FO Friday - Ripple Blanket & Slouchy Beanie

I finally captured some pictures of a couple of my finished projects. I have more, but just ran out of good light to take pics yesterday.

I am on this ripple/chevron theme of late. I think it is the easy repetitiveness that I enjoy. Then the end results are just amazing to look at.

I used Red Heart Soft yarn in colorways of Seafoam, Teal, Off White, and Chocolate. This one has become my couch blanket! It is extremely soft and cuddly!!

I also began a few Christmas projects. I can post one of the projects because it is for my daughter and she has seen and checked out the sizing already. It's a cute slouchy beanie. I used the pattern by Calleigh's Clips & Crochet Creations called Key Tab Slouchy. It was a quick afternoon project that I could put down and pick back up without missing a step. There are also patterns for fingerless gloves & boot cuffs that I plan on making along with the beanie.

I used the Red Hear Soft Teal yarn that I had left over from the Ripple Afghan. The buttons are cute ones that I grabbed from Joanne's Fabric.

Have a wonderful weekend! The weather is cooling down and we have some bright patches of reds and yellows scattering across the mountains. I plan on taking a nice leisure hike this Sunday and capture some of these amazing colors.

Crochet Pillows!!!

Hello everyone and a Happy Friday!!

I have been crocheting away on a few pillows! It's so nice to do quick fun projects that really do add something nice to my home. I try to be that whimsical art loving and making person, but my practicality personality always perseveres. So I made some really cute pillows these past couple of weeks. If you remember, I posted a WIP on making a Diagonal Pillow here. Well I made a couple and love how they turned out. I found the pattern on Red Heart's website under their free patterns. It is by Kathy Wigington called simply "Diagonal Pillow".

Then I decided to do some stash busting and worked up a Ripple Pillow. I had attempted the ripple afghan stitch before but could not remember the exact sequence. So I found a great video tutorial by The Crochet Crowd. I inserted the video below for anyone who is interested in making an afghan or pillow.

 I had seen a really cute ripple blanket and cushion by Lucy at Attic 24 and wanted to do something similar. I wanted some pops of color but also liked the idea of white as the main color. So I made it with alternating stripes of white and a different color until I reached the length of my pillow. The video tutorial instructed to make sections of fourteen stitches until you had reached your idea width. So that is what I did. I liked the idea of my stripes going vertical instead of horizontal. (okay I didn't feel like making long stripes and opted for the shorter way) The shorter way did pay off with my stash busting because I had just enough of one color to do two rows...whew it was a nail biter!!!

I think they all turned out really cute and provided the splash of color I was looking for. Making the smaller projects using new stitch patterns is helping me learn more and have something quick and cute to showcase.