Free Ribbon Yarn Pattern Round Up

Have you ever seen those scarves made from ribbon yarn? Or maybe you found a ton of it on clearance and had to buy it, but you had no idea what to do with it when you got it home. I just bought a few. Honestly I always buy a them when I see them on sale. I have a soft spot for this yarn. For Christmas last year I made all of my aunts and my grandma the first pattern all in their favorite colors. They were a hit. You can make quick and easy gifts that will dazzle with this very unique yarn. There are so many colorways available that you can find everyone's favorite easily.


I am here to help out with a short round up of patterns made for these super bulky ribbon yarns.

Quick and Sassy Chain Scarf

Crochet Sashay Yarn Purse

 

Angelinas Scarf

Red Heart even made a video tutorial for the above scarf and it shows you how to work with this unique yarn in case you are unsure.

Let me know if you have any more ideas for this yarn. Have you ever used it before? Did you create a pattern?

Free Baby Afghan Crochet Patterns Round Up

I just found out today that one of my cousins had a little bitty 6lb 13oz baby girl! YEY!  Congratulations!

So, to celebrate I figured why not do a round up of all the cute little free baby afghan crochet patterns that are available out there!

To organize this round-up we will be starting with the easiest patterns and ending with the most extreme!

  Ready? Lets go!

 

 

Fast Easy Crochet Baby Blanket by Amy Solovay

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Simple Hooked Baby Blanket

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Crocheted Starburst Baby Blanket by Sara Rivka

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Baby Afghan #70454AD by Lion Brand Yarn

 

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Easy Baby Afghan by Aesthetic Nest

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More Free Easy Baby Afghan Patterns

 

Blackberry Salad Striped Baby Blanket by Tamara Kelly

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Color Me by Andrea Mantler

 

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Lyn's Round Ripple Baby Afghan by Lyn's Designs

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2 Sided Baby Afghan by Janet David

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Faeries- Baby Sampler Afghan by Elizabeth Mareno

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(I have this blanket hibranating in my WIP drawer. I am making it for my DD. I am on round 35.)

More Novice Baby Afghan patters here.

 

Doctor Who TARDIS-blanket by kejsarinna Astrid

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August Moon Baby Blanket by Marilyn Losee

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Heirloom Baby Blanket by Joyce Nordstrom

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Snail Blanket by Bernat Design Studio

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Diagonal Lace Afghan by Diane Poellot

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More Expert baby afghan patterns here.

 

I am not sure which blanket I will make for the new little girl.

Which is your favorite?

Crochet Alice in Wonderland Top Hat Contest

Mad Hatter's Contest

Sponsored by Crochet Crowd, Red Heart and Creativ Festival

 

This is not my contest, I am only passing along the information.

I am planning to take part in this contest. It is a big one! I will be using this as my dissertation for Nerd Wars T10! I hope you follow along and take part in this contest with me! Good Luck all!

This contest is running from now until April 1st. Instead of sending in a photograph, we will need to mail the physical finished project to Mikey! So, submissions need to be postmarked by March 31st.

There are going to be 5 top prizes of $500 worth of awesome goodies from the sponsors! Also, the top 5 will get to be displayed at the next show in October! WOW!

There will be a panel of judges to pick the top 10 before the Creativ Festival starts. Then, all those in attendance will be able to view all the hats and vote on their favorite from the top 10.

Let me stop rambling on and let Mikey tell you more about it!





Here is a link to the pattern.

So know that you have an idea of what this contest is all about here is a link to the contest details.

Wait a minute... For those of you who would rather watch a tutorial than read a pattern we've got you covered too! Check out this sweet tutorial by Mikey!




Click here for all of the details you need to get started on this awesome project!

WIP Wednesday

I haven't done this in awhile so here is everything currently in my WIP drawer.....

Baby Owls for my Bestie

 

 I lost the safety eyes after they came in! Ugh! Now if I can't find them in time I will have to order more! Bleh!

Free SmoothFox's Charity Square Nbr 2

 

These little guys are for the Never Ending Granny Square Swap. I hope my partner will love them! I just need to weave in my ends. :P

Simple Crochet Bunting

I need to finish the tassels and weave in one end. Shouldn't take too long.

Tunisian Kid's Shawl

 This is a fun project. I am making the pattern up as I go. This was requested by E. She has been begging me for her own little shawl and Caron Simply Soft Brites is her favorite yarn! She is loving it so far.

What are you working on today?

Our New Amazon Store is NOW OPEN!!!

I have spent the last several weeks putting together my favorite crochet items from Amazon.

I have compiled all of these into a small Amazon store for your convenience. The best part is you can shop from this site without ever leaving, while still using Amazon's secure checkout.

I am planning to add more yarn and some of my favorite crochet books soon. I hope you all enjoy the new store.

Click here to visit the new store.

Free Harry Potter Inspired House Scarf Crochet Pattern

Free Crochet Pattern : Harry Potter Inspired Super Bulky House Scarf 

 

 

 I have been crocheting for over 20 years, but I still love the simple easy ones the best.

I finally got sorted out in HPKCHC! Sir Hat decided to put me into Slytherin! Imagine that! ^_^

I designed this super bulky house scarf last term for Herbology class.

I am offering it as a free Ravelry download now!

(Mainly because I hate paying for patterns!)

Whether you choose Slytherin or a different house I have included suggested colorways for all the houses in the pattern. It comes out to be pretty large, but you could use worsted weight with a H hook to get a smaller scarf.


Here is my boys tangled up in it like the Devil's Snare. They had way too much fun testing it out!

I would love to see your photos if you make this scarf. I would love to feature your photos on the Ravelry pattern page.

Please leave some comments below! I would love to hear your thoughts!

Peace,
Candi

Super Bulky House Scarf by Candice Veazey 

is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Learing Tunisian Crochet

I am so excited that my wool and my new hooks will arrive in the mail tomorrow!

I thought I would share with you Lesson 2 in Mikey's Learn Tunisian Series. I really love how fun this guy is.

I am very anxious to get started with this new skill. I have been working on my afghan from around the world, and my daughter's fairy blanket. I will post photos as soon as I can for both of them.








~Candi

My little boy...

Ok, so most of you know I have 3 kiddos. My middle son will soon be turning 5. He has been having trouble for some time now with his fine motor skills. He has trouble coloring and holding a pencil correctly. He does ok with scissors, but he is left handed.

Anyway, I was shopping with all of the kids (they are all out of school thanks to Hurricane Isaac) when my middle child tells me he wants me to buy him a crochet book, yarn and a hook so that I can teach him to crochet.

This took me by surprise I have to say! He is the last one I expected to hear this from. I was young when I began to learn, but I was my grandma’s littlest girl. I was always by her side.

He picked out a dishcloth book and some camo yarn. I am wondering if the small G hook will be too difficult for him. We will give it a try. If it doesn't work well, I will buy some more Super Bulky Yarn for him to use with the N hook.

He is pretty excited. I bought some rainbow yarn for me to try some of these patterns too. I have always wanted an excuse to use rainbow yarn!

I'll post pictures of the finished products after we are done.


~Ms Veee

T-Shirt Blanket Day 10: The end of another ball

Hey there! Seven more t-shirts down! WOW! I can't believe 53 t-shirts are in my blanket already! I am working on rounding up t-shirts for my next ball. I am going to ask my hubby for some of his old t-shirts. I never go through his clothes. If he wants to send something to the trash or thrift store, he has to make that decision. So, I am going to ask him to go through and see if there are any he can donate to my blanket project.

I am also going to check Freecycle and Craigslist for free t-shirts. I may also go back to the thrift stores and buy some more interesting t-shirts.

Currently I have  rows of HDC, 53 t-shirts in my blanket and 0 t-shirts left on my ball.

Till we meet again,
Ms Veee

T-Shirt Blanket Day 9: 46 t-shirts down!

Hi there! More of the blanket down! How many days will it take? How many t-shirts will it take to make a queen size blanket? I feel like i was slacking today. I only did 2 more rows. I think it has something to do with school starting.

If you have the PhotoStudio App, here is the preset code for the filter I used in these pictures: CD540030.

Currently I have 16 full rows of HDC, 46 t-shirts in my blanket and 7 t-shirts left on my ball. It's time to make a new ball.

See you later,
Ms Veee

T-Shirt Blanket Day 8: Getting the hang of this

It feels so good to be back working on this project! I have never even attempted a crochet project of this size before. I am really enjoying this project. It is very relaxing. I never realized how nice it was to just sit down while watching TV or watching my husband play Call of Duty and crochet. At this point, I am pretty much just running on autopilot.

Today I added 15 tshirts to my project all while watching The Lorax with the family. 




Currently I have 14 full rows of HDC, 39 t-shirts in my blanket and 14 t-shirts left on my ball.



Adios,
Ms Veee

T-Shirt Blanket Day 6: The end of ball 2

 
Today I picked up my blanket project and I hooked away until I ran out of yarn on my ball. It is getting much bigger now, so I came up with a new way to work this giant blanket. I am now going to work this like a scroll. I roll the end as I go and unroll the other end at the same time. So far this method is working well. I may change this as it gets bigger. 

For now I am done. I have 8 3/4 HDC rows done using a total of 24 t-shirts! If you have any ideas of where I can find more t-shirts to cut up and use on this project, please comment below. Thanks you!



Till I get more t-shirts,
Ms Vee

T-Shirt Blanket Day 5: Just a little more

Today I was a little tired. I woke up with a migraine and it came back this afternoon. I love to crochet because it is something that I can do even without wearing my glasses (when I am working on a big stitch like this one), and it is very relaxing. I managed to get a few more rows done! Currently I have 7 full HDC rows done! I have used 18 t-shirts!

I am looking for more t-shirts. I only have 6 left on my ball.

Till next time,
Ms Vee

T-Shirt Blanket Day 4: First ball switch

Today I made it 2 3/4 rows more rows before I ran out of my yarn. So this is what my blanket looks like after 9 t-shirts.
 

Time to make a new yarn ball. I rounded up a few more outgrown or worn out t-shirts to cut up for my blanket project. The second ball has 15 t-shirts. This will bring the total to 24. Here are some step-by-step images showing how I cut my t-shirts.

Any ideas on how many t-shirts this blanket will take? It's bitter sweet to cut up my family's old t-shirts. However, it's comforting to know they will all be a part of something much greater. Here is one of my favorite old t-shirts being retired.

After cutting them up, I am sewing them up like the first one. After the ball is made, I sewed the ball to the yarn tail on the blanket.

I finished the row I was on before I picked it up for the day. So now I have 5 rows done using 9.5 shirts and 14.5 shirts left in my ball. I'm done for today.

Till we meet again,
Ms Vee