Bobble Heart washcloth

Happy Leap Day!



If you saw my post earlier this month, I made a square from the pattern found here.  This time, I made the square in 100% cotton yarn so that it could be used as a fun washcloth!  I love how it turned out.




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St. Paddy's Day Wash/Dish Cloth

This was inspired by a post from a crochet group I am in.  Here is the recipe for making your own:

I used an I hook (5.5 mm) and 1 skein of Lily's Sugar'n Cream 100% Cotton Yarn

Ch 24.

1.  dc5tg in 3rd chain from hook, ch 1, sk 1, (dc5tg, ch 1, sk 1) across.  End with dc in last ch.  Ch 2, turn

2.  (dc5tg in ch-1 sp, ch 1, sk 1) across.  End with dc in last st.  Ch 2, turn.

Repeat row 2 until item is an even square, or until as long as desired.

If you make one, I would love to see the results!

Goddess Doll

I found this free pattern on Ravelry.  You can make your own Goddess Doll in a variety of sizes by altering your hook and yarn choices.

Winter Hat

I started with a free pattern, found here, but ended up changing it up.  I used Worsted Weight Yarn (10 ply) and an I hook (5.5 mm).  I did 72 chains, but you can increase or decrease the size of the hat by adding or removing in 8 stitch groupings.  The stitches that resemble flakes or petals are apparently called the lush stitch, and I found several videos on YouTube that helped me figure it out since the website instructions were not very clear.

I changed the top of the hat (after 4 repeats of the pattern) into decreasing double crochets.

Owl Feather Cowl

This is a creative and fun cowl pattern from Spider Mambo Designs.  The cowl uses worsted weight yarn (10 ply) and an I (5.5 mm) hook.  It works up quickly and the results are fabulous.

Dragon Scale Bonnet Slouch

I made two of the Dragon Scale Bonnet Slouch hats from Spider Mambo designs.  For both designs, I used an I hook (5.5 mm).  For one, I used a worsted weight yarn (10 ply).  For the other, which I turned into a beanie instead of a bonnet, I used Red Heart Unforgettable Boutique yarn.  These are the end results.  I left off the pom-poms as suggested in the pattern.  I have seen some other people create some really cute hats from this pattern using a solid and varigated yarn.

Heart Square

A fellow crocheter had recently posted a picture of a blanket made from this bobble heart square, and so I wanted to attempt the square to see if it was easy to do.  There is a family wedding in the near future and I thought about making a blanket for the couple, but wanted to give this square a try before I jumped in.

The pattern is free on Ravelry.  Instead of a written out pattern, it is a graph pattern.  Although I have not done a lot of graph patterns, this one is easy to follow and the designer did a good job explaining the stitches.  The finished square for me ended up being just about 8.5 x 8.5" using an I (5.5 mm) hook and worsted weight (10 ply) yarn.

The picture above is not blocked, but the square does work up relatively quickly.  If you are not familiar with following graphs, I think this is a pretty good one to start with.

I am still not certain what I will make with the finished square, but I will definitely be making more of these.