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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!!

Happy Crocheting!!!

Elena

Filed Under: Patterns and Projects Tagged With: Afghan, Beatrice Ryan, Beatrice Ryan Designs, CAL, Crochet, Crochet-a-Long, Free Pattern, Puff Stitch

Wednesday Facebook Fan Favorite… Week 26 and A Crochet Secret!!

February 12, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

Week 26 Facebook Fan Favorite was a fun choice!!! This Free Pattern Find had over 10,000 views and seems to be very popular!!! You can find this fun Free Crochet Pattern at one of my favorite Crochet Directories…The Yarn Box! The Yarn box has thousands of free patterns in their library and fun articles and information too! This weeks Facebook Fan Favorite is a Ripple Infinity Scarf by “I am Stacey Lynn”… Great, bright colors and looks like alot of fun to wear!! For the free pattern Click Here.

Ripple Infinity Scarf

Now,,, On to some exciting Crochet Secrets…

1. Yesterday I announced a Crochet-A-Long Giveaway…

How do you qualify??

1. You must complete the full afghan pattern within 10 days of the final pattern section post!

2. You must post a picture on Facebook on the designated post (directions will be with the final pattern post) or Email me a picture of the completed afghan within 10 days of the final pattern post!

3. You must complete this third and final step… To be revealed in the final pattern section post!!! Don’t worry… It will be simple!!

It’s not to late to participate in the Crochet-A-Long, It is a Free Crochet Pattern and the instructions are posted in the Crochet-A-long tab at the top of the page… We are just finishing up week 4 and Saturday I will be posting Week 5 instructions!

2. This Friday is my 1 year Blogversary… Can you believe it… One year of my Ramblings, Crochet Inspirations and Free Patterns!! I so much appreciate all of you who have decided to swing in and visit me!!!! To celebrate I have a brand new Free Crochet Pattern that I will release on Friday!!! Yes… I have been working my fingers and creative mind to design pattern sections each week for the CAL… But,,, Out of gratitude for all of you I wanted to give you a little something extra!!! So tune in Friday for my next Free Pattern!! Here is a sneak peek…