Granny Rose for Granny Baby

It never ceases to amaze and warm me when 

a fellow crocheter creates a work of art

and shares it with me to share with you.

This afghan was created by a patron of my Granny Rose pattern for

a granddaughter whose arrival is any day now.

Something very special for a lucky little one to cherish for years to come.

And come to find out, whilst I thought I was communicating with someone

overseas, this wonderful lady resides within the same valley where I live.

Additionally, her spouse worked with the NVO until 2014!

It's almost as if we were connected with an invisible strand of yarn.

I wonder if there times we were crocheting roses at the same time. 

I like to think so.

Thank you "S" for sharing this delightful gift,

and

Welcome Little One!

Granny Rose afghan pattern can be purchased here.

Happy First Day of Spring Color Play

Sunday...

Playing with the Stylecraft Special DK roses...

There's nothing like crocheted roses with:

An Os rosemaled plate,

or an Os rosemaled box,

some fruit,

or my favorite loose leaf tea,

 or our little "Charlie Brown" tree,

 or the French canister,

or "The Little Prince",

or a fun cookbook,

or a couple of folksy birds,

 or how about this Norwegian guy?

Oh, what fun it is to play with a little color on the first day of Spring!!!

What was your first day of Spring like?

(Crocheted Rose pattern can be purchased here, of course. )

A Happy Spring to you all!

Flower Tags for Yarn Roses

I finished making a rose of every Stylecraft Special DK yarn...

and look what I sewed to the back of each one:

Cardstock Flower Tags!

Can you even stand it?

Looks a little like a big button huh?

Now, if I'm wondering what color these are...

I simply flip them over.

These make for gobs of fun combo color time...

and you know that's what's coming next!

(Rose made in-the-round pattern can be purchased here.)

Granny Rose Shirt Made with Love by Fien

Oh my, oh my,

look at this beauty!

One of my readers sent me this photo of a beautiful shirt

she made with the Granny Rose pattern.

I am always so thrilled to see how creative and smart people are!

It warms my heart when they have made such a fun use of my pattern.

At one time, I thought it would be fun to someday crochet a skirt incorporating the 

granny rose squares along the bottom, but goodness gracious this shirt "tops" all the ideas!

 Nice job, Fien!

(If you'd like to try your hand at something like this, you can start by making

the granny rose squares. Please click here to purchase the Granny Rose pattern for the squares.)

Isn't it incredible?

Thank you Fien for sharing your talent and this photo with us!

Stylecraft Special DK Color Combos 5 of 5

This week I have been posting some favorite

Stylecraft Special DK yarn color combos....

These will only scratch the surface of the possibilities,

but too many may bore you. ;-)

It's day five and I'm ending this with a color combo to go with one of my favorite accessories.

I'm excited about this one!

Here's 5 of 5:

Ah ha! Colors to go with my Converse!
Hmmmm.... this does not seem very creative.
I may have come up with something monochromatic and boring?
(I do love this color though!)

I need your help...
What colors do you think could be added to this?

I would love your suggestions!

I'm working on Phase II of the labeling of the roses.

Please stay tuned!

You can purchase this "Rose Made in Round" pattern

at my Etsy shop by clicking here.

As always,

Happy Crocheting!

Stylecraft Special DK Color Combos 4 of 5

This week I have been posting some favorite

Stylecraft Special DK yarn color combos....

These will only scratch the surface of the possibilities,

but too many may bore you. ;-)

I will end day five with a color combo to go with one of my favorite accessories.

I'm excited about that one!

Here's 4 of 5:



This set is dedicated to my Rockman aka the NVO!

Look how differently the colors photograph inside.

Wow - it's all about the natural light! 

 

Come back tomorrow for one of my favorite accessories photographed with roses. 

You can purchase this "Rose Made in Round" pattern

at my Etsy shop by clicking here.

As always,

HAPPY CROCHETING!

Stylecraft Special DK Color Combos 3 of 5

This week I have been posting some favorite

Stylecraft Special DK yarn color combos....

These will only scratch the surface of the possibilities,

but too many may bore you. ;-)

I will end day five with a color combo to go with one of my favorite accessories.

I'm excited about that one!

Here's 3 of 5:

Back to BRIGHT!!!

I'm not getting old and subtle after all. ;-)

These were found together by accident,

and I thought hmmmmm, I might like this.

Here it is with a different green.

"Pistachio" instead of "Grass Green".

Which green do you like best?

Come back tomorrow for something entirely different. :-)

You can purchase this "Rose Made in Round" pattern

at my Etsy shop by clicking here.

As always,

HAPPY CROCHETING!

Stylecraft Special DK Color Combos 2 of 5

This week I have been posting some favorite

Stylecraft Special DK yarn color combos....

These will only scratch the surface of the possibilities,

but too many may bore you. ;-)

I will end day five with a color combo to go with one of my favorite accessories.

I'm excited about that one!

Here's 2 of 5:

The muted spring colors with "Silver" and "Parchment"  have been appealing to me lately.
Not what I generally choose.

Perhaps, I'm becoming more subtle in my old age? ;-)

Here "Parchment" is replaced with "Duck Egg Blue".

(I can't find the label for "Duck Egg Blue" anywhere!)

Come back tomorrow for something entirely different. :-)

(Maybe back to bright???)

You can purchase this "Rose Made in Round" pattern

at my Etsy shop by clicking here.

As always,

HAPPY CROCHETING!

Stylecraft Special DK Color Combos 1 of 5

Over the next five days I will post some favorite

Stylecraft Special DK yarn color combos....

These will only scratch the surface of the possibilities,

but too many may bore you. ;-)

I will end day five with a color combo to go with one of my favorite accessories.

I'm excited about that one!

Here's 1 of 5:

 I decided to start with my tried and true colors.

My entire home is decorated in these colors.

Here are basically the same combos with a few slight differences:

Can you spot the differences?

Come back tomorrow for something entirely different. :-)

You can purchase this "Rose Made in Round" pattern

at my Etsy shop by clicking here.

As always,

HAPPY CROCHETING!

Playing with Yarn Roses

What could be more fun than playing with yarn

 as in the previous post?

Well, IMHO, the answer is:

Playing with yarn roses!!!

I had made a mess of my Stylecraft Special DK yarn, 

not knowing which color was which in order to order more.

To organize the yarn and simplify color combination work,

I decided to make a rose of every color!

Fun, huh?

Unfortunately, poor "Petrol" did not make it to the original group photo as "Petrol"

 was found between the chair cushion after all the other roses

 were photographed and put away.

So "Petrol' has earned its own spot in an effort to repair the relationship. ;-)

I'm sorry "Petrol".

(You're buddy "Teal" was there though.)

I love Stylecraft Special DK yarn - it's price point is just perfect for afghans.

And the colors are lovely and seem to be endless....

But this is only the first phase of the yarn roses with names.

There's a second phase that will come out soon.

But, first I will post about different color combos during the next week.

I'm having so much fun with these I can hardly stand it!

You can purchase this "Rose Made in Round" pattern

at my Etsy shop by clicking here.

As always,

HAPPY CROCHETING!

Gone Too Long!

I've been away from blogging for a while...

sometimes life, work, and unfortunately even death takes it's toll.

All is much better now and I'm excited to be back!

Please don't mistake my absence as 

time away from crocheting,

as that is simply not the case. ;-).

You see, for me, crocheting is very therapeutic and carries

me through the good times and the not so good times.

Crochet is my place for love, joy, and peace.

So lets get back into this with that which is essential to crochet:

YARN!!!

And here's some fun with Stylecraft Special DK yarn:

During the holidays, I asked Little Bug to put together some color combos she likes.

Her color choices are always different than mine 

and I like the change of perspective.

I hope you can see the color names.

If not, just ask, and will let you know what they are.

I think I like this one best:

How about you?

Oh and if you think this is fun...just you wait until the next post.

It's fun x 10!

More organized yarn fun to come!!!