FO: Pot Holder

I’m pretty proud of this lovely little pot holder from Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts Lacy Crochet.  The pattern was simple, but interesting enough to keep me engaged.  Getting the hang of crocheting the contrasting color parts through the two layers of fabric was a trick, but easy enough once you get the hang of it.  It was a trick to find a contrasting color that I liked in the right size crochet thread, but I’m pleased with the results.

Dishcloth Crazy!

At the request of my husband, I’ve been attempting to use up the odds & ends of yarn in my stash.  When he opens the extra closet and sees yarn everywhere, he sees dollar signs.  In my defense, most of the yarn was purchased for a specific project, however those projects eventually got frogged.  So I pulled out all my leftover Sugar ‘n Cream Cotton and searched Ravelry for dishcloth patterns.

 

This is the Hexagon Washcloth by Catherine Lindsay.  I took out the last round of the pattern to make it a little smaller, and added the color change in rounds 4 through 6.

 

This is the Crochet Hexagon Dishcloth by Mary Ellen Meath.  Since I didn’t have enough of one color to finish it, I alternated a variegated and solid.  The yarns looked like they coordinated a little better before I crocheted them.  Still, it’s pretty.  I modified the last round a bit so the scallops would be spaced evenly.

 

This is the Lacy Honeycomb Dishcloth by Julie A. Bolduc.  I liked the color changes shown on the picture in Ravelry, so I followed that general idea. 

I think these will make excellent little gifts.  Now I might actually get to buy some new yarn! 

Doilies

I don’t like doilies as decorative objects.  I don’t use them in my house.  But I love (recently) to crochet them.  They work up quickly, and each round is usually a different.  It keeps me interested.

I recently bought Absolutely Gorgeous Doilies by Patricia Kristofferson.  The designs are lovely.  I’m working through them one by one.

 
Park Avenue Doily.  Loved everything except the sections of mesh. 

 
Beginnings of the Pineapple Patch Doily.  It’s going pretty quickly, and I’m enjoying the pattern. 

Drops Bag

Crochet BagOriginally uploaded by youthpastorswife

I’ve been working on the DROPS Crochet Bag pattern I found on Ravelry to use up this weird ball of Aunt Lydia’s Double Strand. I’m using a smaller hook than the pattern requires, mostly because I didn’t want to run out and buy a new hook. I also modified the pattern slightly. After crocheting a few rows of the pattern as written, I decided there was too much excess created by the “tr, ch1, tr” part in the rows between those with the 7 tr groups. So I substituted dc for those tr and I like the way it looks much better. You can see some pictures of the before and after on my Ravelry page. I also added a row of sc to the bottom because I didn’t like the way the 7 tr groups stretched out the foundation chain.