Snow Flake Throw

Snow Flake Throw

Materials
2 Skeins of White Red Heart Super Saver Jumbo (14 oz.)
2 Skeins Blue Red Heart Super Saver  (7 oz.)
J hook
yarn needle


Squares - Make 48 (Squares are about 5 & 1/2)

1. With White, ch 3, join with sl st to form circle, ch 3, 2 dc in ring, *ch 3, 3 dc in ring, ch 3* Repeat 2 more times, for a total of 4, 3 dc clusters, and ch 3 st. Join last ch 3 with sl st to beginning ch 3. (note beg ch 3 always counts as first dc)

2. ch 3, 2 dc in corner, ch 3, 3 dc in same space *skip next dc, dc in second dc, ch 2, dc in same st, 3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc in next corner space* repeat from * all the way around. Join w/ sl st to beginning ch 3. Finish off white

3. Join blue with sl st in any corner space. Ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc in same ch 3 space. *sc in 2nd dc of next 3 dc shell, 5 dc in next ch 2 space, sc in second dc of next 3 dc shell. 3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc in next corner space* Repeat around. Join with sl st to beg ch 3 space. Finish off blue.

4.  Join white with sl st in any ch 3 corner. ch 1, 2 sc, ch 1 3 scin same space. *sc in 2nd dc of 3 dc shell, 4 dc in next sc, sc in 3rd dc of 5 dc shell, 4 dc in next sc, sc in 2nd dc of next 3 dc shell, 3 sc, ch 1, 3 sc in next corner space* Repeat around Finish off

Assembly
Whip stitch them together, in a row of 6, and then sew all of the rows together. (you will have 8 rows of 6)

Edging

1. Join white in any corner, ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc in same corner. *skip next 3 sc, 5 dc in next sc, skip next 4 dc shell, 5 dc in next sc, skip next 3 sc* Repeat to joining seam between blocks, 5 dc in seam stitches, skip next 3 sc** repeat from all the way across to the next corner of blanket, 3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc in each corner space* Repeat all the way around, join with sl st, finish off

2. Join blue in any ch 3 space, Ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc in same corner space,* sc  in 2nd dc of  3 dc shell, 5 dc in 3rd st of next 5 dc shell, and each 5 dc shell all the way across to next blanket corner, 3 dc, ch 3, 3dc* Repeat from *to* around, finish off

as you see from the pictures above, this square is beautiful in any color combo. I especially like the one that comes out looking like a Christmas flower.

You may sell anything you make from my pattern, but please do not sell my patterns.

Working on things

Hey everybody, I know it has once again, been a while since my last post. Things have not been as wonderful as I would love to say they could have been, but there comes that time in every ones life, when life just isn't smooth.

I've been helping my mom out a lot, because she's been having seizures. They are still working out all of the details, and reasons of this new problem she's been having. We just aren't sure what's going on, completely. So far we've had 3 possible different answers. Answer number 1 was, she had gotten bitten by a black widow spider. Answer number 2 was, it was her Parkinson's getting worse, and Answer number 3 was, it was possible that she had been on one of her medications for 10 years, and it was built up into her system to the point that it was causing some problems for her. So, that has been something to deal with.

Then, I've had a lot of deaths in my family here lately. I've had an Aunt, an Uncle, some distant cousins, and last week, my Step Mother passed away. Kathy was a really awesome lady, who I loved talking to. Her and my father lived in Oregon, and I here in Virginia where I was raised, so in the last 10/11 years I've only seen them twice. Yes, I do feel bad about that, but trips like that are costly, and quite frankly, plain rides stress me out so badly that it takes me a month to recover from the pain in my joints from being tense on the plain ride. I've gone on plain rides all of my life, from the time I was a kid. But now there is more to worry about than a plain just randomly crashing, and seeing as I would be getting on the starting plain in Washington DC, well, that's just a bit too much for me.

But, I do have some good stuff to tell all of you wonderful people! Last week, Frank and I expanded the Chicken run 20 feet!!! We discovered that the dog kennels (10x10x6) are $100 cheaper at the local Co-op than they are at our local Tractor Supply. Let me tell you, when those birds discovered that nice fresh grass at the end of the run, they were absolutely thrilled!!! Of course, you can imagine that they have spread themselves out greatly.

When we expanded the run, we also ended up keeping those 7 Easter Egg Hens that we hatched and raised. I couldn't decide if I wanted to keep or sell them, and there were 2 that were so pretty, I knew I was going to keep them. Then the other 5, I was like, oh we will go ahead and sell them...and then my older Easter Egg hens (my original girls) Stopped laying, and then some of my other girls have slowed down for the season. These girls are pretty close to laying, so I decided what the heck we will keep them all. Once we got them all out in the run, and I got a good look at them all, oh I'm so glad that I kept them all, because they are fabulous.

My Chicks that are here in the house are growing fast! I can tell you that out of the 12 I have, 5 of them are boys. That's actually pretty darned exciting, because I usually have way more boys than girls. The fact that the girls outnumber the boys is fun.  They will be going outside before too much longer though. I just have to make sure that they are completely feathered up, because its that time of the year already. (cold)

So now onto some crochet news. I'm working my way through writing a pattern for you guys. It's going a little bit slower than I wanted it to, but I'll give you all a fun hint. I'm writing an afghan pattern. (yay!!!) If all works out the way I want it to, I'll have it posted no later than December 1st!!!! (hooray!!!!)

Alright, I guess I had better stop rambling along here and get off of this computer and get my day moving.

Oh, and this is not an after thought, Happy Veterans Day to all of you who have served for our country.