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Our Spare Time

I Decided I needed to do something like I use to during my spare time, while watching TV.  TV, does not require my full attention, so instead of switching channels, I decided to crochet small projects.  So, I signed up for a Free Crochet pattern Web site.

This site offers so many projects that include recipes, craft projects as well as crochet patterns.  Check it out, because you may just find something you would like to try. 

LOOKS BETTER WITHOUT NECKLACE?

 I am going to try to make this Rose choker, without the leaves and I think I will use off white for the choker / red rose for one and a pink choker with a fuchsia rose.  What do you think about those combinations?

www.allfreecrochet.com/Roses/Rose-Choker

      We will use several of the craft ideas during my Day Care Spring Break and Summer Program to help the children develop their creative genes.   

This is a flash thought or I should say a God Idea: We will make gift items this year and save them so the children will have gifts from the heart to give for birthday’s, special occasions and the next gift giving holidays that rolls around.  Wow, Thank you, Jesus, I have been looking for a way to teach my little ones the art of giving from the heart.  Thanks for the wisdom and insight.

This web site will help you to find free lessons so you can learn how to crochet for beginners.

www.crochetme.com/topics/how-to-crochet.aspx

Written instructions are found at:

http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-crochet-...

  Wait a minute, I think I am getting too involved, I just found a You Tube video from “All Free Crochet”.  They offer several but this is for Pony Tails Holders.

 

http://crochet-mania-hats.blogspot.com//

 

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 Theresa has a gang of cute hat patterns and how to lessons for you to watch and learn from.

Have fun!

There is just one more thing I forgot to say, hobbies like knitting or crocheting or sign language helps to keep our fingers limber and lose.

 

Rose Choker Author: Ilana MacDonald choke

Crochet Hook: E/4 or 3.5 mm hook      Yarn Weight: (2) Fine (23-26 stitches to 4 inches)

Introduction: This is a pattern for a rose choker. It was meant as a surprise present for a friend using leftover yarn from a project she asked me to do. The rose pattern was taken from the "Brier Rose" pattern by Jennifer Fletcher from Anticraft: Knitting, Beading and Stitching for the Slightly Sinister by Renée Rigdon and Zabet Stewart, and the leaf pattern is the "Basic Small Leaf" from Nicky Epstein's Crocheted Flowers. The body of the choker is of my own design.

Materials List:    1. A small amount of baby weight cotton yarn in red and green (the smoother the better) 2. 3.5mm crochet hook,  3.  A pretty button (about 3/4" in diameter) in a complementary color (I used a red button).

Finished Size: The choker band is a little less than an inch (2.5cm) wide, and it should be long enough to fit snugly around your neck. The rose and leaves can be any size you want.

Gauge: I got approximately 14 stitches per 2" (5cm), but since the number of stitches you begin with is dependent on the circumference of your neck, it's better just to go with that and not worry too much about gauge.

The Pattern 

Chain. Stands for chain stitch

Choker (green) or your choice
make a chain ribbon the length of the circumference of your neck with an even number of chain.
row 1: sc in 2nd chain from hook, sc in each chain to end, chain 3, turn.
row 2: *skip 1st st, dc in 2nd st, dc in 1st st, making an X, rep from * to end, chain 1, turn.
row 3: sc in each sc across, 2sc in ch 3 from row 2, ch 8, 2 sc in ch 3, fasten off.
leaf (green, make two):
ch 8
row 1: sl st in 2nd ch from hook, in each ch, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 3 sc in last ch, working around other side of chain in each ch, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 1 sl st, join with sl st in first sl st.

row 2: working blo, sl st in each st to 3 sc group, sl st in first sc, ch 2, skip next sc, sl st in 3rd sc, sl st in each st to end. Join with sl st in first sl st. Ch 4 for stem.
Fasten off.
flower (red): or your choice
make adjustable ring
rnd 1: 5sc into adj ring, join, ch1 [5]
rnd 2: sc in each st around, join, ch1 [5]
rnd 3: 2 sc in each st around, join, ch1 [10]
inside petals:
rnd 4: working flo, *(sc, ch1, dc, ch1, sc) in next st, sl st in next st, rep from * around (5 petals)
rnd 5: working blo, *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, rep from * around, join, ch1 [15]

middle and outside petals:
rnd 6: working flo, *(sc, hdc, dc) in next st, (dc, hdc, sc) in next st, sl st in next st, rep from * around, ch 1 (5 petals)
rnd 7: working blo, *(hdc, dc, tr) in next st, (tr, dc, hdc) in next st, sl st in next st, rep from * around. (5 petals)

Fasten off.

Sew in ends, sew leaves and rose to center of choker, and sew the button to the end of the choker, opposite the button loop.