toddler, Child, Adult
Easy Preemie Hat

Elk Studio

Morning Frost Hat Adult Size
Country Appeal Hat and Matching Scarf Adult Size
Mystic Beanie Adult Size

Grammy Dirlam

Cabled Hat with Brim Adult Size

Moogly

Leaping Stripes and Blocks Beanies All Sizes

The Crochet Along will run from now through April 21, 2014. In order to qualify for the Red Heart Yarn prize package, you must complete 4 Hats or 2 larger projects like Shawls and or Blanket and mail them to Hooks of Hope. Here are the requirements for your donation, per the Crochet for Cancer website:

Must be new – never worn
Clean – free of perfume, pet hair and smoke
Placed individually in clear ziplock style plastic bags
Soft yarn is best cotton, acrylic, silk, fleece or a blend is best.
Do not use wool or alpaca as they can irritate the scalp.
We accept baby, children, youth, and adult hats.
Please use patterns that do not have gaps or large holes.
A tighter stitch is best so that it covers the scalp.
Be sure to wash your hands on a regular basis while making the caps.

If you would like to donate another item or something else… Here is what they will accept!!!~

Scarves
Blankets (all sizes)
Prayer Shawls
Be creative, we accept any type of gift item to give to a person fighting cancer. For
example, a crochet pink ribbon pin to support breast cancer awareness.
Yarn, Yarn, Yarn!!!
Gift cards to purchase yarn and supplies from the following locations:
Hobby Lobby, Michael’s, AC Moore Crafts, WalMart, and JoAnn Fabric.

Please Mail Your Package to:

Hooks of Hope
c/o Melissa Wortmann
P.O. Box 163
Neffs, PA 18065

International Readers

We would still love for you to participate by donating your projects to your local hospitals

or charities. Let us know what you’re up to by sharing on social media!

The Fabulous Prize ~ $125 Worth of Yarn From Red Heart!

In order to qualify for the Red Heart Yarn prize package ~

The Crochet-A-Long is open worldwide, but the contest is better suited to residents of the US and Canada, although anyone is welcome to mail a package to Hooks of Hope. Contest rules:

1. Complete the challenge by making at least 4 projects (or two large projects, like a blanket or shawl)

2. Mail your package to Hooks of Hope (address above)

3. Make sure your package is postmarked on or before April 28, 2014

4. All packages with that postmark will be entered into a raffle three weeks after April 28 on May 19 (to give time for all the packages to come in the mail).

5. The first package drawn will receive the grand prize from Red Heart. The 2nd through 5th packages will received handmade plarn bags with yarn goodies inside from Hooks of Hope!

I will be Hosting a CROCHET FOR CANCER Show and Tell on my Facebook page each Friday to show off what you are making and donating… Feel free to post to my Facebook Page any day and especially on Friday evenings at 5pm EST… Make sure you put the hashtag #CrochetForCancerCAL anytime you show off your work or talk about it on Social Media.. That will help us all find each other!!!

LET’S MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!!!

Happy Crocheting …

Elena

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25 March 2014

Amazing Grace Spa Trio… Free Crochet Pattern!!!

March 25, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs 21 Comments

The Amazing Grace Spa Trio is the 5th Free Crochet Pattern in the Amazing Grace Series... This series is dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness! Please consider donating to someone suffering or recovering from cancer with these patterns or to a Cancer Foundation!

The Amazing Grace Spa Trio is made up of 3 Cotton Crocheted Cloths in varying sizes~Perfect for a Cancer Patient! By using quality uncolored cotton yarn, you can make a nice gift set that will be gentle for cleansing and uplifting for those who are suffering or recovering from cancer! Of course you can also make them for personal use and gifts for friends!

Amazing Grace Spa Trio

Click Here to add this pattern to your Ravelry queue and favorites!!

1. Amazing Grace Facecloth (Small)

2. Amazing Grace Washcloth (Medium)

3. Amazing Grace Hand Towel (Large)

Materials:

Each item takes 100-300 Yards Cotton Yarn.

Size H Crochet Hook

Scissors

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Stitches:

Ch – Chain Sc – Single Crochet Dc – Double Crochet

Instructions:

Facecloth~

Chain 21

Row 1: Turn, Sc in 2nd Ch from hook and each stitch across to end. = 20 Sc

Row 2: Turn, Ch 1, Sc in 1st St, Skip next Stitch, *Sc, Ch 2, Sc all in the next stitch. Skip next 2 Stitches*, Repeat * * across to the last 2 stitches. Skip stitch and Sc in the last stitch. = 6 Chain 2 Spaces and 1 Sc on each end.

Row 3: Turn, Ch 3 (Counts as DC), 3 Dc in next Ch 2 Space (Dc Cluster made). Repeat Dc Cluster in each Ch 2 space across. Dc in last stitch. = 6 Dc Clusters and 1 Dc on each end.

Row 4-11: Repeat rows 2 & 3 four more times.

Edging: Ch 1, Working along the side edge, *Sc 18 stitches evenly to corner. 3 Sc in corner.* Repeat * * around. Join with Slip Stitch to beginning. Finish off. Weave in ends.

Washcloth~

Chain 27

Row 1: Turn, Sc in 2nd Ch from hook and each stitch across to end. = 26 Sc

Row 3: Turn, Ch 3 (Counts as DC), 3 Dc in next Ch 2 Space (Dc Cluster made). Repeat Dc Cluster in each Ch 2 space across. Dc in last stitch. = 8 Dc Clusters and 1 Dc on each end.

Row 4-15: Repeat rows 2 & 3 Six more times.

Edging: Ch 1, Working along the side edge, *Sc 24 stitches evenly to corner. 3 Sc in corner.* Repeat * * around. Join with Slip Stitch to beginning. Finish off. Weave in ends.

Hand Towel~

Chain 33

Row 1: Turn, Sc in 2nd Ch from hook and each stitch across to end. = 32 Sc

Row 3: Turn, Ch 3 (Counts as DC), 3 Dc in next Ch 2 Space (Dc Cluster made). Repeat Dc Cluster in each Ch 2 space across. Dc in last stitch. = 10 Dc Clusters and 1 Dc on each end.

Row 4-21: Repeat rows 2 & 3 Nine more times.

Edging: Ch 1, *Working along the side edge, Sc 36 stitches evenly to corner. 3 Sc in corner, Sc 31 along the bottom/top edge, 3 Sc in corner. *, Repeat * * around. Join with Slip Stitch to beginning. Finish off. Weave in ends.

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The Amazing Grace Free Crochet Pattern Series Is About To Grow….

March 20, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

It’s Coming….

Try and guess what the 5th Amazing Grace Pattern will be…Lets chat!!!

It will be posted next week and I hope you will love this one as much as the other 4 Amazing Grace Free Crochet Patterns!!! It is a simple project you can finish in one evening… Great to give to someone suffering or recovering from cancer and I am so excited to add to the collection!!

If you aren’t familiar with my Amazing Grace Free Crochet Pattern Series… I am dedicating all these patterns to Breast Cancer Awareness and my to Dearest Friend Sandra Kay Gilb,,, Sandra passed away in December 2007 from Breast Cancer. I ask you to enjoy my patterns and make them over and over for gifts, to sell and for yourself… But most of all I ask you to pay it forward and donate to a charity for cancer or someone suffering or recovering from cancer!

God Bless You and Happy Crocheting!!