A few months ago I shared that I dyed my first batch of wool yarn using grape Kool-Aid. I dyed just one white skein of wool yarn in my first attempt. You can read the full post here about how I dyed the yarn using Kool-Aid. I was really happy how my test came out and here are the baby hats I crocheted using that yarn.
First I crocheted this ribbed band baby hat. The free crochet pattern is found here. I used a G (4.25 mm) crochet hook for this project and did add few extra rows of the ribbing to reach a hat length of 5 inches long.
Next hat was crocheted using the
I picked up a few of the Halloween kitchen towels at Dollar Tree to add towel toppers to them. These themed towels are a fun and quick project that I am using for a upcoming fundraiser.
The towel topper is added to the towel by simply folding it in half and crocheting along the top edge. No cutting or sewing is needed. The first row is challenging but using a fine point steel crochet hook really helps. Once that first row is complete, the rest of the pattern works up very quickly. The free crochet pattern is found
I shared last month that I was working on a new crocheted recycled tote bag. I call this recycled bag my harvest tote bag. I used mainly white retail bags for the tote but added orange and black bags to create a Halloween harvest themed tote.
As you can imagine, orange and black plastic bags are hard to come by. So with such few of these bags available, I was only able to use them sparely in crocheting this recycled tote bag project. I used the free recycled grocery tote pattern to crochet the project. Just follow the original pattern with the following changes. The harvest stripes were crocheted with one round of black plarn followed by four rounds with orange plarn and then one more round using black plarn. My plarn (plastic bag yarn) is made by
I crocheted this baby dog lovey using Aggie May’s round ripple blanket pattern. I started with 4 rounds using aran cream yarn for the center of the lovey. An important tip is to use the same color for center of lovey as the animal so you can hide the joining. The dog lovey pattern is available
free here.
I first crocheted the round ripple blanket to 21 inches wide. Some loveys are smaller but I like it a little bigger to accommodate the dog head. Here is the lovey blanket before adding the dog to the center.
Next is a photo of the head after I added the muzzle and nose. I had to play around with it quite a bit to get everything lined up and get the nose just right.
Here is a closeup of the dog lovey below.
I started crocheting a new plastic bag aka plarn project. I am using one of my original plastic bag tote patterns to crochet this bag. The pattern features a single crochet base so it’s nice and sturdy for groceries or other such needs.
I still have plenty of old plastic bags on hand but I don’t collect as any as I used to. Many areas and stores don’t use the thinner plastic retail bags any longer. This ball of plastic bag yarn was made by cutting the plastic retail sacks in 1 inch strips using the looping method.
Here is my progress so far in the photo below.
I meant to post my patriotic red, white, and blue rectangle granny for the fourth of July but got distracted. So a few days late but in honor of our Country’s freedom, here is my Veteran’s honor blanket.
This blanket was crocheted for the local Veteran’s outreach program and will be given to a Veteran who needs a blanket.
Finished size of this rectangle granny blanket is 40 inches by 50. I chained 41 to start and used this free rectangle granny blanket pattern from Suzetta Williams. I have made this pattern before and have a few modifications that you are read more about here.
Below is a closeup of a corner that shows the edging.
I am excited to share my first corner to corner or C2C shawl. The pattern I used is called corner to corner start and is a free pattern found here.
The pattern has you create little squares and chains as you proceed with the increases. After I got passed row 4, I got the hang of the pattern and everything went smoothly from there. Check out all the picture tutorials as they were very helpful for me to understand how to crochet the pattern.
I only did increases as I crocheted the pattern as I wanted a big triangle for my shawl. I used 3 skeins of I Love This Yarn from Hobby Lobby in Moody Mosaic colorway. I had just a small amount of yarn left so used about 14.9 ounces total. Final size of my shawl is
June 11, 2023 Comments Off on Crocheted Round Ripple Dishcloths
I bought the Blue Ribbon Round Ripple dishcloth pattern many years ago. It is a great crochet pattern and makes a beautiful dishcloth. Here is the link to the crochet pattern.
I crocheted two of these round ripple dishcloths. This one is crocheted using the original pattern as written with the popcorn stitch center.
I also have crocheted the pattern using a flat center. The flat center is nice to crochet if you are using the pattern to make a decorative cloth so you can place a dish or other item on it. With the flat center, your item can sit flat and not be tipsy.
Here is a cloth with the flat center.
I crochet the flat center using the following modifications for round 2.
T-shirt yarn or tarn as some call it, is created by cutting a t-shirt into narrow strands. The ideal method is to find a t-shirt without side seams and cut it into one continuous strand. Then you stretch it to make what I call curled t-shirt yarn. Here is a tutorial on how to make curled t-shirt yarn.
That is the process that I used to crochet this baby bib.
I used the bottom hem from the t-shirt for the ties on the bib. The free crochet pattern with all the details can be found here. I did do a few modifications to original pattern which are as follows:
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