HAPPY CROCHET and a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018

“Another fresh new year is here . . .

Another year to live!

To banish worry, doubt, and fear,

To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me

To live each day with zest . . .

To daily grow and try to be

My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity

Once more to right some wrongs,

To pray for peace, to plant a tree,

And sing more joyful songs!”

(Poem: William Arthur Ward)

This poem says it all for me! These words are perfect for my New Year's resolution! Simple and to the point, to live my life to the fullest and to the best of my ability. To let go of fear and to enjoy every moment of every day, to free myself from worry and to release the need to be serious about trivial things, and most of all to allow love and laughter to surround me always!

What are your New Year Resolutions? Do you have any? Or don't you bother making any?

Did you know that about 4000 years ago, the ancient Babylonians were the first people to make New Year's resolutions? Each year in mid-March (the beginning of their year) when the crops were planted, celebrations were held in honour of the New Year!

(http://www.history.com/news/the-history-of-new-years-resolutions)

If you do make a New Year resolution for yourself, and you wish to share, please do so in the comments at end of blog OR on my Facebook page here.

In the meantime, I wish you all a Happy New Year and may you always have lots of sunshine, happiness, health and prosperity! May you always be happy!

May you ALL have wonderful 2018 year, crocheting and knitting many projects and conquering new techniques and stitches.

I would like to thank everyone who has supported my creative crochet and knit works during 2017.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for buying my patterns and for your lovely comments. 

As soon as the holiday period is over I will be back in the New Year with new designs I managed to crochet and knit during December.

May the New Year 2018 bring you

Love, peace and happiness,

Now and Forever!

Ciao Ciao!

Copyright © 2008

Barbara Summers Hand Knit and Crochet

All Rights Reserved.

Knit me a Vintage Lace Scarf

Baby Fern Scarf is an easy vintage lace knit pattern with the cast on edge lightly scalloped. I started to knit the scarf prior to our trip up north last week. Naturally, I took the knitting with me expecting to knit a bit during the evenings but somehow never even took the knitting out of my suitcase, obviously, I was too exhausted from our daily exploring of historic sites to contemplate any knitting in the evening. However, now I am back home and ready to finish this delightful little project and I thought it would be great to share this elegant lace pattern with you, thinking you may want to try it yourself.

I have estimated the length of the scarf based on remaining yarn weight, so when I finish the scarf it should be approx. 75in (190cm) in length. I will definitely post a photo of the finished scarf here and on Ravelry when it is done.

I decided to use this vintage baby fern stitch for my new knit scarf for this winter, and I thought it would be interesting to use a colour-changing yarn. I also wanted to experiment with new yarns I haven't tried before.

Hayfield Spirit DK is a lovely self-striping double knitting yarn, it comes in a range of amazing colourful shades, including mixes of beautiful neutrals and more vibrant ones too. I chose a lovely pinky, peachy, browny, grey colour because it reminded me of the autumn leaves, the colour on the label is Grace 404. 

Hayfield Spirit DK is 80% Acrylic and 20% Wool and for those of you who prefer to machine wash your knit garments, this yarn is machine washable.   Hayfield Spirit DK yarn comes in 100g balls so I am hoping I will be able to make this Baby Fern Scarf from just one (1) ball. 

PATTERN DETAILS:

Difficulty:  Easy Intermediate
Size: One (1) size
Measurements: approx. Length 75in (190cm) Width 7.5in (19cm)
Yarn used: Hayfield Spirit DK ● 80% Acrylic 20% Wool ● 100g ● 377yd (345m)
Needles:  4.5mm
Notions: Yarn needle
Pattern Notes: Scarf is worked flat. This pattern includes basic lace stitches and a repetitive stitch pattern. You need to know how to purl and knit, knit two together, slip stitch, pass slip stitch over, yarn around needle.

You can substitute the yarn if you wish, just remember to check the YARNSUB website, to get the best match.

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Baby Fern Scarf Instructions: 

This scarf pattern uses multiples of 12sts plus 9.

Cast on 36 + 9 = 45sts

Row 1-4: Purl
Row 5: P4, K1, P1, *K2tog, K2, yrn, K1, yrn, K2, sl1p, K1, psso, P1, K1, P1, rep from * to last 3sts, P3
Row 6: Purl
Row 7: P4, K1, P1, *K2tog, K1, yrn, K3, yrn, K1, sl1p, K1, psso, P1, K1, P1, rep from * to last 3sts, P3
Row 8: Purl
Row 9: P4, K1, P1, *K2tog, yrn, K5, yrn, sl1p, K1, psso, P1, K1, P1, rep from * to last 3sts, P3
Row 10: Purl

Repeat Rows 5-10 for required length.

Finish with three (3) purl rows, cast off.

Knitting Abbreviations
Abbreviation	Description	Abbreviation	Description
[ ]	work instructions within brackets as many times as directed	p2tog	purl 2 stitches together
( )	work instructions within parentheses in the place directed	psso	pass slipped stitch over
* *	repeat instructions following the asterisks as directed	rep	repeat/s
*	repeat instructions following the single asterisk as directed	rnd/s	round/s
approx	approximately	RS	right side
beg	begin/beginning	sl	slip
CC	contrasting colour	sl1k	slip 1 knitwise
cm	centimetre/s	sl1p	slip 1 purlwise
CO	cast on	sl st	slip stitch/es
dec	decrease/decreases/decreasing	st/s	stitch/es
dpn	double pointed needle/s	tbl	through back loop
g	grams	tog	together
inc	increase/increases/increasing	WS	wrong side
k or K	knit	wyib	with yarn in back
k2tog	knit 2 stitches together	wyif	with yarn in front
m	metre/s	yd	yard/s
M1	make one stitch	yfwd	yarn forward
MC	main color	yo	yarn over
mm	millimetre/s	yrn	yarn around needle
p or P	purl
Abbreviations List © 2017 Barbara Summers Hand Knit and Crochet. All rights reserved.

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BE CREATIVE

PLAY AND HAVE SOME FUN!

YOU ARE WELCOME TO SHARE YOUR CREATIONS 

BELOW IN THE COMMENTS 

OR 

ON MY CROCKNIT FACEBOOK PAGE

Enjoy!

ciao, ciao!

Barbara Summers Hand Knit and Crochet   www.crocknit.com
Copyright (C) 2008 Barbara Summers - All rights reserved.

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