EASTER CROCHET BASKETS

Are you having fun with your crochet?  NO?   Well how about a little fun with garden twine?  

A short trip to Macknade Farm Shop in Faversham last Saturday, and I return with garden twine made from jute, a large ball of brilliant orange and a small ball of garden green. 

AND the focus? has been on Easter decorations, baskets to hold my Easter eggs and Easter chocolates.

AND what could be more perfect than a colourful basket made from jute?

SMALL BASKET DETAILS:  Yarn:  Nutscene Heritage Twine;  Hook:  7mm; Stitches:  single crochet and double crochet.

LARGE BASKET DETAILS:  Yarn:  Nutscene Heritage Twine;  Hook:  7mm; Stitches:  half double crochet.

I am having so much fun with Easter decorations. I'm off to see what else I can find for my Easter table decorations.  

You can find this FREE PATTERN for JUTE Easter Baskets available HERE and from my online shop RAVELRY 

Enjoy!
Ciao, ciao!

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Barbara Summers Hand Knit and Crochet.

All rights reserved.

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SPRING SPRING SPRING

Do you remember this song?   Spring, spring, spring...

March in Spring

Vernal Equinox

Here in the northern hemisphere the vernal equinox for this year 2012, took place on March 20 at 1.40am.

YES it is the spring equinox, it is the start of spring, signs of spring, and stunning spring photos!

Ah, wonderful spring!  This blessed season brings increasing daylight, warming temperatures and the rebirth of flora and fauna.

"equinox" is derived from the Latin word meaning "equal night".

The spring and fall equinoxes are the only dates with equal daylight and dark as the Sun crosses the celestial equator.

CROCHET TALK

AND IN MY WORLD, it is a time for the birth of new ideas and new ???   

yes, you guessed it, new crochet patterns.

I have been busy designing and creating, a definite sign of spring fever, so many ideas and sketches and not enough hours in the day to crochet them all. A time when I wish I could split myself into 4 or more of me, so I can get on with all the ideas I have squirrelled away for the right moment in time!

OK, enough of wishing and dreaming, there is only one of me and this me also has a life outside of crochet, so NOW, let's get on with the crochet talk, SHALL WE?

Do you remember this pattern?  Crochet Hat VALENTINA

I designed it for cool spring wearing and wrote the pattern for Rowan Wool Cotton DK and/or James C. Brett Pure Merino DK. 

You can also make this lovely spring hat in cotton, check it out BELOW

Made with Debbie Bliss Eco Baby 100% Organic Cotton and I added a different flower brooch.

OR HOW ABOUT making the hat with Rowan Pima Cotton And White/Metallic Gold cotton thread held together.

Looking good AND SUPER SPECIAL with the delicate metallic gold thread shimmering in the daylight, and ever so easy to wear!

Now you can do just the same using the original pattern, just adjust total stitch count to match head circumference and add or subtract a row or two, super simple. Go ahead have a play and have some fun with the Crochet Hat VALENTINA Pattern.

It's amazing how many different crochet hat looks you can achieve with just one pattern.
YOU CAN:-

1. change colour
2. OR use one colour
3. OR two colours
4. OR three or four colours

So let's get creative and have a PLAY.

AND you can also DO THIS (SEE PHOTO ABOVE) my version of a LOVELY CROCHET SUN HAT using the Crochet Pattern for the VALENTINA Hat.

This time I crochet the sun hat using Bendigo 8ply Cotton (also known as Heirloom 8ply Cotton)

I am not sure when I will be adding this pattern to the collection, but for now that is all.

I am currently in catch up mode with crochet pattern writing, so hopefully I will have more by next week.

Ciao, Ciao,  enjoy....

Crochet Hat VALENTINA

is available from my online stores

  ETSY        RAVELRY      CRAFTSY

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Barbara Summers Hand Knit and Crochet.

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