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Flower Friday – #Crochet Flower #3

By on May 8, 2015 in Uncategorized 6

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Flower Friday is here!  Here is #Crochet Flower #3  –  The All Occasion Flower.

Here is a quick and easy flower for all occasions.    You can use any colors, type of yarn and hook size.  I have also done a YouTube video tutorial if you are a visual learners.   This is one of my earlier videos.  Thankfully now I have a better camera with better sound.

To begin:  chain 4, sl st into first ch

Rnd 1: ch 1 (counts as sc), 11 sc into circle, sl st into 1st st

Rnd 2: *chain 6, skip next ch, sc into next ch*,  rep from * to * to end of end

Rnd 3:  *sl st into ch-6 sp, working inside of ch-6 space; ch 2, 6 dc, ch 4, dc into top of last dc (picot made), 6dc, ch 1, sl st into sc* , rep from * to *  until you have finished all 6 petals.  Fasten off and weave in tails.

Are you a visual learner?  Perhaps you would prefer to watch my free YouTube Video Tutorial.  Click on the video below to view.  Happy Crocheting!

Lots of Love,

Yolanda

 

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Introducing Flower Friday! Flower #1

By on April 24, 2015 in Uncategorized 3

I don’t know about you but I love flowers.  I thought it would be fun to do Flower Friday posts.  (Ok, at least until I fun out of flowers to post, hey just keeping it real here.)

Here is one of my favorite little flowers.   It’s flower #1 in the series.   It’s fast and easy to do.  You can use any size hook or yarn type.  It’s a great way to use up all your yarn scraps.   Please be sure to share this post with your friends.  Also, leave me a comment to let me know what other types of flowers you want to see.   Happy Crocheting!

Instructions:  Any yarn or hook (appropriate to yarn weight)

To begin:  Chain  15 (loosely)

Row 1: dc into 3rd chain from hook, 4dc into same st, 5dc into each chain to end of row

Roll strip into the same of a rose (see photo below).. now sew edge.    Now you can use these flowers to embellish hats, scarfs, etc.   Enjoy!

If you are a visual learner here is a video for you to enjoy.   Be sure to Subscribe to my channel and that way you will never miss a new video.

 

 

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Easy to Crochet Rose

By on January 16, 2014 in Crochet Projects, Crochet Stitches and Crochet Motifs, Home Decor

Adding a Crochet Rose to any item is a beautiful way to embellish your hats, scarfs, blankets, etc.  This crochet rose is easy to make.  It has become one of my favorites crochet rose and I really like how easy and fast it is to make.   You can use any size hook (appropriate for yarn weight) and any type of yarn. To make this large rose 4″ (10cm) I am using a size J/10 6.00mm and medium weight yarn.  You can adjust the size by changing up the size of your hook.  The larger the hook, the larger the rose.  The smaller the hook the smaller the rose.

Easy to Crochet Rose

Easy to Crochet Rose Instructions:

To begin:  Chain 74
Row 1: 1 hdc in each chain beginning in 2nd chain from hook. 
Row 2: ch 3, skip 2 st, sc, *skip 2 st, sc* repeat from * to * to end of row
Row 3: (1st third of ch-3 spaces),  ch 1 (counts as sc), [hdc, 3 dc, hdc, sc] all in same ch-3 sp, *[sc, hdc, 3dc, hdc, sc] all in next ch-3 sp*, repeat from * to * for your remaining first third of work (stop when you reach your stitch marker). 
Row 3: (2nd third of ch-3 spaces), *[hdc, 5dc, hdc] all in next ch-3 sp*, repeat from * to * for next 1/3 of stitches (stop when you get to your next stitch marker)
Row 3: (last 1/3 of ch-3 spaces), *[hdc, 7 dc, hdc] all in next ch-3 sp*,  repeat from * to * to end of row, fasten off
Sewing the rose together:  To begin:  Roll strip like you would a fruit roll-up.  You will begin sewing the bottom edge of the strip (on the first row of hdc) the petals will remain free.  Work a little a time.  This is the wrong side of your work. 
 Keep rolling and sewing your rose to your previous rolls… your piece will be taking shape on the reverse side.   To see a video tutorial you can go to my YouTube video tutorial.   When you finish rolling up and sewing your row (bottom edge)  sew in your tails.  You can now sew on a clip or  just sew your rose onto a hat, scarfs, etc.   I prefer to sew  a jewelry type of brooch pin to the back of the rose.  This allows me to remove the rose from my item in order to be able to wash my items or to use my rose on multiple pieces.     I hope you enjoy this Rose.  
Are you a visual learner?  No problem check out the video tutorial here:

Happy Crocheting! 
Yolanda Soto-Lopez
All Crafts Channel

 

 

 

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Easy to Crochet Headband

By on July 2, 2013 in Crochet Hats, Crochet Projects
This Crochet Headband is fast and easy to craft.  You can choose colors to match your own wardrobe.  Just by changing your hook size and the number of rows you add you can adjust the size of your headband.  A headband is also another way that I use up yarn scraps.  As you all know, I hate throwing away partially used yarn skeins.  I also like to keep a little basket full of different types of flowers.  Making a headband allows me to use up these scraps of yarn and at the same time make something useful.  By adding different types of embellishment a plain headband can be dressed up.  You can use roses, or another of type of flower.  

Supplies:

Medium weight yarn in your choice of color.
Hook:  I/9  5.5 mm  
scissors
yarn needle
To begin:  Ch 10
Row 1:  1hdc in ea st beginning in 2nd ch from hook
Row 2 – 5: ch 1, hdc in same st, 1 hdc in ea st
Row 6-10:  Ch 3, dc in same st, dc in ea st
Row 11-20:  Ch 3, DC in same st, 1 dc in ea st to end,  last dc into 3rd ch of turning ch
(For children only:    11-18 rows of the above row)
Row 21- 25:  ch 3, dc2tog, dc in ea st, last dc in 3rd  ch of training chains
(For children only:  19-23 of the above row)
Row  26:  ch 1, hdc in same st, 1 hdc in ea st
Row 27-29:  ch 1, hdc in same st in next 3 st, ch 1, skip 1 st, 1hdc in ea remaining st
Row 30:  Ch 1, 1hdc in ea st,  fasten off
Flowers are optional.   Choose from a list from my playlist :  
 

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL63E7C80712D86E76

If you prefer a video tutorial click on the link below;

If you want to add a Rose please check out this post:  https://allcraftschannel.com/2014/01/how-to-crochet-a-rose.html

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