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St. Pattie’s Day Hookin…

St Patricks Day is a special day in our family…  Today is my Grandmother Beatrice Ryan’s Birthday…  I always loved that she was Irish and born on St Patricks day!!! You all may be wearing something green today for St Patricks Day,,, But what will you be crocheting today??

I will be finishing up the last week’s design for our Crochet-A-Long!!!  We only have the edging left..  It has been so much fun!!  I have had several viewers who didn’t participate ask if the pattern will stay available… Yes, I will be cleaning it up into a normal pattern once the CAL is over… and it will remain as a Free Crochet Pattern!!

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CAL Afghan.. Week 9, Only the edging row remaining..

For those of you who are participating, Don’t forget you can be eligible for the special prize at the end… A JoAnn’s Giftcard… Click Here for the rules!

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This weekend I actually took a break from Crochet..I know… I can’t believe I didn’t crochet all weekend… You may be wondering why??  My good friend and I took our girls to check a nice college out and made it a mini vacation!!  We had so much fun and the college was well worth seeing!!  Both girls are really considering this particular one and we all had a blast because it was on the Northern California Coast!!

Since the girls were little (BFF’s since Kindergarten) I have taken pictures of them as I walked behind them… I thought I would share some from this trip…

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A Walk Around Humboldt State

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A Great Afternoon on Moonstone Beach…

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The Girls Splashing Around

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Great Adventure On The Beach

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The Redwood Cathedral Tree and Trees of Mystery…

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Back Home To Our Little Mountain Town…

Happy St Patricks Day Crochet!!

Elena

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Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL… Week 9

Our Crochet-A-Long Afghan is almost done and we are on the home stretch!!!  I hope you love this weeks section,,, Because it is the last section before we start the edging…Yay, we are almost done!!  This week is a simple section worked in the round, but adds a nice finishing touch to our project and a nice base for the edging!!

Week 9 Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL…

Week 9

*Note: This week we will be working in the round on the right side.  We will also be working in the Back Loops Only.

It is still very important to check your project each row to make sure your stitches are the same Top/Bottom and Right/Left.

Row 30:     Join Neutral Yarn with Sl St to any stitch in the Back Loop.  Ch 1, Sc in same St (back loop) as joining and each St across to the corner.  *3 Sc in the Corner Space, Sc across.* Repeat * * around to beginning Sc. Join with Sl St and finish off.

Row 31-34:      Working in Back Loops.  Join contrasting color to any stitch with Sl St. Ch 1, Sc in same stitch and each stitch across to corner. *3 Sc in the corner stitch (The corner stitch will be the middle/2nd stitch of the previous corner) , Sc across to next corner.* Repeat * * Around. Join with Slip St to beginning Sc. Finish off.

You have now completed the base of your afghan and now only have the edging to do!!!!  We will be doing a simple edging…So come back next week and lets get this finished up!!!

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Happy Crocheting!!!

Elena

Wednesday Facebook Fan Favorite… Week 30

It’s time again to show off a Free Pattern Find that was chosen by my Facebook fans!!  This last week was filled with tons of great Free Pattern Finds…  Hard to choose a favorite… With the voting being close once again,,, Your likes, comments and shares of this great pattern made it this weeks winner!!!

So here is this weeks Fan Favorite…  This is the Lacy Trellis Poncho by Jennifer at Tw-In Stitches… I love this soooo much!  I am definitely going to make this project!!! What about you??  Hop over to Tw-In Stitches and check out all of  Jennifer’s great crochet projects and ideas!!

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Also… Our Crochet-A-Long is coming along great… So many great CAL projects being posted on Facebook Show and Tell Friday evenings… I love it!!!  Stop by and check it out this coming Friday at 5pm EST!

I am working on a really great project… It is a colorful baby blanket… The shower is coming up soon… I would love to show it to you now…But the mother-to-be occasionally hangs out with us here at Beatrice Ryan Designs!!  So,,, I will show you after the baby shower!!  You will love it!!

I hope you have a great crochet week… What are you working on??  

 

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena