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20 March 2016 Celebrate National Crochet Month with The Amazing Grace Series!!

Celebrate National Crochet Month with The Amazing Grace Series!!

March 20, 2016 By 2 Comments

March is National Crochet Month, and what better way to celebrate than to share all of my Amazing Grace Free Crochet Patterns!!

The collection dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness now has 15 Free Crochet Patterns!!  Help spread the word by sharing my passion for paying it forward… Make these fun, free crochet patterns for yourself and for those who are suffering or recovering from any life circumstances…

Amazing Grace Free Pattern Collecton

 

 

Amazing Grace Free Crochet Pattern Series

  1. Amazing Grace Snoodie   ~ A cowl with a hood
  2. Amazing Grace Blissful Slouchy  ~ A slightly slouchy, textural version
  3. Amazing Grace Tote Bag   ~ Perfect for heading to the farmers market
  4. Amazing Grace Headband  ~ One of my all-time fan favorites
  5. Amazing Grace Infinity Scarf   ~ Stylish and easy to wear
  6. Amazing Grace Boot Cuffs  ~ My newest edition to the collection
  7. Amazing Grace Spa Trio  ~ 3 great sizes to pamper yourself
  8. Amazing Grace Blissful Beanie ~ A standard beanie with fun texture
  9. Amazing Grace Summer Shawl   ~ Made with cotton & some open stitching, perfect for Summer
  10. Amazing Grace Baby Blanket ~ Lovely for any little angel in your life
  11.  Amazing Grace Summer Coaster Set ~ Sit back and relax with your favorite cup of coffee
  12. Amazing Grace Chunky Crochet Cowl ~ Works up quickly with lovely chunky yarn
  13. Amazing Grace Prayer Shawl   ~ The original Amazing Grace Prayer Shawl
  14.  Amazing Grace Fingerless Gloves ~ Keep your hands warm while being stylish
  15. Amazing Grace Hat    ~ The original Amazing Grace Hat

The Amazing Grace Free Crochet Pattern Series

~Is dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness and my dearest friend Sandra Kay Gilb. Sandra and I were childhood friends and inseparable until the end. We shared our lives in so many ways, marriages, births of our children, tragedies and more good times than anyone could ever ask for.   Sandra passed away in 2007  from Breast Cancer.  This was a devastating loss and spurred my passion for Breast Cancer Awareness!  At the age of 43 Sandra was diagnosed with Breast Cancer, the same disease that took her mother’s life many years earlier and claimed Sandra’s life in less than 2 years.  Each Amazing Grace Pattern is designed to comfort cancer patients as they are treated and recovering from this or any disease!!  Please pay it forward by donating items made from these patterns to help someone afflicted by this disease.

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1981 Post High School Graduation Road Trip… Sandy and Me!!!!

I hope you also enjoy making them for yourselves, for gifts and spreading the word about Breast Cancer Awareness by sending other crocheter’s to my site to build Awareness and a Charitable Community!

 

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19 March 2016 Crochet with Me!! Crochet-A-Long… Week 11

Crochet with Me!! Crochet-A-Long… Week 11

March 19, 2016 By 4 Comments

Crochet with Me!!! Crochet-A-Long Week 11… I can’t believe we can see the finish line!!  The afghan is nearly finished and all our hard work is about to pay off!!  I hope you are having fun participating or just watching our progress!!

Crochet with Me!! CAL Week 11

Crochet with Me!!! CAL… Week 11

This week we will be so close to the end… you will be flying through the project!!  For this weeks housekeeping tips…  Let’s chat!

Dealing with the yarn ends… What to do?? You have a couple of choices!!  I worked many of my ends in as I made the afghan and as I added the side edge, I worked over(crocheted right over) the rest!  If you have a lot of ends to work in, you may want to weave the ends in that are not the same color as your yarn you will be using for the side edges … Then you can work over the ends that are the same color!  This will make the job go by quickly… Or you can weave them all in before you start the side edges,,, And last but not least, you can just work over all of them as you do the sides!  If you have a lot to hide, working over all of them may make it a bit bulky where you go over them,,, Mine was just fine only having 1-3 strands to work over as I worked the sides… Your preference ~ No right or wrong way!!

The width… Many of us chatted along the way about what we would do to make  the afghan wider if needed… This week you will add the first side edge… It will add  2 1/2″ to 3″ and so will the second edge, adding  5″ to 6″  to the total width.  You will also have a border going around to finish it all off, that will be an even couple of inches all the way around… But, if you want it wider you will just add a few more rows on each side of the pattern repeat, just keeping in mind it will be a bit different that the bottom edge that you started and ended the afghan with… It will look great either way!!!

Evening up the sides… We chatted throughout the project about some of the rows being not as wide as other rows… The side edges will really start the process of evening things out… Just by crocheting the sides; it will start to make the afghan take shape,,, then next week when we finish the afghan, we will be blocking it to make the shape just right.  If you aren’t use to blocking, it is a wonderful way to get your crochet project to have the shape you desire when there is a bit of inconsistency!!

 

Crochet with Me!! Week 11 Corner

 

Now… On to the side edges!!

This week you will need 3 markers..

Instructions:

Continuing with Color “A”

Working up the side edge, fold your afghan in half and place a marker at the center point of you project.  Next, fold the project in half from one of the ends to the middle marker and place your next marker (this is 1/4th of the side), Next place your 3rd marker in the same manner on the opposite side of the middle marker.  Now you should have 4 even sections between the 3 markers.

Row 1: Sc 2 more sc in the same st to form a corner, sc 57 sts evenly to the first marker, sc 57 sts evenly across to the middle marker, sc 57 sts across evenly to the 3rd marker, sc 57 sts across evenly to the end, making your last st in the first stitch of Row 1 of the afghan(this should be where you did your beginning chain). =230 sc from the middle st of the corner where you began the side to the last st.

Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sk the 1st st, (sc,dc) in the next st, *sk the next st, (sc,dc) in the next st*, Repeat * * across to the corner st of this side edge. = 230 sts

Row 3: Ch 1, turn, *(sc,dc) in each sc from the previous row, skipping  the dc’s from the previous row*, Repeat * * across. =230 sts

Rows 4-7: Repeat row 3 four times

Row 8: Ch 1, turn, sc across. =230 sts

Finish off

Congratulations!!! You have finished Week 11!!!!!! Easy Peasy… Only one more week to go!!

Next week we will do the other side and the edging!!

Don’t forget to add your pictures to our weekly sharing post on Facebook each Saturday at 3 pm PST!!

And,,, If you would like a chance to win the $50 JoAnns Craft Store Gift Card… Make sure you finish up your project in the specified time frame and get the pictures to me as directed!!  For complete details on the Giveaway rules see Week 9… Click Here

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Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

©Copyright 2016 Elena Hunt/Beatrice Ryan Designs.  All of 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 or social media, 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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13 March 2016 Amazing Grace Boot Cuffs ~ New Free Crochet Pattern!!

Amazing Grace Boot Cuffs ~ New Free Crochet Pattern!!

March 13, 2016 By 1 Comment

Amazing Grace Boot Cuffs… A feminine, stylish Free Crochet Pattern!!!  This is the 15th Free Pattern in my Amazing Grace Free Pattern Series…  And one of my favorites!! These are easy and quick to make and by using Red Heart Boutique Unforgettable Yarn, the self striping does all of the color work for you!!!

Amazing Grace Boot Cuffs Free Crochet Pattern!!

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If you are new to my site,,, The Amazing Grace Free Crochet Pattern Series is dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness and my dearest friend Sandra K. Gilb.  To read more about the Amazing Grace Series, Click on the tab at the top of the page!!  You may be wondering how the Amazing Grace Boot Cuffs can tie into Breast Cancer Awareness… I thought I would share my thoughts with you!!!  By making these super feminine and stylish boot cuffs, then giving them as a gift to someone suffering or recovering from cancer(or any life altering situation), you will give them comfort and joy!  To pay it forward you can also make and sell this item to raise money to donate to research or a family in need… Of course,,, I would expect you to keep a pair for yourself too!!  I hope you love these as much as I do!!

Amazing Grace Boot Cuffs:

Materials ~

Yarn ~ 250 yards worsted weight (4) yarn – I used Red Heart Boutique Unforgettable in Cappuccino

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Hook ~ E hook or hook to obtain gauge

Fun Boots!!

Stitches~

 Sp – Space     Sk – Skip    St – Stitch     Sl St – Slip Stitch     Ch – Chain     Sc – Single Crochet     Dc – Double Crochet     FPdc – Front Post Double Crochet     BPdc – Back Post Double Crochet

Gauge ~ 

15 dc x 7 rows = 3″ x 3″

Tips ~

*In this pattern you will be working in the round.

*When joining rows 2-5, you will join around the “top” of the ch 3 and not “in” the top of ch 3. this will make the beginning st of each round look like a FPdc.

*This fits an average size leg and is made to be stretchy.  Ribbing 11 1/2″, Mid section 12 1/2″ both unstretched. Fits 16 1/2″ size calf comfortably.

*To increase or decrease the size you can use increments of 3

Instructions~ 

Make 2

Ch 51, join with sl st to form a ring. Be very careful not to twist your chain.

Round 1:  Ch 3(counts as dc now and throughout), dc in each ch around. Join to top of ch 3 with sl st. = 51 dc

Rounds 2-5:  Ch 3, FPdc around next st, BPdc around next st, *FPdc around next 2 sts, BPdc around next st*, repeat * * around. Join around top of ch 3. =51 sts

Round 6:  Ch 1, sc in each st around. Join with sl st to beginning sc. = 51 sts

Round 7:  Ch 1, (sc,ch2,sc) in 1st st, ch 1, sk 2 sts, *(sc,ch2,sc) in next st, ch 1, sk 2 sts*, Repeat * * around. Join with sl st to the beginning sc. = 17 ch2 sps

Round 8:  Sl st into the center of the 1st ch2 sp, ch 3, 2 dc in the same ch2 sp, 3 dc in each ch2 sp around. Join with sl st in the top of the beginning ch 3. = 17 3dc shells

Round 9:  Sl st into the next st(this is the center st of the 3dc in the previous row), ch 1, (sc,ch2,sc) in 1st st, ch 1, sk 2 sts, *(sc,ch2,sc) in next st, ch 1, sk 2 sts*, Repeat * * around. Join with sl st to the beginning sc. = 17 ch2 sps

Rounds 10-15:  Repeat rounds 8 and 9 two more times.

Round 16:  *Increase Round* Sl st into the center of the 1st ch2 sp, ch 3, 3 dc in the same ch2 sp, 4 dc in each ch2 sp around. Join with sl st in the top of the beginning ch 3. = 17 4dc shells

Round 17:  Ch 1, sc in the 1st st, ch 3, sk st, sc in the next st*, repeat * * around. Join with sl st to beginning sc. = 42 ch 3 sps

Finish off and weave ends in

Congratulations!!! You now have a pair of Amazing Grace Boot Cuffs!!

And, Don’t forget to follow me on my social media sites for more fun! And, most important you share your creations

Facebook, Instagram, My CAL Facebook Group, and Pinterest

I hope you love this project!!  Finally, make sure to share your finished projects on my Beatrice Ryan Designs Facebook Page and make sure to share around social media too! Why share?? Because it shares our Love of Crochet!!

Until we meet again, Happy Crocheting!!!

Elena

©Copyright 2025 Elena Hunt/Beatrice Ryan Designs.  All of 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. Additionally, If you want to share on your own blog, website or social media, 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 link

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