Thursday, 19 January 2012

The Day of Love




   Now even though here in Saskatoon we are having below -40c the time of love is almost here. So to make a card or and box of chocolate extra special for the one you love why not make things to welcome the day of love.  
I got this chart from About.com, cross stitch.

Friday, 13 January 2012

Cute Grey Elephant

 I got this cute toy elephant pattern from Free Vintage Crochet. this pattern was originally found published by The American Thread Company, Book No. 6-E.

MATERIALS REQUIRED
-American Thread Company "Dawn" or
-"Clover Leaf" Germantown Wool
-7 – ½ oz. Balls White
-2 – ½ oz. Balls Scarlet
-Bone Crochet Hook #2.
-The elephant may also be made in "Dawn" Knitting Worsted.

The entire Elephant is worked in s c.
Ch 14 for front leg, work 13 s c on ch and work 8 more rows even.

10th Row: Increase 1 st at end of row and work 1 row even.
Repeat the last 2 rows.

14th Row: Repeat 10th row and work 3 rows even.

18th Row: 1 s c in each s c, ch 30, turn and work 29 s c on ch and 1 s c in each s c.

20th Row: Increase 1 st at end of row and work 3 rows even.

24th Row: Increase 1 st at end of row.

25th Row: 1 s c in each of the first 15 s c, turn and work 5 rows on 15 s c even.

31st Row: Decrease 1 st at beginning of row and work 1 row even. Repeat the last 2 rows 4 times.

41st Row: Decrease 1 st at beginning of row.

42nd Row: Decrease 1 st at end of row. Repeat the last 2 rows, break yarn, and work another section.

HIND LEG: Join yarn in 1st s c and work 1 s c in 1st 14 s c, 2 s c in next s c, ch 1, turn and work 2 rows even.

4th Row: Decrease 1 st at beginning of row and work 1 row even. Repeat the last 2 rows.

8th Row: Decrease 1 st at beginning of row and work 10 rows even, break yarn and work another section.

HEAD: Join yarn in 1st s c in front leg and work 1 s c in each of the 1st 8 s c, ch 1, turn.

2nd Row: 1 s c in each s c, ch 20, turn.

3rd Row: 19 s c on ch, 1 s c in each s c and work 9 rows even.

13th Row: Decrease 1 st at beginning of row and work 1 row even. Repeat the last 2 rows 5 times.

25th Row: Decrease 1 st at beginning of row.

26th to 31st Row: Decrease 1 st at the beginning and end of each row, break yarn.

TRUNK: Join wool in 1st s c at lower part of head and work 1 s c in each of the 1st 14 s c, ch 1, turn.

2nd Row: 1 s c in each s c.

3rd Row: Decrease 1 st at the beginning of row and work 1 row even. Repeat the last 2 rows 5 times.

15th to 18th Row: Decrease 1 st at beginning of row.

19th, 21st, 23rd Rows: Increase 1 st at beginning of row.

20th, 22nd & 24th Rows: Decrease 1 st at beginning of row and work 1 row even.

26th Row: Decrease 1 st at the beginning of row and work 4 rows even. Work 1 row of s c across front of trunk, working 1 s c in every other row.
This shapes the trunk, break yarn and work other half to correspond.

SADDLE: Join Scarlet in 1st free s c next to head, turn, sl st into 1st row of head, turn, s c in st with joining, 1 s c in each s c across back, sl st into side of next row, turn, s c in each s c, sl st into side of work and continue working back and forth, working 2 rows of s c in Scarlet for each row of White until all rows of White have been worked up, break yarn and repeat for other side.
Work 2 sections following the first 23 rows given and work hind leg following directions given for hind leg.

FEET: Ch 2, 7 s c in first ch.

2nd & 3rd Rows: 2 s c in each s c and work 1 row even, break yarn and work 3 more feet.

EAR. Ch 21, 20 s c on ch.

2nd to 7th Rows. Increase at the beginning of row.

8th Row. Increase at end of row.

9th Row. 1 s c in each of the 1st 9 s c, sl st in each of the next 3 s c, ch 1, turn.

10th Row. Sl st in each sl st and s c in each s c.

11th Row. 1 s c in each s c, 1 s c in each sl st, then sl st over next 3 sts, ch 1, turn.

12th Row. Sl st in each sl st and s c in each s c.

13th Row. Same as 11th Row.

14th Row. Same as 12th Row.

15th Row. 1 s c in each st across entire row.

16th Row. Increase at end of row and work a row of s c across long side of ear, break yarn and work other ear to correspond.

TAIL. Ch 6, join, ch 1 and work 1 s c in each st, continue work until tail measures 3 ½ inches, then draw up loop on hook about 1 ½ inches long, * 1 s c in next s c, draw up a loop, repeat from * all around.
Break yarn and trim edge.

TUSKS. Ch 4, join, work same as tail until work measures 3 inches, break yarn, leaving 8 inch end, thread needle and drawn yarn through tusk and back again, drawing it up slightly to shape.
Sew sections together, leaving an opening at the bottom for filling.
Set in the section for feet, fill and sew up. Attach ears, tail and tusks. Embroider the eyes in Tan with Brown French Knot in the center.
The elephant may also be made in "Dawn" Knitting Worsted.

Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Starting Again

    Okay it's Jan 4, 2012, and today is the first day back at school. Yes I know you probably didn't know that I was still in school well if you want to know. I am not that little I have two more years of high School and then I am out in the real world. Not that I am not in the real world now, but I guess that is just what people say when they are done with school and have to go work. Me I'm working for one or two years and then hopefully I will have enough money so I can go to University.  
    Now I know, what is a teenager doing writing a blog about knitting, cross stitch, and crochet. Well I guess the reason I made this blog was because I could never really find free patterns online and so I decided to make a blog where people could come and find all kinds of "old lady" crafts (well as most people call them).  

Tuesday, 3 January 2012

Hello, New Year

Well a New Year has begun. I hope that many of you are starting those New Year projects or your adding more projects to your “to do” list. Well it’s a new year so more birthdays and special events will be coming up so I hope that list of yours goes down some. If you have no projects and you need to find one for someone’s birthday or a baby shower then come look at my site and see if you can find anything that might be just right for that special person. 

Friday, 23 December 2011

Double Moss Diamond in a Rib



For this pattern to work you need 13 or double that stitches.

Row 1: k1, p1, k1, p7, k1, p1,k1
Row 2: k1, p1, k1, p7, k1, p1, k1
Row 3: k1, p1, k1, p3, k1, p3, k1, p1, k1
Row 4: k1, p1, k1, p3, k1, p3, k1, p1, k1
Row 5: k1, p1, k1, p2, k1, p1, k1, p2, k1, p1, k1
Row 6: k1, p1, k1, p2, k1, p1, k1, p2, k1, p1, k1
Row 7: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1
Row 8: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1
Row 9: k1, p1, k1, p2, k1, p1, k1, p2, k1, p1, k1
Row 10: k1, p1, k1, p2, k1, p1, k1, p2, k1, p1, k1
Row 11: k1, p1, k1, p3, k1, p3, k1, p1, k1
Row 12: k1, p1, k1, p3, k1, p3, k1, p1, k1

Now I hope that when yopu make this type of stitch that it turns out all right.

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Something New and Fun

If you might have noticed I have added something fun for you. If you look at the side their are pets that you can play with and feed. If you have anything else you want to see on my blog then just leave a comment on one of the posts. I hope you like the change and enjoy the fun of taking care a virtual pet.

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Christmas Ordement

      Well it's Christmas time so if you want to make a card extra specil then why not use this chart. Now I haven't added the colour chart because I thought you could choose your own colours, also I don't have the colouring chart. I hope you enjoy.