Amber's 1st Pattern

My baby made her very first crocheted piece.
She's not much of a baby anymore. She's 12 already.

This is her very first pattern!

My aspiring designer!

For her free pattern, click below

Baba's Eyeglass Case
& Neck Holder

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Haekelbeutel Bag

Haekelbeutel Bag Pattern (pdf)

Stats:

Red Heart Peach and Soft White
H hook

17 inches across
11 inches from center dip to bottom.

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My favorite model!
My 5 ft tall 12 yr old


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Straps

21 inches long
2 inches wide.


75 chains in the center peach strip
The center strip is worked in my absolute FAV way of making pocketbook straps. Then it's just crocheted in as part of the outline around the top of the bag.

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Squares

6 rounds - 6 inches


I just used the square that came with the pattern.

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Closure

I love using this closure.


It's so easy to do and it looks so pretty.
The flower is the button

and the tab only looks hard.

I'll be writing up the pattern soon for
the flower button closure.
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End Notes

I am so happy that this pattern is so forgiving.
If you take a close look at it - the wrong side of the squares are showing on the right side of the bag. I stayed with it cuz I didn't want to rip out all of the last 2 rounds inside and outside of the handles.

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C'ville has a CAL going for this bag. You can check out lots of different styles and colors and tons of tips and ideas at the Heakelbeutel Bag CAL.

If you don't want to join the CAL but just want to make the bag the pattern can be found below. Just be aware that it opens as a PDF file so if you're using Adobe - jamb on.

Pattern for Inga's
Crocheted Bag

I use the Foxit PDF Reader for all of my PDF files.
It's an awesome & free program

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2nd Annual International Crochet Day

September 12

is

International
Crochet
Day

Inspired by my most favorite hookmaker of all time!

Jimbo has started something that he us now unable to stop!
It has taken on a life of it's own and is
spreading around the globe.

A day to share to our love of crochet.

International Crochet Day truly is international:
Brazil, Portugal, Germany, New Zealand, USA
just to name a few.

Check out Jimbo's Front Porch to
find out more about ICD and to
check out his wonderf handmade crochet hooks.

I am the GRAND PRIZE Winner

Here it is!!! My

Silver Medal winning aghan!

I may have taken a silver in the games,

but I won the Grand Prize Drawing!

Tender Lovin' Care Afghans

pattern book

enough yarn to make my afghan of choice

which is #6 Ethnic Drop Stitch.

and a red canvas bag to hold it all in!

Thank you Coats & Clark for sponsoring the

Crochet Games! and thank you to Vicki Blizzard for

getting a hold of me so quickly regarding the prize drawing!

You guys are great!

I know, I know . . .

I've been bad. I've been lazy.
I haven't been posting like I should be.
Life's been busy lately.

Really, really good but busy.

Anyway, I will be posting my Crochet Games project
with all the gory details very soon.
(Maybe even today if I force myself)

But I did crochet a 7 foot round ripple in 2 weeks,
so I guess lazy really isn't the right word.
lolol

I missed the gold by 2 1/2 rounds
:(

What I've been up to

Heather said...

I'd been wondering what you've been up to. That is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!! I must learn how to make it!!!

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Thank you so much!
Thank all of you that've left comments about my newest ghan! I just love it!

Honestly - I haven't been up to much. I had such a bad flare up with my carpel tunnel that I wasn't able to hold a hook for about 2 months.

Sad to say - I think my thread days may be over. I did 2 doilies back to back and my hands were useless.

I hope I don't overdo it with this monster ghan.

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I do have several new patterns on the back burner at the moment. You all know I love filet. I think it's time to start using filet with yarn as that's what my hands are dictating. I have a couple shawls in the making and I finally pulled out my Ladders of Love baby ghan to work on that some more. (Honestly - I just found it again.)

There are so many round ripple patterns on the net that I'm just going to write up a basic overview for this purple one. I love the way it's coming out!

Crochet Games @ the Ville

better late than never.

Crochet Games

of

Ancient Greece

Thanx to AmyS & Donna at our fav crochet hangout- C'ville - we have our very own special games going on. We're competing for medals and honors and glory! Yeehaw!

But seriously . . . we're having our very own Crochet Games in honour of the Olympic Games. The difference with our games is it's all 'on our honour' from starting with the opening ceremonies and crocheting our way thru the closing ceremonies. Our medals are based on our word that the projects we picked were completed in the allotted time. We don't have judges knitpicking (pun intended) our work and speed and agility. We just have to complete a project we believe to be a challenge to ourselves.

I happen to be on Team Afghan with an AWESOME bunch of ladies!

Make sure to check out that link - there are some beautiful ghans going on there and lots of encouragement as well.

My project is a 48 point Round Ripple in purples.

4plyww and an I hook

5 feet across

with another 2 feet to go.