Posted in Crochet, tagged Caron Cakes, Crochet, self striping on August 25, 2017| 1 Comment »
This is a crochet stitch that I hadn’t tried before and I am so glad I finally found it. It’s crochet but it looks very much like knit. I love it. I worked up this little blanket with Caron Cakes self-striping yarn….love it too. So easy to use and makes a wonderful wide stripe. Working on a few more new stitches that we may be able to use for a scarf class this fall at The Studio. Stay tuned!
Posted in Crochet, tagged Butterfly Stitch, Crochet, Shawl on May 30, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I finished my project using the Butterfly Stitch. It worked up quickly and looks nice. I like trying different stitches to see what effects we can get. This one will work well for scarves, shawls, blankets, etc. You can find an easy to follow pattern here.
Posted in Crochet, tagged Butterfly Stitch, Caron Cakes, Crochet on May 28, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I had a chance to experiment with a couple of new stitches. This is the Butterfly Stitch using Caron Cakes (that I love). The self striping yarn is so much fun and so easy to work with because you don’t have to change yarn over and over again to get a beautiful look. It does the work for you! Don’t you LOVE it?!
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, crochet basket on March 14, 2017| 2 Comments »
Here is another basket that is easy to crochet….and this one is much smaller than the one we made last week. (See that one here.) We will have a class on “Making Crocheted Baskets” on Tuesday, April 11th at 5:30 at The Studio. Once you learn the basics you can create all sizes and shapes of these useful vessels. Come learn with us. Click here to register.
Posted in Crochet, tagged basket, Crochet, crocheted basket on March 8, 2017| Leave a Comment »
One of the things I like best about crochet is that you can make just about anything with yarn. I’ve made blankets and vests and slippers and dog sweaters and on and on. I like making these soft baskets that can hold all kinds of things including more yarn! You can never have enough yarn in your stash! LOL!
Posted in Crochet, Little Known Facts, tagged Crochet, Ida McKinley, slippers on February 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the Interweave blog had an interesting post for President’s Day all about First Ladies who crocheted. I was so interested to read about Ida Saxton McKinley who crocheted over 4000 slippers while her husband was in office despite her ill health. The photos today are from a wonderful article on Betsy Butler’s blog. (See it here.) This is from Interweave:
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, ruffled scarf, ruffles, scarf on February 11, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I made a new ruffled scarf last night from a beautiful skein of yarn that my friend Sandra gave me yesterday. I love it. It was easy to work up but looks difficult. It’s not. Really nice. There are several good tutorials online if you look for them using the Sashay name. Thanks Sandra for thinking of me.
Posted in Crochet, tagged beginning crochet, Crochet, crochet vest on February 8, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Just got through making this crocheted vest simplifying a pattern so that we can offer this as a class for beginners at The Studio. It turned out great and can be done in any yarn and for any size. And the best part is that it’s very simple. Let’s give it a try!
Posted in Crochet, tagged chevron, chevron stitch, Crochet, temperature scarf on January 8, 2017| Leave a Comment »
As promised yesterday here is the pattern we are going to use for or Temperature Scarf. Actually, we have decided to use many stitches in our scarf…changing stitches each week. So for the first week (January 1-7) we are using the Chevron Stitch. This nice little pattern is from Dena Stelly. You can print it by clicking this link. chevron_scarf_v2-1 And remember you can print out the same chart we used for our blanket last year to record the weather each day so you’ll know which color to use. Find that here. We’ll share the other stitches we are using as we go along. Let us know what you are doing with yours!
Posted in Crochet, tagged Crochet, temperature scarf on January 7, 2017| Leave a Comment »
It’s time to plan and get busy on your “Temperature” project for this year. Remember last year we did a Temperature Blanket. (See it here.) This year we will create a Temperature Scarf. 
Here are the colors that we’ll be using for our Virginia Temperature Scarf. Click this link and you can print out the blank chart to develop your own plan. 2017-virginia-temperature-scarf-chart-1 . Tomorrow we’ll have the pattern for the scarf we will make this year. What will you do?
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