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June 7, 2022 – Crochet Jellyfish Amigurumi

JPL’s Summer Reading Program has officially started, and this year’s theme is Oceans of Possibilities! In keeping with that theme, I thought it would be fun to crochet jellyfish.

I just found out that the name for a group of jellyfish is a smack, though they can also be called a bloom or a swarm.

So join us June 7th as we make a smack of jellyfish!

If you would like to make a jellyfish, please bring:

Yarn – any color, worsted weight

Crochet hook – G/4.00mm

We meet from 6 to 8 pm on the first Tuesday of every month in Community Room West (the large room at the end of the Bramlage and Willcoxon Foundation Gallery).

Chat n Craft – Crochet Hotpad

We’ve had several requests for this pattern. My Mom gave me the pattern that she made from an antique hot pad that was found in a church basement. She took it apart to see how it was made. It’s double thick.

(If you would like to make a different size, measure diagonal across the size square you would like to make and make a chain that long before starting the rest of these instructions.)

Use a G hook and cotton yarn (nothing that would melt from heat)

Chain 36 (or more if you want a larger potholder)

SC (single crochet) in 2nd chain and all the way around chain with 3 SC at bottom of chain.

Working in back loop, SC 15 rounds. (If you chained more than 36, you will need to do more rows, test by taking the oval and shaping it so you can see if it meets in the center, see * below.)

After crocheting all rows

Stop on side and slip yarn through.

Leave 12 inch tail. Turn to right side and fold into square.

See the diagnal opening?

 

 

 

(* sides should meet in the center if you have done enough rows)

 

 

 

 

Whipstitch edge together with tail.

The completed hotpad/trivet

Chat n Craft – Crochet Blossom Stitch Washcloth

This was a class we were going to have before we had to close the library. I am working on a way we can have some virtual meetings and classes. We would love to see Show n Tell items you have been working on during this time.

Blossom Stitch Washcloths Blossom Stitch Washcloths

Rich Textures Crochet – 8:57 minutes YouTube   https://youtu.be/ZmVU_c3MFzI Teaches you how to do the stitch in a small swatch

A free crochet pattern from 5 Little Monsters –

https://www.5littlemonsters.com/2015/05/blossom-stitch-crochet-washcloths.html

She made these washcloths for a Mother’s Day gift. They are a little bit lacier and more open than she normally uses for dishcloths or washcloths but it is solid enough to still work well and she wanted to use a pretty feminine stitch. The stitch she used is called the blossom stitch and it is made using a combination of single crochet, double crochet, and chain stitches.

She always uses 100% cotton yarn any time she is making washcloths or dishcloths. For this particular project she used Peaches and Cream yarn but any worsted weight cotton yarn will work just fine. The colors she used were Aquamarine, Ocean Coral, Fresh Lilac, and Mint. I used about half of a 2.5 oz ball for each washcloth so you can probably get 2 out of each ball if you make them the same size she did.

These washcloths are quick to make and paired with some pretty smelling soap or lotion make a nice gift. Crocheted washcloths are nice to have on hand when you need a quick little gift for someone. Maybe a mom, grandma, sister or friend.

Close up view of the Blossom Stitch

Finished size approximately 8 1/2 inches square

Supplies:

  • 60 yards of cotton yarn
  • H crochet hook

Instructions:

Begin by ch 30 (if you want to make your washcloth bigger or smaller add or subtract a multiple of 4)

Row 1: sc in the 2nd ch from hook, (skip 1, [dc, ch 1, dc] in the next stitch, skip 1, sc in next stitch) repeat to the end of the row, turn

Row 2: ch 4, skip dc, sc in first ch space, ch 1, skip dc, dc in next sc, (ch 1, sc in next ch space, ch 1, dc in next sc) repeat to the end of the row ending with a dc in the first sc of previous row, turn

Row 3: ch 1, sc in first dc, ([dc, ch 1, dc] in next sc, sc in next dc) repeat to the end of the row ending with a sc in the 3rd chain of the starting ch 4 of the previous row, turn

Repeat rows 2 and 3 until desired length ending with row 2. I repeated both rows 7 more times and then row 2 one more time.

To finish sc evenly all around the outside edge working 3 sc in each corner, finish off and weave in ends.

Show n Tell – March 3, 2020

It was a BYOP night. Some you have seen in progress before.

Variety of projects

April 7, 2020 – Chat n Craft meeting has been canceled

Chat n Craft meets the first Tuesday of each month that the library is open. Because of the Covid 19 pandemic, the library is canceling all meetings for the time being.

Please keep checking our website for when the library will be open or closed and when our programming and meetings will be resumed.

Our next meeting will be a crochet class. We will be making a dishcloth with the blossom stitch. If you want to take the class, please bring a light colored cotton yarn, such as Sugar and Cream or Peaches and Cream, and an H crochet hook. If you know how to do a chain, single crochet and double crochet stitches you will be able to learn this blossom stitch. If you do not know sc & dc, please come at 5:30 so you can learn those before the blossom stitch class starts at 6pm.

If you do not want to take the class you are always welcome to bring your own project (BYOP) to work on.

Come join us for fun, laughter and don’t forget to bring your Show n Tell so we can all see.

Show n Tell – February 2020

It was our class on Paint/Paste Resist. Below you will see some Show n Tells and some of the class as they progressed. At our March meeting, hopefully you will be able to see completed class projects.

Paint Paste Resist Class

Show n Tell – January 2020

It was BYOP month – here are a few completed and almost completed items –

January 2019 Show n Tell

Show n Tell – December 2019

It was a BYOP month and our exchange and potluck. We still managed to bring several items for Show n Tell. I did not get pictures of everything.

December 2019 Show n Tell

Show n Tell – November 2019

It was a BYOP month and you can see we had various types of projects. A hint in the pictures is a class we will be having next year.

Show n Tell – September 2019

We had a class on sweater mittens and several BYOP going on –