Cuddle Me - Elegant Shoulder Warmer

Shoulder Warmer
7mm hook
Caledon Hills Worsted Wool – Sweet Pea 200g
Darning/tapestry needle.
Note: This pattern is written in US if you are working in the UK please refer to my Crochet Conversion Chart US/UK
Ch 70 join with slip stitch to form neckline.
Rnd 1 – ch 2, dc all the way around and join with sl st
Rnd 2 – ch 2, increase by working x2 dc into each 5^th st, all other stitches 1 dc, join with sl st
Rnd 3 – ch 2, increase by working x2 dc into each 4^th st, all other stitches 1 dc, join with sl st
Rnd 4 – 16 ( repeat row 4 12 times) –ch 2, dc into 1^st st and every st all around.
Finishing.

Scallop Edge
1 sc into first st, *skip next st, x5 dc into next st, skip next st, 1 sc into next st*, ** repeat all around.
Sew all ends in.
Although I have edged this with a scallop edging you could use various other types of edging or attach tassels or fringing.

Ruffle Hand Warmer Pattern

Manic Monday

I’m not quite sure why it is but Monday always seems to turn out to be a strange day. No matter what I plan in advance, come Monday it all seems to change. Oh well the best laid plans . . .

Well the weekend brought the dreaded cold/flu to our house so we’ve had one poorly child to attend to. Generally they spend their lives driving you nuts but when they get sick you just want them back to normal again. So I’ve had a quiet and tired floppy child to look after today. No appetite and no energy to do anything. So rather than dispense medicine at regular intervals I decided to crochet him some fingerless gloves. He loves wearing these but has a tendency to lose at least 1 of every pair.

Now I thought I was being kind offering to whip these up for him and when I asked about colours I instantly regretted it. Yes he wanted black – which is fine on a bright sunny day when you can sit in the garden and create and crochet. But with eyesight like mine, even with specs on and a dull day in Scotland and it becomes a painful and somewhat slow process. Anyway I got there in the end despite the black yarn.

I think he now feels better just knowing that I cared enough to spend some time making him something. Just goes to show, that the old adage, that demonstrating to someone that you care can be the best medicine of all. His comments were ‘they’re interesting’. I’m not quite sure what to deduce from this statement – maybe he’s still too sick to articulate what he really means.

Over the weekend I’ve been busy working on a couple of new designs. I’m also plodding away with number one son’s blanket – afghan, throw. He has recently departed and gone off to University. I had thought about designing him a crochet faculty Scarf – but the likelihood of him wearing it is remote. I’m not exactly sure what he will make of the blanket but I think it’s great.

He asked me to do something ‘blue’ which is somewhat restricting and so I’ve interpreted this as an ocean colour scheme.

Here’s a couple of preview pictures.

I hope to unveil the final project and photos later in the week.

As well as having featured pattern of the day on Daily Knitter on 18th September, 2009. I also had a featured pattern of the day today on Daily Crocheter. Over the weekend I got an email from the people at find me on folksy and they had featured my crochet stitch markers and my knitting stitch markers in their recent stitch and bitch post.

blog http://foundonfolksy.blogspot.com/2009/09/knit-stitch-and-bitch.html

Knitting Stitch Markers

Jewellery for your knitting yippee

Handmade with love, Be true Silver Knitting Stitch Markers.

SET1

UK £5.00 P&P FREE

Overseas £5.00 P&P £2.00

To Order please email me here

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and I will invoice you. Please indicate Qty and which set you require.

Handmade Imagine, Create Trust Silver Stitch Markers

SET2

UK £5.00 P&P FREE

Overseas £5.00 P&P £2.00

Stitch Marker Info

Handmade in Scotland, Lead Free Silver

Please do not purchase the wrong type of stitch markers. Knitting stitch markers cannot be used with crochet.

In crochet a stitch marker is a memory aid used to mark important locations on your work in progress. Crochet patterns have a mathematical basis, so stitch markers serve as a visual reference that replaces the need to continually count stitches and reduces the error rate.

Stitch markers are used for noting the first stitch on a crochet round, marking increase or decrease points, or identifying key locations in a complex repetitive stitch pattern. They are very useful when crocheting socks too. New crocheters can also use stitch markers to identify a turning chain. Stitch markers can also mark attachment points for joining of a multi-part project, such as a sleeve, heel, etc.

Unlike knitting stitch markers, which are closed bands, crochet markers have open slots or opening catches so that they can be moved easily and replaced on new rows as a project item grows. In order to distinguish from other types of stitch markers, the markers designed for crochet use are also known as split stitch markers.

These two different textile arts require two different types of stitch markers.

Knitting Stitch Markers – attach to the knitting needle.

Crochet Stitch Markers – attach to the worked crochet.

Crochet Stitch Markers

Handmade with Love silver crochet stitch markers.

SET 1

UK £5.00 + P&P FREE

Rest of the world £5.00 + £2.00 P&P

To Order please email me here

thesunroomuk@googlemail.com

and I will invoice you via PayPal. Please indicate Qty and which set/s you require.

Handmade – Trust, Create, Imagine - silver crochet stitch markers

SET 2

Stitch Marker Information

Handmade in Scotland – lead free silver.

Please do not purchase the wrong type of stitch markers. Knitting stitch markers cannot be used with crochet.

In crochet a stitch marker is a memory aid used to mark important locations on your work in progress. Crochet patterns have a mathematical basis, so stitch markers serve as a visual reference that replaces the need to continually count stitches and reduces the error rate.

Stitch markers are used for noting the first stitch on a crochet round, marking increase or decrease points, or identifying key locations in a complex repetitive stitch pattern. They are very useful when crocheting socks too. New crocheters can also use stitch markers to identify a turning chain. Stitch markers can also mark attachment points for joining of a multi-part project, such as a sleeve, heel, etc.

Unlike knitting stitch markers, which are closed bands, crochet markers have open slots or opening catches so that they can be moved easily and replaced on new rows as a project item grows. In order to distinguish from other types of stitch markers, the markers designed for crochet use are also known as split stitch markers.

These two different textile arts require two different types of stitch markers.

Knitting Stitch Markers – attach to the knitting needle.

Crochet Stitch Markers – attach to the worked crochet.