Crochet Chiq

Have you heard that this Friday is I Love Yarn Day hashtag #iloveyarnday and see the cool things trending for this event! Stitch and Unwind will be giving away YARN so head over to  I Love Yarn Day  every day this week ( I have a post coming up later this week too!) to make sure you don't miss out on the fun! Yesterday a great yarn giveaway that is easy to enter was posted and today Jennifer of Fiber Flux   shared an adorable SHEEP ornament! Do you have any plans for I love yarn day? Comment below! I know I will be working on a yarn bomb I have coming up to bring awareness to red ribbon week!

Welcome back to part 2 I used red heart super saver for the blue and red heart with love for the white , its an off white  and I used a J hook My How to make a puff stitch picture step by step is here Puff stitch We start with a magic circle and then pull the loop up Then we yarn over, Go under the circle and yarn over Pull through the circle and yarn over and go back through the circle, yarn over Pull through ( five loops on the hook) yarn over Go through the circle and yarn over Pull through the circle and yarn over and pull through all 7 loops on your hook Push the loops together and secure your stitch with a chain Only 6 squares left!! Puff Center Granny - make 6- round one is white rounds 2-4 are blue Make a Magic circle or ch 4 and join Round 1- pull up on the loop ( 1 to 1.5 inch) make a puff stitch chain 2, make a puff stitch , chain 2, make a puff stitch, chain 2, make a puff stitch chain 2 and join.sl to chain 2 Round 2-...

Now this step may take you a while and that's okay! Remember you don't have to submit a photo via email to crochetchiq@gmail.com until July 5th to be entered in the contest!!   Please note this contest was for the year 2013  here is the winner!  I hope you all still enjoy the pattern! Don't make the blue and white square yet because it is a different pattern! Also note all granny squares are 4 rounds. For this step you need , your J hook ( or hook you prefer) and 1 ball of red 4 play yarn, and 1 ball of White 4 ply yarn You will need to make 9  Red 4 round double crochet solid granny squares 6 White 4 round double crochet solid granny squares If you know how to make them, go ahead and check post 2 on 6-12 If you don't know how don't worry they are quite easy!! click here for my written and photo tutorial on solid grannys Basic 4 round granny make a magic circle or chain 4 and join Round 1 - ch3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3dc, ch2 ,3dc, ch2, 3dc, ch2 join s...

And the WINNER IS>>>>>> HELLO everyone! What is on your hooks or needles or even looms today? I have been talking to people in Facebook groups ( the The Crochet Crowd , Bethinx1 , and GoodKnitKisses ) About what people like and don't like about Giveaways. BTW these groups are awesome! if you want to show off your work, get help, ideas, feedback or meet new friends :) ** I am sorry to limit this which I know sucks but I can only ship to u.s. addresses. I'm sorry I'm a single mom and at this point I can not afford to pay the shipping anywhere else!** SO it seems people don't want to do it for a pattern... Well MY patterns are ALWAYS free no NEED to do anything but look them up on my blog :) But how about the yarn to make a project and maybe the hook?? That seems to be the sweet spot. Find the pattern here One of my newest patterns uses RedHeart Botique Magical yarn and a size N hook ( PRIZE 1) OR If this isn't you style This is the fi...