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Throw Back Thursday Crochet… The love of doilies!!

January 30, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs 14 Comments

Last week I showed you a beautiful afghan my Grandmother Beatrice Ryan Ramshaw had made for her sister-in-law… I loved pulling it out and wrapping up in it… Great memories of my Great Aunt and my Grandmother!!

This week I pulled out a small part of my Doily Collection… She was known for her thread work and I remember many times watching her work on a doily or tablecloth! When I was growing up, I would get to spend the night with my cousin at our Grandmothers house… She watched Big Time Wrestling and Crocheted… Our treat was 7 up and Mothers Chocolate Chip Cookies… We played dress up with her fur coats and beautiful dresses and we even were allowed to try on her gorgeous costume jewelry! Great memories!! So here are just a few of those doilies I inherited…

I use these doilies all around the house… I may have up to 50 of her doilies in my collection!!! I do love working with thread… Just a month ago I found a beautiful ball of Peacock colored thread and whipped up my own doily… I thought of her so much while I was working on it!!!

Love this color!!! I would love to make a table runner out of this thread… Wouldn’t that be beautiful??

What about you?? Have you worked with thread…and if you have what have you made… Any tablecloths,,, table runners or doilies?

Happy Crocheting….

Elena

Filed Under: Patterns and Projects Tagged With: Afghan, Beatrice Ryan, Crochet, doilies, Doily, table cloth

Wednesday Facebook Fan Favorite…Week 24

January 29, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

Have you ever thought of your crochet season?? That’s when you tend to crochet more… mine is September-April… That’s not saying I don’t crochet the rest of the year… But, those colder months I have some sort of desire to work on things that keep me warm!! I can see that in our Facebook Fan Favorite Series... Each week over the last few months, there has been way more of you talking about and sharing these Daily Free Pattern finds… This weeks winner had almost 2000 comments, likes and views all on its own… And many of the other weekly finds had close to the same!! So here is the weekly Facebook Fan Favorite…

Patchwork Purse by Patons

Patchwork seems to be a hot trend this winter and if you are a bag/purse collector this stylish design may be just right for you!

If you are new to our Facebook segment,,, Each day I present a Daily Free Pattern Find that I have found while browsing the internet… The winner is selected by your views, comments, likes and shares! Also, Past segments (and there are tons of Free Patterns) are stored in my Facebook Photo Library… There are now 2 Photo Albums for this series,,, One album for 2013 Free Pattern Finds and a new 2014 Album…

CAL News:

We are having so much fun working on our Crochet-A-Long!!!! Last Friday on our Facebook “Show and Tell”, There were so many beautiful pictures posted… I have had a sneak peek already of a few week two projects… love them!!! It isn’t to late to join in the fun,,, Week 1 and 2 pattern sections are posted in the Crochet-a-Long tab at the top of the page and are easily completed…

Also you can follow along with the other 118 members over on Ravelry… And we have our own Pinterest Page just for our CAL progress pictures… Hop over and check all the great pictures out!!! If you would like to post your CAL pictures on the pinterest page,,, Just shoot me an email to [email protected] and I will have an invite sent by Pinterest for you to join in…

How is your CAL afghan coming along?? Mine is lovely so far… and I think you are going to LOVE week 3 pattern section!!!

Happy Crocheting…

Elena

Filed Under: Patterns and Projects Tagged With: Afghan, CAL, Crochet-a-Long, Facebook, Free Pattern

Charity Crochet and Friday Night Crochet-A-Long Fun…

January 17, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

Ahhhh,,, The weekend!! I love Fridays… It means I will have two days off from work and get to focus on Crochet for some true therapy!! This week I shared some pattern reviews and mentioned the hats that were made for the review would be going to charity… Each month I participate in ELK Studio From The Heart Charity Drive… Kathy Lashley founded this group several months ago. She has a Godly Heart and always is helping others!! She also is an excellent Crochet Designer… You can check out her designs at ELK Studio Handcrafted Crochet Designs…

This month our group is sending our donated Crochet Items to the Hosanna Home…Hosanna Home is simply what it says: A home, where we welcome in women with life controlling issues. We help them get their feet back on solid ground physically, spiritually and emotionally.

Here are the items I am sending off today for the group donation…

Four Amazing Grace Headbands…

Four hats from my Crochet Pattern Review…

If you are interested in joining our charity group… You can Email Kathy at [email protected]…. We have alot of fun crocheting for many great causes…

Beatrice Ryan Designs Crochet-A-Long…..

Tomorrow we start our first section of the Afghan… I will be posting the pattern directions in the morning and can’t wait for you to get started too… So to kick off our CAL… Tonight on Facebook we will have our first “Show and Tell”… You may be wondering what we will show and tell… Tonight we will share our yarn… At 4:00 EST I will have a post on Facebook that says Show and Tell… In the comment section,,, Shout out your yarn you are using and/or post a picture…. LET’S HAVE SOME FUN!!!

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena