Celebrating National Crochet Month!

Happy National Crochet Month!!

 Five ways I am celebrating my favorite month...

1. I am taking advantage of all yarn sales.
2. Stash-busting to make room for all the new yarn.
3. Following the Crochet country tour on Crochetville.com
4. Joined the Overlay Crochet Mandala CAL
5. Learning 3 new stitches.

How are you celebrating National Crochet Month?

Little Patchwork Granny Squares

Hi all! I've been busy with my sweet little grand daughter, baby Emma! So I have some pictures of her wearing some of my crochet and pictures of what I've been working on when I have time to crochet between snuggles with Emma! :)

Here she is in the cocoon & hat I made her!

...and Emma's baby blanket!

And this is what I've been working on...

... aren't they sweet?

They are a basic granny with 3 rounds.  I used a G Hook and leftover yarn from my Stylecraft DK from Deramore's. I had a lot left over from making my Ripple.  I'm not sure how I will join them yet. Maybe a neutral color for the border and in between the squares?  What do you think?

I am a long way from being done with the squares so this will be a large blanket!

I hope you all are doing well and I've missed visiting your blogs. Work has also been crazy and will be until the end of October. Traveling some and that makes it hard to keep up with all your blogs!

Happy Crocheting!

Don't Forget to Vote-Which Online, LYS (local yarn shop--not box store) Yarn Is Your Favorite?

Just a reminder to please vote in the poll at the right--top of my sidebar for "Which Online, LYS (local yarn shop--not box store) Yarn Is Your Favorite?"

KnitPicks.com

 

Yarnmarket 

Deramore's has the beautiful colors of acrylic "Stylecraft DK" which is one of Lucy's of Attic24 faves.

Jimmy Beans Wool

 

Premiere Yarns 

Annies Attic

Mary Maxim

 

Garnstudio-Drops Yarn

Let's find out which online, LYS yarn is the best for all of us crochet bloggers!

New Poll - Which Online, LYS (local yarn shop--not box store) Yarn Is Your Favorite?

Which Online, LYS (local yarn shop--not box store) Yarn Is Your Favorite? 

KnitPicks.com has a wonderful selection of any kind of yarn you could possibly want. I have only tried their "Wool of the Andes" yarn and it is fantastic. The"Shine Sport Yarn" is also popular on a lot of projects in blog land. Tons of great colors to choose from and great prices. Check it out!

 

Yarnmarket carries just about every yarn you can imagine including Crystal Palace one of my favorites. I used the "Mochi Plus" yarn on this scarf

Deramore's has the beautiful colors of acrylic "Stylecraft DK" which is one of Lucy's of Attic24 faves.

Jimmy Beans Wool I have no experience with them but they do carry Cascade yarn and I really want to try it.

 

Premiere Yarns  Love their catalog and they have great selections.

Annies Attic They seem to have a ton of patterns and yarn.

Mary Maxim I love looking at their catalogs.

 

Garnstudio-Drops Yarn
They have the best patterns and I am anxious to try their yarn.

I am sure there are others but these seem to be the most popular I've seen from crochet bloggers. If I missed your favorite yarn place please leave me a comment so I and others can go check it out! I have added an "Other" choice on this poll for those who want to share their favorites in a comment.


Thanks for your participation. I am anxious to see the results of this one! Isn't this fun??


Happy Crocheting!