Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, crochet hat pattern, crochet hats on February 18, 2014| 1 Comment »
As I promised last week I have written out the pattern for my basic hat pattern. I am not a pattern writer but I think it makes enough sense that if you crochet you can get the idea of what to do. BASIC HAT PATTERN
I hope you enjoy it! And for those who don’t crochet these hats are available at Delilah’s on Main Street in Front Royal or just contact me.
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, crochet hats on February 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »
With all this snow I am crocheting hats like crazy. I love to crochet when it’s cold out and boy, has it been cold out! Here are some of the newest ones. They are available for purchase at Delilah’s on Main Street in Front Royal or by order.
For those of you who crochet I am going to try to write out the pattern for these. I don’t use a written pattern so I will do the best I can to write it out and post it here soon.
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, crochet hats on February 11, 2014| 1 Comment »
More hats available at Delilah’s. I enjoy making these when the weather is cold outside.
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, crochet hat on February 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I decided to crochet through the ice and snow day. Here is the new hat….a little nod to Duck Dynasty!
If you crochet or knit you need to visit a wonderful website called Ravelry. It shares thousands of patterns from everything to blankets to hats and everything in between. And many of them are free. Take a look.
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, free crochet pattern, lap throw free pattern, Offset shell crochet stitch, Virginia Artist on March 17, 2013| 3 Comments »
I’m playing again with crochet. I made a lap throw with cotton yarn and used a neat little stitch that I have heard called Offset and Block or Tipsy Clusters. I like the look and it worked up quickly. If I do it again though I would only use a solid color yarn with this stitch as it shows up better. Here’s the best I can do with the pattern: Make it any length you like using a multiple of 12 stitches plus 4.
Chain to desired length. (Mine is 34″ wide x 72″ long.)
Row 1: Turn. Chain 3 (count as first dc). Skip 1 ch on base chain, *5 dc, sk 3 chs, 5 dc in the next ch, sk 4 chs, ch 2; repeat from * across ending with 5 dcs.
Row 2: Turn. Ch 3 (count as first dc). *5 dcs in dcs, sk ch 2 , 5 dcs in the first dc of shell, sk 4 dcs of shell, ch 2; repeat from * across ending with 4 dcs and dc in turning chain.
Repeat Row 2 until length you desire. You can easily change colors in the rows if you wish to use more than one color as I did with a few solid rows and a few variegated ones.
Posted in Crochet, tagged cotton tablecloth, Crochet, crocheted tablecloth, tablecloth pattern, Virginia Artist on March 10, 2013| 2 Comments »
I’ve been crocheting with cotton these last few weeks. I like the feel of it. This is the second tablecloth I have made. This one started with a doily pattern that I found on Ravelry.com. (You can see it here.) Once I started with that pattern I couldn’t stop so I kept adding on to it and this is what happened. Crocheting is a relaxing pastime for me. I almost always have a hook and yarn in my hand when I sit to watch tv. I credit my grandmothers for teaching me. Granny taught me to chain when I was about six years old and later she showed me more stitches. Then Big Mama taught me different patterns. I’m so glad they took the time to teach a curious little girl how to do something they knew. I think they would both have loved to see what I am doing with it today.
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, Virginia Artist, yarn project, Yarn wreath on March 8, 2013| 2 Comments »
What to do with all those little left over bits of yarn? That’s the question many of us who crochet or knit ask ourselves. Don’t you just have a huge box full of them? I did. So a few weeks ago I took them along with some little styrofoam balls and wrap them to make this little wreath. I added the knitting needles as a finishing touch. (Crochet hooks just didn’t look right.) And here it is. It turned out to be a cute little wreath.
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, crochet tablecloth, free crochet tablecloth pattern, tablecloth pattern, Virginia Artist on March 5, 2013| 22 Comments »
A few weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon I picked up a crochet hook and some cotton yarn and started playing. This is what turned out. I like experimenting with stitches to see if I can make it work. 
I am not a professional pattern writer so this is very basic. You will need to join a round by slip stitching in the top of the first stitch. Adjust to make it work. I used Peaches and Crème 4-ply worsted cotton yarn. It took about 26 ounces.
And this is why it’s called Mamie’s Tablecloth!
Chain 5. Slip stitch to form a small ring.
Round 1: Ch 5. * DC in ring, ch 2. Repeat from * 5 times. Join with sl st in 3rd chain of beginning ch 5.
Round 2: Ch 3, * 4 DC in ch 2 space. DC in next DC. Repeat around from *.
Round 3: Ch 4. * DC in next DC, ch 1. Repeat around from *.
Round 4: Ch 3. DC in next DC and in each DC around.
Round 5: Ch 5. Skip next DC. * DC in next DC, ch 2. Skip 1 DC. Repeat from * around.
Round 6: Ch 3. * 2 DC in ch 2 space. DC in next DC. Repeat around from *.
Round 7: Ch 4. * Skip next DC. DC in next DC, ch 1. Repeat around from *.
Round 8: Ch 3. * DC in ch 1 sp. Dc in next DC. Repeat around from *.
Round 9: Ch 5. * Skip next DC. DC in next DC, ch 2. Repeat around from * .
Round 10: Ch 3. * 2 DC in next ch 2 space, DC in next DC. Repeat around from * .
Round 11: Ch 4. * Skip next DC, DC in next DC. Ch 1. Repeat around from * .
Round 12: Ch 3. * DC in ch 1 sp. DC in next DC. Repeat around from * .
Round 13: Ch 5. Skip next DC. DC in next DC. * Ch 2, skip next DC. DC in next DC.
Repeat around from * .
Round 14: Ch 3. 2 DC in ch 2 sp. * Ch 1, 3 DC in next ch 2 space. Repeat around from *.
Round 15: Ch 3. 2 DC in same space, ch 1. * 3 DC in ch 1 space, Repeat around from * .
Round 16: Ch 3. DC in each DC around.
Round 17: Ch 4. Skip next DC. * DC in next DC, ch 1. Repeat around from * .
Round 18: Ch 3. DC in same space. * 2 DC in next ch 1 space. Repeat around from * .
Round 19: Ch 3. Dc in each DC around.
Round 20: Ch 5. Skip 1 DC. *DC in next DC, ch 2. DC in next DC. Skip 1 DC. Repeat around from * .
Round 21: Ch 3. 2 DC in next sp. 3 DC in each ch 2 space around.
Round 22: Ch 7. Skip 2 DC. * SC in next DC. Ch 7. Skip 2 DC. Repeat around from * .
Round 23: Sl St in next 3 chains. *Ch 7, SC in next ch 7 space. Repeat around from * .
Round 24: Sl St in next 3 chains. * 7 DC in next ch 7 space (shell made). SC in next ch 7 space. Repeat around from * .
Round 25: Sl St in top of next 3 DCs. * Ch 7. SC in 4th DC of shell. Repeat around from * .
Round 26: Sl St in next 3 ch. * Ch 7, SC in next ch 7 space. Repeat around from * .
Round 27: Sl St in next 3 ch. Chain 4. * 5 DC, ch 1, 5 DC in next ch 7 space (10 DC shell made). Ch 1, DC in next ch 7 sp. Repeat around from * .
Round 28: * Ch 9. SC in ch 1 sp at top of 10 DC shell. Ch 9. DC in next DC between shells. Repeat around from * .
Round 29: Ch 3. 6 DC in next ch 9 space. * Ch 2, 7 DC in next ch 9 space. Repeat around from * .
Round 30: Ch 3. DC in each DC and 2 DC in each ch 2 sp around.
Round 31 – 32: Ch 3. Dc in each DC around.
Round 33: Ch 5. Skip 2 DC. SC in next DC. * Ch 5, skip 2 DC, SC in next DC. Repeat around from * .
Round 34: Ch 3. 3 DC, ch 2, sc in ch 2. 4 DC. * SC in next ch 5 sp. 4 DC, ch 2, 4 DC in next ch 5 space. Repeat around from * .
Finish off by working in loose ends.
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, crocheted dog sweater, crocheted dog sweater pattern, dog sweater pattern, Dogs on February 7, 2013| 28 Comments »
Lincoln looking handsome in a blue sweater
Jed in a Green Crocheted Sweater
Since I started posting photos of my “kids” in their crocheted sweaters I have been asked to post the pattern. The problem has been that I don’t use a pattern. I just crochet and rip out and crochet again until I get it to work. But after encouragement I have written down a pattern for Lincoln’s Sweater. One thing to note is this is for a boy sweater where there is space left open under the belly at the back end to leave room for their pee-pee. Notice on Mamie’s (girls) sweater the sweater is solid all the way to the back. Keep in mind I am not a pattern writer. This is very basic. Make turns at end like you normally would when crocheting.
Mamie’s sweater and my matching hat. Photo by Sandra Patterson.
Lincoln’s Dog Sweater Pattern (Fits a long body dog weight 45 lbs. like Lincoln )
Chain 32.
Row 1: DC in each chain across. (32 DC)
Row 2: Increase DC by 1 DC at each end of row. (34 DC)
Row 3–13: Repeat Row 2 (ending with 56 DC at Row 13)
Row 14: Increase by 2 DC at each end of row. (60 DC)
Row 15: Repeat Row 2 (62 DC)
Row 16: Repeat Row 14 (66 DC)
Row 17-18: DC across with no increase
Row 19: Chain 14 and join with slip stitch to DC. Turn.
Row 20: Sc in each chain and in each DC around. (80 SC)
Row 21: DC in each SC around and slip stitch in beg DC at end of row. (80 DC)
Row 22-33: Chain 3. Turn. DC in each DC around joining with Sl St in beg DC.
Row 34: Turn DC in next 50 DC.
Row 35-36: Turn repeat Row 34.
Row 37: DC across decreasing 1 DC on each end. (48 DC)
Row 38: Repeat Row 37. (46 DC)
Row 39: Chain 18 join to DC with Sl St being careful not to twist chain.
Row 40: Turn. SC in each chain st and in each Dc around. (64 SC)
Row 41: Turn. DC around. (64 DC)
Row 42 – 47: DC in each stitch around decreasing 1 DC on each row. (ending with 58 DC)
Row 48: Turn. SC in each st around.
Row 49: Turn. DC around.
Row 50: Turn. SC around.
Row 51-53: Turn. DC around.
Row 54: Turn. SC around.
Row 55: Turn. DC around.
Row 56: Turn. SC around.
To join the opening and make holes for legs, join yarn to one edge evenly spaced so as to allow 10 stitches. DC 10 stitches across for 5 rows. Leave long piece of yarn when finishing off so you can sew the loose end to the other opening edge. This makes a band under the chest and makes two leg hole openings.
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, crocheted dog sweater, Virginia Artist on January 23, 2013| 4 Comments »
Lincoln in his Orange Sweater
The last few days I have been spending time crocheting again. When it’s cold outside I love to do that and it has been COLD! So cold in fact that we didn’t go to the dog park yesterday which is unusual for my crowd. They love it there but when it’s really cold out I don’t love it so much. And when it’s below freezing I make my “kids” wear their sweaters (or jackets) when we go out for very long. Lincoln just got a new sweater yesterday. It’s bright orange. Mamie and Jed each had two or three sweaters that fit well but Lincoln only had one so it was time to increase his wardrobe. You can see more sweaters here and here.
The Studio 