Crochet Chiq

Happy New Year everyone! New Year's Eve Morning, while doing a Demo At Michaels Arts and Crafts I decided to make a little something to go with my dress for New Year's Eve. Everyone said I was crazy and couldn't make something that quick. HA I am Mary Kathryn I can do it and you can too! Now I know not everyone can crochet as fast as I do but I think most can do this pattern in a weekend! Supplies L Hook ( if you don't have one you can use a m or n which will make you stitches bigger and will affect the width or use a J and will make your stitches smaller and may make it take longer, this is YOUR creation and statement do what you like, as always view my patterns as an OUTLINE and you do the rest) 2 Balls of Redheart Boutique Changes ( Redheart Boutique Magical would also look lovely in this!) Looks great with jeans too and ooo so warm!   Loosely chain  480 ( To Quote Mikey from the crochet crowd think loosely goosey!) ( I made mine this size, I am...

if you don't block it it twists and looks like this This little scarf was so much fun to come up with!!! At first I was thinking I wanted a peppermint type scarf and I found a yarn that was a deep red and white however after making it I wasn't happy with peppermint as a name ( look this week for my peppermint twist slouch hat!) so I went over to the AllFreeCrochet  facebook page  and asked for help naming this! WOW over 100 comments with GREAT fun names it was hard to choose just one so I went with the one that had the most likes! Thank you to Sam Henderson for the winning name!! if you block it, it will lay flat like this supplies: any 4 ply yarn.... I use redheart team spirit burgundy ( looks red to me)  and white j hook ( I am using my J a lot lately) * in this scarf you always want to dc around your chain 6 NEVER dc around your triple* This scarf was inspired by  queen anne's lace * there is lots of turning so don't get dizzy, and don...

Here is the scarf in my favorite color combo!! This scarf is so easy your head will spin! Supplies: H Hook Starbella Yarn Skill level This can be your VERY first crochet project!! First you need to spread out the yarn and look at the netting. The part that is thick is the bottom or the edging, it is what ruffles. The thinner side with the spaced out netting is the top and what we will be crocheting into. What we are doing is a chain, take turns between chaining in every hole and skips one or two holes. Continue chaining until you have the length desired. the yarn will curl and ruffle as you go. Knot and slip stitch to hide your end. Then repeat everything with a 2nd chain at the same length. Then you twist the two together and you have this CHIQ scarf!!! Try mixing colors or doing more than 2 strands for a thicker scarf! What colors do you like? Comment below! Watch the Video at  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4mKZpH8BKo&feature=share Find ...

Made with Redheart Shimmer I saw a photo of this Vintage lace pattern and fell in love but I couldn't find a free pattern and so after hours ( I won't tell you how many!) I came up with a pattern :) This is my way of making it based off of the picture! I love this sooo much!! If you use 4ply yarn you can make a quick and easy scarf or use crochet thread and make a pretty edging! Supplies:  any yarn and the hook the yarn suggests you use. I would stay away from anything above a 4ply. Lacey stitches don't hold their shape as well when made with a larger hook and ply yarn. I've made scarfs with this pattern using Bernet Mosaic, Redheart Shimmer, 2 strands of Vanna's Glammar, Loops and Thread's Impeccable, and Caron's simply soft. What will you use? Comment below! Grab your hook and yarn and lets GO!!! Beginning Motif: Magic circle or Ch5 and join Ch 3, 13 DC into the ring. (14) DO NOT JOIN! Chain 1, turn. SC into the next 2 DC. *CH4,...

I will have some better photos up this week :) How on earth do you make these cute scarfs from Redheart's Sashay yarn?? I've been told you can only KNIT them.... HA HA HA Not that I am anti Kniting, I teach a knitting class everyonce in a while ( When I have to!) but I have more hours invested in crochet so I like to stick with crochet, then looming, then knitting. So I haven't taken photos yet so bare with me they will be up sometime this week. First what supplies do you need? 1 ball of Sashay yarn ( only 4.99 at Michael's and you can use a coupon).... though some on my students like a longer and or fuller scarf then you need about 1.5 balls. A size I crochet hook ... though I have made them with a J, H or G , I think it looks best with the "I" though. Okay that's ALL we need to make these wonderful scarfs!! Oh and I wrote this pattern I teach that can be taken by people who have NEVER crocheted before, this pattern is easy!! To start ...

Simple Shell Stitch Scarf Hey Everyone! Here is a simple scarf that looks a lot harder than it actually is!! I didn't use a pattern to make this I just played with the stitch until I had what I wanted. This pattern basically works as a multiple of 4 plus add however many you need to get to the next row. For example if you wanted your scarf to be 5  double crochet shells across you would do 20 plus 3 more for your first dc in the second row, Totaling  23. Here is the same type of scarf I just started in brown using a bigger hook (size J) and slightly wider. ( tip if you are a extra curvy chiq chick and want a way to look slimmer, a thicker scarf can do the trick) DC Shell Stitch Okay so you may be thinking wow thats pretty but ummm what is a shell stitch?? That my chiq friend is an easy one! All it is, is ( 2dc,ch1,2dc) sk4 repeat! Now lets explain it even more in case what I wrote above looks like another language! whatever is i...