A Friend Quilted My Quilt Top!

I sent a friend from All_Crafts_4_Charity a quilt top I had finished last year. She has a long arm quilting machine (I'm sssso jealous) and had agreed to finish it up for me. I left it up to her to decide where to donate it. It's still not bound but it is quilted. The picture is on her blog, my quilt is the top one.

North Hills Quilter

Round Baby Wash Cloth with Picots Free Crochet Pattern

OK, like I said the challenge was for bibs AND wash clothes so of course I had to do a baby wash cloth too. Here's the pattern:

Materials

Worsted weight cotton yarn

J hook

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Ch 3 and join
Rd 1: ch 3 (counts as first dc) 14 dc into ring (15 st)
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Rd 2: ch 3 (counts as first dc) dc in same st, 2dc into each dc (30 st)
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Rd 3: ch 3 (counts as first dc) *2 dc into next st, dc into next, repeat from * around ending with 2 dc in last st (45 st)
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Rd 4: ch 3 (counts as first dc) dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc into next 2 st, repeat from * around ending with 2 dc in last st

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Rd 5: ch 1, *2 sc in same st, hdc, dc, ch 3 and sl st in first ch (picot made) dc, hdc, repeat from * around join to first sl st and end

Circle Baby Bib Free Crochet Pattern

My All_Crafts_4_Charity Yahoo group is making baby items for Bundles of Love in Minnesota. This weekend they put out a challenge for baby bibs and wash clothes. I did a search this morning for a baby bib pattern I liked and couldn't find anything. Well, we know what that means don't we? Deb had to make her own. This is a small bib, 5" X 6 1/2", suitable for an infant. I used Peaches & Cream worsted weight cotton yarn.

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Materials

Small amount of worsted weight cotton yarn

H hook you can crochet a larger bib by using a larger hook

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Ch 3 and join

Rd 1: ch 3 (counts as first dc) 11 dc into ring (12 st)

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Rd 2: ch 3 (counts as first dc) dc in same st, 2dc into each dc (24 st)

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Rd 3: ch 3 (counts as first dc) *2 dc into next st, dc into next, repeat from * around ending with 2 dc in last st (36 st)

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Rd 4: ch 3 (counts as first dc) dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc into next 2 st, repeat from * around ending with 2 dc in last st

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Row 5: ch1, sc in next 3 stitches, hdc in next 2 stitches, *2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc into next stitch (makes corner)*, dc in next st, hdc in next 2 st, sc in next 4 st, hdc in next 2 st, dc in next st, make corner in next st, hdc in next 2 st, sc in next 3, slst into next stitch, then turn and sl st back to corner

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Row 6: 2 dc into corner space, hdc in next 3 st, sc in next 6 st, hdc in next 3 st, 2dc in corner space

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Row 7: ch 3 and turn, hdc in next 3 st, sc in next 8 st, hdc in next 3 st, dc in last st, do not end

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Chain 50 for tie, and end, attach to top of chain 3 in other corner and ch 50 and end

work in ends and tie a knot at the end of each tie

Easy Crocheted Pony Bead Schrunchie Free Pattern

I had a Fairy Godmother from Crochetville send me a package of yarn, chocolate and pony beads. I've been wanting to make some hair scrunchies with beads and this is what I've come up with.

You will need:

Hair elastic

Small amount light worsted weight yarn (I used Caron Simply Soft)

About 15 pony beads (I didn't use that many that's just to be on the safe side)

H hook

Thread the 15 beads onto the yarn

Attach the yarn to the hair elastic with a slip stitch ch1, sc onto elastic band, *ch 2, slide bead up next to hook and ch around it, ch1, 2 sc onto band, repeat from * until band is full, make sure it's completely covered but stretch the band to add more, end with* ch 2, slide bead up next to hook and ch around it, ch1* Join to first sc and end. Work in the ends and you're done.

I used 12 and 13 beads in the ones above, they were different size bands. How many beads you will use depends on the size of the elastic. It's better to have more beads ready then not enough.

Finger Puppets Again!

I've been making more finger puppets, no new patterns (sorry) but these are all based on my stripey worm pattern. I'm not really sure where they are going yet but I'm sure I'll find them a good home.

Fur Babies

Just had to show off my furry ladies. Sami (black cat) is on her favorite perch on the sofa arm. How she can be comfortable there is beyond me. Smokey is all about comfort, she's sleeping on her favorite fleece blanket.

January Stash Busting Part 1

This is what I've made so far from the bin of yarn I showed you before the beginning of the year. I might have been a little too ambition. Although I've made a lot of items (68 if you count each yo-yo and saltine) I still have a lot of yarn left. It's no longer in the bin but now it's a large shopping bag. It's working out better for me than the bin so I'm going to be stash busting by the bag from now on. There's one scarf using my Too Easy Scarf pattern. There are two kids chemo caps I made by using a less bulky yarn for my Quickie Chemo Cap pattern. Eight 7" squares, most of them using my Never Ending Blanket Square. One of the five baby hats is my Kid's Bumpy Hat infant size. The rest of the items are hair pretties, mini-squares, yo-yos and Granny's daughters.

And the Winner is..

I called my eleven year old grandson and asked for a number between 1 and 26 and he choose 11, imagine that! LOL
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So the eleventh comment is CNuland, please contact me for your gift certificate instructions!
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debsstuff55 (at) yahoo (dot) com

Too Easy Scarf

I love how these scarves turned out, all of them are done with one strand of variegated yarn and another of white or black. I call it my double strand, double crochet almost too easy to call it a pattern pattern, the Too Easy Scarf for short. There are a lot of variations possible, my Thumbs Up scarf uses two strands that are very close in color giving it a tweedy look, this scarf used a strand of bulky in off white and a strand of self striping baby yarn to get an interesting effect.

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Too Easy Scarf

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Materials

Size M or N hook, two skeins matching or contrasting yarn (I'm going to guess about 3-4 oz each)

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Ch 14

Row 1: dc in 4th chain from hook, ch 3 counts as dc, dc in each ch (12 stitches)

Row 2: ch3 and turn (ch 3 counts as dc) dc in each dc across

Repeat row 2 until your scarf is as long as you would like

Cut yarn in 12 inch lengths for fringe, attach and trim

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Told you it was too easy, perfect for the beginner or if your trying to teach a child to crochet.

Scarves from Squares

Just wanted to show you the two great scarves I made from the squares Joyce from Louisiana sent me. These will be going to Kosovo with the next shipment.