White Stained Glass Afghan

Afghan For My Mom

Spring is just around the corner and I can't wait for it! The nice weather, the beautiful flowers, the trees that turns into green again and spring break! Finally after 3 years we can visit home again and see my family in the Philippines. I made this afghan for my mom, this is perfect for chilly rainy days. Plus I know two things she loves, color green and flowers.

Lover's Knot Scarf

Lover's Knot Scarf

designed by Anabelle Tracy © February 2016

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Lover's knot scarf is a fun crochet project and not your ordinary scarf! It's a scarf with additional amigurumi and tassels that young and young in hearts will love . Happy Hooking!

State Of The Art Doily

State Of The Art Doily

Magic Crochet Magazine Issue No. 13

There once was a man and a woman who had been married for more than 60 years. They talked about everything. They kept no secrets from each other... except that the old woman had a shoebox in the top of her closet that she cautioned her husband never to open it or ask her about it.

For all these years he had never thought about the box, but one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would never recover. In trying to sort out their affairs the little old man took down the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside. She agreed it was the time that he should know what was in the box.

When he opened it, he found 2 beautifully crocheted doilies and a stack of money totaling over $25,000. He asked her about the unusual contents.

"When we were married," she said, " my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doily."

The little old man was so moved, he had to fight back tears. Only two precious doilies were in the box. She had only been angry with him two times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with joy and happiness.

"Sweetheart," he said... "that explains the doilies, but what about all this money? Where did it all come from?"

Oh," she said, " that's the money I made from selling the doilies."

-Unknown.

Best Techniques To Join Yarns!

Every knitter and crocheter's goal is to make sure that their projects will not unravel. Saying that, we always make sure that tying the new balls of yarns are secure and invisible if possible. Here are some best methods of joining yarns:

Sunrise Sunset Afghan

Sunrise Sunset Afghan | Pattern Here

Have you ever feel the excitement of starting a project and then half-way done you've lost your interest to finish it?! Well, I do with this afghan. I started this last February 2013! The first time I set aside this is when I ran out of yarns. But when I got the materials again for this afghan I just have too many WIP projects and set aside this again until I just totally forgot about this and used the yarns for other projects! LOL!

Victorian Lattice Afghan

After more than 3 years living in Mexico, we decided to move to the US! It's been crazy months of job hunting, working in our papers and house hunting. And this is my project on those long hours of driving- Victorian Lattice Square. I love this pattern so much! The pattern is available in written & chart. It's easy to memorize, very relaxing project and the finished product definitely look elegant.

I decided to use whatever in my stash and I have tons of this partially used skeins of Caron Simply Soft. I love this yarn, it's so soft and the colors are vibrant. Hint, if you are planning to make this afghan and wondering how many skeins of yarn you needed, I found out that I can make 6 squares in each skein. Each skein of Caron Simply Soft is 315 yards or 288 meters. And I used additional 2 full skeins of white yarn for joining and edging. 

I used crochet hook size G (4.00 mm) and each squares measures 7 inches but it became 8 inches after I joined the last round (white part). To join each square I did the JAYG method (Join As You Go) and you can find the video tutorial HERE. And I add reverse single crochet or also known as crab stitch for the edging.

Here's my finished afghan. Made up of 42 squares and it measures 50 x 60 inches.

And oh you can download the written & chart pattern HERE.

Morna Snowflake

Pattern:

Start with magic ring.

Round 1: chain 3 (count as triple crochet), yo 2 times, insert hook in the ring, yo, pull through st, yo, pull through 2 loops on hook - 2 times, repeat one more time, pull through all 4 loops on the hook, chain 3. *Treble Cluster, chain 3* repeat 5 times. Slip stitch in the top of the first cluster.

Round 2: *chain 8, dc in the 3rd chain and in the next 2 chains, chain 4, dc in the 3rd chain and in the next chain and in the top of the 3rd dc of the first 3 dc group (heart made), slip stitch in the next 3 chains below, 2 sc in the chain 3 space, chain 13, dc in the 3rd chain and in the next chain and in the top of the 3rd dc of the first 3 dc group (heart made), slip stitch in the next 8 chains below, 2 sc in the same chain 3 space* repeat 5 more times. Fasten off.

You can find the photo-tutorial of the hearts HERE.

Wedad Snowflake

Wedad Snowflake

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Materials:
Crochet Thread No. 10
Crochet Hook Size 1.75 mm

Stitches & Abbreviations | US Terms

CH - Chain(s)
SL ST - Slip Stitch
STS - Stitches
SC - Single Crochet
HDC - Half Double Crochet
DC - Double Crochet
TRC - Triple Crochet

Pattern:

Start with a magic ring.

Round 1: {SC - HDC - DC - TR - *CH 8 - DC in the 3rd CH from the hook and in each of the next 2 CH* (first half heart made) repeat 2 more times for the 2nd and 3rd half hearts. Working in the opposite side, ** CH 4 - DC in the 3rd CH  from the hook and in the next CH - DC in the top of the next DC (second half  of the heart made) - SL ST in the next 3 CH below - SL ST in the next DC** repeat 2 more times to complete the 2 hearts - TR - DC - HDC - SC in the ring} repeat 5 more times. SL ST in the starting SC and fasten off.

You can find the photo-tutorial of the hearts HERE.

Sababah Snowflake

Sababah Snowflake

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Materials:

Crochet Thread No. 10

Crochet Hook Size 1.75 mm

Stitches & Abbreviations:

CH - Chain(s)

SL ST - Slip Stitch

SC - Single Crochet

DC - Double Crochet

Pattern:

Starts with magic ring

Round 1: *CH 8 - SL ST in the 5th CH from the hook and into the next 3 CH below - 3 SC in the magic ring* repeat 5 more times.

Round 2: SL ST into the next 3 CH and into the CH-4 space - CH 3 (count as first DC) 2 DC - CH 3 - 3 DC into the same CH-4 space - CH 1, * 3 DC - CH 3 - 3 DC in the next CH-4 space - CH 1 * repeat 4 more times, SL ST in the top of the first DC.

Round 3: CH 1 *SC in each of the next 3 DC and into the next CH-3 space - CH 15 - SC in the same CH-3 space - CH 8 - SC in the same CH-3 space - CH 8 - DC in the 3rd CH from the hook and into the next 2 CH - CH 4 - DC in the 3rd chain from the hook and into the next CH - DC into the top of the next DC below - SL ST into the next  3 CH below (heart made) - SC into the same CH-3 space - CH 8 - SC in the same CH-3 space - CH 15 - SC into the same CH-3 space - SC in each of the next 3 DC* repeat 5 more times, SL ST in the starting SC and fasten off.

You can find the photo-tutorial of the hearts HERE.