Scrap yarn throw rug

The lazy ends of summer make me want to use up the small, scrappy bits of yarn I've been saving thriftily all year long. Combined with two skeins of really stringy, fuzzy mystery yarn gifted to me by a friend, I figured a crocheted rug would be the perfect project -- not too fussy, not too difficult to make whilst sipping iced tea and eating cookies with friends in the backyard on a Sunday before September. This took me a couple of days to complete, including blocking (I'm sure there's some wool in there somewhere). It'll look nice on my kitchen floor. No pattern for this, just single crochet, round and round, on a summer's day.

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Free quick slipper pattern

Mrs Fisher's Slippers I call these Mrs Fisher's slippers because I knitted a very similar pair when I was in grade four during an extra-curricular craft class, which really means that this is simply my own variation of an easy slipper pattern that's been around for a very long time indeed. My teacher (Mrs F) was an infinitely patient, bespectacled lady who obviously could knit with her eyes closed and I was NOT a very skilled knitter at the time. I suspect she got a little tired of me asking her over and over to explain how to purl, heh. So I feel really accomplished when I can knit these up in a couple of hours.. See what I did, Mrs F? This project works with most worsted weight yarn, doubled (eg. knit with two strands held together). I use between size 4.5 to 6 needles, depending on the weight of the yarn (you can use bulkier, you'll just get a bigger slipper). Play around with sizing by varying size of needles as well as number of cast-on stitches. These are k...

new shrug pattern!

Eve's Mistake Lace Shrug This makes a pretty, lightweight spring shrug with 3/4 length sleeves and a lacy back piece. I made it for my friend Eve, who wanted a shrug to wear while dancing. If you want the sleeves full length, simply make them longer. I have no idea what this lace pattern is, or even if it's a real lace pattern as I sort of knitted it by accident. It almost looks like a lace version of mistake rib, and since it was accidental (I was trying to knit another kind of lace but liked the way this looked so I kept it), so for now, I call it "mistake lace". 2 skeins Red Heart Designer Sport, sport weight yarn 1 set dpns US size 7 1 set straight needles US size 7 (optional) CO 56 st on size 7 US dpns Join, pm, and knit in round in 2x2 rib for 4.5 inches. Knit in stockinette until arm measures approx. 16 inches from end. At beg. of round turn work, k1, m1, k to last stitch, k1, m1 (58 st). Row 1: (WS) k2, *ssk, yo, k, yo, ...

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