Crochet and Crafting Need More Time Max's Crochet Beanie Pattern

It seems like I don't have enough hours in the day to do all I want to get done. I have lacked in the craft and crocheting time lately. I have requests to fulfill from my Grandkids but right now I have no time it seems or really desire to crochet which is so not like me. I am hoping that tomorrow will be a better day and the migraine will be gone and allergies will settle down and my crocheting mojo will be back. Do you ever feel that way or is it just me? I haven't felt like reading much either so wow I really am off my game. When I do get going again I have been asked by my Grandson to make his little sister a bear afghan like I made him when he was little. He still uses it so I told him I would and he wants it to be pink. So I better get back to it soon so I don't disappoint them.

One of the things I am working on is taking some of my Dad's ties and make memorial bookmarks and bracelets for the family out of them. I am still working on patterns so when I get them done I will share them with you.

As a final thought today I am sharing my pattern for a hat I made this Christmas for my Great Nephew Max. Hope you like it. I am human and not a professional pattern writer so hopefully it is an easy to understand pattern and no mistakes. If you use it please just mention where you got it and send me a picture of the finished item.

Max's Beanie Hat

Red heart With Love Black yarn #4 WW
H or 5.00mm hook

Rnd 1 do a magic circle CH 2( not a st) 12 DC in circle join CH 2

Rnd 2 2 DC in each DC around (24 DC) join ch 2

Rnd 3 dc in first dc, *2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc, rep from * to end join CH 2 (36 dc)

Rnd 4 dc in first 2 dc, *2 dc in next dc, dc in next 2 dc, rep from * to end join  CH 2
(48 dc)

Rnd 5 dc in first 3 dc,  *2 dc in next dc, dc in 3 dc, repeat from * to end join CH 2 ( 60 DC)

Rnd 6 DC in ea DC around join ch 2 (60 DC)

Rnd 7 DC in first 6 DC, *fpdc around next 6 dc, DC in next 6 DC, repeat from * around join CH 2 ( 10 DC, 10 fpdc)

Rnd 8-10 DC in first 6 DC, * fpdc around next 6 fpdc, DC in next 6 DC, repeat from * around join CH 2 ( 10 DC, 10 fpdc)

Rnd 11-14 fpdc around first 6 DC, * DC in next 6 fpdc, fpdc around next 6 DC, repeat from * around join

Rnd 15-16 ch 1, sc in back loop of first st, sc in front loop of next stitch continue alternating sc in back loop with front loop around join. After Rnd 16 finish off and weave in ends.

Back up and ready to share

After over two year wait our google fiber is in and we are back on the Internet and not just my phone. I have been busy crocheting and making up some patterns that I hope to share later. I hope to post at least once a week but for now just doing a happy dance that I am on line again.
At Christmas I made hats for the Grand kids and a poncho for my daughter so I kept busy. Now I am working on stuffed animals for the little grand kids and some ponchos and covers for others. I will get back to posting later this week. Thanks for hanging in there with me.

Cherish the Moments

I wanted to post a quick blog to say I will try to get back to weekly blogs next week. 5 and a half weeks ago my Dad died unexpectantly and suddenly.  We had just been an hour before with him and Mom and an hour later he was gone. Shock is probably the word that best describes where we were besides devastated and sad. The one thing we know is that he is in heaven and we will see him again.

We have hope, peace, and comfort from the Lord and assurance that this is not the end.



One lesson we can learn from his sudden death is to cherish every moment, spend time with the ones you love and make sure you are ready to meet the Lord.

More next week with new patterns to share

Book review of Crocheting is Fun and Easy by Natalie Johnson

The year is half over and everywhere there are advertisements for Christmas in July. I am already thinking about things to make for Christmas this year, but just have to get started on them. Guess if I don't want to be like every other year and waiting to the last minute I better start putting ideas on the hook and get started now. I have some ideas for things to make other than crocheted items and I hope to share them with you as I go along. I am also starting a baby afghan because I am going to be a Nana again in Feb. Now is a good time to start the blanket and then make clothing items when we know what they are having.

I love that my Grandmother taught me to crochet and that both my Grandmothers were crocheters. I taught my daughter but she doesn't crochet and I taught my granddaughter also and she crochets some.

I have found a book to share with them that is the basics of crochet and teaches different stitches too. It gives so much information from the history of crochet to how to do the different stitches and how to read a pattern. Crocheting is Fun and Easy Grab Your Hook and Join the Fun by Natalie Johnson

I enjoyed reading about the history of crochet in this book since I love history this really appealed to me. It shows many different stitches from basic stitches to more advanced like the basket weave stitch and has easy to follow directions. If I had any thing I didn't like it is that they didn't give more patterns to try the stitches you are learning and the book could use more pictures to help with the explanations. Really all in all this is a good book to help new crocheters and a good reference on the basics for all crocheters.

This is an ebook I got from Amazon and I think it is worth getting if you are new to crochet. Be a good gift to give to someone you are trying to teach crochet to and going through with them.

Next time I hope to have started on Christmas projects and have more of an idea of what it going on the hook this year. Till then

BE CREATIVE AND GET CRAFTING!