~ new purse & my hooks ~

Finished up this bag yesterday - I crocheted it with a 2-ply bulky yarn that I had bought at Michaels.  It was in a mill-ends bag, so I don't know what brand it was. 

It's very quick and easy to do - all you need is:

* 6 oz. 2-ply bulky acrylic yarn

* a pair of 7" plastic rings (I bought mine from Ebay)

* two 22" pieces of ribbon

* an 'L' hook

Sc around 1 ring 41 times.  Ch 1, turn. 

Sc in each sc across. Ch 1, turn.

Repeat for 32 rows.  At the end of the 32nd row, end off.

Repeat for other ring.

Put wrong sides together and starting at the 8th row on the right side and matching up stitches, whipstitch together all the way around till you get to the 8th row on the left side.  End off.

Weave 1 ribbon through the stitches of the 9th row on the front.

Weave 1 ribbon through the stitches of the 9th row on the back. 

Tie the ends into a bow.

And there you go - a new purse to carry on your trips to the craft store.  :)

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I've shown ya'll my crochet handle hook collection before (the ones I've made) - but every good crocheter worth her weight in yarn always has a good collection of all kinds of hooks.  Here's mine:

Pretty cool, huh?  

~ granny flower square ~

Materials:
- 4-ply worsted weight acrylic (I used Loops & Threads Impeccable)
   - flower color
   - green
- J hook

Size:  6 3/4" square

Note:
- ch 2 at beginning of Rnd 1 does not count as a stitch

Directions:
Rnd 1:  With flower color ch 4, sl st to 1st ch to make a ring, ch 2, 16 dc in ring.  Join with a sl st to 1st dc.  (16 dc)

Rnd 2:  Ch 3, 2 dc in sames st, ch 1.  *skip next dc, 3 dc in next dc, ch 1.  Repeat from * around.  Join with a sl st to top of beginning ch 3.  End off.

Rnd 3:  Join green with a sl st to any ch-1 space, (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in the same space, ch 1, 2 sc in the next ch-1 space, ch 1.  *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in the next ch-1 space, ch 1, 2 sc in the next ch-1 space, ch 1.  Repeat from * 2 more times.  Join with a sl st to top of beginning ch 3.

Rnd 4:  Sl st over to ch-2 corner space, (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in same space, ch 2, 2 dc in each of next 2 sc, ch 2.  *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-2 corner space, ch 1, 2 dc in each of next 2 sc, ch 2.  Repeat from * 2 more times.  Join as before.

Rnd 5:  Ch 3, dc in each of next 2 dc, *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 corner space, dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 2, (dc next 2 dc together) 2 times, ch 2, dc in each of next 3 dc.  Repeat from * 1 more time.  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 corner space, dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 2, (dc next 2 dc together) 2 times, ch 2.  Join as before.

Rnd 6:  Ch 3, dc in each of next 4 dc, *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 corner space, dc in each of next 5 dc, ch 2, dc next 2 dc together, ch 2, dc in each of next 5 dc.  Repeat from * 2 more times.  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 corner space, dc in each of next 5 dc, ch 2, dc next 2 dc together, ch 2.  Join as before. 

Rnd 7:  Ch 1, sc in same st as joining, sc in each dc and ch around with (sc, ch 2, sc) in each ch-2 corner space.  Join with a sl st to 1st sc.  End off.

***Debi Y's pattern***

~ a round baby blankie (aka the ferris wheel blanket) ~

Materials:
- 12 oz. 4-ply worsted weight acrylic total (I had forgotten to weigh each color - this is why the pattern is written without color changes)
- J hook

Size:  32" across

Notes:
- this pattern is written without the color changes
- this blanket is a little ruffley towards the end
- the ch 2 at the beginning of Rnds 1 & 2 do not count as a stitch

Directions:
Rnd 1:  Ch 3, 13 dc in 3rd ch from hook.  Join with a sl st to 1st dc.  (13 dc)

Rnd 2:  Ch 2, 2 dc in each dc around.  Join as before.  (26 dc)

Rnd 3:  Ch 1, sc in same st, ch 3.  *skip next dc, sc in next dc, ch 3.  Repeat from * around.  Join with a sl st to 1st sc.

Rnd 4:  Sl st into ch-3 space, (ch 3, 2 dc) in same space, ch 1.  (3 dc, ch 1) in each ch-3 space around.  Join with a sl st to top of beginning ch 3. 

Rnd 5:  Sl st into next dc, (ch 3, 2 dc) in same dc, ch 2.  (3 dc, ch 2) in middle dc of each 3 dc cluster around.  Join as before.

Rnd 6:  Sl st into next dc, (ch 3, 2 dc) in same dc, ch 1, dc in ch-2 space, ch 1.  *3 dc in middle dc of next 3 dc cluster, ch 1, dc in ch-2 space, ch 1.  Repeat from * around.  Join as before.

Rnd 7:  Sl st into next dc, (ch 3, 2 dc) in same dc, ch 1, 3 dc in next dc, ch 1.  *3 dc in middle dc of next 3 dc cluster, ch 1, 3 dc in next dc, ch 1.  Repeat from * around.  Join as before.

Rnd 8:  Sl st into next dc, (ch 3, 2 dc) in same dc, ch 1.  (3 dc, ch 1) in middle dc of each 3 dc cluster around.  Join as before.

Rnds 9 - 10:  Repeat Rnd 5.

Rnd 11:  Repeat Rnd 6.

Rnd 12:  Sl st into next dc, (ch 3, 2 dc) in same dc, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1.  *3 dc in middle dc of next 3 dc cluster, ch 1, dc in next dc, ch 1.  Repeat from * around.  Join as before.

Rnd 13:  Repeat Rnd 7.

Rnds 14 - 17:  Repeat Rnd 8.

Rnds 18 - 19:  Repeat Rnd 5.

Rnd 20:  Repeat Rnd 6.

Rnds 21 - 24:  Repeat Rnd 12.

Rnd 25:  Repeat Rnd 7.

Rnds 26 - 28:  Repeat Rnd 8.

Rnd 29:  Ch 1, sc in same st, sc in each dc and ch-1 space around.  Join with a sl st to 1st sc. 

Rnd 30:  Sl st into next sc, (ch 3, 3 dc) in same sc, skip next sc, sc in next sc, skip next sc.  *4 dc in next sc, skip next sc, sc in next sc, skip next sc.  Repeat from * around.  Join with a sl st to top of beginning ch 3.  End off.

***Debi Y's pattern***