Earring Time

 Seed bead earring time .. a few of the earrings I am getting ready to add to my Etsy shop.. so many I want to still make
. so many other projects I want to do.. nothing to do but jump back and forth among the crafts... sure fire way not to get bored lol

Green and Gold Crochet Rope Chart

Evil Eye Crochet Rope Chart

Thrifty thread

Been in search of a good deal on thread I could use for crochet rope jewelry..

Got one at a thrift store.. only catch is I have to unwind them... at least a dozen thin, mixed colors and fibers, threads along with a thicker cord rolled in to a ball.. no clue what the original plan might have been.. but got me some embroidery floss cardboard cutout holders and some Bobbie pins.. going to attempt to unwind without cutting.. 

These two are smaller without the cord.. might have to make some tassel earrings out of some of this . loving the colors

Cherry Bossom Crochet Rope Bracelet

My first try at more detailed pattern.. I wanted to make one that didn't repeat the same thing over and over.. I went with cherry blossoms as they are in bloom all over town right now.. and one of my favorites for making everything from bracelets to fingerless gloves lol

I used size 11 seed beads for the white and pinks but switched to 12 for the black.. I knew the black would be over powering as it was going to be next to soft pinks so down sizing them would back it down a bit but it would also create more texture that would add to the over all look I was going for...

I love beads that are wonky.. different from each other.. I love the feel of them worked up..  makes each item truly one of a kind even when following a chart...

Used crochet thread size 20 and a 1.10mm hook

Got a chart maker.. still need to figure out how print or screen shot one, but in the meantime I will be happy with snapping a photo with my phone lol... 

Never stop learning

 I set my yarn aside and pulled out my beads.. been far too long.. in the process checked a item off of my ''I want to learn" list.. crochet ropes have been on that list since before I could crochet lol.. starting to get the hang of it.. so many patterns/charts are just calling to be made.. 

 Tried two colors.. in both small and large beads..

Before setting the yarn down.. 

 I checked another item off that list with trying a Waffle Stitch Shawl...

Just before that shawl...

 With this one I checked off a few.. star shawl, overlay to out line a color change and color controled cake yarns..

 

 I have been playing with crochet charts for awhile now .. while making a pair of pineapple earrings it dawned on me I had not made a knit shawl using a chart.. well I am in the middle of fixing that.. as well as another C2C shawl.. will get back to them soon.. but first a few crochet rope charts need to happen.. 

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 My birthday falls on Easter this year.. SALE time .. 53% off all patterns and charts .. good until 4/21/19 midnight mt. time

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Scrubbies in stock

Back by popular demand.. 
                Scrubbies now in stock in my Etsy shop
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 I have bee asked so many times to make more scrubbies
Friends and family are hooked.. so much so they started to gift them as gifts...

I will admit I love them myself.. after years of using the same ones mine died.. ok the puppies getting into the laundry basket may have had something to do with that..

my bath pouf was a casualty in a separate incident.. time had finally come to set aside all other projects and make another batch of scrubbies..

a few changes have been made to make them even better than before...

Now each one has a worsted weight soft cotton side. The opposite side is still made from vintage acrylic.. but I was lucky enough to get my hands on some of the most coarse yarn that I have come across...  more than a dozen skeins.. not a pleasure to work with but as far as scrubbing goes well worth it.. I would not want to do a big item out of these however lol
I added the cotton to all of them.. in the past I only made a few here and there, as hubby kept stealing mine and taking them out to his shop to wash tires and such, I saw no since in it.. around here..
After my poor bath pouf was lost I kept forgetting to grab another one.. I had just made a larger scrubbie to use up the last bit of cotton in that color way.. I thought why not..
 IT WAS PERFECT..
a bit of body soap on the cotton side.. only needed to put soap on it once.. the scrubbie side was just enough to exfoliate comfortably...  hence the next change.. they are bigger now..

right now I have sets of three on my shop, will be adding other choices soon.. 

Our Lady Guadalupe Filet Shawl

I was asked to make a shawl using the same pattern as my friends grandmother made a wall hanging of 99 years ago.. this is what I came up with..

Our Lady Guadalupe Filet Shawl

This pattern can be used with any yarn and corresponding hook size, if you choose to use thread I would recommend doubling the thread to keep a wearable size. 
 

I used a worsted weight yarn and H / 5.00mm hook 

1200 yards of Yarn Bee's Rose Bud

 This pattern is written using American terms.

Ch 293

1 ) dc in fifth ch from hook, *ch1, skip 1, dc in next st, * repeat to end 145 mesh spaces

2 ) ch1, skip the first stitch at base of ch 1 just made, slip stitch into ch, slip stitch into dc ( counts as decrease at start of row ), ch 4, dc into next dc, *ch 1, dc into next dc* repeat to last mesh sp, do not work last mesh space ( counts as the decrease at the end of row )

Work four rows as row 2 before starting chart. 
Continue to decrease as established while working chart.

Stitch Key

ch = chain

dc = double crochet

Blocks

block = dc in ch 1 sp dc in dc

block over block + dc in each dc

mesh spaces = ch 1, skip ch sp dc in dc

mesh over block = ch 1, skip next dc, dc in dc

Tips

Places marker in center mesh space

Count...

each row.. each set of blocks...

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