Well me and my moss stitch!!!! But it is so so quick and so wonderfully simple. You don't need a pattern, you don't really have to count rows, at least not if you are making an afghan or something ! :)
This is the pattern pretty much:
It is a multiple of 2 sts, plus 1, plus 1 ch.
Make your chain row.
1st row: (1 sc and 1 dc) in 2nd ch from hook, *Miss 1 ch, (1sc, 1dc in next ch)
Repeat from * to end of ch. Ch 1. Turn.
2nd row: Miss first 2 sts. (1 sc, 1 dc) in each dc to end of row. Ch 1. Turn.
Repeat the 2nd row.
Here is a layette I made a while back, for a little one called Dalton :) All done in the Moss Stitch except the hat and booties are done in ribbing, so they are a bit stretchier!!!
This yarn is Red Heart Soft Baby, Laddie Print, I do believe !!!!
The yarn I am using to make the new baby set I believe is also from Red Heart Soft Baby!
I am not sure of the colour name of this particular yarn !!! But it is quite lovely and quite
soft !!!! I am hoping to make a crocheted set and a knitted set!!!! I already made one knitted set with this yarn a while back! My daughter, Becky gave it as a gift to a co-worker!!
And then LOL :):) I am making an afghan for myself !!!! for my couch !!!!
Again, Red Heart yarn Super Saver in Painted Desert!!! With again, the MOSS stitch, go figure!!!
Now you might just be wondering !!!! What is wrong with this woman!!!! She has been crocheting
probably for 30 years, and knitting for probably 20 plus years. And she does not even know
the names or colours of the yarns she uses !!!!! Hmmmm!!!!
Well I can tell you why!!!!!! This little city here in Cambridge, Ontario, was started out as a textile town way back in the 1800's!!!! And it just so happens a lot of textile makings still goes on, much to my happiness!!!!!!! There is a little store called Cambridge Fibres, which is where I buy the bulk of my yarns. And when I say bulk, I mean BULK !!!!!! When I go shopping at Cambridge Fibres, I make sure I have at the vest least $12.00 in my wallet!!!! :):):) Which will buy me two pounds of yarn with some change left over LOL :):):)
Their yarns, from my research is mostly Red Heart !!!! and some TLC I am guessing!!!! One of these days I will remember and ask :) hehe :) Well the yarns are pretty much mill ends! Which is so so fine by me, as there is absolutely **nothing** wrong with mill ends!!!! I go in and can buy a bag of yarn for $4.99 !!! Plus tax of course, sadly :( . Now this $4.99 will get my ONE pound of yarn ONE Pound!!!!!!! That is 16 ounces!!!!!!!!
Usually there is about 4 *balls* of yarn per bag ISH :) Now if you go to the retail stores it is apporximately $3.50 to $5.00 per ONE ball of 6 or 7 ounces of yarn.
Sooooo Let me say if I was to go to the retail store and I wanted to get that ONE pound of yarn I would have to purchase at least 3 balls of yarn .. let's pretend they are $3.50 per ball (I think they are closer to $3.99 or more) .. so that is 3 ball for $3.50 each wow!!! That is $10.50
withOUT tax !!!! Well if I go to MY store (LOL which is what I call it) hehe I can get 2 one pound bags for $9.98 Heck I wonder where I am going to shop eh??????
Mind you, these bags I buy have NO labels, thus the guessing and researching of what type of yarn it is I am buying!!!! But heck with the internet and retail stores, it is not so hard to figure out.
Ohhh they also have some TLC Amore and TLC Baby Amore and Red Heart Baby clouds which are $5.99 per 16 ounce bag!!!
Needless to say this is my very very favorite place to buy yarn!!!! It is so so easy to go in there and literally go nuts with picking out yarn!!!!!
I LOVE Cambridge Fibres!!!!!! :):):):)
Have a great day, friends :):)
A doily I finished recently !!! :) Very pretty pattern :)
