Crochet Chiq

Thank to Jenny, Christine, all of my readers and the fans of AFC! I know many of you have found me because of AFC Merry Christmas ( almost) Everyone!!! ( Happy Holidays to everyone who doesn't celebrate Christmas) Yesterday I woke up to a very happy email from my awesome AllFreeCrochet  editor Christine ! Complete top 98 list here Not just 1 but 2 of my patterns made it into the top 98 patterns of the year list!! Berries in the Snow Scarf The Berries in the Snow scarf was a fun one to design because I feel the yarn really spoke to me. I went to Joann's looking for a red and white combo to make a candy cane type hat pattern and WOW I had never seen redheart team spirit in person ( only in adds in crochet magazine's! Crochet Today! is my personal favorite! ) This is the White and Burgundy combo but looks more like a deep red to me. I started playing with it when I got home and thought hmm this would make a pretty Queen Annes Lace Scarf but I have made soo m...

everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!! Merry August hehehehe Have you started making your gifts and decorations yet? If no why not??????? I know I have to start in july or I won't finish!! I can't take credit alone for this idea, my wonderful coworker ( CERTIFIED Knitting instructor)  Diane  thought why don't we make a yarn bombed type Christmas tree and this is what we did. Have I mentioned lately I love love love my job!!! skill level.. easy can ever be done with out crocheting First lets talk about the supplies you need I used bernat boucle ( i can only loom with this we both dislike this yarn for knitting and crocheting!)  A cone, Michaell's and other craft stores have these in many mediums, I like using styrofoam  because when wrapping the yarn there is no need to use glue!!!!!! I used these pins to start but I recommend using longer ones ( or T pins) , hahaha it was a pain to get these in.  eyelash yarn to use as garland!!!!!!...

The top is felted the bottom isnt. They were both identical before the top was felted Hello Everyone! Today I thought I would show you how to felt your projects without having to use a Washing Machine You don't need to use the same pattern as me in fact you can felt anything that is made of wool. However if it's only 20 wool it won't work very much. Check your label and make sure your yarn is manly wool. I used my latest  flower pattern  I also have  Chiq Simple Flower ,  Loopy /Chain flower  or use your favorite one!!! Here is a Picture of the flower Before I felted it Notice the texture and how you can see the stitches. Notice how much the texture has changed? It's very soft. See how its hard to define the stitches? You can felt it to the point of not being able to define them at all. Felting occurs when something of manly wool (ever  notice how must wool items say not to wash) Is heated and agitated . You can do this using your wa...

A simple but lacy stitch and Redheart Botique Magical make this shawl shine and work up in NO time at all! One on my newest friends and obsession on facebook is Onix . He has an amazing talent for many things but especially knitting!  He has just started a  Website  and I just love looking at his work and chatting with him. ( you can also search his name on youtube for knitting how to videos with AFK ) Today he posted a a quote about shawls I would love to share with you.        There are many mermaid legends in the folklore of the British Isles. One tells of a mermaid who fell madly in          love with a sailor on a ship headed for the Shetland Islands. Her ardor was so great that king Neptune granted her wish to trade her tail for legs. As she started ashore, the mermaid realized that she needed earthly clothes. She fashioned a shawl from sea foam and wore it as she stepped from the water. Seeing the g...

If anyone out there has asthma and allergies you know what I am going through! I am having such a hard time talking with out getting out of breath! So if you are wondering why I haven't made any new videos lately that's why! I did want to share photos of some new locally spun yarn I found yesterday! The red is for flowers on my display, The white is Mohiar and I am going to try Hand painting it using wilton cake dye These two were my favorite!!! already wound a small ball to make flowers!! This one is extremely soft! This has been all over my facebook feed and I love it! How true is this for you?? I was also prescribed a new inhaler o of course I had to CHIQ it up What do you think? I'm going to add snaps to it to so it will also be harder for little finger to play with it!!