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9 January 2016

Crochet With Me… Winter 2016 Crochet-A-Long!! Week 1~Material List

January 9, 2016 By Beatrice Ryan Designs 17 Comments

Welcome to the Crochet With Me… Winter 2016 Crochet-A-Long!!! This week we will be gathering our materials and preparing to start our 2016 Afghan!! I’m so excited you will be joining in the fun!!

If this is your first Crochet-A-Long here is how it works…

This is a Mystery Afghan… It will unfold as we make it!!

Each week over the next 12 weeks I will post a section of the afghan we all will complete together… Don’t worry!! I work full-time and only have a few hours a week to work on my project, so my instructions will be easy to follow and easy to keep up with the groups pace!! If you are wondering how you join this Crochet-A-Long, all you need to do is check back each Saturday evening for the next post. If you would like to be notified by E-Mail… You can sign up on the right sidebar of this page where it says “Stay Connected”…

Now for the Material List!!

I loved seeing what you all voted for in the polls for this years Crochet With Me… Winter 2016 Crochet-A-Long!! The winning yarn was Red Heart With Love… It is a great worsted weight yarn that is soft, washable and easy to work with!! Best of all it is on sale now at JoAnn if you like to shop at that fabulous craft store!!

This afghan will be approximately 70″Long x 65″ Wide.

Your will need approximately 3600 yards total of Red Heart With Love Yarn. This Afghan can be made in a monotone style or using 2-3 colors. Instructions will be for both. You can use any worsted weight yarn you desire, but the end result may turn out slightly different depending on the yarn. It is best to use a main color and one or two accent colors….

I will be using Red Heart With Love ~ 3 Skeins of Boysenberry, 3 Skeins of Peacock and 5 Skeins of Eggshell. Since this project is being made as we do this Crochet-A-Long, I am only able to estimate the amount of each I will be using.

I will be using a J Hook… We will be going over the gauge next week along with starting our first few rows of our projects…

Are you ready… I am and I am sooooo excited!! Each post will be saved in the Crochet With Me tab at the top of the page for easy reference or if you join us late!!

Also,,, Each Saturday evening we will be sharing our photos and chatting about the project at 8 pm PST on my Facebook page… So make sure to hop over and check in next Saturday and show off the yarn you purchased… I will have a specific Facebook post for this event each week!! You can also follow along with the fun on the following social media sites…

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

©Copyright 2016 Elena Hunt/Beatrice Ryan Designs. All my, patterns and posts are my own work. Do not copy them in any way. If you want to share this information with someone, share the link to this post. If you want to share on your own blog website, then you may use the first photo in this post and link back to this post. You may not give away printed copies of this post. Thank you. This post may contain affiliate links/ads. If you purchase something from a link in this post, I may be compensated.

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3 January 2016

Beatrice Ryan Designs… Weekly Crochet Question!!

January 3, 2016 By Beatrice Ryan Designs 43 Comments

Let’s have some fun!!

Leave your answer in the comments… I love to hear from my crochet friends!!

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1 January 2016

Simple Shells Slouchy Beanie… Free Crochet Pattern!!

January 1, 2016 By Beatrice Ryan Designs 7 Comments

Simple Shells Slouchy Beanie

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Simple Shells Slouchy Beanie… Free Crochet Pattern!! S A stylish and easy to make hat using Lion Brand Yarn – Amazing Yarn(now discontinued). A good replacement would be Lion Brand Ferris Wheel in color Summer Day!

Using a self-striping yarn is one of my favorite quick project tips to use… The yarn does all the color work for you… Although, using a solid would be beautiful too! Just sit back and crochet!!

Let’s get crocheting!!

Materials:

Hook ~ H

Yarn ~ Approximately 200-225 yards (original yarn color was discontinued, a good replacement would be Lion Brand Ferris Wheel in Summer Day)

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2 Lovely Buttons

Scissors and Yarn Needle

Stitches:

st ~ stitch

sl st ~ slip stitch

ch ~ chain

sc ~ single crochet

dc ~ double crochet

dec ~ decrease

rev sc ~ reverse sc

4 dc shell ~ Make 4 dc’s in the designated stitch

3 dc shell ~ Make 3 dc’s in the designated stitch

Beg Shell ~ Ch 3, 3 dc(for 4 dc shell) or Ch 3, 2 dc(for 3 dc shell) in designated st.

Gauge:

2″ x 2″ = 7 dc x 4 rows

Instructions:

*This is an off-set shell pattern, each shell will be place slightly to the right of center in the previous shell

Band (Approx. 20″ long)

Ch 9

Row 1: Sc in the second ch from hook and each across. = 8 sc

Row 2 – 60: Ch 1, turn sc in the front loop of each st across. = 8 sc Finish off leaving a long tail for sewing

Using the tail, sew the short ends together to form the band of the hat.

Hat

*To begin your hat, you will be working in the end of the rows of the top edge of your band.

Rnd 1: Working in end of rows of Hat Band. Join in any row end with sl st. Ch 1, sc 69 sts evenly around. Join with sl st to beginning. = 69 sc

Rnd 2: Beg 4 dc shell in the first st, *sk 2 sts, 4 dc shell in next st*, Repeat * * around, sk last 2 sts. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. = 23 shells

Rnds 3 -8: Sl st in next st(2nd st of shell), beg 4 dc shell in same st, *sk 3 sts , 4 dc shell in next st*, Repeat * * around. Sk last 3 sts. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. = 23 shells

Rnd 9: Sl st in next st, beg 3 dc shell in same st, *sk 3 sts, 3 dc shell in next st*, Repeat * * around, sk last 3 sts. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. = 23 shells.

Rnd 10: Beg 3 dc shell in same st as you joined in, *sk 2, 3dc shell in next st*, Repeat * * around, sk last 2 sts. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. = 23 shells

Rnd 11: Ch 3(counts as dc now and through out), dc in same st, * sk 2 sts, 2 dc in next st*, Repeat * * around, sk last 2 sts. Join to top of ch 3. =46 dc

Rnd 12: Ch 3, dc in same st, * sk next st, 2 dc in next st*, Repeat * * around, sk last st. Join with sl st to top of ch . =46 dc

Rnd 13: Ch 3, *sk next st, dc in next st*, Repeat * * around, sk last st. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. = 23 dc

Rnd 14: Ch 1, sc in each st around. Join with sl st to beginning sc. = 23 sc

Rnd 15: Ch 1, *sc in 3 sts, dec*, Repeat * * around. sc in last 3 sts. Join with sl st to beginning. =18 sc

Rnd 16: Ch 1, dec around. Join with sl st to beg. = 9 sc.

Finish off leaving a long tail to close hat opening.

With Yarn needle, weave the tail through the 9 stitches of the opening and draw closed. Secure on the inside of the hat and weave in ends.

Band Edging

Working in the end of rows of the band, join with sl st to any row.

Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc 65 sts evenly around. Join with sl st to beginning sc.

Rnd 2: Ch 1, rev sc around. Join to beginning. = 65 rev sc.

Finish off and weave in ends.

Lastly, Sew your decorative buttons on the band.

Congratulations!!! You have finished your Simply Shells Slouchy Beanie!!

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Crochet With Me… Winter 2016 Crochet-A-Long!! Week 1~Material List