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I FINALLY finished my first tree skirt over the weekend.  It is a pattern from Crochet Today, December 2009 -

Crochet Today magazine - November/December 2009 issue

I love this magazine!  have been collecting it for years – I also sell it in my shop.

Anyway, here’s my finished skirt:

Retro Ripples Christmas Tree Skirt

It is crocheted with Red Heart Holiday yarn which is a soft, boucle-like acrylic with a fine metallic thread throughout.  All up the project costs $45.

I asked my knitting teacher Sue to knit a shop sample for me as I am a hopeless knitter (!).  And this is what she came up with!  Beautiful isn’t it?!

Knit Plymouth Baby Alpaca Shawl - Pattern #1141

The pattern is #1141, featuring Plymouth Yarn Baby Alpaca DK – a lovely 8 ply pure alpaca.  It takes about 7-8 balls.  I will be listing this yarn and pattern on my site ASAP.

Plymouth Baby Alpaca shawl - front view

Here's a closeup of the falling leaves design

This was a dishcloth pattern that a customer of mine developed from a shop sample I had here at American Yarns.  It took us several goes to get it right, but we finally got there, so in honour of its creator, here is the pattern for Delia’s Dishcloth!

Materials:

Worsted-weight (10 ply) cotton (Lily Sugar ‘n Cream, Creme de la Creme or Peaches and Cream)

Instructions:

1.  Chain30

ROW 1

2.  Double crochet into 5th chain from hook (counts as DC and chain 1 space)

3.  DC into next chain, chain 1

4.  Skip next chain

5.  DC into each of next 3 chains, Ch. 1

6.  Skip next chain, DC into each of next 3 chains.

7. Continue steps 5 and 6 to end of the row, ending with a DC in last chain.  You will have:  6 x 3 DC groups, 7 x ch 1 spaces and a pair of DCs at the start of the row.

ROW 2

1.  Chain 3, skip first 2 DC, DC into 3rd DC.

2.  DC into ch 1 space, DC into next DC (you will now have a ch1 space at the beginning of the row, followed by a group of 3 DC across the ch 1 space of the row below.)  In this row, the idea is to ‘fill-in’ the CH 1 spaces of the row below, in a chequerboard pattern.

3.  Ch 1, skip next DC, DC into next DC, then DC into Ch1 space and the next DC after that (group of 3 DC completed)

4.  Repeat step 3 until 1 DC and turning chain remains.  Ch 1, skip next DC, 1 DC in turning chain of previous row. (You will have 6 x 3 DC groups, 7 x ch 1 spaces and a DC at end and a turning chain at the beginning of the row).

ROW 3

1. Ch 2 (counts as the first DC of the 3 DC group), DC into next Ch 1 space, DC into next DC (1st 3 x DC group made)

2. Repeat Step 3 of Row 2 until the last DC of the last 3 DC group.  DC into this last DC, then DC into each of the top chains of the turning chain from the previous row.  (You will have 7 x 3 DC  groups and 6 x CH 1 spaces)

REPEAT ROWS 2 and 3 until desired size is achieved.

To finish, single crochet around all edges, placing 2 x SCs in each CH 1 space on alternate rows.

* NOTE:  This pattern is free to use, reproduce or to make dishcloths from which can then be sold.

I’m so in love with Noro right now.  I am now stocking Noro Kureyon, Silk Garden and Silk Garden Sock.  I just love the way the colours blend seamlessly together!  I am crocheting a pair of woollen nappy covers with Kureyon, using a pattern from Jenny King, published in Yarn magazine, Issue 13, March 2009. BUT it’s such a shame that the designers who write for Noro don’t include crochet patterns for Noro!  Grrrr….  However, I found a pretty basketweave pattern for a scarf with Noro.  I’m going to try this one as soon as I finish the nappy covers.

Any other crocheters love Noro but hate the fact that there’s no commercial patterns?  Please post your links in this thread if you have found one or more you’d like to share.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=14831240 LOL!!