Fun in the Sun Afghan Release and giveaway

It's finally ready!  We began Round 2 of the Battle of the Stitches in June of this year.  The theme was Fun in the Sun and the crochet stitch was the Triangle stitch.  Since that time, I've designed a coaster, granny square, bolero and now an afghan using that stitch. 

Round 3 has just begun, so it seems fitting to end this collection now with the release of the Fun in the Sun Afghan. 

Large Fun in the Sun Afghan

I have always loved deep purple and yellow together, so when I saw this yarn on sale at Hobby Lobby, I HAD to buy it.  It is such a beautiful combo and I Love This Cotton is so soft and flexible, it was great to work with. 

Small Fun in the Sun Afghan

 Pink and grey combos are also really pretty in my opinion and worked well for the infant size afghan.

Fun in the Sun Afghan on Ravelry

Now for the giveaway....

I will give away 5 copies of this pattern before it is released on Monday the 8th.  All you have to do is enter through the Rafflecopter below.  Pretty Simple!  There are a few ways to enter and the entries will be validated. Good luck everyone and thank you for sharing this giveaway. 

Congratulations to the winners!!!  Please send me an email to craftingfriends4you@yahoo.com with your Ravelry ID and I will send your copy of the pattern over today.
Elaine Sumner Rumsey
Jess Ica D
Pamela Emerson
Shelly Turner
Lisa Myszka Hudson

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Crocheting in the fall

Fall is a busy time of year around here. I love to crochet and I love gae plant a garden and I bottle and freeze as much fruit and vegetables as I possibly can.  This year, I mrdening and some times - ok, all the time, it's hard to balance my time between the two.  Each year, wxexxxxxxx ay even try canning meat.  When our freezer broke a month or so ago, it was a terrible feeling having to throw things away.  Bottling more this year will give me a little more sense of security that we will have food in our home if anything happens in our area. 

So,  being busy with gardening, I haven't been able to design as much as I'd like to have, but I have been able to design a few things that I've loved so far. 
These patterns are coming soon to www.craftingfriendsdesigns.com 

 

The Fun in the Sun Afghan was made using the Triangle Crochet Stitch that we used for Round 2 of the Battle of the Stithces. I designed the cute Granny Square that was published along with my Bolero in the Too Yarn crochet magazine with the other Battle designs.

 

 After working the circle in the square for the granny square, I thought it would make a fun larger sized afghan. 

I haven't been able to get photos of the infant size yet, but here is the large size.

 Next up are the Side Step Pants.  Do you remember the cute Sassy Side Step Skirt that I made using Sassy Lace?  Crochet by Jennifer designed the Side Step Bonnet and we really needed some pants to go with them - Don't ya think?

 

Watch for the release of the Pants and Afghan over the next week.

Whooo has a Snappy fun personality and came to visit me yesterday?

For the past few years, I had hoped that I could find someone locally who loves to crochet as much as I do.  I love to get out and visit but it's not so easy with little kids.  Well,  Guess who lives within 20 minutes from me.... Snappy Tots!!!!  Woo Hoo!  I was able to meet her a few months ago and (heaven help me) she recorded us meeting in our local Walmart yarn section.  I'm very self conscious, so that was a little scary - but fun.  We've been able to chat a bunch since then and one of these days, I WILL get her to slow down for a while and bring her son over to play with my kids and nephews.  They would have a blast and we could talk and crochet - how awesome would that be!!??

If you follow Snappy Tots, you know that she is hosting a fun summer camp where she has different projects each week.  The first week we made little wiggly caterpillars and the kids had fun yarnbombing my mom's apple trees


This week is all about Monsters!
Yesterday, she stopped by my house and dropped off some way cute little ponchos for my girls to play with.  They were so excited and have NOT wanted to leave them alone! 

 They got a kick out of the Monster Poncho and I think they've all tried it on by now.


The little one is a bit harder to get photos of, but this one was so cute on her.  It makes me think of the song Flying Purple People eater (are those really the words?)

The Battle Bird was  Heidi's design from the Battle of the Stitches crochet challenge.  My girls have hooded towels for bath time that they love and this would be great for them to take with them swimming and running through the sprinklers.  You can also use it as a hooded blanket which is a great option since it will start to cool down after next month.   So,  Woo Hoo for meeting one amazing lady!