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Patriotic Rectangle Granny Blanket

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I meant to post my patriotic red, white, and blue rectangle granny for the fourth of July but got distracted. So a few days late but in honor of our Country’s freedom, here is my Veteran’s honor blanket.

This blanket was crocheted for the local Veteran’s outreach program and will be given to a Veteran who needs a blanket.

Finished size of this rectangle granny blanket is 40 inches by 50. I chained 41 to start and used this free rectangle granny blanket pattern from Suzetta Williams. I have made this pattern before and have a few modifications that you are read more about here.

Below is a closeup of a corner that shows the edging.

C2C Shawl

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I am excited to share my first corner to corner or C2C shawl. The pattern I used is called corner to corner start and is a free pattern found here.


The pattern has you create little squares and chains as you proceed with the increases. After I got passed row 4, I got the hang of the pattern and everything went smoothly from there. Check out all the picture tutorials as they were very helpful for me to understand how to crochet the pattern.

I only did increases as I crocheted the pattern as I wanted a big triangle for my shawl. I used 3 skeins of I Love This Yarn from Hobby Lobby in Moody Mosaic colorway. I had just a small amount of yarn left so used about 14.9 ounces total. Final size of my shawl is

Crocheted Round Ripple Dishcloths

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I bought the Blue Ribbon Round Ripple dishcloth pattern many years ago. It is a great crochet pattern and makes a beautiful dishcloth. Here is the link to the crochet pattern.

I crocheted two of these round ripple dishcloths. This one is crocheted using the original pattern as written with the popcorn stitch center.

I also have crocheted the pattern using a flat center. The flat center is nice to crochet if you are using the pattern to make a decorative cloth so you can place a dish or other item on it. With the flat center, your item can sit flat and not be tipsy.

Here is a cloth with the flat center.

I crochet the flat center using the following modifications for round 2.

T-Shirt Yarn Baby Bib

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T-shirt yarn or tarn as some call it, is created by cutting a t-shirt into narrow strands. The ideal method is to find a t-shirt without side seams and cut it into one continuous strand. Then you stretch it to make what I call curled t-shirt yarn. Here is a tutorial on how to make curled t-shirt yarn.

That is the process that I used to crochet this baby bib.

I used the bottom hem from the t-shirt for the ties on the bib. The free crochet pattern with all the details can be found here. I did do a few modifications to original pattern which are as follows:

Mother Bears

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I finally got my Mojo back after several years and crocheted two Mother Bears. Each month over at the Mother Bear group on Ravelry, they feature a theme. Wonderful women was the theme for March. I crocheted Diana bear in honor of my SIL who passed away and who was such a wonderful, warm, and loving person. Here is Diana bear dressed up using the free Mother Bear flower dress pattern.

Next is Aurora bear for the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. This Red Heart Stripes yarn worked out just right for reflecting this month’s theme of sky items.