Two more squares - with bobbles!

The bottom purple bobble is nothing special. In fact, I am so non-plussed with it may just use it as the middle of a small baby afghan and give it to the hospital rather than send it to a friend as an exchange. For this swap it doesn't really spin my heart....ya know?

BUT - I really do like the blue and green square. I did not do the changes in color called for in the pattern which is called Framed Flower. I have one that LindaH sent to me in a swap and she did the color changes called for which turned out quite beautiful. I, however, only wanted the two colors so did the bobbles and edging with the Seaspray. The square looks so very different in the two colors - see LindaH's in the white/grey/blue below the top photo. Quite a difference color changing makes!

Square #82 in Misty

I finished this square yesterday...it is one of my favorite.  The middle is a swirl of front post stitches, so I thought it would be cool to carry out the theme on the last few rows. I sc on the row and then made the front post stitches every sixth or seventh stitch.

It does seem to give it a very spiffy look, I think!  This is Square #82 in 101 Crochet Squares, and I think I'll make another one!

FREE PATTERNS!!!

I found the Garnstudio site a few years back accidentally, but fell in love right off the bat. I made some of the baby things and they were absolutely outstanding and very well received as gifts.  See! These two are from Drops, and the booties are made up in their alpaca yarn which is virtually WONDERFUL!

I just received the link to their new line of patterns and as usual they are all FREE.  Most are knit patterns, and gorgeous they are. However, they do have crochet patterns written in the American translation so easy to follow. Right now they have a flag under those patterns that are available. They will be brighter flags if they are ready, dim if the pattern isn't up. This is the first time I have seen so many waist coats and vests in crochet that are wonderfully designed in crochet!

If you are blessed by the hand of our Lord, and can knit, then I envy you the joy you will find amongst these pages of luscious patterns.  If you, like I, are a crocheter then you will enjoy looking and calculating how to translate some of these into our type of craft - but you will also find enough to satisfy your cravings for something new and different!