I love a good T-Shirt yarn, don’t you? It’s perfect for all kinds of home decor projects like baskets, placemats, plant cozies and RUGS!! Right when I saw this yarn I knew I had to make a rug with it. The hardest part was deciding if I should do a circle rug or a rectangular rug! I ended up going with a small rectangle rug for my kitchen sink.
I knew that I wanted to incorporate tapestry crochet. It’s always so much fun doing color work in crochet! When you are working in rows instead of the round while doing tapestry crochet I think it looks a lot better if your work is going in one direction. For this rug you will be cutting your yarn after every row and joining your yarn back at the beginning for the next row! You will only be working from right to left and never turning your work. Leave an extra few inches of yarn on both sides and bam! You have built in fringe! 🙂
I’ve actually been keeping my rug on my desk the past few days and using it as sort of a computer placemat lol. Fitzwilliam (my puppy) is still in the “chew everything in sight” phase so I’m a little worried he will be attracted to the fringe and destroy it if I have it on the floor. However, I’m not mad about it because I think it looks super cute on my desk too!
Links-
This pattern is on Ravelry! Click here to add it to your queue or give it a heart! 🙂
This T-Shirt yarn was provided by KnitzNPurlz! Check out her Etsy shop here and shop the yarn I used in this pattern! It’s definitley the best quality T-shirt yarn I’ve ever used before and she has SO many colors to choose from!
I’m not usually one to make shawls or wraps but I thought this yarn would be perfect for a spring wrap! The Dotted Wrap uses a Fine (2) weight yarn which makes it perfect for a lighter spring accessory. I used the color “Blue Thunder” from the Dotted Line yarn by Lion Brand!
I was on the fence about making a triangle shawl but ultimately decided to go with something a little different than the norm! I’m really glad that I went with a parallelogram shape! Check out my Summer Nights Shawl! It’s the only other shawl/wrap i’ve designed.
I used a really fun and basic pattern repeat throughout the wrap. Once you get past the increase section it’s smooth sailing. Even the increase and decrease area are easy since you are only adding or taking a way 1 stitch on 1 side of your work.
I’m a little bit addicted to making c2c (corner 2 corner) blankets but I think you guys already know that lol. I’ve worked with the baby boucle yarn before for a cardigan pattern (the cozy boyfriend cardigan) and knew that It would be perfect for a teddy bear design. The teddy bear crochet blanket!
This blanket is a bit smaller than my other recent c2c’s and I think it’s the perfect size for baby or toddler! I think it would be an awesome handmade baby shower gift as well. The chunky yarn and smaller size makes it work up pretty quickly and only took me a couple weeks on and off to complete. Check out my other free c2c patterns- The Covered In Cats Afghan, The Draped In Dogs Afghan and Unicorn Dreams Afghan.
I uses Lion Brand Color Made Easy for the main blanket and Baby Soft Boucle for the teddy bear. The Baby Soft Boucle is held double stranded. You won’t want to skip out on that part so be sure you hold 2 strands at once or the bear wont be big enough.
I also think it works great as a floor mat for babies and toddlers! The bulky yarn makes it extra squishy and soft. It’s definitely on the thicker side for a blanket! Like I said, perfect baby shower gift. 😉
Have you ever tried Landscapes yarn by Lion Brand? I remember buying some a few years ago to make a hat but never designed anything on a bigger scale with it. I’m so excited to finally share the Skyscape Shrug with you all! Its very simple. If you can make a rectangle then you can make this sweater! It’s the perfect project to work on while binging your favorite show on Netflix because you repeat the same few rows over and over! It is also super easy to customize. You can make it longer by starting with more foundation single crochet stitches. If you want a shorter wingspan, just take out a row repeat!
Kit and PDF’s-
You can find the kit to make this shrug HERE! It includes all the yarn you need (in 5 different color options) plus the ad-free printed PDF pattern!
You can find the ad-free printable PDF pattern HERE on Etsy or HERE on Ravelry.Â
Description: This cardigan was inspired by the beautiful striped serape style blankets. It’s constructed in one large rectangle with a fun group of repeats. It’s perfect for beginners and works up quickly.
Materials:
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Worsted Weight (4) yarn. Lion Brand Landscapes. Amount needed- 6(6,6,6,7,7,7,8,8) Skeins. 775(800,835,875,925,950,1015,1090,1110) Yards.
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6.00mm (J) crochet hook
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Yarn Needle
Sizes: XS(S,M,L,XL,2X,3X,4X 5X)
It’s November! That means we get to post alllll the holiday designs right?! These bad boys can be wipped up within 10 minutes and are so dang cute! I think they would be perfect for holiday craft markets. I have visions of seeing them all hung on a mini tree displayed on craft tables! 🙂 A lot of people also brought up the idea of making a ton of them and stringing them up on a garland! I think thats what I’ll end up doing with mine. Just have to work up a few more! I hope you guys love this quick pattern!
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Materials:
- Bulky Yarn (5) I used Color Made Easy (scrap amount)
- Super Bulky (6) Fur yarn. I used Go For Faux. (scrap amount)
- 6.00mm Crochet Hook
- Yarn Needle
- String/twine to hang ornament
