Friday, November 18, 2011

Leg Warmers

Hey everyone!<3

So I made these leg warmers a while back, and I've been asked to write the pattern down. I got the idea from a different pattern I saw, and decided to make my own version.:) I hope you enjoy them!



Worsted weight yarn
Size K hook
Tapestry needle
Scissors

Abbreviations:
sl st - slip stitch
ch - chain
hdc - half double crochet
 


Row 1: Ch 31 and sl st in ch 1
Row 2: Ch 2, hdc 31 times in the loop
Row 3: Ch 2, hdc around.
Repeat 29 more times or until desired length.

Bind off. Weave in ends.

Hope you like them as much as I do!:)

Friday, August 12, 2011

Bamboo stitch dish cloth

                                                    by hannah gilbert

Size 7 needle
100% cotton yarn or your favorite dish cloth yarn

Gauge is not important in this pattern.

Abbreviations:
K - Knit
P - Purl
Yo - Yarn over
CO - Cast on
Sl  yo - Slide yarn over (A tutorial video is shown in the description box in Ravelry.)
WS - Wrong side
RS - Right side

CO 36

WS Row 1: P
RS Row 2: K
WS Row 3: P
RS Row 4: K1, yo, K2, sl yo over the K2, *yo, K2, sl yo over the K2* repeat until 1 st left, K1
WS Row 5: P
        Repeat rows 4 and 5 until project is about 7 inches long. Make sure you end with purl.
        To finish:
RS Row 1: K
WS Row 2: P

        Bind off
*Note: Block if needed. I crocheted a border around with a size D hook and blocked. I did two rows, all single crochet.


        I hope you enjoy this simple dish cloth pattern. It doesn’t take that long and once you make one, you’ll want to make many more. But no one says you have to share!

                                                                                        -Hannah

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Photography












 Here is some of my photography. I will post more as soon as I can. I plan on taking more pictures soon also. Since the weather is warmer, and the flowers will be blooming I will definitely have to take some pictures of them. 
I hope you enjoy them, and tell me how you like them. I'm open to tips and other things! :)

Flowers



Materials:
Size G hook (4 mm)
Red Heart Yarn

(I stole the loop instructions from the book Stitch n’ Bitch by Debbie Stoller)

1. Start by making a circle with about six inches of yarn. Make the circle so that the tail crosses behind and to the right of the ball end of your yarn, and hold onto the circle at the point where is crosses with your right hand. Now lace the yarn over your left hand the way you would normally would for crocheting (the weirdness starts here already, since usually that tail is attached by the slipknot to your hook, instead of just being held in a loop by your right hand).





2. Transfer the tail loop from your right hand to the left hand, making sure that the tail stays behind the working yarn. Hold it closed at the point where it crosses, using the thumb and middle (or ring) fingers of your left hand. Essentially, the most awkward part of this procedure is done, and you are ready to go on to the cool part.







3. Take your hook in your right hand as usual, insert it into the center of the loop, grab the working strand of yarn.



Round 1: Now that you have the loop made, ch1 and sc 14 in the loop. sl st in ch1.
Round 2: ch1, hdc in next st. *skip 1 st, ch4, hdc in next st *repeat round. sl st in ch1
Round 3: ch1, (sc, hdc, 2 dc, hdc, sc) in each ch4 loops. repeat round. sl st in ch1.
Fasten off.

Hope you enjoy these simple cute flowers!