Crochet Me Crazy

We were procrastinating the trip to the grocery store so Jeff & Alison went on a horse back ride this morning before we went.




Alison was bugging daddy to go with her. This is actually the first time he has ridden a horse out here.

Well, a friend asked me to make a "monokini"...what the heck is a monokini? Well, apparently some star wore one and now they are the rage. OKAY. Well, that sent me on a quest to find a pattern. I found one on Etsy but her ad seemed...well...wrong to me. My instincts were right and come to find out she's selling a pattern that is not actually hers. A little investigation and discussion with some crochet friends discovered it is a pattern from a Russian magazine of sorts. So Anyway, it did lead me to these patterns, so if you're wondering what a "monokini" is check these out:

Dcrochet | Heart swimsuit

Dcrochet | Black swimsuit

I also found this pattern here:
Dcrochet | Vintage pineapple fantasy bodysuit / bathing suit This is the one I was going to make. I wouldn't wear something like this myself but I actually started on it but decided against it. It's a waste of time unless I purchase the right type of yarn for this project. So, I ripped it out....just not in the mood.

Still haven't had a change to rummage through my new yarn find. I need to rummage around in my pattern too and see what I want to make next. I actually wished I would have had a scarf yesterday at the stock show! I have a lot of scarves made but its soft fuzzy yarns mostly. Those are not conducive for my lifestyle. I need easy wash but I guess there isn't a scarf I could make that "hay" wouldn't stick to.

Well, here is a fish square I made a few nights ago....why? I don't know...I just felt like it.

I made this square this afternoon. I've had this pattern set aside for a little while. I've always wanted to try "wiggly crochet". Here's a great little pattern to give it a try. It's very simple to do! Thanks to Hooks & Yarn Blog for posting the free pattern: wiggles square for SIBOL ~

Well, I finished the Prairie Star Afghan!! I just can't seem to get my act together enough to get a picture of it yet. Sorry! I will try my best to get a picture this week!

Wow, this week is flying by! Hope everyone is having a good week!

Unfortunately, I don't have pattern links for any of these squares because they came from my pattern books!

I plan to make this square in a non-varigated yarn next time because you really can't tell much about the stitch using this yarn. Here is the link for this square pattern:
Crochet Crafts Virtual Afghan


This is a great square pattern! You can get such a variation of looks depending on the yarn colors you choose. Here is the pattern link:
Sunburst Granny Square



Here is the pattern link for the following square:
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Sorry but I couldn't find where this square pattern is still available online anywhere. Another one of those I printed out as a free pattern a long time ago...

Here are two squares I made using free patterns I found on the web....my intention was to post the links for the patterns as I post my pictures online but I see now that of the two free patterns which I printed a long while back, only one of them is still available online, but you have to email the lady to ask for it now.

This first square I used a pattern called MaryEllen's Easy Daisy Granny Square. This is one of my favorite square patterns because it is so pretty but yet very, very simple to make....You can go to this web page where she states that you can email her to request the pattern....
MaryEllen's Home Page



This isn't a very good picture and because of the yarn I used, you can't really see the detail of the stitches. I used a pattern called Granny a la Harper for this square which was a free pattern online, however, now I see that the url is dead that I got this from.



The moral of the story? Print or save free patterns as a pdf document...if its something you really want to keep because there's no guarantee it will be there forever. I use CutePDF - Create PDF for free, Free PDF Utilities, Edit PDF easily;. to save patterns from web pages as documents on my computer. If you haven't discovered this yet, it saves you tons of time instead of having to copy/paste patterns into word like I used to do! :)

Here are 3 squares I've got my tan border around....they look so much nicer when I get the tan trim on them, I think. I loved the look of my king size afghan for my bed so much...I'm looking forward to having a duplicate of it in my living room so I can see it more often! LOL

Well, here I go again with the squares again! If you've read my blog for long, you might remember my King Sized Afghan project I did. I have 3 large window like openings in the walls which go into the kid's school/craft/computer room. This happens to be my most cluttered room and its right in the middle of my house so I'm going to make panels that I will hang with tension rods to block the view of this room! I always wished their were walls there because it would make furniture arrangement easier too. I don't have to worry about the backs of ugly book cases facing into my living room! The finished project will be done exactly as i did my King Sized Afghan shown here: Picasa Web Albums - summerysmile - Completed Cro... - crochet 036.jpg
With different odd squares, obviously...but i will still use the same tan color as the trim. The square patterns I am using at the moment are from this book: Amazon.com: 101 Crochet Squares (1216): Books: Jean Leinhauser My copy of this book is so tattered and worn because I have used it so much!!

I just finished this 12 inch square for the Square a month swap I just joined over at Crochetville. The color looks kinda gray-ish in this picture but its actually a frosty looking purple color.


Kaleidoscope Blossom 12 inch Square 

Click HERE for Chris Simon's Kaleidoscope Blossom 12 inch square pattern

aztech tile square 


square 


square 


Here are pictures of a few more squares for my afghan. I hadn't weaved in the ends or added the tan trim at the time I took these photos.

Hello friends!
Sorry it has been a little bit since I've posted an entry. What have I been up to? In my last post I mentioned I was getting back to my King Sized Afghan project. That's exactly what I have been up to! I have all the squares I had made assembled and put together but I decided to make it a bit larger so I've been back to making more squares. Here is a sampling of a few I have made.... I will post pictures of the rest tomorrow!

Also, I'd like to thank all of you who read my blog and leave me comments. I LOVE hearing from you all! Also, it helps me locate some other great craft and crochet blogs to visit as well!


square 


square 


square 


plain granny 

12" Esther Square 


Click here for here for Chris Simon's Esther's Square pattern

12" square 

Click Here for Chris Simon's Where's Waldo 12" square pattern.

12 inch square 

I'm making an afghan for a friend of mine. I'm not following a pattern...just using three shades of blues and different patterns for 12" squares. I may possibly make it into a pillowghan.