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I am done!  I have finished the crocheting projects I had for an expecting mama.  Well, I need to sew two little flowers on booties, but that is all.  This package is going in the mail on Tuesday.  WooHoo…
So, here is the last of it.  The mama wanted a flap hat, with no ties. She said [...]

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I finished the newborn hat and the 3 month old hat and one pair of newborn baby booties.  I still have one more set of baby booties to crochet and a hat with flaps.  Plus another baby hat, just because.  Maybe even a sweater.  I have enjoyed working on this, but I’ll be glad to [...]

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Cap Pattern:  The Art of Crochet by Tresea
Flower:  I Made This
Yarn:  Bernat 100% cotton
This cap is sized for a three month old baby.  The pink flower looks a lot bigger in the photo than it really is.  I have sinces made the size medium flower in purple for this cap.  My next projects are to [...]

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Every once in a while, I’ll ask Sir William to make something for me.  This time around I asked for a wooden platform with a stick in it, to hold my cone of yarn.  That’s all the instructions he needed.  LOL
Here is what he made to hold my Merino Tencel (Colrain Lace), to make the [...]

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Sir Husband and I will be celebrating our anniversary by going to Savannah, GA, for two nights. Yes, without kids!
Since we will be able to go out to a nice dinner…alone, I wanted to wear something nice. I decided I needed this Crocus Bud Crocheted Shawl. It was [...]

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I finished two crochet projects, this weekend.
The first one is a shawl that I am making for a young girl at church.  Her mom has given us lots of clothing and I just wanted to make something for her.  I hope she likes it.  It seems to be more of a blanket than a shawl.  [...]

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In crochet the gauge is the number of stitches and rows per inch.  Patterns will often give you the gauge right after the list of materials needed and it will say something like, 15 sc and 17 rows = 4 ins.  
To find your gauge make a swatch of about four to six inches square, block [...]

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I was saving this yarn to make a hat for Sir William, but after a few rounds I realized the color is too dark to see the nice stitch designs.   So, I made this scarf instead.  It measures 4″ x 59″. I have almost two skeins of this Bernat yarn left and I don’t know [...]

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I have been crocheting for many years.  Over those years I have collected many crochet hooks and have lost more than I can count. Anyhoo, I am always looking for the perfect hook.   You can find Boye and Susan Bates in many craft chain stores.  You can find bamboo and other wooden ones at yarn stores.  [...]

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Before we left for up-north, I stopped by Hobby Lobby and picked up some yarn. I didn’t want to just sit in the van for 10 hours a day, doing nothing. I decided on this afghan. It worked up very well and without much thought to making the stitches. My kind of crocheting! I [...]

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