tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3863109883402096952024-03-13T08:26:50.695-07:00Susan's Hippie CrochetSusan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-16735861133652646742021-04-21T15:24:00.002-07:002021-04-21T15:24:58.691-07:00Free crochet bumblebee pattern - book excerpt - included in this post!<p> I'm so happy to announce that Susan's Small Animal Crochet - 2nd Edition - is now live <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092HG1KQR" target="_blank">on Amazon</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/992321401/crochet-pattern-ebook-susans-small?ref=shop_home_active_1">on Etsy</a> as an eBook!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092HG1KQR" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1616" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PNpf6zpgyUk/YICLW-QNXEI/AAAAAAAACB4/qYJJbdwLOhUOCoJUudA1tEco5r-wkvlSgCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/2021%2Bsmall%2Banimals%2Bcover.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">It's 98 pages (when viewed at 8" x 10") and is chock full of full color step-by-step photos for most of the projects. The patterns are primarily designed for use with crochet thread (No. 3 and no. 10) and a size 4 steel thread crochet hook, but you can adapt many of them to be worked in lightweight or medium yarns and a size F or G hook.<i> (You'll want to be familiar with chain stitch, slip stitch, single crochet, double crochet, and triple crochet.)</i></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">There are 13 different animals: <b>sparrow, winged songbird, hummingbird, squirrel, two fish and a goldfish edging, a snail, a sleeping cat, tiny penguin, owl, bumblebee, butterfly, ladybug, dove, bunnies, chameleon and little pony. </b>There are also instructions for working a thread crochet Santa hat on the cat, owl and penguin. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><br />Here's an excerpt for your enjoyment! (scroll down) If you enjoy it, I hope you'll consider supporting my art and design work by buying the full book for $7.99. Thank you in any case, for being a blog reader of mine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">____________________</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8f1f9ea7-7fff-91f9-6ce1-47e085927bcf"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">❖</span></p><br /><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bumblebee Pattern</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 166px; overflow: hidden; width: 218px;"><img height="166" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/sfk1ZXQAbtyYz_Db3CbqVfuiCU35GssyXU7TDr3Lm2SERb1iPzqKKv_0UkvywSED-ch_LrSUQBSS5zRT3zxI7XvC4FKr5xCYTHd0kFhGykF235tuwU7G0Wqj5GIFF7U8SL0S4mL29jtIo6_GwQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="224" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Materials</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Note </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">about making a bee from primarily medium weight yarns:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> if you wish to use this pattern with traditional yarn for a larger bee (approximately 2 ½” long), use a size G hook and medium weight (no. 4) yarn. For the second round of the body of the bee, use that (presumably black) medium weight yarn together with a strand of yellow (either yellow yarn or yellow crochet thread). For the wings, you can use either a lightweight yarn (baby yarn) or medium weight yarn.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Larger Bee Materials:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Black yarn</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (medium weight)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yellow yarn OR crochet thread</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (they give a different look, but either will work)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">White yarn</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (preferably light weight baby yarn)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Size G</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> aluminum hook</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Note</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> about making a bee from crochet thread or lightweight yarns:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> To make a smaller bee (perhaps 1 ½” long) you may use the same pattern with lighter weight materials. Use a double strand of No. 10 crochet thread OR a single strand of No. 3 crochet thread, (which is thicker) and a size 0 steel hook (3.25 mm). You could also use a fine weight yarn. When you get to round two of the bee body, you’ll be adding a strand of yellow crochet thread (preferably No. 10). For the wings, you’ll use a single strand of No. 10 white thread and a no. 6 steel thread crochet hook. Another tip: sometimes you can use craft floss or embroidery floss as an alternative to crochet thread, so pick up a pack of lots of color and have fun! Some work better than others, so you need to experiment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 178px; overflow: hidden; width: 134px;"><img height="185.99100769314376" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/WRkelV0MixREmReer8kfe0XodVO1fM6ZJ4lWw3MmRm-a7UylqBrSp1cEODUPSNxQ-36RfUiH0BSDRq9aXn09i72qPA-q4-c2tqxqHRomsuvTmvJevDhkFRTYHCHNZG08EG1agLqbWbTHT-yjhA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="139.52059925093636" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Smaller Bee Materials:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Black crochet thread</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (No. 3 weight, preferably; you may also use a double strand of No. 10 weight) OR if you wish, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">light (baby) weight black yarn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yellow crochet thread either No. 3 weight or No. 10 weight</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">White crochet thread OR light weight baby yarn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Size 0 (3.25 mm ) steel thread crochet hook</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instructions:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bee body:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">both for a yarn bee and a thread crochet bee, work with two strands held together as one. For the yarn weight bee, this will be black medium weight yarn and a contrast color of embroidery floss or crochet thread (this will be yellow for a bee) For the thread crochet bee, you’ll use a double strand also: black thread and yellow thread.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 176px; overflow: hidden; width: 236px;"><img height="182.38189346060844" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/beFtLPsYukOcYhJnT5sPfS6VnqanTkz3G72YTPk4BBoT7S8djxBvDZuW2P7hMrbURvc4Py_yj51RmNUOXc5hxPKnYZN58Apbwufy4jYRo2nGVk2fLrIztzeIfeErMsZrh-gqj5zIhBpiAaK5Xg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="243.99999999999997" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 1</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: This will be a small circle. Ch 3, join to 3</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">rd</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ch from hook to form a tiny ring, then work 2 ch, dc 11 times in ring to form a small disc. Join. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A special note: if you are using crochet thread which typically has less spring to it, you may wish to make that beginning ch-3 ring into a 4-ch ring. It will be easier to make your long single crochet stitches in a slightly larger center when using the less flexible thread.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 2</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: work 11 to 14 long single crochet stitches over the dc’s from prev round; you’ll stop when you have covered ¾ (9 stitches) of the dc’s of the prev round. The actual number of lsc’s may vary because individuals vary in how they form their stitches, so just stop when you’ve circled three quarters of the way around the disc. If you’re not sure how to work a long single crochet, just remember that a long single crochet stitch is the same as a normal single crochet, except that you insert your hook in a different place. In the case of this circular bee body, you’ll be inserting your hook into the center of the circle of dc’s. Then you’ll yarn over, then adjust your tension so that the working thread isn’t too loose or tight, and finish your crochet stitch as if it were a normal single crochet. Here’s the </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gNcV7MBojA&feature=youtu.be" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">video</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> showing how.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 172px; overflow: hidden; width: 232px;"><img height="179" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/hsNcL0giUAUzm9JpfJUwwKDNzjpiJRpEsK7nWxKLFsdEH-1D77pCE204iRaV2cS-vfz_k3_c6oaF58XAUEHb8566Yv4CSyFBCLd7Xxat7tCLShePidTAugnp5fgq3VKO6b4G5azWhiz5Qky-bA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="238.00000000000003" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After you’ve worked lsc’s ¾ of the way around the disc,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cut the strand of the yellow crochet thread and continue to work 4 more lsc over the last 3 dc from rnd 1. This way you’ll have long single crochet stitches completely covering the stitches from round one, most of them with yellow</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 126px; overflow: hidden; width: 170px;"><img height="130.27387764533185" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Skk9gVC31aILOZtllLg5VUzU85-nIO6pMDe1VTPjIGJMddSO3G45KBdgSYfSuUzHZCNSWYexJcIKlAyFyZL9QWMFcUlzIk_i3u_uG_WNgDxXh3-l1tCz5oAJmnt24jvoo1lOW9Y_WPfWxNN7JA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="175.51622418879055" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">stripes, and the last 4 stitches worked only in black yarn. (See photo above) Join.Turn.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 191px; overflow: hidden; width: 190px;"><img height="198.19289329926139" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Vh2Io2MVpQrDSxnZid8elcheLly5FNLmrUVxFNgvQngUJlYRa5zlGKNBiK_rxd7hJ1ODWu06nL1WwtuE6hd4aXDf9902a9vAcIXjaldlwkDy14iUAdCs1bFqvNiCvGf0ycKBARIBJSmC-ekN9g" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 7.283045914534365e-12px;" width="195.51451187335093" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 3</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: (Head): Ch 2, work dc in next lsc, 2 dc in next lsc, then dc in one more lsc. Ch 2, join at the base of last dc worked (at the base of the head). Tie off and weave end through work. Also make sure to knot and weave the end of the yellow crochet cotton through the back side of your work.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 160px; overflow: hidden; width: 214px;"><img height="164.1204767242621" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/p-CZZPwbh4hgtyxJK4Y1ZMcoOPnhhRwPOMqd8Y7QN9fY9SMmyS-SJ7j9-QMY2xhXMWAgQvY68rU9YhfjjHzBdyOwNnCzCcR_fCGjgvMQquYys8AFT7xPBAzmqVrfHhyKCE_NV5soK5WfdfhPbg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: -7.281302635764075e-12px;" width="219.5128805620609" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Antennae:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Tie a 5” length of yarn (or thread) to one end of the head, with its two tails hanging free (see photo). Pull one of the tails of yarn through to the other side of the head, and knot both yarn ends securely. Trim both ends to ¾” or desired length for antennae. (Stiffen with fabric stiffener if desired when you’re finished with your bee!)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; filter: brightness(1.10) contrast(1.10); height: 195px; overflow: hidden; width: 246px;"><img height="203.66655653158915" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/NmYG5kPf-1sVyia6XwliUkw5LjZ4MO7yzPrKYgHG8ePBQDzEzaQGTGnjjNUKONnFit6ppxfA56AS1BZWfw9vSvVq91MfUwlfRlK8_o30XRmmnXCO1LwNu3l4xcq386GnxnzK6lINwgSaij8Iog" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: -7.264064866424191e-12px;" width="257.5234215885947" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wings:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> There are two versions of bee wings, shown in the photo above. Version One are wings that extend outward from the bee and don’t hide the bee’s body --see two bees on the right side of the photo. Wing version number Two are the wings which are stitches worked on a foundation of chains which travel across the back of the bee in a V shape; they extend upward vertically from the bee. (See the two bees on the left side of the photo to see this wing version.)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Change to white yarn or thread (see notes on materials).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 182px; overflow: hidden; width: 243px;"><img height="182" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/MZXiSYGqYpQFv1Q9be-5cN0cv6LB8mLCZ_PxTOuoMClwVbV1OqmhnzhTVe3s-DeuAN3BQQhRPMtOsh1hWG4EJiE6mVxwFrQXeOYxL6Ggw8u15ALVTlVXLbY1iQ7XwSpvYMyr036f7B1d4fL4Bg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: -7.275957614183426e-12px;" width="243" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wings, Version 1 (shown in photo above):</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (these wings extend outward from the bee and don’t hide the bee’s body, remember).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Attach yarn at the “four-o’clock” point on your bee, four stitches to the right of the base of the bee’s head. Ch 2, work (dc, tc) in same stitch, then work 3 tc in next 2 stitches; work (tc, dc) in last lsc then ch 2 and join at base of wing. Tie off and weave end through your work (I prefer to weave the end of the white yarn through the base of the tc’s where they meet the bee’s body.)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Attach yarn for second wing just to the left of the base of the left side of the bee’s head, work second wing as before, tie off and weave end through your work.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 142px; overflow: hidden; width: 175px;"><img height="149" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CE5lcPcITARLeAQyJyf-gCZlrMGpw5iYaKAD-Y2E9W-Hf8K0Ji62w8aE0_gM03_f0BVncM-nD-okXTmKxk4dkd3Soby-ny1SqTd8DpOAkTz8k8fA79bZ05KQKzxoFeDeNI4jwNpGucH40uQ2Rg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="179.512893982808" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wings, Version 2:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (these wings extend upward from the bee and are formed on a length of chains which are worked in a V-shape across the back of the bee)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 190px; overflow: hidden; width: 154px;"><img height="198.2690753345976" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/oX8QG3dGZG0PmhOOWIcUxG6mzv4-65KFGal0_z2cSESsRdUTo0t-uYmD37aCgHNIdm1w2lte_nbWgTBUKrynsUKbAXgRSd-yJHGkcGuClaHsqSPX0GnCrIvHQTG0a5vXv2f2FpJxC_bu_vwU1g" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 7.285845395645822e-12px;" width="159.51791530944627" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Attach white yarn to the “two-o’clock” position at the lower right edge of the bee’s head (see photo above). Ch 6 (or the right number of chains to reach the “6 o’clock” position on the bottom center of the bee). Join to bottom center point, ch 6, join to other shoulder at the base of the bee head. (See photo above left) Turn.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">now form main shape of wing, version 2: ch 2, dc in next ch of ch-6 length, (dc,tc) in ch, 2 tc in ch, (tc,dc) in ch, dc in ch, ch 2, join to same ch, sl st to center point of bee’s back and join to center point (at the center chain from rnd 4). You should be at the bottom center of the bee’s body. Sl st to be in position for next wing and continue to form next wing: ch 2, dc in same st, (dc,tc) in ch, 2 tc in ch, (tc, dc) in ch, dc in ch, ch 2, join to same ch. Tie off and weave end of thread through your work.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 189px; overflow: hidden; width: 184px;"><img height="193.53292409012153" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/RyVyy9JGgu6i_JY8tkBKdqn6kj3fOc9XedMjpbP6rVm_g5AIeRqIB3y2g9ueW4dDOdKPMvgXYrlWXxdzqSGlHXm96PJESfwi2ZbdUkRzJAFC2Tw36J7F2MYaXDNT_4RmiDW5NFTF6Q5cr_16ng" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 7.258439962003622e-12px;" width="189.51498637602182" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><img height="166" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/sfk1ZXQAbtyYz_Db3CbqVfuiCU35GssyXU7TDr3Lm2SERb1iPzqKKv_0UkvywSED-ch_LrSUQBSS5zRT3zxI7XvC4FKr5xCYTHd0kFhGykF235tuwU7G0Wqj5GIFF7U8SL0S4mL29jtIo6_GwQ" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="224" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">❖</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you for reading my blog! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you'd like to see more about my patterns, you can look at my <a href="http://susanlinnstudio.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Etsy store</a> or my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=susan+kennedy+crochet&i=digital-text&ref=nb_sb_noss_1" target="_blank">Amazon Kindle</a> crochet patterns. A paperback of my<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Susans-Showy-Crochet-Flower-Patterns/dp/B091F3LCDT/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1619037760&sr=1-1" target="_blank"> Showy Flower Crochet Patterns</a> has just been published, (see cover below)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Susans-Showy-Crochet-Flower-Patterns/dp/B091F3LCDT/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1619037760&sr=1-1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLYRIivbilI/YICO0twfdnI/AAAAAAAACCA/FwKMhRFuOGEBe3FN8BENjuVSYqiRwFPpACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Susan%2527s%2BShowy%2BCover%2B2021.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #632423; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and Small Animals and others will follow soon!</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Happy Crocheting!</span></p><div><span style="color: #632423; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><b>Susan</b></i></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-2292726113670850262021-03-31T13:52:00.005-07:002021-04-01T05:20:06.241-07:00My Crochet Jewelry Pattern Set is on Amazon - free jewelry pattern here (excerpt from the book) <p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This crochet jewelry pattern set is a simple and fun set of projects you can wear! You can </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/62524651/crochet-jewelry-pattern-set-instant?ga_search_query=jewelry&ref=shop_items_search_5" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">find it on Etsy here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, or </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Susans-Crochet-Jewelry-Patterns-Necklaces-ebook/dp/B010J5IL2Y/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=susan%27s+crochet+jewelry&qid=1617221422&s=books&sr=1-2" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on Amazon</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (both versions are eBooks, and are identical in content.) <i><b>Scroll down for the free pattern below excerpted from the eBook</b> </i>(the one with the glass beads). Both the Amazon and the Etsy eBook are both $4.40 USD, incidentally. THANK you for considering support for my design work in this way!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IJM660vPx0I/YGTaxm6ERKI/AAAAAAAACAw/8y8qJAkqS8UVVv1NI5ZNTw8hLdk_xNPJgCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/jewelry%2Bcover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IJM660vPx0I/YGTaxm6ERKI/AAAAAAAACAw/8y8qJAkqS8UVVv1NI5ZNTw8hLdk_xNPJgCNcBGAsYHQ/s0/jewelry%2Bcover.jpg" /></a></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c2f66515-7fff-f67f-f33f-63b2f5138bd5"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xy7d5xafW9I/YGTcSEIbQsI/AAAAAAAACA8/V2BJ8C6LocYhmY3YNgshoS9g974p7mecgCNcBGAsYHQ/s643/Jewelry%2BBook%2BScreen%2BShot%2B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="643" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xy7d5xafW9I/YGTcSEIbQsI/AAAAAAAACA8/V2BJ8C6LocYhmY3YNgshoS9g974p7mecgCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Jewelry%2BBook%2BScreen%2BShot%2B.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What’s so fun about crochet jewelry is how </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">fast </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you can make it... and the way that you can incorporate anything into your creation. Crochet jewelry can look Goth, Hippie, Natural...any way you want. It’s an easier, more fun way to make something to wear (trust me, closing those little jump rings or, God forbid, soldering them is a bit tough!) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here's one of the patterns from the eBook; it's also explained by me<a href="https://youtu.be/zgeGlbfJymU" target="_blank"> on YouTube</a>, so check that out as well.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 37px; overflow: hidden; width: 102px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\scrollAndDiamondBlue.JPG" height="37" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/l2ifZvW02jmIj7w4veREjwAeWKNOF_pclyOJKYZg3z9_Ss4oRu9v-eoqgFsPnHcEp9AtKkyjWhcQ7UkDL4gwsdtadIe_xXArHqwUlWMFLOL0VZjLRJ4s5MiYOqPNIbmDMROMrFE" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="102" /></span></span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 24pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #366091; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Section Three: Chain and Bead Designs</span></h1><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4f81bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Chain-and-Bead Necklace or Bracelet</span></h2><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4f81bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><b>You’ll need no. 10 crochet cotton and a size 7 steel thread crochet hook for this project,</b></i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> as well as the desired number of beads. I used about 220 variously sized glass beads, which when pre-strung on my thread (the first step you will read about below) stretched out to about 20”.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 302px; overflow: hidden; width: 403px;"><img alt="BEaded.jpg" height="302" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/wP5AiMWApCvKf-myKqnMrTGgpcyI11U7hXn5omfIFGSuIgux5pBG_T4jxJhRCW7pO1LSfOrWu_ju1HLwAdlycyO-bX3lutUoNV1Tc-RGnXx4f0gE6tUil-SqDu9Iu7c27dP-jhI" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="403" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">This </span><a href="https://youtu.be/zgeGlbfJymU" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">youtube video</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> shows you how to get started on this pretty chain-and-bead necklace!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">First, you’ll need to stiffen the neatly trimmed end of your working thread so that you can string beads easily! Use a dab of white glue or nail polish,and while it’s not quite dry, roll it in your fingers to straighten it and make a sharp point!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 197px; overflow: hidden; width: 396px;"><img alt="NailPOlish.jpg" height="197" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/0yG9r7etJUKwsBccmzYKW6xGubPkZR8rZ4MZZIzks45YJTrbJBSUev0kyHT6M4IBzoA1zUCdU264tklWSU4iZsvAOIBMKCZnLAKKY9Zzh-KGl7G8GfDvSdT5T26iPnLZuqhgVNg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="396" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Next, you will string all of your beads, in the exact order and layout that you want them, on to your crochet thread (see below).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 283px; overflow: hidden; width: 374px;"><img alt="1ThreadedBeads.jpg" height="283" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/vw6HAmC8ClUffEYUzQ7LtZtcq8cTGgrL9SHRJ7MYzdKDy0_Lk6Tad0uCttqlKQ4l9DFV97V_6WAadcj2huEtcem6F2_GvCNw-3HN87aluxe4A8HziDj3faPM80fZq_ZJSPHp2h4" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="374" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Now comes the chaining part: start with a few chains using the end of the thread that was stiffened (you can trim that off). Then, pull up your first bead as you saw in the video, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 242px; overflow: hidden; width: 364px;"><img alt="2FirstBeadDSCN2344.jpg" height="242" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/wE4zhfd69G-6nV-M_yedQ0A5yr-gW-5nrVrH--uw5fAQthcJiuitU503oH3KyygJQXimraFX1Q1z41tVpJtZO-FvBRn4w6FsNTtozmsPdLTLLLOiao1VE8GmeWf_Ty_x1dBXock" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="364" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">snug it against the chains you just worked, reach around it, (see below)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 402px; overflow: hidden; width: 318px;"><img alt="3FirstBead2.jpg" height="402" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/1WPvOM9c59GqHicC7FGTJTNTU_MT76mIX75AGuENDBHvhnn6_TOZFmIF1FbAfR6zBrrC1QZj-kmGu2NBZjKdQ_jEiB5bDDHW0zUSuQGeskwMHT_-qQ9TzTspDjH7hbHxMMIuV2M" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="318" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and continue to chain 4. Sometimes you’ll need to seesaw your thread back and forth to make the area where you jump across the bead nice and tight. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Continue in this manner *chain 4, jump over bead, repeat from * to desired length (for me, that was eight feet!) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 268px; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img alt="4Beaded.jpg" height="268" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7f4f0Izvus4KF-WF7apdarJubEcQdW5m1QgHq76SCguNbvvof3N5rjcE1ojFX5FPdnJls0Q6OdLiyx_j-ugmCUc11vlVWbk5rCKot0lEjwq15z_OwzIRvPGtgV0amY52fVg42-w" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">In the photo below, you can see how your necklace grows as those stringed beads wait for you near your ball of thread. You’ll occasionally need to move them down, away from your work, as you need more working thread. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 293px; overflow: hidden; width: 325px;"><img alt="Halfway.jpg" height="293" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2cbs5LBMqXoROUdSyiqeUDRsl13fir-ynQ49bItIBv4GxKLLMil6VTVZM8UbqtXMpVKYlIn9oU5D0yvm-0rmL-6gpm_N8AO3A299Hj_P6p8q2gf5vqrp26RrPC539nDfh1c8IXs" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="325" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">When you are done, knot the two ends together tightly with a double knot, then finish off the knot with a tiny dab of glue (see below).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 310px; overflow: hidden; width: 347px;"><img alt="Glue.jpg" height="310" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/4y_L2Y8ZJbZXJ0tJDeeGax92nh89rW3-fDEU9vPlfOWxM5cFGFKnh2vWfVmMFl6ZEYpv1n2be_Co61UXqW1rtOboSboLzE-mkJSisapHM2f_xBhI5i5js9SWy-IgVRG6_zS_T9Y" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="347" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Your finished piece can be looped around itself three or even four times to make a beautiful piece of jewelry; you can even wrap it around your wrist many more times to make a gorgeous bracelet! The best part is, your necklace is washable and durable. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">If you wish, you can work larger knots at each end of your necklace and put crimps and lobster claw closures on them to make the wearing easier. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-e7146115-7fff-0835-7d4f-01dc1591117c" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 293px; overflow: hidden; width: 404px;"><img alt="Closeup.jpg" height="293" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qCi0BQE7CIS4ABQmoPtdyPZye6j6eSHyWQrzJpDW-LCAOzLV0ScgbmUoM8KWnxmTVRzko571S5rwMuANc3-F-RTrQNVNY2G8QJ8oH9MbfKkXrG121UgtwpJuU36FvUEbzNb_Rug" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="404" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 21px; overflow: hidden; width: 20px;"><img alt="diamond.jpg" height="21" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kbqLqBjBWc6gGHdw56aDpVy5yZrt2-_E4xCdXFvfig9qtlFdoG2M0hHfnW16yQYPzsVWFwMjuaANG6th5sEsrSpaaANMEdx1iuUC9tfrZyADqYgh32rXEHCYZElAVVIl4wQnZVs" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="20" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 247px; overflow: hidden; width: 293px;"><img alt="AnkletSm.jpg" height="247" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/ou5GCXMlwhceCSQA9-ycdWlZTNtKhCrDRNtEyDqJTJJas2ggQooHr3b0ZD84BchYbB5h8uPfCSKDXUEf8DqRp-BuBSfCwKSMYltWAJRnqLaF11xvn5mfVb_wvVawcobYPf5ZPh0" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="293" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Above you can see how you can use the same method of chaining, then working around beads to create a simple anklet. In this case you can start with a loop which will be half of your closure mechanism: Ch 12, join to first ch and tighten to create loop closure. I simply continued on in exactly the same manner as the necklace, to add one bead for every 12 chains. Finish off with a knot around one final large beadwhich becomes the other half of the closure. Tie off with a double knot and secure the knot with a dot of glue. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 37px; overflow: hidden; width: 102px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\scrollAndDiamondBlue.JPG" height="37" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/l2ifZvW02jmIj7w4veREjwAeWKNOF_pclyOJKYZg3z9_Ss4oRu9v-eoqgFsPnHcEp9AtKkyjWhcQ7UkDL4gwsdtadIe_xXArHqwUlWMFLOL0VZjLRJ4s5MiYOqPNIbmDMROMrFE" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="102" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Thank you for being a blog reader! 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Happy crocheting!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-30178782386216069332021-03-31T12:45:00.002-07:002021-04-01T05:11:02.567-07:00New Paperback Edition of Susan's Showy Flowers! Plus Free Flower pattern excerpted from the Book<p> I am very pleased to announce the publication of my paperback edition of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091F3LCDT/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">Susan's Showy Flowers on Amazon! </a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091F3LCDT/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="247" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-76mbloicD9U/YGTOj1m4j6I/AAAAAAAACAk/nrRD_9Qs7KIQ2G-0Y9jcQoskEr-36fW3ACNcBGAsYHQ/w197-h247/Susan%2527s%2BShowy%2BCover%2B2021.jpg" width="197" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the new collection of my crochet patterns for 14 bold and chunky flowers that are great for all kinds of embellishment: put them on children's purses, baskets and toys; sew them onto scarves and sweaters. I love them, and love the little drawstring bag pattern that comes with the flowers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's where you can <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091F3LCDT" target="_blank">find it on Amazon!</a> By the way, it's an <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Susans-Showy-Crochet-Flower-Patterns-ebook/dp/B00V8KASWG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">eBook too on Amazon</a>, in case you prefer that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">___________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's an excerpt from the book for my blog readers: it's the pattern for my New Mum II, which is a crazy, chunky, fun-to-crochet flower that I love. Lots of petals, whew, but when you're done it's so worth it!! Materials needed are at the beginning of the pattern.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Thanks for being my blog readers and have a wonderful day crocheting!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 42pt; margin-right: 42pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">New Mum II - Crochet Pattern Instructions</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-72205f26-7fff-c4a2-ee78-7c4b58d139d7"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 229px; overflow: hidden; width: 312px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\MumII\DSCN1033.JPG" height="229" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/A9Ffp4zrzYowRauXfuv-ce-p1R65QKn9-s9Wt6lJgop4LZdbIZvXtfxx047GUwc9HzarkWSxSTL-ZHMK1xSe0guSsnOAC0hliwcTVFlX_iOsGbwlH8IUcbqWXx4zDQqbcCpKthg8HQv6qyq27g" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="312" /></span></span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This full and showy chrysanthemum can be worked in any weight yarn with its suggested hook size; but I prefer a </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">medium weight yarn and a size F or G</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for a nice tight stitch…</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or a light weight (baby weight) yarn with a size D</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or E hook. If you use a soft and flexible yarn, its petals will curl more, as in the blue and gray mums in the photo above. A more sturdy acrylic yarn will yield a flower with stiffer petals.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">choose either a button style center</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (shown in the blue and grey example) </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or a nubby center of sc</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with small loops (shown in the white example)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Use two colors of yarn</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, one for the flower center, and one for the main color of your flower.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 22px; overflow: hidden; width: 112px;"><img alt="flowerdividerNoBackgrsm.JPG" height="22" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/RWGpz_6lHc95I5H-Ly0E6-Qoc9w875e1p2-uRmzSvx8I4s_LwYnQQj5Bx9UE_Noyf0hR7GqIkO9M4ta60kaQTNXeq6RlOdfpApc_Gme3N9JYwD-3jd5k18NI3q8QfyNalm_eGFhrZNLsoznmFQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="112" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In your first yarn color for your center, (I chose light green light weight yarns), make your flower center first, ending with a round of 18 stitches to build your mum petals on:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Button center:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 1</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Ch 3, join to form small ring. Ch 2, dc 11 times in ring. Join.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 249px; overflow: hidden; width: 216px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\NewFlowers\DSCN1164.JPG" height="293.999569773674" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4G_xVQsX-nqwtYY8nRFdMX3aXQjDLOrJvuaC5Ceu9TqBGUtJL_PdaijMBkauAkDsPZQ1Y4brkJC8ASEqzpWlwZHGZAxnEKOpcIH-zI05gDTkIJVjEdHCXHmBnJrdvEWFqPCLNAJFGQFwHaukaQ" style="margin-left: -21.00017899274826px; margin-top: -16.999055072665215px;" width="259.9997549057007" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 2</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Cover dcs of rnd 1 with 18 long single crochet stitches. (You can see a small tutorial if you search youtube for “VideoLongSingleCrochet”). Join. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Skip to Rnd 5 to complete your mum.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; width: 277px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\NewFlowers\DSCN1167.JPG" height="349.94403421878815" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/tZMYsKwCLAxpu5-TSnPg3K_qqFUggfrZo_3QJBU82oo3WaD3Yhb7jYFua2Tm5AmvCz0zBY2ocHcuF_3dEhZQ5aM2czZMQEKrv5V-mGS4deDNl2CstXCtkx3D1LxTr5RUocUFiJUGfit0OWD-5g" style="margin-left: -37.000281155109406px; margin-top: -39.998601377010345px;" width="339.2653707265854" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alternate Nubby Center:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 1</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Ch 1, tighten to form a small knot (this is optional, but it keeps your work from loosening), then ch 2; in 2nd ch from hook work a sc circle of 6 sc (see photo on next page) Do not join.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 263px; overflow: hidden; width: 248px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\MumII\DSCN0978.JPG" height="363.40523171424866" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/UQ87hqwKdHD3OFJJbAZrpGrhiD81bNxsYRtIt_pQYSw7mmRXf5HdKNzl41dMXwrwA7AzyemmM2R-iVtCLhoDJKxhiJWQwjiUCJFO1zYORCgnKHtn2KXXXKCfJp2cC7z2Wo99grjRKjL3QLwhwg" style="margin-left: -102.0212996006012px; margin-top: -62.98175959289074px;" width="408.41190910339355" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 2</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Work 2 sc in every sc: 12 sc.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 3:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> In FLO (front loops only), work *(sc, ch 3) in next sc, repeat from * around. (see photo on next page).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 289px; overflow: hidden; width: 324px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\MumII\DSCN0989.JPG" height="289" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Z8skE5GxoAXJOlM4JIktexM_6GBP3mRcKXmxUjEqbJ4AxP4sA0hhC5XM2HTC56V02lwU0uapIxcLai0cKZ2-jK7aJIGrtgLI2GUQ82tLKkJB9bcSu6I9Fyo15aT9vzUxQoBxOsYQQASY5Ai42Q" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="324" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You will still have the remaining 12 back loops on the reverse side on which you will continue your flower (see photo on next page).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 311px; overflow: hidden; width: 412px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\MumII\DSCN0992.JPG" height="311" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/woSqaxUM1ZdXixCETGdcRBg6LngtigcUbIyng7YcFYRBQRk5vW7dqjngDMBpGV9vVzNxSVGnddKjv6JYZg-tlsU59vzv2lb9ixlt0FCpCeCv3v1RITfs_i4NJ63ff7bbm6JM2uqYqqMoPUf6XQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="412" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 4</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: In remaining back loops on reverse side, work (sc, 2 sc) around for a circle of 18 sc. (see photo below).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 308px; overflow: hidden; width: 346px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\MumII\DSCN0993.JPG" height="308" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lYNh_VZ6AwDoz6axERANvDl4ZNcwjvlwzfIm8ZOimGfeN_Dq80mhlu9FEn2mNiebgPxncMQIWl1rX16QzYq3JHnAsyqMqP_4OP0OSVLStBVu865gccSBVITthWjYfunRcTqARPktIyojcJtMDA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="346" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Change to main color of your flower (White in my example). Attach to ending point of last round.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 5</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: In FLO (front loops only) of last rnd, work *( ch 6, sc in next st), repeat from * around. Do not join.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 371px; overflow: hidden; width: 438px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\MumII\DSCN0996.JPG" height="371" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/O4iQZhnC1QFWEjb6DHXlx0Yn11ZtnXduZclsM5nho7msqjaMyEYmvg_khoe9WytzvkZDAgXXV8di2zHqWBB9W3LnM6CV55mLzLbfsfcI5SgFNUuFcSac6PBL1CtoDUxdgg7SOALRBe4fosBwQA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="438" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 6</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: in remaining back loops </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">from Rnd 4</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, work sc in every st. (see photo on next page)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do not join.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 344px; overflow: hidden; width: 387px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\MumII\DSCN0998.JPG" height="344" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/CyqfyWpiP2X6gm-8RIfw5eVxFE4K9Geyad04MXlVbWoLH5ctDh92mkhqXKyFk1HDBNPd0fBlVLCK2AwtkTLjoJSb-pV_074WAkNmLsj1KYvfW8WVFOuoGvaY_dSXOI2W9xnbTv9u1kDj8vMkmg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="387" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You will now work in the front loops only of the sc stitches just formed.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 7:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> *Sc in FLO of next sc,Ch 6, skip 1st ch and sc in next 5 ch back to center, repeat from * around. (see photos below) Do not join,</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 322px; overflow: hidden; width: 402px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\MumII\DSCN1000.JPG" height="322" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/2FRPGqR9ung9imhFn6-vNUXqYKfuG46kvH98W7CU9nqWK2vrHSeY-DP8t7BuTdg5d5ztDiFB8Z0BYfsdmiMvjid6Xvc1abUYB1VEJzKj8dk1bIwMXdh8Xt89GKx2WJsCkhgobQKG2xHvhplDGg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="402" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Side view of round 7</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 351px; overflow: hidden; width: 404px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\MumII\DSCN0999.JPG" height="351" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/8HY8eQywwBzAi-M6wmPl9TMBg9lLUmhBG2xPj4gmZZ8DSzvHVNJy7_Vc5ec0Oqd78yGymTBIcF5zAwjzCEkmWwhPziqnGGjukX_RnCJ_0tFKhl0CYNCEZtCKWbW3dyu-32OO8BJGmIGL1v6HIA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="404" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Front view of round 7- sc petals</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 8:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Again reach to back of flower and work next rnd in remaining back loops </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">from Rnd 6</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 310px; overflow: hidden; width: 360px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\MumII\DSCN1002.JPG" height="310" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/bno9C1nwkrEjTzh4V0CbXSI71q0bIe6AcA-Y6NqNF2brwMdJxY_B_LxfoTu9Fw9B-8lgaoj1WsZfifUDL-2X7pMwkeGLkIKADvrxdnHnITnTUw826DeiK0u0wQsUof3-8XTJ8P42rOZK3WCSIg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="360" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Round 8 – dc petals</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*Sc in next loop, Ch 8, skip 1st 2 ch, work dc in next 6 ch back to center, repeat from *around. See photo above. Join. Tie off and weave yarn end through the back of your work.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">See how the back of your mum should look in the photo below).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 240px; overflow: hidden; width: 302px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\MumII\DSCN1006.JPG" height="240" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/miGBHkIVaOrncgH0iCjua5ft6xNTyaac6lgwcnXCbm4h96A_rCCHpSUBimyFhkpHmqnd0hvRzxOSBy1j1osBLfyEhd95TkTLQMEYez5l8hUqTtcKgKg0szFFMs8AoOtvZgYcfxgylTg5FcA3DQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="302" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(back view of mum)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And below see the finished Mum!</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 213px; overflow: hidden; width: 309px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\MumII\DSCN1011.JPG" height="213" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/QFau_yLCZaJ1kF3yDI9WqqY2O8zgPCPdoFlDeOuXEvW5fR0XeeBHeOUbwOI-gxDtc9aNS7gOGqxkMIYboX8ft-BkKTiXCTCsf7v3E-cgxG5Rx1c1EL4587TXAa3P47hdPNNYVQ3iVvDXevrYuQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="309" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 22px; overflow: hidden; width: 112px;"><img alt="flowerdividerNoBackgrsm.JPG" height="22" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/RWGpz_6lHc95I5H-Ly0E6-Qoc9w875e1p2-uRmzSvx8I4s_LwYnQQj5Bx9UE_Noyf0hR7GqIkO9M4ta60kaQTNXeq6RlOdfpApc_Gme3N9JYwD-3jd5k18NI3q8QfyNalm_eGFhrZNLsoznmFQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="112" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 50px; overflow: hidden; width: 53px;"><img height="50" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/ny-TFaD06w-ci7lJoreZhOWACrdHMyAyp_A9Jife0ss5uXaGgKeVjHaQh4BSbyYnZQ63qvhcqvX9dQazcAyeOFokGPFE1oNH9Rryk9ZEJFPSQWCbe5QSRddNw0luqE20_7VzdewZF_W_-YUUKA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="53" /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks for looking! If you'd like to see more, you can find all of my Amazon ebooks on crochet <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Susan-Kennedy/e/B00O07W7MS?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4&qid=1579788835&sr=8-4" target="_blank">here;</a> and on Etsy, my patterns can be found at <a href="http://susanlinnstudio.etsy.com" target="_blank">susanlinnstudio.etsy.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Have fun and happy crocheting!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Susan</div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 50px; overflow: hidden; width: 53px;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.susankennedy.com">www.susankennedy.com</a></div><div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></p></span></div>Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-22113113965169392442021-03-21T07:01:00.000-07:002021-03-21T07:01:08.929-07:00 Free Hummingbird Pattern and ... my Giant Crochet Pattern Treasury now $9.99 (USD) on Amazon!<p><b> Free Hummingbird Pattern and ... <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Susans-Project-Treasury-Crochet-Patterns-ebook/dp/B00BOEDR1K" target="_blank">Check out my Giant Crochet Pattern Treasury now $9.99 (USD) on Amazon!</a></b></p><p>I'm back at the crochet drawing board and yearning for spring to come, too! Which of course makes me think of crochet flowers and birds! I now have two little granddaughters and I've been enjoying bequeathing little crochet bags and hats to them. Kids and crochet just go together! </p><p>One of my favorite little patterns from my archives has been this little hummingbird, which really isn't too difficult if you have a basic familiarity with sc, dc, tc, ch and this long single crochet stitch (also known as the spike stitch)...(here's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gNcV7MBojA&feature=youtu.be"><span>video</span></a><span>.</span>explaining that last) ...scroll down for the pattern!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-amPZUQQmyoo/YFdGf6k-aBI/AAAAAAAAB_s/7QrPRUwT-CMh-HR8LzZM0WUK6JQey1i1wCNcBGAsYHQ/s500/41%252BpoB2qN7L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="376" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-amPZUQQmyoo/YFdGf6k-aBI/AAAAAAAAB_s/7QrPRUwT-CMh-HR8LzZM0WUK6JQey1i1wCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/41%252BpoB2qN7L.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>scroll down for pattern</i></div><br /><p>Incidentally, this is my (Amazon) <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Susans-Small-Animal-Crochet-Kennedy/dp/1456471260" target="_blank">paperback</a> collection of 14 of my small animal appliques all in one place...and here's the Kindle eBook <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BOEDR1K/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i29" target="_blank">Treasury</a> of almost all of my <i>small project designs</i> including these animal appliques. (It's in the Kindle store on Amazon, and if you are a Kindle Unlimited member, it's free! <span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">This latest revision includes more than ten new patterns, including new baby hats, scarves and animal appliqués. There is a total of more than <i>70 individual patterns: scarves, baby hats, crochet jewelry, craft projects, lots of crocheted flowers, garlands, and more. </i></span><i> </i></span></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Susans-Animal-Crochet-Collection-Patterns-ebook/dp/B007S02O04/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=susan+kennedy+crochet+small+animal&qid=1616332191&s=digital-text&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Kindle eBook version of the <b>Small Animal Applique pattern collection</b></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hummingbird-Ornament-Appliqu%C3%A9-Crochet-Pattern-ebook/dp/B00T6L3AZG/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=susan+kennedy+crochet+hummingbird&qid=1616332241&s=digital-text&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Kindle eBook version of this <b>hummingbird pattern</b></a></p><p>So here is the pattern for the little hummingbird applique below. Thanks for being a blog reader!</p><h4 align="center" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 19.65pt; margin: 19.65pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Hummingbird Ornament or Appliqué<o:p></o:p></span></h4><div><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HwfPTXIl-Vk/YFdMk475hfI/AAAAAAAAB_0/jqqt1oCVKLYwVy-1x8ZJPvIvBR3KwBMLgCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="274" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HwfPTXIl-Vk/YFdMk475hfI/AAAAAAAAB_0/jqqt1oCVKLYwVy-1x8ZJPvIvBR3KwBMLgCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="253" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><p style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt;"><span>This little
ornament is mostly a single round of stitches of varying
height, all worked counterclockwise on top of a length of foundation chains. As
you form the bird’s head, you will notice that the beak is nothing more than a
floppy length of chain stitches: don’t worry, when you pin this loop to a piece
of cardboard and stiffen it with fabric stiffener or white glue, it will look
like a hummer’s beak! This little guy is a bit tricky, but when you get used to
it, he’s a snap to make. You can make the second round of decorative stitches
in whatever colors you choose, making the wings and throat beautiful and
unique. Have fun!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt;"><span><b><u><span>Notes:</span></u></b><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt;"><span>Before
beginning this piece, tighten your first chain into a knot to secure end
of bird (so it doesn’t ravel).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt;"><span><i><span>Also see
the diagram below which illustrates the first part of this ornament.</span></i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt;"><span>Starting at
the arrow at the far left of diagram, Ch 14. This is the foundation chain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oyOfJIn2vTA/YFdMxwKJw8I/AAAAAAAAB_4/ouYL5Nt32u4I6cwZkPNKWLvDJIv-L83jACNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="462" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oyOfJIn2vTA/YFdMxwKJw8I/AAAAAAAAB_4/ouYL5Nt32u4I6cwZkPNKWLvDJIv-L83jACNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="317" /></a></div><br /><p style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt;"><span><b><u><span>Rnd 1</span></u></b><span>: ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in 4<sup>th</sup> ch
from hook, ch 12 (this will be the beak) join securely to top of dc just worked
so end of beak is tight, work counterclockwise around top of head as follows: 5
dc in same ch, dc in next 6 foundation chs, hdc in next ch, sc in next 5 chs,
hdc in last ch (you should be back at your beginning knot). Ch across to
opposite side of tail, ch 2(counts as hdc on belly side of bird), sc in next 5
foundation chains opposite 5 sc on other side, hdc in next ch, dc in next 5 ch,
join to 2<sup>nd</sup> ch of beginning ch-3 of rnd 1. You should have a
wingless bird. Do not tie off, but continue as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt;"><span>See the next
diagram which shows you round two:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gBqOr_kvttw/YFdNBmFYlJI/AAAAAAAACAE/vXGG4Nj6M484iAfqFM6o9CjLOKxpuC9ZgCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="510" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gBqOr_kvttw/YFdNBmFYlJI/AAAAAAAACAE/vXGG4Nj6M484iAfqFM6o9CjLOKxpuC9ZgCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="260" /></a></div><br /><p style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt;"><span><b><u><span>Rnd 2:</span></u></b><span> covering the bird in long single
crochets and forming the wings: <i>(see diagram above)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt;"><span><span>Pass thread
behind beak and at point A, begin lsc stitches discussed on page 1 and in
this </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gNcV7MBojA&feature=youtu.be"><span>video</span></a><span>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt;"><span>From point
A, work lsc stitches, inserting hook at a point in the center of the bird’s
head. Work counterclockwise, and when you reach point B, start on main wing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt;"><span><i><span>(this is the
wing on the left. After it is worked, you will sl st across to point B again
and work the second wing on the right, then you will tie off.)</span></i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt;"><span>To make main
wing,(the one on the left) ch 11, then rotate counterclockwise, and,
skipping 1<sup>st</sup> ch on hook, work 2 sc then 8dc in next 10 ch
stitches of wing. Sl st across , still working counterclockwise under the
bird’s wing back to point B and work second wing on top of first wing: sl st to
first ch, work 2 sc, 4dc in next 6 stitches, then ch 2, tc in next stitch. This
is the tip of the smaller wing. Tie off.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt;"><span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt; text-align: center;"><span>Finish the rest of rnd 2: Attach thread at point C and work
lsc as in diagram down the bird’s back. Insert your hook in various points,
according to your judgment and design needs. When you reach bird’s tail, ch
stitch across base of bird to other side of tail, and continue around with lsc
stitches, working counterclockwise toward the beak. Tie off when you reach
beak.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 19.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 19.65pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-naKqFdqCZJU/YFdNLU7rMKI/AAAAAAAACAI/0HAwM_4g6CsKZ0SObbfP982mGa4pgx46gCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="189" data-original-width="124" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-naKqFdqCZJU/YFdNLU7rMKI/AAAAAAAACAI/0HAwM_4g6CsKZ0SObbfP982mGa4pgx46gCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="157" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">You will
need to stiffen the beak with fabric stiffener, or, in a pinch, white glue. (before
this, it will be a floppy loop!). After dabbing a small amount on the beak, pin
the beak and the back of the bird’s head to a piece of cardboard and dab away
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">A Scrap Sampler Afghan is almost like freeform crochet; it is made using any stitches you like, with a new color for every row. I like to put contrasting colors next to each other every now and then.</span> </div>
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<span face="Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #666666; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>I wanted to show you guys how inspiring and fun it is to put together a scrap sampler afghan with the bits of yarn you have left over from other projects. I love this one, and I think I'll add a border! I'll have to update this blog post when I do. </i></span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #666666; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Here are the instructions; if you enjoy them, please look at my reasonably priced small project patterns on <a href="http://www.susanlinnstudio.etsy.com/" target="_blank"><b>Etsy</b></a> and <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Susan-Kennedy/e/B00O07W7MS?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vu00_taft_p5_i0" target="_blank">Amazon</a>.</b> Thanks you guys!</i></span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Step 1:</span> </b></span><span face="Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">Start with a foundation chain in the desired length of the longest side of your planned afghan. In my case, I made a foundation chain approximately 60". Personally, I liked using a yarn for this which has a bit more stretch so that it wouldn't "pinch" my later work.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Step 2:</span> </b>Work your desired number of rows in various colors, tying off and changing your color after each row. My first row was a dc row in teal.<b> It is very important to lay your afghan on a flat surface and check that your width is not increasing or decreasing: </b>it's very easy to inadvertently create a sloping edge even when you are careful with your stitch count. The weight of the afghan and how that affects your crochet work can still cause shrinking edges. My suggestion is to keep track of your width and adapt by increasing your stitch count evenly as needed. </span><br />
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Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-27848892384332512582017-08-14T09:19:00.001-07:002021-04-01T06:07:31.329-07:00Crochet Flower and Fabric Scrap for a Gift Bag<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span id="docs-internal-guid-edb63e39-7fff-4dfe-9c8c-30ce95533f30"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm a crochet diva and sometimes even I forget that a </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">crocheted flower </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> makes a perfect bow! And wait...a scrap of fabric can simply be gathered up into a pouch and used - instead of a gift bag!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 320px; overflow: hidden; width: 213px;"><img height="320" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/EpryHdluvy7LUC6cZ7AiI38NPzqzBA03QY9EF8qNZ5V6dvwpwXSo2yyM6vOsQ53852xWxt6uacFI2_6a5J-t_hqtn53vEKL65C-X5vWahaMYswzwlYupaHgm2foHXl456uyXfpda" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="213" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Put a flower on a pouch of fabric: instant gift bag!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is my Outside-In Zinnia pictured above, part of "Susan's Showy Flowers" crochet pattern collection.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now don't get me wrong, I love gift bags because they are reusable. I think there might be some in our house which are as old as my youngest child and as wrinkled as her mom! They are fun, they are bright, they're nice and sturdy and HECK, they're so easy! Drop the awkward gift shape in them and you're done!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But if you happen to be a wanna-be hippie like me and would like to begin using up bits of yarn and fabric rather than run to the store, just cut out a piece of fabric large enough to enfold your gift, make a flower in 10 or 20 minutes (one of my newest flower pattern sets is linked below), and tie the flower onto the "neck" of your pouch with a piece of string.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 51px; overflow: hidden; width: 53px;"><img height="51" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/VDcaDPiTWjMFVH9sUGqCcHbF30tyhvOoL2aSIDPxlp6eU1SEbPwc7yR0xYLz-Y5MjV31AdcjoXOxXF3MaU3Puj9QZZ7XSrJzHJ8u7dy76YM3tPcqvw4Y7Fvpy0PHm4t0UtfI_9Jb" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="53" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here is the pattern for the Zinnia crochet flower above. (It's an excerpt from the </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/0/blog/post/edit/386310988340209695/2784889238433251258#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">crochet pattern book</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I mention at the bottom of the post)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 42pt; margin-right: 42pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Susan's "From-the-Outside-In" One Piece Zinnia</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 42pt; margin-right: 42pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 315px; overflow: hidden; width: 427px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Word\DSCN1199.jpg" height="315" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/cqlCOcon2_lZ06IrwHgjG0N20HCpZdG2QOh01g-sQXXAPMuBNH0iIOrBuwVEPzf7NJ43y9JsMAZV1i6MBVBDA5NqjjwoBJ_Whmm6KhlpWIeDnHSxdOcVmNWv_I7_qAFEMZJJlT7T" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="427" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5pt; margin-right: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The examples above are worked in a medium weight yarn for the main color, a lightweight yarn for the last few stitches of the flower center. Use a size G hook – for the medium weight yarn - and D hook – for the lightweight yarn.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 42pt; margin-right: 42pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 23px; overflow: hidden; width: 112px;"><img alt="flowerdividerNoBackgrsm.JPG" height="23" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/AdoVJjm6p92gEE7VTU2Wbqzcst_DaraClJ_xGdR49Hw3NJJVLWVx9Pz1RPy9Cum9Qbatl-qqMqGZuXTXDTw6MkLE_JyH1XRbEwKt6jiPPXDdTvXihN2CRIOI8GLPusA62hW9fEOu" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="112" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 42pt; margin-right: 42pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The nice thing about this zinnia (it ends up about 3" wide when worked in medium weight yarn) is that it's worked all in one piece, except for the center stamens if you decide to change color for them. It's super dense, the petals are beautiful and crowded, and it will stand up well to tough use on a child's hat or a basket or purse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 10pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First, create a flat sc circle for your flower base: work in Front Loops Only!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 1</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of base: Ch 2, work 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Continue working in the round in the same direction, no joining:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 2</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of base: work 2 sc in FLO of every sc around, do not join: 12 sc circle</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 3</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of base: in FLO work (sc, 2 sc) around, do not join: 18 sc circle</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rnd 4</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of base: in FLO work (sc, sc, 2 sc) around. (See photos below) Sl st in next st, and flip to reverse side of work</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 268px; overflow: hidden; width: 251px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\NewFlowers\IMG_4329.JPG" height="268" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/rwXiL_bRAYBYfW2oyEsRgoNuAUVpQT9woTn2YemvJ-fBADIls86AQyY58E9Z3GE-_h40o4NYaNQD7eWxeASi8lFvMGhTHNvfmJCRneeKgBsdm5j_IKDwIasmAote8t6QCky0sL9U" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="251" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After Rnd 4</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 255px; overflow: hidden; width: 276px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\NewFlowers\IMG_4331.JPG" height="255" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/sqts-vUt2DFXqVu3skP3maIkNAY1NR-7ZNLF_K2TdbD5HOPll00g3FAEe5cICJ25qXtr8zG6xsxZ5OZul1LIZ2oJ1pjSv6iyzyqLDmKgqLpZa6vkcN0ICUutrbJNjK4riq48J7RU" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="276" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Flip to reverse side of work and notice the spiral of left-over loops into which you will work your next stitches.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5pt; margin-right: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First outer petal round is a round of tc petals in every other stitch: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ch 3, tc in 1st (outermost) sc of circle, ch 3, sl st in same sc, *skip next sc, sl st in next sc, (ch 3, tc, ch 3, sl st in same sc), repeat from * around the outermost sc's of the circle. (See photo below).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 452px; overflow: hidden; width: 393px;"><img height="452" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/U7x6sUDov6aJtFdA-x8hBGMpLY33Ei2b6ItHktJlAt91lC-DySzpNDUf8S-RrhxYaXd7G66K7zvdSaQvtjtS2vRp3JIzMvyw3IvzA-HruRzBtKUbkTldHpyJ2z301gcYn0h4c_IX" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="393" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the end of the round, you should have 12 petals. Do not turn (do not flip), or join,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but continue on in the same direction:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As you reach the point where the sc's spiral inward, insert your hook in the remaining back loop of the next sc of the base circle (see photo on next page)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 355px; overflow: hidden; width: 323px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\NewFlowers\IMG_4340.JPG" height="355" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/DnegSVBK_WSNWZXzWLyqmCHMt_6MZyTz-a1pRsEVLSStG6mB_EZGFbUiAM_FTkMWG_SfIVS2ZPsRONmnhLfWpUt808_k3EHIwVcSoxS3I10cQGRBhR5TSz9Hyekzqou7HL62jUOI" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="323" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now you have finished the outer petals and will start spiraling inward, continuing to work in the round.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5pt; margin-right: 7pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Work a round of dc petals in every loop: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sl st, ch 2, dc in same loop, ch 2, sl st in same loop, *sl st in next loop, (ch 2, dc, ch 2, sl st in same loop), repeat from * for eighteen somewhat crowded dc petals. (This is one round around the center).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5pt; margin-right: 7pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 8pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next, a round of dc petals in every other loop</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: *skip next loop, sl st in next loop, (ch 2, dc, ch 2, sl st in same loop), repeat from * for six petals (one round). This should leave you 6 loops, close to the center.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In these rounds it is helpful to fold down the base disc so you can more easily work in these loops from the first rnd of the flower.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 297px; overflow: hidden; width: 283px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\NewFlowers\IMG_4343.JPG" height="297" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/e3ihQeR1Xjq4u-JPM37GgfkzyGm1i-OzbBUANJupvgC46ZyJDzktUkkXOi8IpUn6ppdPjgryhRqi9qdvslzbBPhUVS0PToG998AItbNKeP3V1nDsrDvM00BHO2dWYFV_F626ZMvE" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="283" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You will stop when you reach the last 6 loops of the inward spiral, change color to a lightweight white or pale green or yellow, (dmc embroidery floss is great for flower centers: I have used # 165). Also switch to a smaller D hook) and work as follows:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 311px; overflow: hidden; width: 285px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\NewFlowers\IMG_4344.JPG" height="311" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/0pIvZUDyFbEpuQ_vSkWsKJMMiS8hnm6_rzLy6hw3UI5CcEbchHNVTapz7WaH2UNYy63ceI6VcLC8KGlpL89K-B6f_tt6BZNXwjbgvL_7Tt-DGM8KCtwv_-_U9xUSQ6jsyxI9xXj8" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="285" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*(sl st, ch 7, sl st) in next loop, repeat from * 5 times, tie off.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 367px; overflow: hidden; width: 329px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\NewFlowers\IMG_4346.JPG" height="367" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--wncGdfsTDQYbCaDF0o6jotpbNv4hKs0JGd7LRL3nNkcnmlGd0zVw-RXxwi_bP0josuM832fRuhYiOmpX2KU6-EawNYjjumwh-vK9HSJS9zvs3Uh9HRREtUqYTt3n59bbQi9Dvi" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="329" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pull all,yarn or thread ends through to back of flower and weave through work.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 208px; overflow: hidden; width: 212px;"><img alt="C:\Users\Susan\Pictures\CrochetPhotos\NewFlowers\IMG_4353.JPG" height="208" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/2Dt5YsXU-xPbirfrvlaoJTzgLxFsw05X6Gh7wI7cnx-fag3j8Dvkr7KH2ej2sJArYf4Zg_U9cdGx9tOD9l1wMdqe5JzpNTo7FyVNUIavuM79z_SQtIvcZoU2NVi_VvJYNfDhMdZY" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="212" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 23px; overflow: hidden; width: 112px;"><img alt="flowerdividerNoBackgrsm.JPG" height="23" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/M3AGruC5mhfpsbfvPAQWJzJ3hDfBD4lbKwOO3aO1UhE9PfyPW6Ag1voUVzTH6YmldtA5EtBAFYugyp2YGBApmPGqK5R0miY6UZzHaJep5BXapHe1T55nIzQzm0j1T8vLwVL5dgg1" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="112" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.728; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-37796856576696556022017-01-06T20:26:00.003-08:002017-01-06T20:27:46.449-08:00Free Baby Hat Crochet Pattern excerpted from Susan's Flowers Bees Butterflies and More!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hey you guys, I thought I'd post the free little single crochet baby hat pattern that I have as a little add-on on this Spring Flowers, Bees, Butterflies and More Crochet Pattern ebook. <br />
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my sassy flowers, bees and butterflies perch nicely on this darling sc baby hat</div>
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I'd love for you to check out the entire pattern set on <a href="https://susans-crochet.myshopify.com/products/susans-crochet-flowers-bees-butterflies-and-more-crochet-patterns">shopify</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007HP0G1E/ref=nav_timeline_asin?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1">amazon,</a> or <a href="https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/susanlinnstudio/tools/listings/page:4/99767733">etsy</a>, but in the meantime get started on that little baby's fuzzy little hat! <br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Beg </span></b><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">beginning (as in, “sc in beg chain” – </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">single crochet in the chain at the beginning of this portion</span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;">). </span></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ch</span></b><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">chain </span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dc</span></b><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">double crochet </span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lsc</span></b><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">long single crochet, in which the hook is inserted below the normal space, to a previous round, resulting in a very long post which covers previous single crochets or double crochets (depending on the situation).</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Picot</span></b><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">small decorative bump made by making a chain, then going back to a loop a few chains back (the pattern determines how many), inserting your hook, yarning over and pulling through a sl st to join and form the bump </span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Prev</span></b><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">previous </span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rnd</span></b><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">round</span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sep</span></b><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">separated </span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sl st</span></b><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">slip stitch (running your thread through some work to get to a new place without changing the shape of the work; or, attaching to a stitch with just a loop pulled through) </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sp</span></b><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">space formed in your work, usually on a previous round </span><br />
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Newborn</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">(for an approximate head circumference of 12” when worked in baby or lightweight yarn)</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></b></i></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Begin with a ring made of ch-2 (in other words, ch 2, join to 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> ch from hook to form a small ring);<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 1 is 6 sc in that ring;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 2 is 2 sc in every sc(an increase in every stitch);<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 3 is working a sc in every sc, with 2 sc (an inc) in every other sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 4 is working a sc in every sc, inc in every third sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 5 is sc in every sc, inc in every 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 6 is sc in every sc, inc in every 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 7 - 16 is sc in every sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 17 is again 1 stitch in every stitch, --but make every other stitch a long single crochet, which will make a long decorative post. In other words, *(sc, lsc) around. rnd 18 is sc in every sc, with a decr at the beg of the rnd. rnd 19 is a repeat of rnd 17, *(sc, lsc) around.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 20-24 is sc in every sc, with a decr at the beg of each rnd.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></i></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Then work a decorative brim which looks a bit frilly, if you wish: </i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rnd 25: ch 2, dc in every dc around, join. </i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rnd 26: *(ch 3, sc in next dc)around, join. Tie off and weave ends through work. </i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 111%; margin: 0px;">lightweight yarn)</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>Use 4 colors, three solids and a variegated, if desired.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></b></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Begin with a ring made of ch-2 (in other words, ch 2, join to 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> ch from hook to form a small ring); </i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 1 is 6 sc in that ring;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">rnd 2 is 2 sc in every sc(an increase in every stitch);<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">rnd 3 is working a sc in every sc, with 2 sc (an inc) in every other sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 4 is working a sc in every sc, inc in every third sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 5 is sc in every sc, inc in every 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 6 is sc in every sc, inc in every 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 7 is sc in every sc, inc in every 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> sc; </i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">rnd 8 is sc in every sc, inc in every 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> sc; rnd 9 - 21 is sc in every sc; rnd 22 is again 1 stitch in every stitch, --but make every other stitch a long single crochet, which will make a long decorative post. In other words, *(sc, lsc) around. </i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">rnd 23 is sc in every sc, with a decr at the beg of the rnd; rnd 24 is a repeat of rnd 17, *(sc, lsc) around. rnd 25-28 is sc in every sc, with a decr at the beg of each rnd.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Then work a decorative brim which looks a bit frilly, if you wish: </i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rnd 29: ch 2, dc in every dc around, join. </i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rnd 30: *(ch 3, sc in next dc)around, join. Tie off and weave ends through work. </i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tie off and weave ends through work.</i></b> </div>
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<span style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">6 Month:</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"> (for an approximate head circumference of 16” when worked in baby or </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 111%; margin: 0px;">lightweight yarn)</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>Use 4 colors, three solids and a variegated, if desired.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></b></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Begin with a ring made of ch-2(in other words, ch 2, join to 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> ch from hook to form a small ring);<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 1 is 6 sc in that ring;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 2 is 2 sc in every sc(an increase in every stitch);<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 3 is working a sc in every sc, with 2 sc (an inc) in every other sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 4 is working a sc in every sc, inc in every third sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 5 is sc in every sc, inc in every 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 6 is sc in every sc, inc in every 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 7 is sc in every sc, inc in every 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> sc; rnd 8 is sc in every sc, inc in every 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> sc; rnd 9 - 11 is sc in every sc, inc in every 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> sc;<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rnd 12-26 is sc in every sc; rnd 27<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>is again 1 stitch in every stitch, --but make every other stitch a long single crochet, which will make a long decorative post. In other words, *(sc, lsc) around. </i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">rnd 28 is sc in every sc; rnd 29 is a repeat of rnd 17, *(sc, lsc) around. </i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">rnd 30--34 is sc in every sc, with a decr at the beg of each rnd.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Then work a decorative brim which looks a bit frilly, if you wish: </i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rnd 35: ch 2, dc in every dc around, join. </i></b></div>
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I love making crocheted jewelry, and <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/238576714/patterns-summery-crochet-jewelry-plus?ref=shop_home_active_2" target="_blank">this redone pattern set</a> </b>has some new designs which are great for summer!<br />
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To make this <b>Beaded Chain Stitch Summer Necklace...</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><i><b>You’ll need no. 10
crochet cotton and a size 7 steel thread crochet hook</b></i> for this project, as well
as the desired number of beads. I used about 220 variously sized glass beads,
which when pre-strung on my thread (the first step you will read about below)
stretched out to about 20”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">First, you’ll need to stiffen the neatly trimmed end
of your working thread (the number 10 crochet cotton) so that you can string beads easily! Use a dab of white
glue or nail polish,and while it’s not quite dry, roll it in your fingers to
straighten it and make a sharp point!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Next, you will string all of your beads, in the
exact order and layout that you want them, on to your crochet thread (see
below).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now comes the chaining part: start with a few chains
using the end of the thread that was stiffened (you can trim that off). Then,
pull up your first bead, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">snug it against the chains you just worked, reach
around it, (see below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and continue on to chain 4. Sometimes you’ll need to seesaw
your thread back and forth to make the area where you jump across the bead nice
and tight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Continue in this manner *chain 4, jump over bead,
repeat from * to desired length (for me, that was eight feet!) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Your necklace grows
as those stringed beads wait for you near your ball of thread. You’ll occasionally
need to move them down, away from your work, as you need more working thread. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When you are done, knot the two ends together tightly
with a double knot, then finish off the knot with a tiny dab of glue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Your finished piece can be looped around itself three
or even four times to make a beautiful piece of jewelry; you can even wrap it around
your wrist many more times to make a gorgeous bracelet! The best part is, your necklace
is washable and durable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your necklace and put crimps and lobster claw closures on them to make the wearing
easier. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Today I'm working on tapestry crochet! I love it, for some reason it never occurred to me to change colors so easily. You just start out with two or more yarns, and the ones which are not part of the design at the moment are just being carried along and are worked on top of. You can see in the photo above: that blue variegated yarn is just cruising along, hidden...UNTIL it's needed! Then you insert your hook, pick up the blue, and finish the sc with it. There's a lot more to it than that, if you want you can find any number of youtube videos on tapestry crochet.<br />
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I find it exciting to be able to create a repeating design with graph paper, the way knitters and crocheters have done for ages -- but to do so without annoying color changes! The catch is that three or more colors can get a bit bulky.<br />
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It's a switch from my usual applique and flower designs. My latest in that vein is a chameleon inspired by Pascal (in "Tangled"). You can find him in the store links below, so <span style="background-color: white;">if you're so inclined, check out my latest at</span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/susanlinnstudio" style="background-color: white;"> My Etsy Pattern Store </a><span style="background-color: white;">or at </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/stores/susan-kennedy-designs" style="background-color: white;">My Ravelry Pattern Store</a><span style="background-color: white;">. </span><br />
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Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-43154178090913265772015-05-16T06:52:00.000-07:002015-05-16T06:52:31.176-07:00Remember a crocheted pigtail? Free pattern for this curly crochet stitch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here's a little crochet smile...I know lots of crocheters from the 70's will remember the crocheted pigtail stitch, and most people will probably still see lots of it at craft fairs: it's a staple of bookmarks and hair ties! So here's the very simple way to do it!<br />
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Then, assuming you want a straight expanse of stitches before the curls, turn, skip one loop and start sc (single crochet) back toward the beginning. For this example I single crocheted 10 times, (photo below) then I was ready to start the curls!</div>
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(below) Now here's the big secret: simply start working 2 sc in every chain! First you'll see a hump.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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Then as you continue 2 sc in every ch, you'll see your work beginning to curl back on itself. (below)</div>
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Just keep working and if needed, twist the curly part behind you in a clockwise manner so that the curl lies evenly. (Below)</div>
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(Below) Voila! A curly pigtail, perfect for the end of a bookmark, the ends of a hair tie, a bow for a gift....OR (read on)</div>
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You can invent a cool fashion statement from this curly stitch by varying it a bit. If you'd like to see my<b> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/111248630/new-crochet-scarf-pattern-curly-vines?ref=shop_home_active_12" target="_blank">"Curly Vines" statement scarf pattern, click here.</a></b></div>
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I'm so proud of it!! I love any statement scarves that reflect humble natural forms, and this one reminds me of the tendrils of a vine or seaweed. So much fun!! Stand by for some scarf patterns which look like leaves, coral and lichens!! </div>
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I don't know why crocheted flowers are the thing I keep coming back to...they are such a humble but to us, instinctively beautiful a form. And I notice that as I create a ruffle with a stitch which doubles and triples, that ruffle is created in such an organic way, the way a real ruffled petal gets more crowded and hence ruffled. Love love love it! As far as natural forms in crochet go, I've simply got to finish my ruffled scarfettes which look like ginkgo leaves and lichens, and there is a mermaid "under-the-sea" scarf which looks like an almost freeform crochet interpretation of coral reef forms. So check back soon, my crochet hook is hot!! How bout yours? </div>
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You guys, this pattern is live now <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/228657120/sale-on-new-fun-ruffled-crochet-hat?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">right here on Etsy</a> (and soon on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Susan-Kennedy/e/B00O07W7MS" target="_blank">Amazon</a>).<br />
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I love how silly and ruffly it works up to be, and I've written it for sizes all the way from Preemie to Adult! I'm going to make up one in my daughter's school colors, because personally I think it will make a great school spirit hat. : ) </div>
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Fourteen crocheted flowers, some of them collected from my individual patterns for hats and scarves in the last two years, some of them all new. BUT all of them are bossy and bold, and they make a big flowery statement! And blog readers, you get the Flower Bag and one flower pattern for free <a href="http://www.susankennedy.com/DrawstringFlowerBag2015.pdf" target="_blank">right here!</a> BUT heck, the whole thing's on Etsy for only five bucks, so check it out and all of my all-original crochet designs at <a href="http://www.susanlinnstudio.etsy.com/" target="_blank">my Etsy Store. </a><br />
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Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-743899652550532802015-03-16T08:01:00.002-07:002015-03-16T08:04:57.539-07:00New Shell Stitch Hat Pattern from Susan, and Free New Two-Piece Natural Rose Pattern!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You guys, I've got a new pattern up on Etsy and soon to be live on Amazon too, if you like their Kindle store. It's a super fast, super simple baby hat pattern worked in easy and fast shell stitch! My granny style baby hat might be a tad faster, but this is pretty darn fast, and SUPER easy. And as a thank you for being a blog reader, just click here to get the new <a href="http://susankennedy.com/LargeNaturalRose.pdf" target="_blank">rose pattern</a> which is part of the new pattern.<br />
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The shell baby hat comes in 5 sizes, ranging from Newborn to 6 months. I've got larger child and adult sizes coming up.<br />
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So if you have a little stash of baby weight yarn and a size H crochet hook, check out this pattern <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/226415621/new-baby-hat-pattern-susans-baby-shell?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">here</a> on etsy, or hopefully within a day, find it among my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Susan-Kennedy/e/B00O07W7MS" target="_blank">Amazon items.</a><br />
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Thanks for checking it out!! Yours, Susan </div>
Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-30939921497400420732015-02-25T17:53:00.002-08:002015-02-25T18:00:50.023-08:00New Super Sale Amazon Collection of my Easy Crochet Patterns!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
You guys, for a limited introductory period I have this new Mini Treasury listed on Amazon for $2.99! That's 75% off list price, and it's packed with patterns for small projects that won't bog you down! The best thing is...from your point of view, not mine (cough)...is that you can see all of the first chapter by using the "look inside" feature, or even download the sample from its item page on amazon. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Crochet-Projects-Impatient-Crocheter-ebook/dp/B00TULVOU0/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1424912953&sr=1-4&keywords=susan+kennedy+crochet" target="_blank">Just click here.</a> But why would you do that when you can buy the whole ebook for three bucks?<br />
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The first chapter is my leaf and leaf garland collection, second chapter is a collection of super easy baskets and bowls, third chapter is a set of flowers for embellishing, and the fourth chapter is four of my easy baby hats, two of them brand new in 2015.</div>
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So check out the sample or check out all of my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Susan+kennedy+crochet" target="_blank">amazon patterns</a> or better yet, my patterns on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Susan+kennedy+crochet" target="_blank">Ets</a></div>
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Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-28698283758354209072015-02-02T10:33:00.000-08:002015-02-04T09:48:21.410-08:00Updated Granny Hat, and a new Free Flower crochet pattern in this blog post<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I just updated my easiest and (to me) cutest hat to have a cover picture in more current colors AND to add this cool little flower which is faster, cuter, and easier than in the unrevised pattern!! I'm so proud, it's "Susan's Loopy Flower" and if you want the pattern for free, you can find it<a href="http://www.susankennedy.com/SusansLoopyFlower.pdf" target="_blank"> here.</a><br />
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And if you'd like to see the revised Granny Hat pattern, complete with three sizes and both flower patterns, you can find it on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/76476831/pattern-super-fast-crochet-baby-hat-in?ref=shop_home_active_3" target="_blank">etsy </a>and also on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Susans-Granny-Style-Baby-Crochet-ebook/dp/B007NLN3YE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1422901699&sr=8-5&keywords=susan+kennedy+crochet&pebp=1422901700100&peasin=B007NLN3YE" target="_blank">Amazon. </a></div>
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I'm also working on a great big Chrysanthemum revision which is also easier and just plain old better...so I hope you see it soon, and enjoy it! </div>
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Thanks you guys, and check out all of my original patterns in my <a href="http://www.susanlinnstudio.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Etsy Store</a>! </div>
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Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-79917833302685281352015-01-13T18:49:00.000-08:002015-01-13T18:49:08.320-08:00A New Revision of my Best Baby Hat Pattern, with an all New Crochet Flower<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've finally finished a rework of my basic baby hat for light weight yarn, and it gives it such a delicate feeling! Work this darling little cap in baby yarn with a size G hook, it'll only take an hour, if that! But the real new thing about the pattern is this new flower design I've been working on for a while, I'm so proud! It's full, but nice and flat, flat but not flopped-over...it's perfect for a baby hat!!<br />
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I hope you like it, guys, it's currently on Etsy <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/218401781/new-simple-baby-flower-and-baby-hat?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">right here.</a> By tomorrow it should appear on Amazon among my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=susan+kennedy+crochet" target="_blank">Amazon patterns. </a></div>
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You guys, I'm so proud of FINALLY having finished this little bunny pattern...I have a running bunny which was going to be a third pattern, but I just can't seem to finish it. SO, I'm happy just to introduce this bitty pair!!! I know you see five bunnies, but they are actually just two types, the Large Sitting Bunny and the Small Sitting Bunny.<br />
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Call me crazy, but I think these will be great on little girls' hats, scarves, jumpers, washcloths...And I'm planning on finding or making some fabric Easter Baskets which have these darlings on them. </div>
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And I'm posting the pdf pattern for the little guy right here, who would look darn cute hopping around the edge of a dress, all by himself. I must admit, the little one is a lot faster than the larger one to make, and a bit easier.</div>
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I've written the pattern for yarn, but those of you who don't mind putting on your readers might try making these cuties in crochet thread and a 2 mm (size 4) steel thread crochet hook. </div>
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And here are the instructions for the little guy:</div>
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and if you like the little bunny, check out my pattern for both bunnies <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/217853547/new-crochet-pattern-easter-bunny-pattern?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">here on etsy</a>. It will be on Amazon like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=susan%20kennedy%20crochet" target="_blank">most of my patterns</a> within a day or two, also. </div>
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Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-19231329660576952652014-08-20T15:59:00.001-07:002014-08-20T15:59:56.664-07:00Even up the Edge of your Shell Stitch Crochet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">You guys, this is my fave way to finish off a bit of shell stitch so that I can move on to a different stitch. If you're not sure how to work sc's together, read on, there's a little video showing you how to do it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Choose the sc “Even Up” round which you
need, depending upon the ending point of your last round. Here is a little </span></span><a href="http://youtu.be/8dd9f2xXR-Q"><span style="background: white; color: #1155cc;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">video</span></span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> showing you how to crochet 3 single crochet together!</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Sc in 1st dc, * decr sc in next 3 st, sc, sl st
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a shell) ch 1, sc, sl st in center st of shell, *sc, work decr sc in next 3 st,
sc, sl st in center st of shell, repeat from * around, sc in dc, decr sc in
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">If you like my little tips, check out my patterns on <a href="http://www.susanlinnstudio.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Etsy</a> and also on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=susan+kennedy+crochet" target="_blank">Amazon's Kindle store</a></span></span></div>
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Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-79604405773191490162013-12-05T18:13:00.000-08:002013-12-05T18:13:41.796-08:00Super Easy Gift ! Mug Cake Mix with labels and Crocheted Holly Leaf<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm so proud!! I looked at mug cake mixes for little gifts all afternoon, then modified them so that they were easier and yummier! I wanted a recipe which a) didn't flow over the edges of a medium size mug when baked, b) wasn't gummy from lack of oil, and c) required water, not milk, when the recipient was mixing and baking them.<br />
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If you want these CHEAP, easy, pretty, and<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> FUN gifts, purchase or wash up pretty mugs...then make up little cellophane bags with four ingredients:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">1 ½ Tablespoons </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">chocolate chips, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">2 Tablespoons self-rising flour, </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Close with twist tie and place in mug, enclose entire mug in cello bag then
add bow. If you want to print up my mix instructions AND tags which can go on your mugs and which explain baking to your recipients, you can get the printable labels and instructions as a pdf<a href="http://susankennedy.com/ChocolateMugCake.pdf"> here.</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">And if you'd like my little pattern for the <b>Holly Leaf</b> you can add to the bow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">(see below) you can see it at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/118040973/christmas-holly-crochet-pattern-fast-and?ref=shop_home_feat">this page</a> of <a href="http://www.susanlinnstudio.etsy.com/">my Etsy crochet store</a>. Basically make a little crocheted leaf with picot bumps for holly points, and 3 little picots for berries! But the pattern is nice because it has pictures and tells you how to make the motif into a garland. </span><br />
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You guys, this is the best tip I have for making baby hats in the summer which are COOL, airy, and great for the beach, no matter what pattern you use:<br />
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You don't want fuzzy yarn in the summer! Just thinking about putting a fuzzy warm yarn hat on at the beach makes me itch all over! Well, it makes your baby itch all over too! (Lisa, you know what I mean!) So what do you do, suspend crochet till fall? NO! Here's the best way to make a summer baby hat which is cool: use crochet thread!<br />
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What do I mean by crochet thread? I mean the balls of no. 10 cotton crochet thread like the ones you see in the photo above. No. 10 Aunt Lydia's is great, any brand which has a non-fuzzy feel to it, and a tiny strand. Double up, crocheting with TWO strands, not one, and don't use a steel thread crochet hook, but keep it speedy with a size H, I or K aluminum crochet hook.<br />
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If the pattern calls for baby weight (sport weight, or number 3) yarn, use these two strands, and keep the hook the same size as the baby pattern normally calls for. Do check your gauge: make sure that a few rounds with your crochet threads and hook are the same size as the same rounds with your baby yarn and hook.<br />
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A caveat: the hat will be less stretchy, and the work will look more airy and open. Shell stitches, double crochets, and granny square hats are good for this summery technique. You may want to choose a pattern that has a tie under the chin, and you may also need to starch any brims. But the payoff, oh my! A baby hat that is just a little like a straw hat. Quick to dry, good for air flow, good for a tiny bit of sun protection (not much).<br />
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This was the idea I pursued in my various summer baby hats:<br />
Here's a double crochet hat worked this way: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Susans-Cool-Thread-Crochet-ebook/dp/B007ZK18GS/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1364476304&sr=8-17&keywords=susan+kennedy+crochet">Cool Thread Crochet Hat on Amazon</a><br />
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A granny square hat: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/99804434/pattern-fast-brimmed-granny-square-baby?ref=shop_home_active">Brimmed Granny pattern on etsy</a><br />
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And my hat collection which includes both of the above:<br />
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BUT, crochet your own patterns this way, and see how cool crochet can be for summer!<br />
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I'm so happy that my baby hats are revised and all collected in the same place!! Here they are on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/78523362/patterns-susans-collection-of-fourteen?">etsy,</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Susans-Baby-Hat-Collections-ebook/dp/B00BR2AAY6/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1362956802&sr=8-17&keywords=susan+kennedy+crochet">Amazon</a>, and <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/susans-baby-hat-collections-1-and-2-susan-kennedy/1114805629?ean=2940016381091">Barnes and Noble</a> .<br />
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I only have one more little hat that's trying to get out of my head and on paper, and after that I think the next ones up are animals and scarves that have been lying around, their patterns halfway written. Sad!!<br />
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Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-30333500452316348962013-01-28T14:28:00.000-08:002013-01-28T14:28:18.813-08:00Irish Baby, Free shamrock garland pattern and New March Hat on my pattern store!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong>My New St Pat's Hat for a tiny little leprechaun!!</strong> Must say, had to look up the spelling on that last.<br />
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Okay, I'm kinda proud, I like how quick this little hat is. It only takes you 30-40 minutes to make the smaller sizes, and yet it's made from a more delicate looking sc stitch (except for the brim). Super!! The chains in the pattern make it faster than that clunky but much-loved old dc. Ladies (and guys), yes that dc is fast, but it looks so homey!! I mean, I like homey, but not THAT homey! And when I say homey, I mean home-made, ha! <br />
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And a sweet little brim that looks old-fashioned, almost like a little derby. So appropriate for a St. Paddy's day baby hat. <br />
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Click on the link right above the picture to see the crochet pattern on etsy, and HERE IS HOW TO MAKE the shamrock garland! Just crochet a tiny circle of three chains, joined, then form three leaves in that circle: (ch 2, dc, ch 2, sl st in center), three times - then ch 9 for the stem to the next shamrock, and you're off!! The pattern shows you more, obviously: the cap pattern, a larger shamrock garland, lots of photos...have fun!!<br />
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Susan's Hippie Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446285641901384144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386310988340209695.post-66007913928462453962013-01-11T11:55:00.000-08:002013-01-11T11:55:29.573-08:00Learn how to make a super easy chained Pom Pom and Check out My Valentine's Baby Hat Pattern!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A new Baby Hat! This is my "February Baby" hat and it brings together that fast modified-granny stitch with some heart appliques and a nubby little pom pom which takes 5 minutes to make. (It's just chained). READ ON for how to make this nubby, sassy and best of all, easy chained Pom Pom.</div>
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My Kitty Comes with a Teeny Tiny Santa Hat! <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/64893443/patterns-darling-kitty-crochet-pattern">Here's the pattern on etsy</a>, and it's coming out in the next two days on Barnes and Noble's Nook Store and Amazon's Kindle Store. I'm so happy!<br />
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I've been trying to finish my pony and bunny appliques and lots of other stuff, but I can't seem to get them done! Actually the pony should be out this week too, but only as an ebook, not for sale on Etsy : ( </div>
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The farther into winter I get, the more I want to crochet scarves and shawls! But I'm trying to finish what I have which is halfway done. Ha!</div>
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The first three people to send me a note can get this pony applique pattern for free, if they'll just - ahem - proof it one more time for me!! I need testers! Do send me an email to susanlinn @ bellsouth.net (you have to take out the space) rather than just commenting, I can let those comments sit without noticing them.</div>
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