I would call this a runner, but it’s really not all that long…so I’m calling it a doily. I forget the brand of this yarn, but it was one of those self-striping kinds, and I just loved the color way. I only bought one skein, though, and this is as far as it went. I think it would make a gorgeous afghan, but the price would be crazy! LOL Anyhoo, I did it in the same stitch as my rainbow runner. Actually, I had made this one first, and that’s what made me think a rainbow one would be pretty, too. :)
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Rainbow Runner
I’m not really sure what to call this, so am calling it a table runner of sorts. I was house-sitting at my daughter’s place recently and had taken yarn with me to create flowers. But after a couple of flowers were made, I decided I wanted to do something else. I used a stitch pattern from an old book I have here. It is basically a v-stitch pattern, and so easy to do and very relaxing. I love making colorful things, so thoroughly enjoyed the process of crocheting this. :) The colors in the first picture are more true to life. It’s been quite dreary here lately and hard to get decent pictures.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Booties & Doilies
I kept busy most of this week working on this pair of doilies. My son wants them for his living room. His furniture is green and red, so I thought these would look nice on his end tables. :) I used my doily pattern found in this post. I’m pleased with how they turned out, and I used some more of my partially used balls of thread. Told you I have a lot of ‘em! ;) LOL
A couple nights ago I whipped up this pair of booties for my baby grandson. I used this pattern.
Here’s wishing you all a fantastic weekend! As always, thanks for checking out my blog, and I do appreciate your comments. :D
Friday, March 8, 2013
Scrapghan
As I mentioned, in a previous post, I recently put my yarn ball winder to good use. One of the things I used it for are these scrappy yarn cakes. I took a bunch of partially used skeins and wound them together, just tying in another color whenever I thought it was a good time to do so. This scrapghan is the result. It’s lapghan size. I think the middle of it makes it look like I was drunk (LOL) but the rest of it looks pretty cool to me. :D And no, I was not drunk. The strongest thing I would have been drinking while working on it would have been Diet Mountain Dew. ;D
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Scrapbook Pages
Since my blog is called Gramma Rita’s Crochet, Etc., I thought I’d share some of the “etc.” with you. Not only do I love to crochet, but I love to take pictures and scrapbook. Some of my scrapping is the traditional way, and I also do some digital scrapbooking…which these layouts are. Any fellow crocheters also enjoy scrapping?
I threw these first two layouts together last night. Oh, how I enjoy “my” birds. :)
Some pages I have done previously.
This is just a small sampling of my pages. I scrapbook a lot! LOL Hope you enjoyed seeing these pages, and are enjoying your day. Thank you for stopping by!
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Rita’s Easy Lacy Crochet Doily
Dc - double crochet
Sc - single crochet
Sl st - slip stitch
Beg - beginning
Ch - chain
Chain 6. Join with sl st in first chain.
Rd 1: Ch 3, 11 dc in ring. Join with sl st in third ch of beg ch 3. (Ch 3 counts as first dc)
Rd 2: Ch 3, dc in same sp. 2 dc in each of next 11 dc. Join with sl st in top of beg ch 3. You should have 24 dc at the end of this round, including the first ch 3 that counts as your first dc.
Rd 3: Sc, ch 3 in same sp. Sc, ch 3 in each dc around. Join with sl st in first sc.
Rd 4: Sl st into ch 3 space. Sc, ch 3 in each ch 3 sp around. Join to beginning sc.
Rd 5 & 6: Sl st in ch 3 sp. Sc, ch 3 in each ch 3 sp around. Join in beginning sc.
Rd 7: Sl st into ch 3 sp. Sc, ch 3 in same sp and in each ch 3 space around. Join with sl st in beg sc.
Rd 8: Sl st into ch 3 sp. Sc, ch 3, sc, ch 3 in each ch 3 sp around. Join with sl st in beg sc.
Rd 9: Sl st into ch 3 sp. Sc, ch 3 in ea ch 3 sp around. Join with sl st in beg sc.
Rd 10 & 14: Same as Rd 9.
Rd 15: Sl st into ch 3 sp. Ch 6, dc in same sp. (Counts as first dc, ch 3, dc). Dc, ch 3, dc in ea ch 3 sp around. Join with sl st in third ch of beg ch 6.
Rd 16 & 17: Same as Rd 15.
Rd 18: Sl st into ch 3 sp. Sc, ch 3, sc, ch 3 in same space. Sc, ch 3, sc, ch 3 in each ch 3 sp around. Join with sl st in beg sc.
Rd 19 & 20: Same as Rd 5 & Rd 6.
Rd 21: Sl st into ch 3 sp. Sc, ch 6 in same sp. Skip next ch 3 sp, sc, ch 6 in next ch 3 sp, around. Join with sl in first sc.
Rd 22: Sl st in first 2 ch of ch 6 sp. Ch 5, dc, ch 2, dc in same ch 6 sp. Dc, ch 2, dc, ch 2, dc in next ch 6 sp around. Join with sl st in third ch of beg ch 5.
Rd 23: Sl st in first ch 2 sp. Ch 5, dc in same sp. Dc, ch 2, dc in next ch 2 sp around. Join with sl st in third ch of beg ch 5.
Rd 24 & 25: Same as Rd 23.
Rd 26: Sl st into ch 2 sp. Sc, ch 3, sc, ch 3 in ea ch 2 sp around. Join with sl st in first sc.
Rd 27: Sl st into first ch 3 sp. Sc, ch 4 in same sp. Skip next ch 3 sp, sc, ch 4 in next ch 3 sp around. Join with sl st in first sc.
Rd 28: Sl st into ch 4 sp. Sc, ch 4 in same space and in ea ch 4 sp around. Join in first sc.
Rd 29: Sl st into first two ch of ch 4. Ch 6, dc, in same ch 4 space. Dc, ch 3, dc in ea ch 4 sp around. Join with sl st in third ch of beg ch 6.
Rd 30: Sl st into ch 3 sp. Sc, ch 5 in same space and in ea ch 3 sp around. Join with sl st in first sc.
Rd 31: Sl st into first ch 5 sp. Ch 5, dc, ch 2, dc in same sp. Dc, ch 2, dc, ch 2, dc in ea ch 5 sp around. Join with sl st in third ch of beg ch 5.
Rd 32: Sl st into first ch 2 of the {dc, ch 2, dc} group. Sc the two ch 2 sp tog. (Also known as a sc decrease using the two ch 2 spaces). Ch 5, sc the next two ch 2 sp tog, around. Join with sl st in first sc.
Rd 33: Sl st in first 2 ch of first ch 5 sp. Ch 7, dc in same sp. Dc, ch 4, dc in each ch 5 sp around. Join with sl st in third ch of beg ch 7.
Rd 34: Sl st into ch 4 sp. Sc, ch 3, sc, ch 3 in same space and in ea ch 4 sp around. FO