10 Days of Thanksgiving Crochet Event Day 1

Good morning everyone and happy Monday!
Today we're kicking off the 10 Days of Thanksgiving Crochet Event and I'd love for you to join us.

Day 1 is hosted by Ambassador Crochet so hop on over to her blog for ALL the details. Click HERE

If you're not already following me on Facebook, be sure to check out my Pinned  post so I can learn what you're thankful for too!  I'll be having a live chat with you there each day to choose 1 winner from your thankful comments to receive a pattern of choice from my shop.

I Truly and thankful for all of you!

Fantastic Thanksgiving Crochet Event you won't want to miss!

10 Days of Thanksgiving

Special Crochet Event

Hello everyone,

I'm so excited to be able to give you a heads up on a fun event that I'll be part of over the next 2 weeks.  I've teamed up with some fun and fabulous designers to bring you the 10 Days of Thanksgiving crochet event and I think you'll love it!

Who is joining me (Kate)?  

Well, the ever so creative Heidi from Snappy Tots, 

the one and only Kristine from Ambassador Crochet 

and the amazing Christine from Sweet Potato 3

We're sharing the things we're thankful for and will have some fabulous crochet patterns & offers for you during this event.  Make sure to follow us so you don't miss out on all the fun!  

November 13-22

Day 1: http://ambassadorcrochet.com/2017/11/13/thanksgiving-family/

Day 2: http://ambassadorcrochet.com/2017/11/14/thanksgiving-service/

Day 3: http://sweetpotato3.com/10-days-thanksgiving-day-3-health/

Day 4: http://snappy-tots.com/10-days-thanksgiving-day-4-holidays/

Day 5: https://craftingfriendsdesigns.blogspot.com/2017/11/10-days-of-thanksgiving-crochet-event_55.html

Day 6: http://craftingfriendsdesigns.blogspot.com/2017/11/its-about-time-for-day-6-of-10-days-of.html

Day 7: http://snappy-tots.com/10-days-thanksgiving-day-7-seasons/

Day 8: 
http://ambassadorcrochet.com/2017/11/20/thanksgiving-rainbows/

Day 9:  http://sweetpotato3.com/10-days-thanksgiving-day-9-warmth/

Day 10:  
https://craftingfriendsdesigns.blogspot.com/2017/11/10-days-of-thanksgiving-crochet-event_21.html

Baby Tay Infant Dress Pattern Update and Re-Release

Baby Tay Infant Dress

In the beginning...

Everybody starts somewhere, right?  Back in 2012, I created 6 different Basic infant dresses for my little girls to wear and hoped I would be able to sell some at local craft fairs.  I shared a photo of them online and was bombarded with requests for the patterns.  It was crazy!  I rounded up a great group of ladies to help me test the patterns to make sure they were easy to understand and actually work.  Back then, I didn't dare just grade a pattern so I actually worked up Every..Single..Size in Every..Single..Pattern.  Oh My Goodness!  It was so much work but honestly, I loved it.

As the years have passed, I look back on my oldest patterns and I've grown so much in pattern writing, designing and experience and sometimes cringe at the original patterns.  I decided a couple of years ago to update the Basic dress patterns to a new format.  As I updated, I needed to change the design on a few of them slightly and the skirt sections ended up a little more full than the originals.  Both are very cute!                                                         

 

Earlier this year, I was asked by some customers if they could have the original style pattern.  It's taken some time but have finally been able to update this pattern again and it now includes instructions for both styles. 

Baby Tay Infant Dress Front

Baby Tay Infant Dress Back

 This is such a great pattern to work up!  The texture is fun and changing colors in different rows can give you a straight edge for the top or a ripple style for the skirt.  It includes instructions for the belt and flower also. 

I love how they turned out and hope that you'll enjoy the changes!
I've set up a special offer JUST for blog and email followers on my website.  You can get this pattern for just $1.95 through Saturday 10/28 here: https://www.craftingfriendsdesigns.com/store/p114/Baby_Tay_Infant_Dress_Crochet_Pattern.html

If you would like to save this to your Ravelry library, please email me at craftingfriends4you@yahoo.com with your purchase email and I'll be able to send it over for you there.  

CAL Border and Fringe: A Zig and A Zag Afghan

A Zig and A Zag CAL

Border & Fringe

We made it!  We have finally hit the border section and we'll soon be able to enjoy our afghan just in time for fall to set in. I wanted to keep the border on this simple to show off the stitches  so I chose to keep it simple.  I thought the fringe would be fun to add to the length of this afghan.  If fringe is not for you, simply skip the ch-2's on round 2 of the border and work a solid hdc round.  

Let's get started and finish this baby!

If you're just finding this CAL and would like to join, you can find all the details HERE in the very first post: http://craftingfriendsdesigns.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-zig-and-zag-afghan-crochet-long.html

Stitches/Abbreviations:
st(s) - stitch(es),    sl st - slip stitch, ch - chain,     sc - single crochet, hdc - half double crochet

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Diamond Christmas Tree Skirt Crochet Kit

Border Section

Continue with White

Round 1: Ch 1, rotate to work down first side of afghan, work 2 sc around first st, sc evenly down side of afghan to bottom corner, work 3 sc around corner st, rotate to work across bottom of afghan, sc between each of the foundation sts across to next corner, work 2 sc around corner st, rotate to work up next side of afghan, sc evenly up to top corner, work 3 sc around corner st, rotate to work across top of afghan, sc in each st across ending with 1 more sc in the same st as beginning 2 sc, sl st to beginning sc to connect