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Crochet Hat Obsession….

August 8, 2013 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

Once again when I sat down to crochet last night, I pondered what to work on… I have several works in progress… Lots of things on the back burner and I really felt like whipping something quick up… again!

I loved the hat I made the day before! Kathy Lashley’s Hounds Tooth Hat from her Free Pattern Page at Elk Studio Handcrafted Crochet designs… I made some adjustments to make it feminine… I got a great response to the additions of the brim and flower… But last night I really just wanted to make her pattern and follow it to see what I thought of just the beanie… Masculine or Feminine would only be determined by the colors…

This is my first hat with the feminine touch… Tuesday nights project!

I decided to go with my daughters school colors for the first hat of the night.. “Blue and Gold”… I loved the way it turned out!!!

Blue and Gold Hounds Tooth Hat…

The second one I whipped up was just colors I love… Grey and Berry!

Grey and Berry Hounds Tooth Hat….

Wednesday Night Crochet… 2 Hats in 4 hours… Whew!!!!!

I can see making tons of these for my shops I sell in… They will be a hit! Pop over to Kathy’s Blog to see more of her fantastic designs!!! Elk Studio Handcrafted Crochet Designs, Great designs and wonderful Southern Style… Love her sight and Love her too,,, She is so inspirational!

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So here is to Hounds Tooth Hats, Crochet Obsession and School Colors!

Elena

Filed Under: Patterns and Projects Tagged With: Color, Crochet, Flower, Free Pattern, Hat

A Crochet Addict’s Mother-Daughter Weekend…

August 6, 2013 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

Yes, I love to crochet,,, Rarely does a day go by that I am not working on a project! Today I wanted to share a little mother-daughter bonding/fun/vacation tradition.

For the last decade, I have taken my youngest daughter on a weekend trip every summer. The focus is to buy her school clothes and spend some quality time together… This was her final year… She will be a senior and my last one at home… Kinda bittersweet!

Over the last decade our trip has evolved from the types of clothes she chose, the city we go to and what we do to entertain ourselves. It use to be great to spend a day in the mall,,, grab the clothes (of which she wasn’t very picky)… and hit the hotel swimming pool after a quick dinner at a homey restaurant… To a decade later we seem to do a large city excursion, 2 days filled with multiple malls, pedicures, movie theaters, hot tubs, fancy restaurants, longer stays and more thought put into the wardrobe!.

So I wanted to share just a few pictures of our weekend excursion…

The drive… With my baby driving… Yummy food at a great restaurant,,, Trying a new guitar out for this years school project (Learning to Play)

We got our noses pierced…

Stopped by my longtime BFF’s Antique Store in Sacramento

A stop at a great orchard for some fresh produce…

Yarn shopping for something special

So for this last year,,, we did a few special things… here is the rundown!

Drive to Sacramento,,, Stayed in an extra nice room for 3 nights… Shopped for 2 days at 2 major malls, pedicures, great lunches at nice restaurants, evening hot tubing, nose’s pierced, fancy dinner at a Japanese restaurant, Two evenings at movie theaters,,,one of them at an IMAX Theater, friends antiques store, yarn shopping, great orchard where we picked out all our favorites including dehydrated chili-sugar encrusted mango’s… stopped by to see family on the trip home and yes,,, I did crochet in the evenings in the room! It was a great trip and we both have looked forward to being with each other (sometimes rare with a teenager)…

Lots of crochet coming down the line! Hope your weekend was great!

So here is to Tradition, Mother-Daughter Weekends and Crochet!

Elena

Filed Under: Life of a small town girl! Tagged With: Crochet, Yarn

Beatrice Ryan Designs… We have a winner!

August 1, 2013 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

I know you are all sitting on the edge of your seats to see if you were the winner of the great little prize package!!! I just want to really thank those who participated and everyone who is following along… I have a lot of very exciting things coming up!!

So… Here it is.. The winner is Sue McQ,,,, She loved the posts on the Owls… Thank you Sue!!! Just give me a quick email at [email protected] with your shipping information and your gift will be on the way!!

Cute Owl Hats…Sue’s Prize Package!