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Tag Archives: crochet

Granny-a-Day 12-13: Grannies and Fancy Squares

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Deborah Lee Soltesz
Granny in the Middle

These two squares are from 200 Crochet Blocks for Blankets, Throws, and Afghans: Crochet Squares to Mix and Match (I’m using the 2005 edition with the red color scheme on the color). Continue Reading →

Posted in Grannies & Motifs | Tagged crochet, granny square, granny-a-day, workbench

Granny-a-Day 8-11: Flowers and Fancy Squares

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Deborah Lee Soltesz
Gothic Square

African Flower Square The first pattern is the African Flower motif square. Made in K-town has an excellent tutorial on making an African Flower Square. The rest are from 200 Crochet Continue Reading →

Posted in Grannies & Motifs | Tagged african flower, crochet, granny square, granny-a-day

Granny-a-Day 5-7: Flowers and Itty Bitty Grannies

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Deborah Lee Soltesz
Waterlily

The first one Is a Japanese Flower motif converted to a square. For the first one (red flower, olive green background): after finishing the flower, I did a CH 3 from petal to Continue Reading →

Posted in Grannies & Motifs | Tagged crochet, flower motif, granny square, granny-a-day, japanese flower

Granny-a-Day 1-4: Bramble Berry Lace Squares

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Deborah Lee Soltesz
Queen Ann's Lace

As I mentioned in a previous post, I purchased the Bramble Berry lace weight yarn to test out before deciding to buy any more colors. While waiting for other the Continue Reading →

Posted in Grannies & Motifs | Tagged crochet, granny square, granny-a-day, workbench

Japanese Flower Bouquet

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Deborah Lee Soltesz
Japanese Flowers

A few weeks ago, I started a project to crochet Japanese Flower motifs with Crystal Palace Mini Mochi yarn. I haven’t decided what the end project will be, but I’m Continue Reading →

Posted in From the Workbench | Tagged crochet, crochet flower, japanese flower, mini mochi

Free Crochet Pattern: Eye Dazzler Basket

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Deborah Lee Soltesz
Finished basket

Introduction This is the first in a series of crocheted baskets inspired by Navajo rug designs and colors. The texture of the Red Heart Super Saver aran weight yarn I’d purchased for Continue Reading →

Posted in How-to | Tagged basket, bowl, crochet, crochet in the round, free pattern, how to, Navajo, pattern, photo tutorial, Southwest, Southwestern, spike stitch, tutorial

Dog Hair Yarn and Odds and Ends

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Deborah Lee Soltesz
Crochet Baskets

I recently gave some of Dax’ shed hair to a yarn spinner. She spun me up some lovely, soft Australian Shepherd yarn. I can’t wait to give it a try! Continue Reading →

Posted in From the Workbench | Tagged crafts, crochet, macrame, projects, workbench, yarn

Itty Bitty Vials in Itty Bitty Cozies

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Deborah Lee Soltesz
Cozy Vials

I was playing around with an idea for adding a small glass vial as a freebie for my amulet pouches, and struck on an entirely new line of creations to Continue Reading →

Posted in From the Workbench | Tagged amulet, crochet, vial

Restashing Yarn

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Deborah Lee Soltesz
Deb's Hand-dyed Crochet Thread

I’ve been re-stashing my yarn supply after putting down crochet for many years. Here’s some of my latest finds. Deb’s hand dyed crochet thread, sold by newfboss on eBay, come Continue Reading →

Posted in From the Workbench | Tagged auction, cheap, crochet, ebay, frugal, yarn

Irish Crochet Leaf

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Deborah Lee Soltesz
At the stem end, slip stitch into corner (instead of doing the turn-the-corner sequence). Either tie off or chain a stem.

I’ve been wanting to learn Irish Crochet techniques to incorporate into my jewelry designs. I came across a very pretty leaf pattern, but it was written in Russian, and Google Continue Reading →

Posted in How-to | Tagged crochet, free, free crochet pattern, how-to, irish crochet, leaf, motif, pattern, tutorial

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