Sunday, May 18, 2014

Mandalas, Flowers, and Good Will Finds, Oh My!!

Hello friends, and I hope you are all having a lovely day! Rick is out mowing, and I was outside earlier and planted some daylilies.  It’s chilly and quite windy out there.  But I am not complaining.  I’ll take this over 90 degrees and humid any ol’ time! 

Thought I’d share a few things with you today.  First up are the crochet goodies I’ve been playing around with during the past week.  Flowers, mandalas and a hot pad.

First up are the mandalas. The pattern for the first one can be found here. Very easy and works up quickly!

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The pattern for this second mandala can be found at this site. It works up quickly as well, and is also easy.

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For this next mandala I just played around with my yarn, and didn’t follow a pattern.  All of the mandalas I made are using WW cotton yarn so that they may be used as hot pads, if desired.

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Next up, I made some flowers.  I was having fun playing with all my colorful WW cotton yarns!  For the first one, I followed this pattern. I decided it was working up bigger than I’d like, using the WW cotton yarn, so I made a similar flower on my own.  I didn’t put on as many petals or rows, and I used a smaller hook. This picture shows the first one on the left, and then my revamped one on the right.

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And here are all of the smaller ones posing together.

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Last, but not least, I would like to share my Good Will finds with you.  I absolutely love the pattern on this set of vintage sheets I found.  When I was a little girl (I’m thinking around 9 or so) I had just one pillowcase with this print on it.  I *loved* that pillowcase! Imagine how hurt I was one day when I came home from school to find that my mother had given it away!  Say it isn’t so!!!  But anyhoo, here I am all these years later and I have the whole set…not just the pillowcase.  Problem is I am sleeping on a twin size bed, and the sheets are double.  They’re not tucking under real well, so I think I’m going to have to figure out something to help them stay on the bed better.

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Also at Good Will, I found this unique vase and tin box.  I was a happy shopper.

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There now, I think I’m all caught up with showing you my goodies.  Enjoy the week ahead and blessings to all of you!

14 comments:

  1. Oh your mandalas and flowers are fantastic!! ♥ Pretty finds, too :-)
    Greetings and have a good week, Nata

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    1. Thank you, Nata! I am just now printing off a mandala pattern from your site. Hope to make one someday soon! Thanks for the pattern! :)

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  2. Your mandala's are lovely too so pretty, and I love the flowers and all the different colour combinations, thank you for the links, more to add to my to do list. :)

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    1. Thanks, Linda! Mandalas are so much fun to make, aren't they? The color possibilities are endless! :D

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  3. The mandalas are just fantastic, Rita!!:) And the flowers, oh my, how beautiful they look!! I have made this pattern earlier but only one flower. I loved the way you combined the colors. What are you planning to do with them?

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    1. Thanks, Preeti! In all honesty, at this point in time I have no idea what I am going to do with the flowers. LOL Just wanted to make some. Will figure out what I'm going to do with them one of these days. :)

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  4. Love your mandalas! The flowers would make a beautiful afghan if you joined them together on the last round. Great Goodwill finds! Don't you just love thrifting almost as much as crocheting? I do!

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    1. Thanks, Charlotte! Yes, thrifting is a blast! :D

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  5. I see alot of my blogger friends are making madalas...they are pretty.. I love the flowers esp the smaller ones..your eye for color combos never fail to amaze me.

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  6. Hi, I saw you at Sarahs sweetheart and followed you here lol... What beautiful mandalas you make...
    Have a great week

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    1. Thank you, and I'm so glad you followed me here! Hope to see you often! :)

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  7. Your mandalas are beautiful, something I've been meaning to make of.

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    1. Thanks, Vicki! :) You really should make some...they're a lot of fun. :)

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