Pretty Flowers

Last night, my family and I went to Hobby Lobby and I found the coolest thing ever! A crochet hook that Lights Up, so you can crochet in the dark!

 {sorry, the picture isn't the greatest quality}

Well, it was dark coming home, and I had a bit of yarn in my purse, so, of course, I had to try it out. I made up this flower pattern to share with you :-)
I thought I would share it now, so you can make them when it's snowy and dreary out to chase away the Winter Blues.

Small Flower Pattern 

You will need:
Some pretty yarn {One or two colours}
I/9 hook {or your favourite!}

Begin with a magic circle
Rnd 1 ~ sc 12 in circle. Close circle, sl st to first st. Ch 1, turn your work
Rnd 2 ~ in back loops only, *sl st in next st, {hdc, dc, hdc} in next st* Rep between * around. Sl st in first st.
Fasten off, weave in ends.

Have fun!
~Tater

P.S. Sneak peek pictures of my blanket will come after Christmas. I'm almost half-way done joining it together!

Crocheted Mary Jane's

I know, slippers are the very last thing a person would want to make in this hot weather. But I've been looking for an easy pattern for something like this a very long time, so when I came across this one, I had to make them.

The pattern instructions were very easy to follow. I think that I might be able to tweak the pattern a bit, and make it into a sock pattern.

Have a good Saturday!

~Tater

Butterflies and Flutterbies

I was taking a movie back to the library when I noticed a magazine in the free box. It said "Crochet Patterns", so of course, I just had to check it out *winks*. I started looking through and the first thing that caught my eye was a pattern for little butter-flutters. I didn't even look any further. If only for that cuteness, I thought, I have to get it!.

This week-end we are having a Garage Sale (today is the last day so hurry up :-D ), so I made some butterflies to sell (I haven't sold any yet. Come buy some.). By using different size hooks, and different yarn, I made different sizes. I actually used embroidery floss for the little ones. If you want to look up the pattern, it's by Judy Teague Treece.

Later,
~Tater
(Hey, that rhymes!!)

Patterns and Purses

We went to Ollie's Outlet Store on July 5th, and I got a book called "The Colour Book Of Felted Crochet". It has over 25 projects, that you make with wool yarn, then felt it. It also teaches you the basic crochet stitches, and some fancy ones as well. One of the fancy stitches is called the "Fan Stitch", which is what I used to make the purses. I made up the pattern as I went along.


Here is the pattern:

You will need:
5.5o mm crochet hook
2 colours of yarn (This doesn't take much yarn)

For the purse:

Ch. 40. Work 4 rows of fan st. using col. A. Chg. to col B. Work 2 rows of fan st. using col. B. Chg. back to col. A. Work 3 rows of fan st. using col. A. Finish off.
Fold in half. Start in corner and sc. both edges together along the bottom and up the side. Do NOT finish it off yet. Ch. 50. Attach ch. to other side (this is the handle/strap). If you want to decorate a bit more, you can weave a piece of yarn around the top edge on either side and tie the ends in bows on either end.

For the change-purse:

Using col. B, Ch. 11. Starting in second ch from hook, *sc across (10 sc in all). ch one*. Rep from *to* ten times, not chaining one the last time. Finish off. Do this twice. Using col. A attach the 2 squares you just made by sc on two sides and the bottom. There ya go! If the instructions aren't clear, or you have any questions, just leave a comment :-)

Abbreviations:

sc-single crochet
ch-chain
col-colour
st-stitch
chg-change

~Tater