Illinois Crafter

This is a basic granny square with some flare, or should I say some ruffles. Is it fairly easy the only difference from a regular granny is the last two rounds...  The best part about this motif is you can make it as big or small as you want... I choose to do only 4 rounds of granny square.  Like I said above its you basic granny, but in case you don't know how to make one here is how I make my grannies... Make a double magic ring;  (but you can use your favorite joining method) Round  1: ch 3, 2 dc in ring, (ch 2, 3 dc in ring) 3 times. ch 1, sc in top of beg ch-3. Round 2: Ch2,2dc around sc.*Ch1,(3dc,ch2,3dc)in next ch-2sp.Repeat from* twice. Ch1, 3dc in next ch-1sp.ch1,sc into top of beg ch-2. Round 3: Ch2, 2dc around sc.*Ch1,3dcinnextch-1sp.Ch1,(3dc,ch2,3dc)in next ch-2sp.Repeat from * twice. (Ch1, 3dc in next ch-1 sp) twice. Ch 1, sc in top of beg ch-2. Round 4: Ch 2, 2 dc around sc. *(Ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-1 sp) twice. Ch 1, (3 d...

I  know a couple of weeks ago I posted me temple for my temperature blanket color guide, but me indecisiveness got the best of me so I changes it again. as I looked back at what I had I realized I wanted more colors. This is my final decision... I have already started my blanket and have 2 weeks done so I can not change again. Yao here goes   99+ Burgundy  93-98 Soft Red 85-92 Watermelon  80-84 Pumpkin  74-79 Orange  67-73 Sunshine  60-66 Super Duper Yellow/Lemonade  53-59 Dark Sage 46-52 Green 40-45 Sage 32-39 Robin's Egg 26-31 Berry Blue 20-25 Grape 14-19 Iris 8-13 Prefect Plum 2-7 Deep Country Blue (-4)-1 Heather Grey Below -5 Off White Special Date:  Snow Fall: White Rainy Days: Soft Ball Holidays: Silver Sparkle 1st of Month: Dark Grey Special Date colors will be used in the 3rd round of the Hexagon Granny Motfis I am using for the Temperature Blanket Pattern I am using.  ...

After much deliberation and a lot of searching for ideas on google, Pinterest, and many different Facebook groups, I finally made a pattern decision!!! I can't even begin to tell you know exciting this makes me. I had no idea how many different ways you can go about making temperature blankets. Between choosing colors template and picking out the pattern, and it doesn't just stop at blankets possibilities are endless.  Any way let's get back to my pattern that I am doing: Granny Hexagon Motif Okay, so this is not the best photo I know that. Darker yarn is always difficult for me to capture, and turn out to look decent. I probably should have made a different motif for this, but since I am already in the middle of this post I am just going to go with it. This is a much better photo then the first, but I just wanted to show that I will doing 3 round when the motif is finished. The first round will be the low of the day, second round will be the high of t...

This is my first completed project of 2016! I am going to try to keep count of every item I make this year. My cousin requested a Slouchy Hat, I am not a huge fan of how this one turned out. So I tweek aroundn with this hat to make the slouch, longer aso it looks "slouchier" I will repost a picture oncenit is finished. I hope someone likes it, because I am still unsure. Until next time!

Wow, 2 months between posts, really failing here. The summer has just got the best of my time. Anyway back to talking about this pompom maker. I have always disliked wraping yarn around my fingers to make pompom they always come out so uneven. I finally broken down, went and bought myself a pompom maker. I am very pleased with myself!! It is worth every penny. Will post photos on how to use it tomorrow, Until Next Time