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18 September 2021 Festival of Fall Afghan Crochet Along… Week 6!

Festival of Fall Afghan Crochet Along… Week 6!

September 18, 2021 By 1 Comment

Yes… Festival of Fall Afghan CAL, Week 6… Now we are 60% complete!

This CAL is so easy… Same square each week… Just different color combinations! If you are just joining in, this week puts us at 10 of the 15 squares completed… You Still have plenty of time to catch up!

All previous weeks can be found in the Crochet with Me tab at the top of the page along with all the other CAL’s I have designed.

See this weeks squares below!

Each week we will be changing the color order up just a bit to make this a fun, whimsical Fall Afghan. But, you can make yours any color scheme you would like.. Some people are doing this as a scrapghan which is a great idea too!!! You can join Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Facebook Group to see all the other projects..

See below all 10 of my squares that are for the first 6 weeks….

Yarn:

Red Heart ~ I recommend 5 colors, but minimum of 2 to show off the textural stitching. I used both With Love (370 yds ea) and Super Saver (364 Yds ea)colors to get the color scheme I wanted:

  • A~ With Love in Boysenberry (2 skeins)
  • B~ Super Saver in Gold (3 skeins)
  • C~ Super Saver in Dark Orchid (3 skeins)
  • D~ Super Saver in Carrot (2 skeins)
  • E~ With Love in Spinach (2 skeins)

This week make 1 square in this color scheme

  • Row 1 – C
  • Row 2 – D
  • Row 3 – E
  • Row 4 – A
  • Row 5 – B
  • Row 6 – C
  • Row 7 – D
  • Row 8 – E
  • Row 9 – A
  • Row 10 – B
  • Row 11 – C

AND Make 1 square in this color scheme

  • Row 1 – D
  • Row 2 –E
  • Row 3 – A
  • Row 4 – B
  • Row 5 – C
  • Row 6 – D
  • Row 7 – E
  • Row 8 – A
  • Row 9 – B
  • Row 10 – C
  • Row 11 – D

Grab your yarn and hooks and get started on your blocks, since these squares were a previous pattern…  Click Here for the link to the pattern!

All weekly links will be updated in the Crochet with Me tab at the top of this page for future use.

You can have more fun by joining the Beatrice Ryan Designs Crochet Along Group on Facebook

Grand Prize:

At the end of the CAL a drawing will be held for a $50 Amazon Gift Card. To enter you will email me a picture of your finished Festival of Fall Afghan by 10/26, each entry will be numbered and I will use a random number generator to pick the winner on October 30th. More details to come!

Don’t forget to follow me on my social media sites for more fun!

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, My CAL Facebook Group, and Pinterest

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I hope you love this project!!  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!!

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

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22 August 2021 Mariposa Prairie Summer Bag Crochet Along… Week 3!

Mariposa Prairie Summer Bag Crochet Along… Week 3!

August 22, 2021 By Leave a Comment

Let’s finish this bag up and start using it! Week 1, we made the bottom of the bag, Week 2 we made the sides… This week we will put it all together and finish it up!

You can find the links for this CAL and all my others in the Crochet with Me tab at the top of this page including the Festival of Fall Afghan CAL we just started!! I update them each post.

Also, you can subscribe to my posts by email in the Stay Connected box in the right sidebar on this page.

At the end of the CAL, this pattern will be posted in full on my free pattern page and also be available for sale as a PDF… Stay tuned

Join the Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Facebook Group for more fun!

Stitches:

Week 3 stitching: 

Ch–Chain St -Stitch Sl St – Slip Stitch  Sc – Single Crochet Blsc–Back Loop Single Crochet  Dc – Double Crochet

Dec – Decrease

X St – Sk next st, Dc in the next st after sk, dc back into the first sk st.

Rev Sc – Reverse Single Crochet

Finished Size:

9″ dia. base x 13 1/2″ tall x 13 1/2″ dia. top of bag

Instructions for Week 3:

Joining to the bottom:

Staying with Color A

The bottom of your bag has 78 Stitches and your sides have 100 rows. You will be sc around joining the side edge of rows to your bottom bag sts. To do this, pin your side edge around the bottom to space it out before you begin. See the picture below.

Row 1. Join your last st of the side row to any st in the last row of the bottom of the bag using a sl st. Sc through both stitches of the side of the bag row ends and bottom of the bag sts all the way around. You should have 78 Sc, if you are close that will be just fine.

You should now be at the seam of the side of the bag and you will be working up the side to join.

Row 2: Continuing up the side of the bag, sc in both sts of the last row of the side and the first row of the side. = 100 sc (See pic)

*Once the bag is stretched out you will barely be able to see the seam.

Top of Bag

Continuing with Color A and the outside of the bag facing you… around the top of the side edges of your bag.

Round 1: Ch 1, sc 100 evenly around, Join with sl st to beginning sc. = 100 sc

Finish off

Changing to color B, join with sl st to any bl st.

Round 2: Ch 1, blsc around, join with sl st to beginning blsc. = 100 blsc

Round 3: Ch 1, sc around, join with sl st to beginning sc. = 100 sc

Round 4: Ch 3(counts as dc), dc in next st, X st over the next 2 sts, *dc in next 2 sts, X st over the next 2 sts*, repeat *to* around, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3. = 50 dc & 25 Xsts

Round 5: Ch 1, sc around, join with sl st to beginning sc. = 100 sc

Finish off

Join Color A with a sl st to any st.

Round 6: Ch 1, sc in 1st 18 sts, dec over the next 2 sts, * sc in next 18 sts, dec*, repeat *to* around. Join with sl st to beginning sc. = 95 sc

Round 7: Ch 1, rev sc around, Join with sl st. = 95 rev sc

Finish off

You are now done with the bag and we will move on to the strap.

Strap

Cut 9 – 88″ pieces of yarn (6 color A and 3 color b)

Using 2A and 1 B each and leaving a 4″ tail, make a knot. Then braid the 3 groups of yarn together. to bottom with a knot at the end and a 4″ tail.

Trim the ends to be even.

Using your braid, weave behind the X sts and in front of the 2 dc’s(both) from round 4 all the way around. Knot the braid together approximately 8″ above the knots.

That’s it… You have completed your Mariposa Prairie Bag!!! You can pull up 1 long loop of the braid in the back of the bag for a long strap or 2 shorter straps on each side of your bag! I hope you love it!

Don’t forget to follow me on my social media sites for more fun!

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, My CAL Facebook Group, and Pinterest

I hope you love this project!!  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!!

For my Vintage Treasures Adventure… Cha Cha’s Vintage Treasures… eBay, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

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8 May 2021 Sunset Butterflies Shawl… Free Crochet Pattern!!!

Sunset Butterflies Shawl… Free Crochet Pattern!!!

May 8, 2021 By 1 Comment

Sunset Butterflies Shawl is a fun, lightweight shawl that is perfect for the cool Summer evenings… This crochet pattern is easy to make and the self striping yarn make it a breeze! Best of all it is a Free Crochet Pattern, but also available as a PDF!

When I started the pattern, I didn’t realize it would turn out looking like beautiful butterflies throughout the shawl.. However, once done.. I was super excited to see the colorful design turn into floating butterflies! And of course the colors reminds me of the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen! I hope you love my latest crochet pattern and can’t wait to see our projects!

Sunset Butterflies Shawl

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Click here to head to Ravelry and add this Sunset Butterflies Shawl to your favorites or purchase the PDF!!!

Supplies:

Yarn~ 962 yards of #4 worsted weight yarn. I used 2 skeins of Lion Brand Shawl in a Ball in Community Coral

Hook~ I

Scissors and Yarn Needle

Stitches:

  • Ch – Chain
  • St – Stitch
  • Sk – Skip
  • Sl St – Slip Stitch
  • Sc – Single Crochet
  • Dc – Double Crochet
  • Trc – Treble Crochet
  • V st – V stitch: (dc, ch1, dc) in designated stitch
  • Shell – Shell: (5 trc, ch 1, 5 trc) in designated st
  • Cl – Cluster: YO, insert into st, pull up loop, YO, draw through 2 loops, YO, insert into same st, pull up loop, YO, draw through 2 loop, YO and draw through all 3 loops on hook.

Size:

72″ x 24″ Blocked

Instructions:

Ch 144

Row 1: Dc in 4th ch from hook and each ch across. = 142 dc

Rows 2 & 3: Ch 3(counts as dc now and throughout), turn, dc in each st across. = 142 dc

Row 4: Ch 3, turn, dc in next st, sk st, *v st in next st, sk 2 sts*, repeat *to* across to the last 3 sts, sk st, dc in last 2 sts. = 4 dc & 46 v sts

Row 5: Ch 3, turn, dc in each dc and each ch 1 sp across(all 3 sts of the v st). = 142 dc

Rows 6 – 11: Repeat rows 2 – 5, then repeat rows 2 and 3 one more time

Row 12: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across. = 142 sc

Row 13: Ch 1, turn, sc in 1st st, *sk 4 sts, shell in next st, sk 4 sts, sc in next st*, repeat *to* 13 more times, sc in last st. = 14 shells & 16 sc

Row 14: Ch 4(counts as trc now and throughout), turn, *(trc, ch 1, trc) in next st, ch 5, sc in next ch 1 sp of shell, ch 5*, repeat *to* 13 more times, (trc, ch 1, trc) in last st. = 31 trc, 30- ch1, 28 ch 5 & 14 sc

Row 15: Ch 1, turn, *sc in ch 1 sp between trc’s, shell in next sc*, repeat *to* across, sc in ch 1 sp between last 2 trc’s, sc in last st. = 14 shells & 16 sc **in this row you will have an extra trc on one end

Rows 16 – 26: Repeat rows 14 & 15, then 14 one more time.

Row 27: Ch 1, turn, *sc in ch 1 sp between trc’s, 4sc in next ch 5 sp, sc in next sc, 4 sc in next ch 5 sp*, repeat *to* across, sc in ch 1 sp between last 2 trc’s, sc in last trc. = 142 sc

Row 28: Ch 1, turn, dc in each st across. = 142 dc

Rows 29 – 30: repeat rows 2-5, then rows 2 and 3 one more time.

Finish off

Sunset Butterflies Shawl

End Borders:

Working down the side edge of the rows, join yarn with sl st where you finished off.

Row 1: Sc 101 sts evenly across

Row 2: Ch 3, turn, *dc in next 3 sts, ch 3, sk 2 sts, sc in next st, ch 3, sk 3 sts, sc in next st, ch 3, sk 2 sts*, repeat *to* across, dc in last 4 sts. =24 ch3, 16 sc & 29 dc

Row 3: Ch 3, turn, dc in next 3 sts, *sk next ch 3, (cl, ch2) 4 times in next ch 3 sp, cl in same sp, sk next ch 3 sp, dc in next 3 sts*, repeat *to* across, dc in last st. = 8 cl shells & 29 dc

Row 4: Ch 3, turn, dc in next 3 sts, *ch 3, sk ch 2 sp, sc in next ch 2 sp, ch 3, sk next ch 2 sp, sc in next ch 2 sp, ch 3, dc in next 3 sts*, repeat *to* across, dc in last st. = 29 dc, 24 ch 3sp & 16 sc

Rows 5 – 15: Repeat rows 3 and 4, then row 3 one more time

Row 16: Ch 3, turn, *dc in next 3 sts, (sl st, ch 3, sl st in next ch 2 sp) 4 times*, repeat *to* across, dc in last 4 sts. = 29 dc & 32 (sl st, ch 3, sl st)

Finish off

Turn to opposite end of shawl

Repeat rows 1 – 16

Finish off

Lightly block using either the steam method or wet method

Congratulations, you now have a Sunset Butterflies Shawl!! Make sure to check out more of my Free Crochet Patterns!

Don’t forget to follow me on my social media sites for more fun!

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, My CAL Facebook Group, and Pinterest

I hope you love this project!!  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!!

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

©Copyright 2021 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 link

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