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A Crochet Heart seemed like a fun project to make . Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. I wanted to make a project to go with that special day of love.
During this last couple of months I have been busy making blankets for grandkids. I was starting to look around for a blanket I could make for my granddaughter.
I didn’t want the regular blanket. I wanted to come up with something cute and that says how much I love her. This might be the answer. My square is almost ready. I just need to sew in the yarn tails.
Here is today’s project: A Fun and Easy Granny Square Coffee Cup Cozy
This is a fun and easy Granny square coffee cup cozy. If you’re like me you probably have tons of partially used skeins of yarn. I just can’t seem to throw out even small amounts of yarn out. I know if I just think a little I can come up with ways to use these small scraps of yarn and make something beautiful. For many of you January is one of the coldest months of the year. I must admit I live in a suburb of San Diego, California and we are blessed with pretty awesome weather year round. However for those of you not so fortunate I wanted to come up with a project that uses up your yarn scraps. I’ve used colorful spring colors to make winter more bearable. This is what I came up with a fun and easy Granny Square coffee cup cozy. It’s a great way to use up your scraps. Plus it had to be pretty enough to give away as a gift. (Teachers day, Mother’s Day, etc.). You can choose your own colors if you prefer. I can just imagine this with pretty shades or orange and maybe a yellow center.
First I would like to thank everyone who participated in this giveaway. It was really great to see how many of you liked the content of both books. Today I want to announce the 3 winners. Each will have a choice of either the Knit Animal Lovies book or the Crochet Animal Lovie Blankets book. All 3 winners have been notified at the email they used to sign up to become members of my blog. These giveaways are my way of saying thank you to everyone who has supported me and shown that extra love of becoming a blog member. Being a member is free and it guarantees you will be kept up to date on new posts, giveaways, online courses and lots of great projects.
I tried something different on my YouTube channel today. It’s hard to believe that we are now into the Christmas season. OK, let’s be honest tomorrow is Thanksgiving but after tomorrow it will be here…in full bloom: Christmas season. I realize that even saying Christmas is no longer politically correct for many. Things like Winter Holidays seems to be what is popular. In my home we celebrate Christmas and so do many of my friends. That includes shopping for Christmas tree. Bringing our our ornaments and decorations. Most of the people in my neighborhood will put up Christmas lights on their homes and decorate their lawns.
I will probably be invited to go Christmas caroling although to be on the safe side I try not to sing. Singing is not my forte. I wanted to make something fun to wear during the season. I came up with this fun and cute Santa Hat with buckle. I have sized it for various sizes including children and adults. I am doing something a little different with this video. I am making it available for purchase on my channel. I wanted to make it something that is affordable. This is a step-by-step tutorial like most of my other videos. It runs for about 45 minutes. What I like about it is that it uses basic stitches and techniques. As much as I would love to continue providing all free videos I need to start making some more income to be able to pay my bills and expenses which include the expenses for running the channel and this blog. It takes many hours for each new video which doesn’t even include creating the pattern. Making the item and having it tested. Then there is the filming and video editing. A half hour video can take up to 40 hours to create. I hope you will support me in this endeavor. I realize that money might be tight. This is why there are still over 610 free videos available on my channel. Those will continue to be free. I will also continue to upload other free videos. The end of the year is here and expenses are high. Thanks for understanding and your support.
I decided to share this Crochet Motif of the Sea Foam Stitch (also known as Ocean Waves) today. I’m always on the look out for new motif’s I can use for various projects. Since it’s summer now and the weather has warmed up I wanted to a summertime baby blanket. I will be using cotton yarn. Although it’s still summer there are times you still need a blanket to cover up a sleeping baby. I didn’t want to make something too heavy. I went thru all my previous projects to look for something that would fit the bill. I really liked this one. Some books call it Sea foam and some call it ocean waves.
Here is a sample (2 pattern repeat) of the sea foam motif. I made one of these blankets a few years ago. You can use any size hook and type of yarn. Just make sure the hook is appropriate for the yarn weight. Since this will be a baby blanket I used a weight 3 cotton yarn and a G hook. You can use whatever hook and yarn you prefer. I used 2 colors and changed color on row 6 of pattern. You can use as many colors as you like or stay with one solid color. Using multiple colors is a good way to use up your yarn stash.
