Orange Popcorn Stripes.

I'm sort of in the middle of this project, it's an afghan I am making for my 3 year old nephew.  I let him pick the colours, in hindsight I should have encouraged a contrasting colour instead of orange, so I'd like to make this pattern again one day using different colours.  There are 2 lines on either side of the popcorn stitch that you can hardly see, which is a shame because I really think it would look great if the colours weren't competing. 

 I am a bit disappointed about that, but my nephew loves this afghan so much already so I will continue with it and just make another in 2 contrasting solid colours.

It's coming together nicely, although it took me 8 times of undoing stitches and restarting to get it all to line up, because of this I suggest counting your stitches as you go until you get the hand of the pattern.

 

If you look closely, you can see the thin orange slip stitches. 

This is an interesting pattern, because for the popcorn rows I am stitching over the other string of yarn and that's not something I've done before.

I used a 4double crochet popcorn stitch.

4dc pc

work 4dc intoone st. Take hook out of working loop and insert into topof the first dc made from front to back.  Pick up working loop and draw through to make popcorn stitch.

4 double crochet popcorn stich

I hope to be finished this project before Christmas, I have three nephews and I've never made anything for them.  I've decided this year that I will make them all their own afghan and I am working on all three at the same time.

so many ends to weave in!

I will post the pattern when I have finished the afghan, as I haven't completed it yet.  I will definitely post the finish project with the pattern though, I promise!

Granny Square Mario

In January, I made an afghan for my good friend, Jeff.  He's a fan of Mario Brothers and asked me to make an 8-bit Mario blanket with the colours switched up a bit to resemble Luigi.  Of course I was happy to oblige.

This blanket took a very long time to make, but it was huge! It took 200 squares to make but was well worth the work.

You'll need to make:

42 -  Beige

109 - Blue

45 - green/red

54 - black/dark brown

2 - deep yellow

200 solid granny squares

I put this blanket together in much the same way as the minecraft afghan.  I made the squares needed using the solid granny square (pattern here) and then attached them using the technique described in a fantastic tutorial on the Attic24 website.  If you prefer a cleaner look on  the backside, you can assemble them using a tapestry needle.  Assemble them like the picture shown.

Luigi Afghan

The trim is a simple row of single crochet and then a row of crab edging, also known as a reverse single crochet.

Crab Edging/ Reverse Single Crochet Stitch:

With the right side of you work facing you, insert hook from front to back in the next stitch on the right, yo, draw through stitch, yo pull through 2 loops. 

Trim:

Row 1: Attach colour of choice (I used black) to any corner with a single crochet.  2sc in same corner stitch, *sc in each stich to next corner. 3 sc in corner*,  repeat from * to * all the way around, sl st into beginning sc. Do not turn.

Row 2: ch 1, without turning (right side facing you), reverse single crochet into each stitch all the way around.  sl st to first stitch.  Fasten off.

Huge Afghan

Scarf Season

It's not quite cold enough yet for scarves, but it's coming!

Every day I take my son and nephew to the playground.  I grab a camping chair, my latest crochet project and I crochet my heart out while they climb, run and scream.  I love this part of the day.

People in the neighbourhood always come up to me to see what I'm working on.  Yesterday, I took my latest project, a scarf I'm making for myself.  Three different people approached me and loved it, then asked me to make them one.  I ended up making $30 simply sitting and enjoying the kids and hobby in the autumn sun. Awesome!

  Infinity Scarf

I made this infinity scarf using a simple herringbone stitch.  I wanted a nice texture, but without any holes that wind could find it's way through.  Fashion is nice, but when it comes to Canadian winters, function is better.

Herringbone Stitch:

Yarn out, insert hook, yarn out and draw through st and first loop on hook, yo, draw through both loops on hook.

Herringbone Stitch

I've started the first of three ordered scarves, this is the first a tri-colour blue scarf using the same pattern.

Great way to use up scrap yarn

I'll be making two more in solid black.  Hopefully I can get them done soon, as I have three blankets on the go and have been brewing up an idea for an afghan using a shell pattern.

Minecraft Afghan

This is an older project, I did this last year, November 2014.  I have made so many great projects over the years and I never thought to take pictures or write down the patterns unfortunately.  I just started taking pictures and keeping the patterns with this blanket.

I have a 10yr old son and as any mom of a little boy knows, it's ALL about the Minecraft!

I put together this blanket for him (don't mind the 10yr old version of making the bed!)

Minecraft Square Creeper

I used a solid granny square using this pattern.

Solid Granny Square

Base Ring: 4ch, join with sl st

1st round: 5 ch (counts as 1dc and 2ch), [3dc into ring, 2ch] 3 times, 2dc into ring, sl st to 3rd of 5ch. (4 groups of 3dc)

2nd round: Sl st into next ch, 7ch *2dc in same arch, 1 dc into each dc across side of square**, 2 dc into next arch, 4ch; rep from * twice and from * to ** again, 1 dc in same arch as 7ch, sl st to 3rd of 7ch (4 groups of 7dc)

3rd round: As 2nd round. (4 groups of 11 dc)

4th round: As second round. (4 groups of 15dc).

Fasten off.

Using this pattern you will need to make:

Black - 20 squares

Moss Green - 27

Grey - 23

Seafoam Green - 26

Green - 34

Once they are all made you will have to assemble them using black.  My favourite way to assemble squares is to use the technique described on the website Attic24.  It's a really easy way to do it, but be warned the stitching will show on the back so you may prefer to simply sew them using a tapestry needle. 

Once you've decided how to assemble them, this is the arrangement I used:

Square = Moss Green

"G" = Green

Circle = Seafoam Green

Triangle = Grey

"B" = Black

Once you've got it assembled together, the trim needs to be made. To do this, I just attached black to any corner, and continued the solid square pattern.

Trim:

1st round: Attach black to any corner, 5 ch, 2dc into corner, dc in each dc across to next corner, making sure to double crochet into where square connect so there are no gaps, to next corner, 2 dc, ch 2, 2dc in corner.  Repeat across until last corner, 1dc sl st into  3rd ch. Do not turn.

2nd round: Sl st into next ch, repeat 1st round. Do not turn.

3rd round (corded edging): ch 1, working backwards, you are going to enter the hook through the back of the last stitch, sc in each stitch across with 2sc, 2ch, 2sc in each corner.  sl st to first ch and fasten off.

Minecraft Creeper

I really enjoyed making this and my son loves the result. It is an afghan I worked on last year and didn't write down the pattern at the time, so if there is something not working, comment and I will correct it, thanks!

First Post.

I'm new to this, so bear with me!
I'm a Canadian mom who love to cook and crochet, and wanted somewhere to share the patterns I make.  So here I am!
I will be posting each of my projects when I start them, and when I finish them, so hopefully someone will be interested.  If not, ah well I have my patterns saved for if I ever want to do them again!