Skylark is not your typical scarf. It is made at an angle, a little off kilter, and a little wider than most scarves, making it a cross between a scarf and a wrap. There is a diagonal stripe of contrasting color every several rows. Skylark is sure to get attention wherever you go!
Single crochet is one of the first stitches most crocheters learn. It’s great for a beginner to be able to make a finished item. So I have collected some patterns made mostly with single crochet.
Here is the Stitchopedia post that teaches single crochet. There is a video, written instructions, and step-by-step photos!
Here are the names and links of each pattern, along with a little something that each designer has to say about them.
Back around my junior year of high school, I had spent about 8 weeks sick. Not the same sick. One thing would go, and I would catch another. I was usually sick a lot in the winters, but this was just plain crazy!! I don’t remember how many doctor visits there were, I really wasn’t extremely sick, it was just a bunch of colds and such, but I stayed sick for so long, it became a doctor issue. After lots of questions and tests, the diagnosis went something like this:
A person’s immune system fully develops by the time they are 8. I lived in Southern California until I was 8. My immune system developed in the absence of cold weather. So, it breaks down when the weather gets cold. You may know that the old wives tale of “bundle up in the cold or you will get sick” isn’t entirely true. The cold doesn’t make you sick, but it does make it harder for your immune system to work, making it easier for you to get sick. So, in my case, when the weather turns cold, my immune system is pretty shotty. The doctor told us we had 2 options. 1) Move somewhere where it doesn’t get cold. 2) Take a lot of Vitamin C when the weather turns and learn to deal with being sick a lot. We went with 2.
Mushroom Crepe Cowl
Knit Pattern
Intermediate Skill Level
Designed by Jessie Rayot
This long, skinny cowl can be worn a multiple of ways. The fun stitch pattern is easy to memorize, and creates wonderful texture. It can be made with 2 coordinating skeins of Lion Brand Crepe yarn, and with more yarn, it can easily be made wider.
This pattern was named by my friend Jan, one of my fellow admins (the head admin, actually) of the Knitting Facebook group. Thanks Jan!!
Here you will find written instructions with process photos, charts, and videos, for flat circles in single, half double, and double crochet.
This simple coaster can be made by a crochet beginner, yet is still nice enough for an advanced crocheter to make as well. It is a single crochet square made in rows, with a border around it. There is a video and chart to help, making this a great learning project.
These coasters work very nicely with my Stripy Single Crochet Placemat.
It’s rainy and gross out today, so here is a rainbow crochet round up to cheer up the day!!
Here are the names and links of each pattern, along with a little something that each designer has to say about them.
What a fabulous weekend!! I spent all day Sunday at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival. I’ll tell you about that in a moment, but first I want to share a photo from Saturday.
Doug’s birthday was on Thursday, but the girls only got to see him for an hour. They wanted to really celebrate his birthday, so we had a Daddy’s Birthday Day on Saturday. We went out for frozen yogurt, to a movie, then out to dinner. The girls love those coloring mats at the restaurants!
Sunday morning I got up bright and early and drove into the City to pick up my friend Claire (we’re both admins for the Knitting Facebook group) and 2 of her friends. It was the first time I have met Claire in person, and she was as fabulous as I thought she would be! Then it was a nearly 2 hour drive up to Rhinebeck.
It Girl Crochet is full of my kind of patterns!! Sharon Zientara has compiled a collection of wonderfully unique patterns that are both modern and vintage at the same time. As a designer, there are times that I look at a pattern and think “Man! I wish I came up with that design myself!!” While looking through this book, I found myself thinking that multiple times.
The book is divided into 3 sections: Crochet Nouveau, It’s a Mod, Mod World, and A Brave New Boho. Seen on the cover, the Psychedelia Mitts, designed by Brenda K. B. Anderson are part of the It’s a Mod, Mod World section. Not only is the look of these mitts unique, but so is the construction. They are worked as a flat oval, which is worked in the round, and then stitched together to become mitts. If you know my designs, you know I love different ways of constructing items, so I am quite taken with this pattern!
The Crochet Nouveau section is full of patterns inspired by the art nouveau period.
