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Holiday Weekend Crochet…

May 27, 2013 By Beatrice Ryan Designs 7 Comments

This weekend was a little quieter than most… I had the house to myself for the majority of Saturday and Sunday… So, how would I spend it… Crocheting of course (and some gardening)! I couldn’t wait to dig in to some new projects…

My crochet work will be featured at Alpine Originals for June’s Artwalk the fourth Friday of June… So, I am building up a large variety of crochet items for everyone to enjoy. I’m hoping to show crochet as more than just Afghans and Doilies… Over the next month I will be showing it off here too! I will also be making my “Annual” Flag Rugs and Flag Potholders… They are always popular and each year I make one Flag Rug to sell… This year I may make two being that I am featured right before The Fourth of July… Stay tuned for pictures of these Rugs…

Here is what I whipped up this weekend… Whew!

This cute hat is based on Karla Rae’s pattern for her Big Girl Bonnet on Ravelry. I made a few changes to the bill and used a smaller hook than recommended… Great pattern!

These Spiral Potholders are adapted from Barbara Langer’s Spiral Coaster/Potholder Pattern on Ravelry. I loosely followed her pattern and made several changes to get them just how I wanted them to turn out! Another great Ravelry pattern!

This is a great pattern by Lily/Sugar’n Cream for Mobile Phone Covers… My phone would love to sit in one of these… I closely followed their pattern,,, with only a few small adjustments…

I just love Ravelry… If you haven’t found it yet, check it out… It is the best Crochet Site for all levels of crocheters!

Well, 14 more items on their way to Alpine Originals… Wow, that was a lot of crocheting this weekend!

So here is to Ravelry, Artwalks and Crocheting!

Elena

Filed Under: Patterns and Projects Tagged With: Afghans, Coaster, Crochet, Hook, Pattern, Potholders, Projects, Ravelry, Rugs

Knitting & Crocheting Blog Week….

April 22, 2013 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

This is the 4th Annual Knit & Crochet Blog Week… This week all participants will be posting daily according to the guidelines to celebrate our blogging communities and our art… To get more details you can follow along at Eskimimi Makes.

The challenge starts today by choosing the style of our craft and the “House” it fits into… Obviously I am an avid crocheter and I would say my style is useful and cozy crochet items…

After looking over the Houses to choose from,,, It was a bit hard to decide… I think I lean towards the House of Bee’s… The House of Bee: Bees are busy and industrious, but can flit from one interesting project to the next as bright and shiny things capture their interest…… But a close second is the House of Monkey’s… The House of Monkey: Intelligent and with a fun-loving side, Monkeys like to be challenged with every project presenting them with something new and interesting.

The House of Bee’s… I have several projects going… And, I always seem to be thinking of the next one… Since the beginning of the year, I have completed well over 50 crochet projects, including 4 Afghans,,, I have written 4 patterns and have been posting on this blog at least twice a week…

The House of Monkey’s… I have really challenged myself this year by publishing my first 2 patterns – Available on Ravelry or Here,,, Starting a Crochet-A-Long and Blogging… All of these have been really fun and pushed new areas in my crochet life… I also have been creating dozens of new items for Alpine Originals, where I sell my creations… I love to create and start something new… Each new project is a fun challenge and keeps me wanting to create more… Here are a few of my past favorites…

Lots of fun stuff going on this week… Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post and Knit & Crochet Blog Week!

Elena

Filed Under: Patterns and Projects Tagged With: 4KCBWDAY1, Afghans, Crochet, Crochet-a-Long, Pattern, Project, Ravelry

8 March 2013

Week 2..National Crochet Month… A Peek At The Next Free Pattern

March 8, 2013 By Beatrice Ryan Designs Leave a Comment

It’s National Crochet Month,,, Week 2… I am so excited to be working on my next pattern to be published here on my site and on ravelry.com later this week!

I live in a very small town and crochet supplies are hard to come by… I needed some new yarn to work on this project and my new pattern. This go around I was able to find what I needed for a reasonable price at amazon.com and it arrived at my home yesterday… It was so exciting to open a box and see new skeins of yarn to add to my stash!

Some great yarn to start a new project…

I started my project right away… So excited to write a new pattern and make my newest item to deliver later this week to the shop. This month our town will re-start the once a month Art Walk. The theme at Alpine Originals (the shop where I sell) is Children… So they will be highlighting all the artists (including me) and all the children’s items they make… I am busy making extra kids items just for this event! Hint…. The next FREE PATTERN is in this category…

A little preview of the next FREE PATTERN

Stay tuned in the next couple days for more on this Pattern and pictures of this project. It is sweet and soft and just right for a little angel to snuggle…

So here is to Projects, Patterns and National Crochet Month!

Elena