Crocheted Lapghan for my Grandma

I found this wonderful and easy Crocheted Wheelchair Lapghan pattern on Kathy's Crochet Cabin blogspot. I followed her pattern and made this one for my Grandma.

It's made in all double crochet stiches--my favorite!

Kathy's pattern uses an "I"  a size "J" hook and starts with a chain of 104.

Her pattern is 41 rows but I made mine a little bit wider at 53 rows.

The finished size of my Lapghan (including the border) is 32"x35".

I just used what yarn I had and that I liked. I made it out of soft yarn for Grandma.

The pink was "I Love This Yarn". The yellow was some thriftstore yarn called "TLC Essentials". I'm not sure what the green was as it didnt have a label on it anymore, but it was very soft--more than likely it was some leftover "I Love This Yarn". The varigated didnt have a label anymore either but I think it was Red Heart.  And the white border was "I Love This Yarn".

I guess I should have just said it was made mostly out of soft yarn called "I Love This Yarn." LOL :)

I crocheted 17 rows of pink, 20 rows of yellow, 8 rows of green, 8 rows of varigated for a total of 53 rows, and then the white border.

I didnt start with a full skein of yarn with any of the colors so if I had to guess how much yarn I used, here is my best guess:

•  Pink, 4 oz
• Yellow, 5 oz
• Green, 2-3 oz
• Varigated, 2-3 oz
• White, 3 oz

So, a generous guess of total amount of yarn that I used would be 18 oz.

If you'd like Kathy's Wheelchair Lapghan pattern, please visit Kathy's Crochet Cabin and scroll down the right side and look for her "MY PATTERNS"  then look for "WHEELCHAIR LAPGHAN".
Thank you so much Kathy for the lovely pattern!  It was fast and easy to make. :)

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Cotton Crochet Dish Rags out of Sweaters

These I've made out of Crochet Cotton but below I'll show you the one's I made out of an old cotton sweater.

Assorted Dish Rags made out of Crochet Cotton



Pink Dish Rag made out of Crochet Cotton

Varigated Dish Rag made out of Crochet Cotton

My latest love is to unravel cotton sweaters and crochet something new, and in this case - Dish Rags.  I haven't bought dish rags from the store for years. I crochet my own. It's just a simple double crochet stitch. I suppose I can give you the pattern at the end of this post. I like to make these because they're fast, I don't have to keep track of rows or stitches, and I can sit in the front room with the rest of the family and crochet while we all watch TV.

I like to make dish rags out of sweaters made out of cotton. I think these make even better dish rags than dish rags make of of 100% crochet cotton such as Peaches and Cream. And you can make a LOT of dish rags out of one sweater, too! Find a sweater that is knitted. Rip the seams and unravel. There are lots of other sites where you can find more indepth instuctions about selecting a good sweater to unravel.

Okay, I've completely unraveled one sleeve and I'm ready to crochet. Yeah! :)

I've made one dish rag out of sleeve and still have plenty of more yarn to make another one.

Another dish rag I've made out of the same sleeve.

I've unraveled the whole sweater and made lots of dish rags and given lots away, too.

I'm getting down to the nitty-gritty last of my sweater yarn. I tried to find another sweater at the thrift store but havent had much luck. I'll probably have to wait until Fall when they put their sweaters back out again. When they put their sweaters back out to sell, this time I'll know exactly what I'm looking for and I'll buy a few to last me the whole year.

FREE DISH RAG PATTERN

I like to use a "G" hook.

I chain about  25 to 28 chains (I dont remember exactly, and it doesnt matter really).

Then dc in the 3rd ch from hook and dc in each ch to the end of the row, ch 3, turn.

Dc in each dc across. Keep doing this until you've got a square piece of cloth. 

Now dc evenly all the way around, crocheting 3 dc in each corner.

Then sc in bl (back loops only) all the way around, crocheting 3 sc in each corner. Tie off and weave in loose ends.

CROCHET RAG RUG MADE OUT OF OLD SWEATER

The next pic below was a different sweater (obviously) but I wanted to show it to you. This sweater was made out of a thicker cotton. This rug is made out of that whole sweater. I made it to be a rug, but I've found that I've since been using it as a cushion cover on my recliner. It's good for either. I like it very much. It was just a simple double crochet. If I remember correctly it's roughly 70 stitches across and 45 rows, and then I just took some black Red Heart yarn and single crocheted all around it with 3 stitches in each corner.  I think I used an "I" sized hook.

What's your favorite thing to crochet? 
Your favorite yarn? 
Your favorite hook size/brand?

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Crocheted Rainbow Bag

Here's my latest crochet project, a huge Rainbow Stripped Bag!  I got the pattern from Lucy's Attic24 blog, but I lined my bag with a floral fabric.

Here are pictures so you can see how it looked as I made it.

I love this bag, and I've gotten lots of compliments on it. I think it will be my new roomy bag to keep my current crochet projects in and ready to go! :)

Here's a link to Lucy's blog: 
http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/crochet-bag.html.

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Crocheted Rag Bag Pink

Crocheted Rag Bag Pink

My finished bag measures 12" wide x 9" tall x 3" deep.

Here are some of the sheets and curtains I bought at Goodwill and found in my linen closet to cut into strips to crochet. I found the Locker Hook Needle at Hobby Lobby for a little over $4.00. I want to use it sometime to work on a Locker Hook Crochet project.

Here's the first piece of material I cut into 1" strips. I used sissors to cut.

Now I have two balls ready.

I started crocheting. I used a size N crochet hook and I made 5 sc (single crochet) wide and 20 rows. Then I just sc around and around. 

I went and bought a rotary cutter (because I couldn't find my old one), and I cut up a pink sheet and made several rows of that color. Now I'm ready to change colors again.

I made it about as tall as I wanted now measured off for my handles.

Now here again is my finished product. I didn't line it yet. I don't know if I will or not.  I think I might make some more bags and experiment with different colors, hook sizes, and strip widths. I like it, but it's a little heavy though and the stitches are really tight and makes the bag stiff. For a practical purse for myself, I think I'd like it a little bigger and not so stiff....probably a different color too...although I DO like pink. :) I want to look at a color wheel and see what colors might look good together. I'm thinking maybe: (1) Black, Red, White; (2) Red, White, Blue; (3) Black, White, Pink; (4) Race Flag colors--Green, Yellow, Red, Black, Blue, White; (5) Purple and ???....

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This is my very first blog. I'm on Facebook ALL THE TIME! And when I'm not on Facebook, I get SMS text messages sent to my phone AND to my AOL account, so I know what's going on with all my Facebook Friends and I dont even have to be online! lol :) I'm sure I'm on Facebook too much as I think it interferes with me getting other things done that I'd like to do and need to do. It's just so addicting!

I like books, crochet, and programming so I might talk about that. I have a TON of books! I just finished reading Love Your Life by Victoria Osteen. Now I'm reading Sink Reflections by Marla Cilley (The Fly Lady).

I love learning new things and reading Rags to Riches stories, and I like reading about the Great Depression era and how people survived back then. It also amazes me that families were SO large back then! I love the simple life and I like old Victorian Houses too.

I like to crochet and I have LOTS of patterns, yarn, and hooks. The most recent things I've crocheted are House Socks from a simple pattern I found on the Internet.

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