Knit and Crochet Pattern Chat

Crochet Spiral Snowflakes

2011-11-08T18:06:00.000-08:00

I've been away for awhile for a very good reason.......I had surgery yesterday but while reading some of my favorite friend's posts on Facebook, I came across this and it's wonderful and I have to share:

crocheted spiral snowflakes

Make sure you check them out!! Leave a comment if you can. She is so nice to share the pattern with us.

Thank you Christal!

Navy Acrylic Lace Scarf

2011-10-19T22:25:00.000-07:00

This is a repost from 2009.........I fixed the link to the pattern so you can find it now.
Ok, here's the finished scarf. Sorry, I couldn't get a good picture of it that wasn't blurry so I will try to get my daughter to take a really good one for me and I'll post it. She's more professional at photography than I am. Her blog is www.jennileephotography.blogspot.com Check it out!

Anyway, I'm finally finished because I ran out of yarn! It only has around 4 ounces of fingering yarn in it and measures about 68". I was going for 72".
The pattern can be found here navy lace scarf.

I'm still working on the white one and that'll take me a bit longer than this one. The navy one really only had about one row of lace patterning that took any thinking where the white one has 8 rows on thinking! LOL

Tell me what you think and let me know if you've tried this lace pattern.

Red Heart Garter Stitch Baby Hat

2011-10-19T19:11:00.000-07:00

Here's my next choice of knitting hat patterns from Red Heart. I want to use up the blue from the other hat, pix coming.........

Garter Stitch Baby Hat

ADORABLE right!?

Pins Needles and Gems Etsy Store

2011-10-19T14:18:00.000-07:00

Please check out my Esty shop as I've reduced the prices on all my filet crochet patterns.

Remember Christmas is coming so you need to start now to get those decorations and gifts done on time.

Pins needles and Gems

Red Heart Faux Brioche Beret

2011-10-19T14:15:00.000-07:00

I've made this hat pattern and found what I think is a mistake and have talked to them about it. They agree but I don't know how long the correction will be made. Correction is in red.

The pattern states:

Rounds 14-47: Repeat Rounds 12 and 13 seventeen (17) more times
Rounds 48-53: * K1, p1; repeat from * around.

How I think it should read is:

Rounds 14-53: Repeat Rounds 12 and 13 twenty (20) more times

From there on use the pattern as written but continue to work into the rows below as long as the pattern allows, keeping in mind that the decreases will affect the numbers of stitches involved in the pattern. You want to keep the raised rib as long as possible.

Hope this helps everyone. I'm going to try a different on next. I'll post some pix of this hat now and the next one later.

matching fingerless gloves

I'll take a pix after I"m all done. Sorry for them being blurry........to much coffee, I guess. I'll try to do better next time.

Red Heart Faux Brioche Beret

2011-10-16T14:56:00.000-07:00

Red Heart Yarns or Coast and Clark, have so many free patterns for all levels of knitters and crocheters. I've been playing around with different patterns but found this one the most fun so far. Faux Brioche Beret calling for their Boutique yarn. I say playing around because I don't have any Boutique yarn so tried it with the same size needles, size 9, but used 4 dpns because I didn't have the circular needle.

I started with size 8 dpns because I thought that's what I would use throughout but with increasing, I found they weren't long enough so I had some much longer size 9s that I had so switched to them when I had to increase.

I followed the pattern religiously as usual, but when it came to decreasing, I had a problem and it could have been my yarn choice but don't think so. They have you decrease but you don't stay in the stitch pattern other than to k1 p1. The whole beret was knitted one row knitting into the stitch of the row below and the purl row purling into the stitch of the row below. When it came to decreasing, it didn't say to continue going into the stitch of the row below. What happened was that it got too small to fast, I think and it created a definite line of pattern change and suddenly got flat and turned into a point! I didn't like that at all.

I emailed Coats and Clark and have yet to hear but they are always so good about helping me with my questions I know I"ll hear sometime this week.

I ripped out all the decrease rows and reknitted them as stated but going into the row below wherever I possibly could. It made a much better finish on the top, which is worn laying to the back. Also, because I used the Super Saver yarn, I need to knit at least 4 more rows, I think. That's my gauge anyway.

I think what drew me to it first was the coloration of the yarn. Of course, mine isn't quite as pretty but I have some Super Saver variegated yarn I am going to try another one with at another time. I have one started with Super Saver white right now.

I'll take a pix later. I have, or am starting to list my items for sale on my facebook page.

The one I've really enjoyed is this one but there's many to try.

Dead Fish Pattern

2011-10-01T08:38:00.000-07:00

Dead Fish hat pattern
This is on the Knitty website

Another Dead Fish hat website

I was going through my older posts and found the dead fish hat pattern link wasn't there. I wonder if it really ever was.

At any rate, here are a couple links. The first one is the pattern and the second one a fun website with lots of examples on it.

I'm sorry if anyone came looking for the pattern and couldn't find it.

Make sure you check your gauge. Mine turned out a little large for a child and probably would fit a man.

Please accept my apology for not sharing the pattern

Red Heart Webby Top #2

2011-09-29T18:00:00.000-07:00

Yup, Red Heart Webby top #2 coming.......we'll see how this one turns out. Think I'll make it smaller than needed so when it grows, LOL, it'll be the right size.

Has anyone googled, sexy crochet patterns? You must! I found lots of tank tops, swim suits, which I'm not into, but could probably find a tank I could use for Zumba.

Come back often!!

Red Heart Yarn Webby Top

2011-09-28T13:30:00.000-07:00

Hope you're not too disappointed. This just isn't my day, I guess. Ever have days like that?

For one thing, I did my Zumba workout too late last night and then couldn't sleep. That didn't help today's crafty plan.

I wore my new webby luscious crochet top to Zumba class last night and it started to grow!! I mean really grow and was getting in my way when I danced so I decided to take it in just a little on each side and make it more form fitting. You guessed it.........something like that will fall apart when you start cutting even though you think you've caught all the stitches really well.

So now, I'm on to another idea. I think I"ll just make a spider web and tack it down to a white tshirt. Not the same sexy idea but for a glow-in-the-dark dance party, it'll do wonderfully.

I have a very talented nephew that is a fashion designer so called upon his help to cut a tshirt to look like a spider web on the front. Can't wait to see his design. I know he can do it and will be up to the challenge.

Pix later.

Red Heart Yarn and 2012 Special Olympics

2011-09-27T13:07:00.000-07:00

Red Heart is sponsoring the 2012 Winter Special Olympics and you are more than welcome to make scarves using the Red Heart Soft yarns or the Red Heart Super Saver yarns.

Check out this website for more information if you think this is something you'd like to do:

2012 Special Olympics Scarf Project

Also, WalMart is also sponsoring the Special Olympics and are making sure there's plenty of the Red Heart Soft and Super Saver in stock.

Please, check the link to make sure you are getting the correct colors. The color names and numbers are on the website. Check out the complete details and download the patterns.

Happy knitting and crocheting for this very wonderful cause.

Kathy

Killing that Yarn! Have a Heart, Red Heart that Is.

2011-09-26T17:36:00.000-07:00

Killling your acrylic yarn isn't something bad or new. You can Google it and find lots of information.

I decided to make something, see the pattern here .

(This pattern is available on the Red Heart yarn website and the designers are the Double Stitch Twins) and thought I was using the correct yarn only to find out when I was all done, that I didn't use the corrrect yarn. And if you've followed any of my blogs, you know how much I love Red Heart yarns. I'm old school, I guess, because when I see or hear yarn in the materials list, I can only think of Super Saver or 4 ply worsted yarns we're all so familiar with.

Red Heart is not just Super Saver yarn anymore. They have some amazing yarns that we really should give a try. After all, they are at a very reasonable price for such great quality.

Anyway, the pattern really intrigued me. I am a Zumba Fitness instructor and am always looking for unique fitness wear that I can make myself. Since you can't wear sweater, vests or mittens to a fitness class, for obvious reasons, this pattern was right up my alley.

When I was all done,I couldn't figure out why it was this stiff sort of ugly "thing" and not at all like the picture. Then I read the materials list closer. I was supposed to use Red Heart Soft yarn. There's quite a big difference between Red Heart Soft yarn and Red Heart Super Saver. BUT, I remembered one time how I ruined a project when I tried to steam it and found out acrylic yarns don't take too well to steaming BUT I remembered how soft it became and it's great to know that it stays that way no matter how much you wash it. Yeah!!

I love my memory sometimes! Sometimes it's there for me when I need it. I got out my ironing board and steam iron, a cotton dish cloth and a spray bottle of water. Amazing! It softened it nicely and now it's wearable! Pictures to come shortly. So I didn't return all the Red Heart Super Saver yarn I bought to make a couple more of these luscious sexy tops to wear to Zumba Fitness classes and am now on my second project.

The one you'll find in the link above turned out a little large for me so I did design my own. The original one was a large circular design and I made mine a rectangle because I didn't like a lot hanging under my arm to get in the way of the Latin arm movements. You know what I mean?

Thanks for following my blog and I hope I've been helpful to many of you.

Cutting a Steek or Cabling Without a Cable Needle

2011-09-06T17:38:00.000-07:00

Cutting a steek or cabling without a cable needle are just two of the amazing helps you can find on this wonderful blog.

You'll find the information along the right side in that column. Check out her patterns, free ones, too, and make sure you take a peek at some of the blogs listed in her blog roll.

Knitting to Stay Sane

Let me know what you think. I'm interested in know what you'd like to see.

This is part of her "About Me" bio.

About

My sort of blogging Mission Statement.

My name is Glenna, and I live near Toronto, Ontario. Having learned to knit as a child, I would say that I became a true “Knitter” more than six years ago while studying for my PhD, as a form of stress relief and distraction. I finished the PhD and kept on knitting anyway. I have since added knitting design and teaching to my repertoire, have been producing knitting patterns for self-publication and for independent yarn dyers for several years, have a yarn stash with a life of its own, and I am never without a project no matter where I am. In fact, I once cut a steek while riding a bus, and lived to tell the tale. I believe in challenging myself and knitting without fear. My patterns have been featured in Canadian Living Magazine, Knitty, Magknits, and online through Ravelry and Patternfish. I have designed for Tanis Fiber Arts, Indigodragonfly Yarns, The Sweet Sheep, and others.........

Big Brother

2011-09-06T17:03:00.000-07:00

Do you watch Big Brother and want to chat about it with me? Maybe Design Star, Survivor, Amazing Race, etc. Let me know.

Not sure if this is the place to talk about Big Brother and it's almost the end of the show but if anyone wants to chat about it, I would love love love it! I have showtime2 and keeping up with it daily. Plus reading the twitter page.

Knit and Crochet Pattern Chat

2011-09-06T17:01:00.000-07:00

My Knit and Crochet Pattern Chat blog hasn't been ignored for too long. Not as long as I though; only about a month.

I will be searching the Internet for some wonderful knitting and crocheting blogs and patterns for you.

Please check out my other blogs, CreativeAssist, Pins Needles and Gems, Fulltime RV Travel.

Keep watching!!

Kathy

Tom Hanks Pulls a Knitting Prank on Julia Roberts !

2011-07-25T11:21:00.000-07:00

Tom Hanks pulls a knitting prank on Julia Roberts!!!

Really, you must check this out! It's hilarious and so fun to watch!

I'll be back soon with more fun sites to check out.

Knitting a Headband for Your Little Girl or You

2011-05-20T10:55:00.000-07:00

I have to update an earlier post. Amy is a busy mom that designs the prettiest little headbands for babies. Please check out her blog. I featured her awhile back also. She's one of my favorite creative Moms. There you'll find link to the featured headband on her blog. Check this headband pattern out... Morning Walk Headband.

This is her blog I'd Rather Be Knitting

Here's one for baby that Amy posted on her blog awhile back: Headband for baby

Amy says: "I just had my fourth kid. Being a stay-at-home mom is a challenge, but (most of the time) I love it. I’ve always hated to admit to it, because it’s sounds so cliche, but I married to my high school sweetheart. It’s true though, and I consider myself lucky to be married to my best friend." AND she's teaching her little daughter, 5 at the time of the post, to knit. What a wonderful way to spend a day with your daughter. She's an active Mom, too.

So please, check out her blog and her Ravelry account. She's a busy Mom that loves to knit and proud to feature her here today.

Where Has The Time Gone?

2011-05-20T10:43:00.000-07:00

Crochet handmade jewelry, blogs I love, travel, creating, becoming a Zumba Fitness instructor, so many things have happened since I posted last.

I received a wonderful thank you from Kellie (Eclectic Chica) this morning. What a nice surprise. Thank you Kellie. She has renewed my desire to post again on all of my blogs! If you haven't checked out Kellie's blog, do try to do so soon. She's a wonderfully creative and talented Mom that really loves to share her talents with her children. Her children are very talented, too. Hmmmmm wonder where that came from, huh? Makes me wish I had those days back when my children were that age again. My baby is 37 years old! I have a grandson graduating from high school in June! Seems like I just graduated!

Anyway, here goes my newest blog post. Let's see where the heck do I begin?

I think the last post was that I listed my pincushions in my Etsy shop. Pins Needles and Gems. Although I've not sold a single pincushion, I have sold some of my crochet beaded jewelry. Please check out my shop. Also listed there are some filet crochet patterns I have designed.

We traveled again this last winter leaving the Seattle area in December 2010 and spent two days in the Portland, OR area so I could attend a workshop and become a licensed Zumba Fitness instructor. I taught dance aerobics in the 80s and it's taken all these years to find another organization I liked enough to become a part of. I don't have a class right now, but I did teach ladies at an RV and Golf resort in southern California. The hightlight of our winter trip.

Traveling has given me lots of time to create my crochet beaded jewelry as you can see in my Etsy shop. I've started a few new blogs as well. Check out my Creative Assist, Fulltime RV Travel, Pins Needles and Gems, Arts and Crafts Patterns and a few others that are more family oriented. It's going to take awhile, but I plan to update them all.

Summer is just around the corner so what is everyone going to do this summer? Any creating? I'd love to hear about your plans on what you are going to make be it knitted, crocheted, or any other craft.

That's it for now. I better get moving on updating the other blogs.........Maybe I can create another blog for my Zumba friends. Just what I need, huh? Another blog!

2010-09-30T19:17:00.000-07:00

Pincushions in my Etsy Store! It's open!

I finally listed my pincushions in and Etsy store. Please check it out

Fanciful Designs

I hope to be listing more and hopefully you'll tell all your friends or will think about purchasing one for a friend or family member that loves to sew.

I still don't know how to get rid of that photobucket white box that follows along when you scroll. Someone in the Google help forum said they could get rid of it but it's still there.

I hope to get rid of it soon.......it's so annoying!

2010-09-23T08:25:00.000-07:00

Pretty Pin Cushions made by Julie! Knitted Patterns Available! One FREE Knitted Pattern, too!

I found this site and fell in love with it because I am madly in love with pincushions myself and really would love to be able to design them like Julie does. Guess all I have to do is sit down and try but when I don't see it in my head, it doesn't come out of my fingers.

This lady has some great patterns and I think you should check them out. She has one free pattern on her site.

Sorry the following link no longer works. I can't find Julie's blog.
Julies Knitting Corner

Don't forget to check out my other blogs.

www.artsandcraftsdotcom.blogspot.com
www.creativeassist.blogspot.com

just for the fun of it:

www.fulltimervtravel.blogspot.com

What's with the little white photobucket box that keeps following me around the blog? I better work on getting rid of that. Some how.

2010-07-06T14:50:00.001-07:00

Thread Crochet Bear

Here's my little guy. He was easy to make but it took a couple tries to put him together. The thread crochet animals can be so cute made with different yarns.

Today I want to try a lamb.

2010-07-03T18:15:00.000-07:00

Thread Crochet Bear Pattern I must share with you!

I've really become interested in making miniature animals. Smaller than those amagumuri things.........I love them, don't get me wrong, but these are just too cute. I have made them before but didn't get very far. I have some body pieces I need to get put together and then, yea!! I get to go shopping for threads and yarns for my new little bears and other animals.

Check out these bears Thread Crochet Bears

I'll be posting some photos of what I am able to crochet and put together. It's a holiday tomorrow and we'll be going to a festival in Tacoma and watching the fireworks on TV.

Anyway, please take a look at what I want to tackle now. Thread crochet bears are quite popular on Ravelry, Etsy and there's a wonderful group on Yahoo.

Another one you shouldn't miss:

Tiny Bears

2010-06-27T18:08:00.000-07:00

Spring Baby Headband Free Pattern. The most adorable share

You must see this baby is adorable as well as the headband Mommy made for her. This is a beautiful blog and I want to share it with you.

I'd Rather Be Knitting

I can't believe how long it's been since I last posted. I guess I'm getting lazy these days now that summer has finally, well, almost finally, hit the NW area.

I've also been doing a lot of walking, around 5 miles a day, and going to Zumba class twice a week. Blogging sometimes gets forgotten.

Anyway, we all get that feeling of just needing a little break but I should be back really soon. I'm finishing the socks I started awhile ago. I can get a pair done in a week if I stick with it but this pair has taken a month and I'm not done yet.

Do you get to the point sometimes where you just don't know what to knit or crochet? You sure don't need another afghan, and the family has plenty of them, too, so what do you make? If you're like me, it has to be useful. What I really should do is work on different stitch swatches and learn some new ones. Hey, that's a good idea. Maybe I'll do that.

My auctions have closed and a lucky lady bought some of my homespun yarn and I'm going to send her as much as I can put in the flat rate box. So she's getting more than she paid for. Have you seen the cost of shipping these days. Yikes!

I hit the motherlode the other day! I stopped by the GoodWill and there were bags and bags of beautiful bagged up yarns. Expensive stuff that someone must have donated, of course, but must not have wanted. Of course, it was all at really good prices. I picked out the 100% wool bags but now wish I had taken some of the other yarns, too. I didn't want to be a pig, though, and felt I should leave some for someone else to enjoy. What a find.

That's it from me this time. I'll get some photos taken of my socks and oh, I'm making pincushions. So I'll try to get more photos of them, too. Give me a few days as this week will be a busy one for me.

SeeYa

2010-06-21T07:45:00.000-07:00

Ebay Auctions ~ I have 4 Ebay auctions going!

Check out my Ebay auctions if you'd like and if you're interested in some Lion Brand Homespun yarn. My Auction Attic.

I just looked and my photo is an old one but that's me. It's got to be over 10 years old so that shows you how much people change in that amount of time.

I will be posting the rest of my little Red Heart pattern for the mini purse keychains. I only made three of them with the yarn I had available. There's something good to say about that. My husband liked it....using up my stash seems to be HIS goal.

Then I crocheted a basket with a row of cats around the base. Standby for that one. It's quite cute! Tapestry crochet is a type of crochet many don't know about but it's kind of comparable to knitting with more than one color.

Check out THIS web site! Crochet by Numbers This man is amazing! You'll find lots of helps there as well.

Do a search on crochetbynumber and you'll find lots of helpful websites. This one shows some interesting crochet done using numbers or or like physictype formulas. It's very interesting, too.Crochet by Numbers Blog

Even Lion Brand has some crochet by numbers help....actually, they link you right to Crochet by Number I've linked you to.

Chec it out!

2010-06-17T18:38:00.000-07:00

New Blog! Creative Assist ~ A place to

go for helpful knitting and crocheting links !

OR just any needlwork link, gifts, projects

I might find and want to share

This blog was just created yesterday to have a place for me to put all the helpful links and keep them in one place. That way when you come to Knit and Crochet Pattern Chat, you're not having to fish through all the links along the side to find the one you want. They'll all be in the new blog.

Creative Assist

Right now there's only one great link for you knitting and crocheting enthusiasts. Please, feel free anytime to go there, become a follower for sure, so you don't miss out on any of the great helpful websites or blogs I find for you. I love surfing the Net and reading blogs and websites. As you know this takes lots of time, so let me do it for you. No sense in you spending time doing the same thing.

If you'd like, you could let me know if there's anything you're interested in that you just can't find or don't have time to look. I'll be happy to do it for you and post it to share with everyone.

Your interests might be:

Learning to knit or crochet
Learning a new knit or crochet stitch
Finding patterns for a special project or occasion.
Embroidery stitches
Videos
Have you heard of knooking?

Maybe I should post my next post about knooking. Anyone know what that is? Let me know if you do.

PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!

Also, don't forget to check out all my free patterns for you at this link Associate Content

2010-06-17T18:12:00.000-07:00

FREE Pattern ~ Knit Your

Own Hair Rollers

or Curlers ! Use

Red Heart Yarn

Use Red Heart yarn or any worsted weight yarn for sure.
Here's a cute pattern for you. One you can use on your little girl that won't hurt her little head. You can use them, too. They work and I know they do because I tried them.

You may need to adjust the long I cord to your liking. The more hair that's wrapped around the curler, the longer that I cord needs to be.

These are so neat because they take only scraps of yarn and NO stuffing. You must try these in all coloros.

It would be nice if you send me a photo of your finished curlers or rolers.

Check it out right here Curlers or Rollers FREE Pattern

AND Make sure you check out all my free patterns @

Kathy's Associated Content Articles

Knit and Crochet Pattern Chat

Crochet Spiral Snowflakes

Navy Acrylic Lace Scarf

Red Heart Garter Stitch Baby Hat

Pins Needles and Gems Etsy Store

Red Heart Faux Brioche Beret

Red Heart Faux Brioche Beret

Dead Fish Pattern

Red Heart Webby Top #2

Red Heart Yarn Webby Top

Red Heart Yarn and 2012 Special Olympics

Killing that Yarn! Have a Heart, Red Heart that Is.

Cutting a Steek or Cabling Without a Cable Needle

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Big Brother

Knit and Crochet Pattern Chat

Tom Hanks Pulls a Knitting Prank on Julia Roberts !

Knitting a Headband for Your Little Girl or You

Where Has The Time Gone?

Pincushions in my Etsy Store! It's open!

Pretty Pin Cushions made by Julie! Knitted Patterns Available! One FREE Knitted Pattern, too!

Thread Crochet Bear

Thread Crochet Bear Pattern I must share with you!

Spring Baby Headband Free Pattern. The most adorable share

Ebay Auctions ~ I have 4 Ebay auctions going!

New Blog! Creative Assist ~ A place to go for helpful knitting and crocheting links ! OR just any needlwork link, gifts, projects I might find and want to share

FREE Pattern ~ Knit Your

Own Hair Rollers

or Curlers ! Use

Red Heart Yarn

New Blog! Creative Assist ~ A place to

go for helpful knitting and crocheting links !

OR just any needlwork link, gifts, projects

I might find and want to share