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December 24, 2010

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New Stitch – to me at least – The Long and Short of It

I came across a hat I crocheted and felted a couple years ago from yarn that I had spun. It is a bit shorter than I would like so I started adding to the bottom. I joined a strand of Crystal Palace TAOS and a strand of LB Amazing. I did a quick round of single crochets then started to make another of half double crochets but I wasn't happy with the gaps between stitches as the felting from before had those stitches quite tight. What to do… I tried several things including front/back double crochets… almost but still not just right. So I did a chain and went 2 rows lower and around the same stitch I had made the first single crochet in, drew up a stitch and made a single crochet. That left the chain 3 laying across the stitches which I didn't like, so I put the hook into the 1 st chain of the chain three, and into the next single crochet, (the one directly above the lower single crochet) and did a slip stitch…. ...

For Throw Back Thursday - A free Pattern

SO SORRY BUT THIS IS NO LONGER COMPLETELY FREE :( You must now sign up for Annies Archives to be able to download older patterns. This is very sad as I love to send readers over to Annies for products and patterns. (https://www.anniesarchive.com/Sign-up/ PERFECT FOR THE BEACH Made in water-resistant nylon this bag is great for summers wet enjoyments. The double parquet stitch pattern is interesting, an easy one to make and gives strength to the body of the bag. The bottom is worked in slip and single crochet stitches. First published in the March 2011 issue of Crochet Magazine it is now available as a free download from 'Free-Crochet.com. A free membership to the site is required with your email address but there are thousands of patterns to enjoy. I am sure you will love having this one available for summertime fun. For this one click this link: Double Parquet Nylon Tote

NATIONAL CROCHET MONTH BLOG TOUR

Happy National Crochet Month! And Welcome to My Aunties Yarn Studio Blog! As those who have been following the Blog Tour already know the lovely ladies at Crochetville have organized an amazing tour of designer blogs for you to enjoy during this auspicious month. The entire list and links to participants can be found on Crochetville’s blog at this link [BLOGTOUR]. We are also denoting 'Project NightNight' as our charity of the month. You can check them out at this link [NightNight] . If you are as blessed as I, and have warm beds to tuck your little ones into at night please consider donating to the comfort of a homeless child. Here at M.A.Y.S. we hope to encourage you to bring out the big hooks or the tiny hooks and get your hands in some luscious yarn or beautiful thread and create something that makes your heart sing. March is indeed designated as National Crochet Month and the cro...

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