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2 October 2014

Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Amazing Grace Crochet Charity Drive…

October 2, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and you all know how much I like to support the cause!!! Are you participating in the Amazing Grace Crochet Charity Drive and your chance for the fun Prize Package??

Only 4 more weeks to get your donations mailed into me for the big donation to Crochet For Cancer!!

Hopefully you will try to make a few of the Amazing Grace Free Patterns for this event!!

For all the details on this event… Click Here or on the Amazing Grace Crochet Charity Drive Tab at the top of the page!!

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30 September 2014

Winter’s Edge Scarf… Free Crochet Pattern!!

September 30, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs 22 Comments

This soft, simple scarf is perfect to dress up your winter wardrobe!! You may wonder about the name… Winter’s Edge is the season when the air changes and your feel the cool edge setting in! I hope you enjoy making this project… And best of all, it can be completed in one weekend!!

If you love this pattern,,, Add it to your Ravelry favorites and queue for easy access…Click Here!

Materials:

Yarn ~ DK weight yarn (size 3 light) or Sport weight yarn(size 2 fine) total 475 yards ~ Pictured is yarn by James C Brett in Aria, color Z5… This is an Acrylic, Wool, Mohair Blend with Sequins, I felt like this was between a size 2 & 3 due to the fuzziness and sequins

Hook ~ G

Scissors

Finished Measurement:

66″ x 8″ After lightly steam blocking

Stitches:

Sk ~ Skip Sts ~ Stitches Ch ~ Chain Sl St ~ Slip Stitch Sc ~ Single Crochet Dc ~ Double Crochet

Instructions:

Ch 41

Row 1: Sc in 2nd Ch from hook and each across. =40 Sc

Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as Dc now and throughout), Turn, *Sk next 2 Sts, 5 Dc in next St, Sk 3 Sts, Dc in next st, Dc in previous 3rd Sk St (This will form an X St pattern), Sk St, Dc in next St, Dc in previous Sk St(forms 2nd X St), Sk St, Dc in next St, Dc in previous Sk St(forms 3rd X St)* Repeat * * 2 more times, Sk 2 Sts, 5 Dc in next St, Sk 2 Sts, Dc in last St. = 4 (5 Dc Shells), 9 X Sts and 2 Dcs. 40 Sts total

Rows 3-97: Repeat Row 2

Row 98: Ch 1 Turn, Sc across. = 40 Sc

Edging

Row 1: Ch 1 Turn, Sc in 1st St, *Ch 3, Sk 2 Sts, Sc in next St*. Repeat * * Across. = 13 Ch 2 Spaces

Row 2: Ch 1, Turn, Sc in 1st St, *(2 Sc, Ch 3, 2 Sc) all in the next Ch 3 space*. Repeat Across, Sc in the last St. = 13 (2Sc, Ch 3, 2 Sc) repeats and 2 Sc.

Finish Off.

Repeat on the opposite end.

Congratulations! You are ready to wear your Scarf!!

You can lightly steam block or wet block your scarf to enhance the stitches and help the scarf shape into the right size.

*** You may make and sell products from my patterns, but if you do I ask that you link back to my post. Please do not copy and post this pattern and claim it as your own. Please do not re-publish photos as your own.***

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

29 September 2014

Crochet with Me!! Brand new weekly crochet segment…

September 29, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs 5 Comments

Join me each week for my new segment.. Crochet with Me!!

How would you like to hang out with a group of girlfriends and make fun, fabulous afghans?? You have found the right place!! Every couple of months I will pick a fun afghan to make… I will post the link to the free pattern by a great designer and we will get hookin’!! Each week I will assign a few rows to complete by our next segment,,, Yep.. You guessed it~ This is a Crochet Along!

I will post a new “Crochet with Me” segment each week to show my progress with the featured afghan… I will talk about the pattern, the designer, the yarn and stitches used in the project… For those of you who join me on this fun adventure… You can email me you progress photos and I will include your photos in the segment too!!

Are you ready to Crochet with Me?? Let’s get started!!

For our first project I have chosen an afghan I have been wanting to make for years… The Vintage Fan Ripple Afghan!

Vintage Fan Ripple Afghan…

Photo is from ~ A Creative Being’s version of this great afghan…

This pattern has been around forever, You can find several patterns for this around the web! I have chosen to use the pattern and tutorial that was provided by Wink over at A Creative Being!! She has a great eye for color and her photo tutorial is wonderful too!! So… Let’s get started!! Here is what you will need to get started…

Head over to A Creative Being’s website to grab the instructions… and make sure you say hi while you are there!! Click Here for the pattern…

Next… Gather your supplies… Yarn, hook and other crochet necessities!

Then… Get Hookin’!!

Weekly Row Assignment… Choose how large you would like your afghan to be and Complete 2 color segments… She has this listed in steps instead of rows… So it will be step one, then repeat step 2-5 twice for two color sections… Each section of color is a repeat of steps 2-5!

I cant wait to see how we do with our first couple rows… Make sure to email me you pictures for next weeks Crochet with Me segment!!