Monthly Archives: July 2011

new pattern: Ocean Tranquility Afghan

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ocean tranquility afghan
I wrote this afghan in 3 sizes so it is easy to make to suit your needs! The smallest size is perfect for a small baby blanket or a pet shelter blanket. Though this pattern is willingly given away for free, I do urge you to think about making at least the smallest size blanket for charity if you make one for yourself!

Materials: 7, (14, 28) ounces Red Heart Super Saver yarn, 7 ounces skeins (364 yards) of 100% acrylic yarn, or any worsted weight yarn & a size G / 4.5 mm crochet hook

ocean tranquility afghan

 

Gauge:  10 dc = 3”.  Gauge does not matter, make a fabric that you like

Measurements: 18” by 21” (pet shelter or small baby blanket), 36” by 36” (small lapghan), 60” by 60” (regular sized throw)

Abbreviations (pattern uses US terms):

ch: chain

beg: beginning

rep: repeat

sk: skip

ea: each

sl st: slip stitch

dc: double crochet

V st: (dc, ch 1, dc) all in same stitch

group: (7 dc) all in same ch 1 sp

Pattern note: Afghan is written for three sizes: numbers for the first size appear first, followed by the next two sizes in parenthesis.  Stitch pattern is a multiple of 10 stitches plus 3.

Pattern:

Ch 63 (123, 203).

Row 1: Dc in 4th ch from hook (turning ch counts as 1st dc now & throughout pattern), * sk 3 ch, ch 2, V st in next ch, sk 3 ch, ch 2, dc in next 3 ch. Rep from * across row 4 (10, 18) more times, sk 3 ch, ch 2, V st in next ch, sk 3 ch, ch 2, dc in last 2 ch.

Row 2: Ch 3, turn. Dc in next dc, * group in next V st, dc in next 3 dc. Rep from * across row 4 (10, 18) more times, group in next V st, dc in last 2 dc.

Row 3: Ch 3, turn. Dc in next dc, * ch 2, sk 3 dc, V st in next dc, ch 2, sk 3 dc, dc in next 3 dc. Rep from * across row 4 (10, 18) more times, ch 2, sk 3 dc, V st in next dc, sk 3 dc, ch 2, dc in next 2.

Row 4: Ch 3, turn. Dc in ea dc & ch across row: 61 (121, 201) dc.

Row 5: Rep row 3.

Rep rows 2-5 7 (14, 22) times. Work rows 2 & 3 once more, then begin edging.

 

Edging:

Ch 3, turn. Dc in ea dc & ch across row, working (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ea corner, along all 4 sides of blanket. Join with a sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch 3.

End off. Weave in ends, and enjoy!

Thank you to my testers, GrandmaKnits, mamacitadedos, sandeeknit, agd509, & to amgoth2000 for general cheerleading, and thanks to my Mom for the name!

Feel free to make as many of these as you like for local craft fairs/auctions/ raffles/bazaars, but please do not sell finished items online. The pattern itself is not for sale.  If making for charity, please let me know the name of the charity & include my contact info with the item (http://anastaciaknits.net). If you have any questions or comments or just want to join like-minded souls, please join my Ravelry group at http://www.ravelry.com/groups/anastacia-knits-designs. Thanks!

 

 

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fiber friday

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Good morning! Happy Fiber Friday! What did you finish this week?

couple of cowls for donation (very easy pattern that I submitted to the crochet calendar 2013 – called the Shells & Chains cowl. There’s a matching hat, too, that I need to remember to take photos of, which will also be submitted)
cowl

cowl

(red is so hard to photograph!)

And the latest kitty blankets, using my ocean tranquility pattern which is almost ready to be published!
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various scraps, to be donated to the local cat shelter

work in progress wednesday

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What have you been working on this week?

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A medium sized, scrap acrylic lapghan version of my ocean tranquilty afghan… to be donated to the local nursing home

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just barely cast on the other toe, & some progress on the other foot. I’m about 6.5 inches, so almost to the heel turn. I may or may not do a stitch pattern on the leg, I can’t decide – what do you think?

Lots more progress on the Alzheimer’s afghan, its coming out so pretty!
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Around the Corner: Crochet Borders by Edie Eckman

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Around-the-Corner Crochet BordersAround-the-Corner Crochet Borders by Edie Eckman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Let me start off by saying I am an Edit Eckman fan, and this book delivers as usual.



This is not a pattern book, it’s a crochet resource book for edgings. There are a ton of border ideas here, and it’s very easy to customize the borders still more. They are all charted, which is always a plus, and include directions for making edgings on straight items – like the edging on a cardigan – or going around corners, like on an afghan. I love the fact that there are both lacey & textured borders.



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review: Crochet! Magazine, Autumn 2011

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I finally got my latest issue of Crochet! magazine, Autumn 2011. I get this magazine because I am a guild member, though it’s not a magazine I would pay for without the guild membership.

You can see all the patterns in the current issue here, if you’d like.

There are actually quite a few garment patterns in this issue that I like…


Blue Waters Vest by Diane Moyer

I’ve always been a big vest person & love to wear them for work. I’ve always had a job where I play hot & cold a lot, depending on exactly what I’m doing. I’m either madly running around or standing up front at the registers by the front door, freezing my butt off in the winter. When I worked at the nursing home I was the same way: running around, pushing wheelchairs (hot) or sitting down doing paperwork in a freezing cold office (shiveringly cold). So vests became a great compromise between the two. Plus, they are just so much faster to make then regular sweaters or cardigans & you can really experiment with color, stitches, etc! (okay I think I went a little off tangent here)

I also really love this simple cowl…

using affordable Paton’s Lace, just 2 skeins.

and the sparkling lace shrug…

made with fingering weight yarn, so another really great work option.

As always I have the usual complaints with most craft magazines… crazy stick thing models instead of real people, walking around in funny poses with complicated backgrounds, and why oh why do they always, always only show ONE photograph?? OK so in a print magazine, with limited space, I can understand only one photograph, but why can’t they show more photos online? I know not everyone is online (gasp) or on Ravelry, but at least it would be nice for those who are online to see more photos, back or side views, closeups, etc.

Have the new magazine? What do you think? See anything you want to make?

Fiber Friday

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I finished the Ocean Tranquility Afghan (free pattern coming soon, do you want to test it?)
ocean tranquility afghan

ocean tranquility afghan

ocean tranquility afghan
I actually finished it on our vacation but just now finished the ends & took photos. yarn used was Red Heart acrylic, 28 ounces made the largest version.

I also finished a kitty sized version, of course…
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7 ounces of Simply Soft yarn.

and the finished giant granny that’s not so giant…
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odds & ends of various scrap acrylics

Work in Progress Wednesday

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A little more progress on the sock I started on Friday at Canopie (this is my current work project so it’ll be a few months before they are done)
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(yarn is Kroy sock yarn)

The afghan I am working on to help raise money for my cousin’s Alzheimer’s Memory Walk (our grandmother passed away from Alzheimer’s & her father, my uncle Joel, was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s 3 years ago at the age of 50). We’ll be selling raffle tickets with a suggested donation for $5 a piece
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(pattern is Granny’s Ripple from “Blue Ribbon Afghans from America’s State Fairs)

The giant granny square is just about done, I’m bordering it now & then need to make sure all the ends are tucked in. I do weave as I go, but with grannies those ends tend to pop up.

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