Kitchen Crochet

I bought this cotton yarn a couple years ago because it matches the colors in my kitchen perfectly. So far I have made 2 potholders, a handle cozy for my cast iron skillet and today I made a hot pad. I used the same flower pattern that Lucy used over at Attic 24, but I only made mine 9 rounds. I will make this again with soft yarn for a pillow just like she made. It's SO cute! So anyway, here are some pictures of the various kitchen things :) I still have plenty of yarn left over, so you know there will be more to come!

Here's the pattern for the flower. Remember, it's in UK terminology, so change the tr's to dc's if you're in the US.
There's no pattern for the handle cozy. I just kinda made it. I started with a magic circle and went round from there. I love having this for my cast iron skillet, I don't have to worry about accidentally grabbing the handle and burning myself anymore.

And lastly my potholder. Again no pattern, just chained as big as I wanted it across and then made some front post dc in every other dc. This gives it a nice ribbed design, but it also gives the pot holder some grip too. I did that until it was roughly square, then dc the rest of the way. I then doubled it over and did a sc border all the way around.

It's all pretty easy and everything matches :) That makes me happy. Now if they would only add orange to the yarn I'd be thrilled!!!

Colorful Ripple Afghan

This is project 2 of 2012....


My first ripple afghan ever! I have tried many times before to make one of these, but something never worked out and I got discouraged, so of course I quit. I probably ripped out 100's of yards of yarn trying to get one these babies made. I finally found a pattern that made sense to me.

If you like to crochet, and you love color, you MUST check out Attic 24! This blog is a crafters paradise. I LOVE visiting here, there are so many wonderful ideas, and pictures and her house is to die for! I can't say enough about it! Anyway, her pattern is written in UK terminology, so you'll have to convert it to US. But that's easy, her tr stitch is our dc. That's all!

So here's the pattern: Neat Ripple Pattern

And here's mine about 1/3 done.


Choosing the colors for this was extremely random. I have another afghan that I have been working on for the last few years and I decided that I needed more yarn for that one. It's a Granny Square afghan and I basically had been using up scraps from various projects I have done. Well I needed a wider variety of colors, so I went shopping. These are the colors I chose, but when I got home, I decided I should make something with them and use the scraps for the Granny Square one and not the skeins, thus the ripple afghan began.