Giveaway - Crochet Shawl Kit

It's time for another July Celebration Giveaway!  

This giveaway is especially for my readers who love yarn.   I'm offering one of my hand dyed yarn kits that includes 4 skeins of gorgeous hand dyed cotton yarn [More than 1000 yds total] and a pattern for this beautiful crocheted ripple shawl.   It works up fast and easy.  [If you don't crochet, you can knit a simple ripple using large needles and you're good to go!]

This is a perfect summer project for traveling.  The finished shawl is light and lacy and good for summer evenings and air conditioned restaurants.






Winner gets her/his choice of these colors:

Nepeta works up like an impressionist painting.  Think Monet's garden.

These are the blues and lavenders of Cool Water.  [My personal favorite!]

And for those of you who prefer warmer colors, I've got a kit in all the tonal shades of Golden Sands.







To enter, leave a comment on the blog before midnight, Sunday, July 14th, 2013 [EDT].   Tell me what your favorite summer projects are.

[Giveaway open to residents of the US only.  Please watch the blog and contact me immediately if you are the winner.  Prizes must be claimed within one month.]

Tunisian Crochet Trap Wrap

A new pattern!   Just for you!

This is a simple wrap worked up in the shape of a trapezoid, with the long side of the trapezoid on the top so you that you have a lot of wonderful collar and clasp possibilities.




The armholes are worked in asymmetrically, so that one of the front sides is wider than the other.  

The wrap is worked from side to side and it's a great way to use the Tunisian Simple Stitch on something that is not an afghan. 

In this view the narrow side is on top with a wrap on her left shoulder.

And in this view the wide side is up and the clasp is on her right shoulder.

You can decide before you start which side you want to be narrow and which side you want to be wide.    Just pay attention to the directions.

Size:  Small
Yarn: 1800 yds [8 oz] Luna Silk, $35,  Robin J. Edmundson
Hook: Tunisian hook [afghan hook] H/8
Stitches:  Tunisian Simple Stitch, Foundation Chain [a la Doris Chan], Chain

24 inches long from top to bottom.   41 inches wide at the top, 31 inches wide at the bottom. 

The tunisian crochet gives the wrap a nice drape.  Even the back looks great.

The pattern is for a size small.  I used a whole skein for this size so if you want to do a bigger on, plan on two skeins. 

The pattern is free!   Just email me [robin at morenna dot com] if you want one.

UPDATE: 7/1/2013   This pattern is for sale on Etsy,  $1.00.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/155538140/pattern-tunisian-crochet-trapezoid-wrap

Happy crocheting, Everyone!

Project: Crochet Ripple Shawl

I love shawls.   I love blue.   I love crochet.    This shawl is all three of those and I love it.  

Pretty, huh!    You need one of these.

It's fast and simple.   It took 4 skeins of Fine Cotton Boucle [ 300 yds/skein, $10].  I'll have a lot of it in a lot of colors at the Fiber Event at Greencastle on April 15-16.    Here's the pattern:

  

Simple Chevron Crochet Shawl  

Robin J. Edmundson 

Hook size:  H

Yarn:  Fine Cotton Boucle, 4 skeins [1200 yds] by Robin J Edmundson [www.robinjedmundson.com]

The pattern is done in groups of 15 stitches, so you can easily make this wider or narrower by deciding how many chevrons you want across the piece.  The sample shawl is 6 chevrons wide, and took about 1100 yds of yarn, (3.5 skeins)] 

Each chevron is done in a 6-3-6 pattern with 2 skipped stitches between sections [chevrons].

Row 1: Chain multiple of 15 [+4 at the very end].  94 stitches. Turn.

Row 2:  *DC in 4^th stitch from end.  DC in next 5 stitches [6 total]

          -DC 3 in next stitch [This will make a point at the top]

          -DC in next 6 stitches

          -Skip 2 stitches [This will make a point at the bottom]. 

          -Repeat the [6-3-6] pattern until end of row.  Skip 2 stitches between sections. 
          -Chain 2. Turn. 

Row 3:  Skip 1 stitch.  * DC in next 6 stitches.

          -DC 3 in next stitch [directly over center stitch of the point in the last row]

         -DC in next 6 stitches. [The last stitch of each section will be over the next to the last stitch of the section in the row below]

          -Skip 2 stitches. 

-Repeat from * until end of row. [You’ll begin each set of 15 stitches in the 2^nd stitch of the set in the row below.]

-For the final stitch of each row, you won’t need to skip 2; Make sure you DC the 6^th stitch in the space between the end 2 stitches of the row below.**

-Chain 2 and turn for next row.

Repeat Row 3 until your piece is done.  End at **.  Knot, cut and weave ends in.

Project: Crochet Flowers

It's time for a winter fiber flower fix.  I put two new patterns together yesterday for crocheted flowers, one for finer [fingering] yarns and one for heavier [dk, worsted] yarns.   I'll be introducing these in person at Yarns Unlimited in Bloomington, IN on Sunday, Feb 6 at our winter Knitreat.  Go to their website for more info.  It's in the Events section.    www.yarnsunlimited.com

5 Petal Crochet Flower

This 5 Petal flower is for finer yarns.  I made it with my Nuthatch Cable yarn in the Sunset colorway.   See my website for more information and photos of the yarn.    The finished flower is 3 inches across.   I keep thinking it needs an extra something in the center - maybe a button?  

my website:   www.robinjedmundson.com

Crochet Camellias

These Crochet Camellias are made out of my Cotton Bamboo yarn. [It's on my website, too.]  It's between a dk and a worsted weight yarn.  I used an H hook for the green one and F for the gold one.   They are about 3 1/2 inches across.   The gold one is a bit smaller.