Month: March 2019

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Eleonora from Coastal Crochet was contacted by Esmerelda from The Netherlands – ggdw2018 on Instagram and she wrote the following…

‘Every bird sings its own song…’

Together we will make the longest line of birds!!!!!!!

Let’s craft and unite the world! We’ll make the longest line of Birds June ‘19.

Send to: Creazy Ladies, De Hare 10, 8375 GC Oldemarkt, The Netherlands

The birds may be made in various ways from various materials: knitting, crocheting, quilting, embroidery, felting, drawn, dyed as long as it is made of textile, wool, yarn, etc. With a hook or loop to put it on a line.

Size is max. 25 cm high and 15 cm wide

Deadline is 31 May 2019.

The longest line of birds will be presented during the Textiel Festival Weerribben on 14, 15 and 16 June 2019 and all submitted birds will form a whole. The theme of this festival is “Strange Birds”.

Afterwards all birds will be donated to several charities.

Can you participate in this new international people power project? – Love, Esmeralda

Esmeralda asked me on Instagram if I could share this information with other people. I told her that I would create a blog post about it.  I have finished my crochet Christmas Cardinal Bird, and I am going to get it mailed out today 18Mar19:

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I plan on making a YouTube video tutorial showing you how I made him. He will be called my Christmas Crochet Cardinal. He stands on his own. 🙂 I will post the finished YouTube video tutorial here when it is finished.

If you want to put a personalized label on the bottom of your Crochet Cardinal Bird Stand, click on the picture above, or here, to go directly to the affiliate link.

The following video tutorial shows how I make and sew my own personalized fabric label on my finished crochet items:

Package mailed to The Netherlands on 18Mar19

 

 

There are affiliate links below, if you are unsure of what affiliate links are please go to “Disclosures/Disclaimers” and “Privacy Policy” at the top of my HOME page. Affiliate links basically allow me to receive a very small referral fee, but only if you make purchases. Just because you go to the link doesn’t mean that I will receive a referral fee.

Bobbie S. contacted me via Facebook and said:  “Hello I’m making the rainbow chevron baby blanket but you don’t say in your video how to determine how many chains to make for the side of the borders. my blanket measures 37 long.”
I replied: “Hi Bobbie! They are the same length as the Rainbow Chevrons that you made for the main baby blanket. 🙂”
She replied: “No that doesn’t work they aren’t long enough.”

I thought this was weird because I just had someone make one of these for a charity donation.

I went back to review the multiples for this blanket, and I understood the confusion. The chevrons are deep and long, and if you are making a differently sized blanket, it could be difficult finding out what the multiple is for this blanket. For those that are making it, I mapped out the stitches for you so you can see the multiples for a larger blanket.

I have provided a free downloadable PDF cheat sheet for those that want to increase the size of their crochet Rainbow Chevron Blanket and/or braids:

Helenmay Crochet Heirloom Rainbow Chevron Baby Blanket Cheat Sheet

Here is the free step-by-step YouTube video tutorial that shows how I made this gorgeous heirloom crochet baby blanket:

 

 

These yarns are Amazon Prime eligible and would be absolutely gorgeous for this crochet blanket:

Click on the picture above, or here, to go directly to the affiliate link. You can choose different colors of variegated yarn in this style!

I haven’t tried the following yarn, but it also comes in a variety of fun variegated colors to choose from!! Prime eligible.

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This yarn color is absolutely gorgeous!!

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There are affiliate links below, if you are unsure of what affiliate links are please go to “Disclosures/Disclaimers” and “Privacy Policy” at the top of my HOME page. Affiliate links basically allow me to receive a very small referral fee, but only if you make purchases. Just because you go to the link doesn’t mean that I will receive a referral fee.

You are going to love this delicious recipe for my Helenmay Crochet St. Patrick’s Day Peppermint Goodness Shake!! You won’t believe the natural way that I was able to get the light green color!!! I first learned about these ingredients when I went to a Chinese New Year Festival!!! My husband tried it, and I tried the Strawberry Cheesecake icecream..lol…When I tasted his, I couldn’t believe how delicious it was!!! Here is the direct link to my YouTube video tutorial where I show you how I made it!!!

I made a new YouTube video tutorial for a Quick, Easy, Beginner Crochet 4 leaf clover:

I decided to use my Crochet 4 leaf clover on my Tunisian Crochet Wizard of Oz Afghan.

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If you are going to gift your Crochet 4 leaf clover, you may like these free PDF downloads to go with your crochet clover:

St.Patricks Day Poem

Clovers and Best Friends

If you want to see how to use a crochet heart to make a 4 leaf clover, here is my other YouTube video tutorial:

 

I also show how to make a Crochet 4 leaf clover Kitchen Hot Pad:

 

 

If you love the kitchen towel above as much as I do, click on the picture above or here, to go directly to the affiliate link. I show how to make a crochet kitchen towel topper for your St. Patrick’s Day Kitchen Towel, which will go perfectly with your crochet 4 leaf clover kitchen hot pad!

What a cute idea!!! Irish Egg-in-a-hole recipe. Click on the picture above, or here, to go directly to the recipe link.

These cupcakes are just too cute!! I love the rainbow and pot of gold idea!! Click on the picture above, or here, to go directly to the recipe!!!

I love how my Crochet 4 leaf Clover kitchen hot pad turned out!!! I used 100% cotton and 100% Tencel yarn from Hobby Lobby!!

Here is the YouTube video tutorial: