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| Presenting My American Beauty Throw |
I finished my American Beauty Throw yesterday.
She is 10 granny squares by 10.
I love her colors of red, white and blue.
Previously posted about (here).
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| #120 Around The Corner Crochet Borders by Edie Eckman |
I had fun crocheting the edging. For the edging I made up the first eight rounds - single crochets of white (2 rounds), then one round of single crochet in red, white and blue; then three white rounds of double crochet, chain one, skip one repeated around (corner has three double crochets).
I used an edging in my new book, Around The Corner Crochet Borders by Edie Eckman, to complete the last three color rounds of blue, red and white. I love this book! I highly recommend it for your crochet library. It has beautiful photos of each border in color with both the written pattern and diagrams. It's loaded with tips too.
#120
Base rnd, each side: Multiple of 2 + 1 corner sts.
Begin 2 sts to left of corner st.
Rnd 1 (blue): Ch 4 (counts as dc and ch-1), skip 1 st, *[dc in next st, ch1, skip 1 st] to corner, (dc, ch1) three times in corner st, skip 1 st, rep from * around, join with slip st to 3rd ch of ch-4.
Rnd 2 (red): Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in same st, *2 dc in each dc to corner st, 6 dc in corner st, 2 dc in next dc; rep from * around, join with slip st to top of ch-3.
Rnd 3 (white): Ch 1, *sc in next sc, FPdc in next st; rep from * around, join with slip st to first sc. Fasten off.
FPdc: Yarn over, insert hook from front to back to front around post of stitch indicated and pull up a loop, (yarn over and pull through 2 loops on hook) two times.
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| I Love Granny Squares! |
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| American Beauty In All It's Glory! |
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| My Throws Alaska Crazy Colors American Beauty Merry Kringle |
I'm crazy but I love crocheting the granny squares. I just find it so comforting to work this stitch.
I'm almost finished with decorating. Hubby and I are setting up a model train track on our dining room table and having so much fun setting up our modest Christmas village. It's a work in progress. Here's a sneak peek.
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| Isn't This Deer and Snowman Cute. We bought it at Michaels. |
Have a wonderful day!
