Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Moss Oak Doily

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. :)

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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.

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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

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A couple nights ago I whipped up this pair of booties for my baby grandson. I used this pattern.

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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

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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.  :)2-1-13_1

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Some pages I have done previously.

2-12 American Tree Sparrow  2012

2-12 Chickadees 2012

4-12 Blossoms Pink 2012

5-31-12 Fellows Riverside Gardens R and R Ohio May 2012

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

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This pattern is wonderful for using up those partially used balls of thread. I looked on the Internet hoping to find such a pattern, but none really suited…so I decided to create one myself. Many doilies don’t lend themselves to being created with many colors as the doily itself has a design that would be “lost” if created with many colors.  The doily I have created actually showcases the different colors.  For this reason, I don’t give specific amounts of thread needed for this doily.  This doily can be made to whatever size you like.  If you’d like a smaller doily, just stop whenever the doily reaches the size you’d like.  Block it in a circle shape, and your doily is finished! 
I think this doily pattern will work well for those who are beginners at making doilies, and it will also be nice for those who are more experienced…it will help you use your leftover threads.  If you’re anything like me, you probably have enough partial balls of thread to make many, many of these doilies! 
You may do as many rows as you like in any given color, or even make the entire doily all one color.  The possibilities are pretty much endless!  If you have any questions, feel free to ask.  This pattern has only been tested by me, but I have tried to make it as easy as possible to follow, and hopefully free of errors.
Abbreviations:
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