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Monday Makings and Pattern Reviews….

February 17, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs 5 Comments

What a fun last week!!! I released my latest Free Crochet Pattern… Winter’s Twist Headband,,, The Crochet-A-Long is going fantastic,,, lots of great projects shared on Facebook last Friday on Show and Tell!!! My Sunburst Granny is now all most done… Squares are completed and joined,,, Now just for the edging!! And, I made 3 more hats for our upcoming charity drive at ELK Studio From The Heart… Wow… Now that’s alot of crochet!!

So here are some pictures and then… Reviews of the hats I made… Just in case you would like to make them too!!

First here is my Winter’s Twist Headband… Click Here for the link to the Free Pattern!

Next,,, Week 5 Crochet-A-Long… Click the tab “Crochet-A-Long at the top of the page to get going on this great afghan!!

And here is how my Sunburst Granny Square Blanket is coming along… All that’s left is the edging… I hope to finish that up by tonight!!

Now on the the reviews…

The first hat is from ELK Studio Handcrafted Crochet Designs… This is Kathy’s Country Appeal Hat… This is a Free Pattern! As usual, this pattern is easy to read and can be made in one evening… Kathy is quite the hat designer and as you know,,, I have made several of her wonderful patterns… This hat is one of my favorites!! The texture she designed makes this very cozy and comfortable to wear! It is worked from the bottom up to assure a great fit!! So if you would like to make this Country Appeal Hat, Click Here

Country Appeal Hat

The Second Hat I made is the Surface Braid Hat by The Laughing Willow… To make this hat, Click Here for the Free Pattern… I have wanted to make this style of hat for a while and just found this pattern recently!! It is a great technique to get the fun effect on the right side of the hat… This technique makes the hat very stretchy and plush!!! I actually ended up making two… I need to send off at least 4 hats to the charity… so now I am ready… I have these 3 hats and one from last weeks review.

Flat Braid Hat

I hope you had a great Crochet Week!!!

Happy Crocheting!!

Filed Under: Patterns and Projects Tagged With: Afghan, Crochet-a-Long, Free Pattern, Granny Square, Hat, Sunburst

Wednesday Facebook Fan Favorite… Week 22

January 15, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

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This week we have another great Free Crochet Hat Pattern as our weekly Facebook Fan Favorite!!!! This hat was one I reviewed earlier this week and totally fell in love with!!! The one I made will be headed to a charity later this week along with several other items… This Free Crochet Hat pattern was one of the largest Fan Favorites so far!!!

If you haven’t tuned in to my daily segment ” Daily Free Pattern Find…Would use wear this? Would you make it? Tell me what you think… Here is the FREE PATTERN link if you like it..” Take a peek!!! Each day I feature a free crochet pattern that I have found during my internet browsing… You can see past segments in my Photo Album titled the same over on Facebook! The winners are chosen by Facebook Fans liking, commenting and sharing these segments… So cast your vote over on Facebook for next week’s Fan Favorite!!

Here is this weeks Facebook Fan Favorite….

The pattern is written in Italian… But also has a graph and English directions! I am not clear if they wrote this pattern or translated it from another site… The pattern is made of basic stitches and was very easy for an intermediate crocheter! The only problem I ran into was… They left out the directions for rows 11-14… It was simple for me to figure out by looking at the hat that we were just going to repeat the 9 & 10 two more times and then continue to the directions for rows 15-20… The nice thing about this hat was… It turned out exactly like the picture and I love it!! If you want to make this hat don’t shy away because of the multi language directions… The English version is typed in red and easy to see… and if you remember to repeat rows 9 & 10 for the missing directions you will have no problem if you are a beginner! Click Here for the Free Crochet Pattern!

January Viewer’s Choice Crochet-A-Long…. Are you ready,,, Do you have your yarn and hook??? Only 3 more days for the first Pattern Post!!!! Saturday Jan. 18th tune in for the first weeks instructions for this really fun Afghan I am designing just for you!!!! You can also join in my Ravelry group, Pinterest Page and Facebook… Friday evenings we will be having Show and Tell on Facebook where you can post your progress pictures… You can also post your progress pictures on to the Pinterst page too… Just shoot me an email to join the Pinterst group and I will add you to the list to post there!! [email protected]…

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena.

Filed Under: Patterns and Projects Tagged With: Crochet, Facebook, Free Pattern, Hat, Pattern, Pinterst, Ravelry

Weekend WIP’s and Free Crochet Pattern Review!!! What’s on your hook?? Let’s Chat….

January 11, 2014 By Beatrice Ryan Designs 20 Comments

Saturday night and time to crochet!!!! Last night I started a whirlwind of crocheting… I have a charity donation coming up to send off some hats to… So I thought it was time to get “Hookin“!! I looked over some of the Free Crochet Patterns I hosted over on my Facebook daily segment “Would you wear it, Would you make it?? Tell me what you think…” I found 3 patterns that I really wanted to try!!!

I made 4 great hats in the last 24 hours… 3 of them from that segment!!! So here we go… A Saturday Night Free Crochet Pattern Review!!

The first hat is from my great friend Kathy Lashley from ELK Studio Handcrafted Crochet Designs… This is her Inspired by Taylor Beret/Tam Hat Pattern… It was the easiest to make of the three patterns. Her directions are clear and simple,,, And she uses very basic crochet stitches to make this cute hat! I was able to crochet this hat while watching a movie and not look at the pattern to many times… voila… easy!~ If you like Beret Style Hats… This one is for you!! Click here for the Free Crochet Pattern!~

Inspired by Taylor Beret/Tam by ELK Studio Handcrafted Crochet Designs

The second hat was the most interesting to make… It is the Mariposas Beanie by “e” Lee over at the Crochet Lounge… This was a fun Bright Purple Hat! The reason I say “The most interesting to make” was due to the stitches and the crochet terminology she used… She goes out of her way to have a full description of every stitch used and explains it perfectly! She uses the standing DC, Foundation SC, Chainless Start DC and much more! If you havent used these stitches before… This pattern was well written with tutorials on these stitches and it will boost your skills to the next level!! To get this Free Crochet Pattern Click Here!

Mariposas Beanie by “e” Lee at The Crochet Lounge

The third hat is the hat that falls into “My Style”… This definitely is a hat I would wear and I think I may be making another one to keep! The pattern is written in Italian… But also has a graph and English directions! I am not clear if they wrote this pattern or translated it from another site… The pattern is made of basic stitches and was very easy for an intermediate crocheter! The only problem I ran into was… They left out the directions for rows 11-14… It was simple for me to figure out by looking at the hat that we were just going to repeat the 9 & 10 two more times and then continue to the directions for rows 15-20… The nice thing about this hat was… It turned out exactly like the picture and I love it!! If you want to make this hat don’t shy away because of the multi language directions… The English version is typed in red and easy to see… and if you remember to repeat rows 9 & 10 for the missing directions you will have no problem if you are a beginner! Click Here for the Free Crochet Pattern!

SCHEME WITH FANS HAT by PBI…

The fourth and final hat was not from a pattern… I had some cool yarn I wanted to make a simple beanie with.. I added a Twisted Stitch row around the center… It was easy and fun to make and my daughter loved this yarn and wants me to make her something out of it!!