I got this movie poster for free when they were doing promotions for "The Ugly Truth" and finally got around to putting it to use. I taped the poster to a piece of cardboard and glued strips of magazine pictures around the outside.

Round Plarn Rug

For Mother's Day I wanted to do something really special for my mom. So I made her a rug using plastic bags, cut into strips and crocheted together. I alternated the colors of the bag to give it a striped look. I think it turned out very nicely! My mom loved it. The cool thing about the rug is that if it gets dirty, you can take it outside and spray if off with a water hose... all clean!



This is a pretty general pattern for a round flat:

Beg: Ch 4, sl st in 1st ch to form ring

R1: Ch 2 (counts as 1st hdc), 11 hdc in ring, join with sl st in top of ch 2 (12 hdc)

R2: Ch 2, hdc in same st, 2 hdc in each st around, join with sl st (24 hdc)

R3: Ch 2, hdc in same st, *hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st* repeat from * to * around, join (36 hdc)

R4: Ch 2, hdc in same st, *hdc in next 2 st, 2 hdc in next st* repeat from * to * around, join (48 hdc)

R5: Ch 2, hdc in same st, *hdc in nect 3 st, 2 hdc in next st* repeat from * to * around, join (60 hdc)

Continue in this pattern (increasing about 12 times per round) until you get the size you want. If the edges starts to turn up into a bowl shape, more increases need to be added to keep it flat. If the edges start to create "waves", add less increases in the round. I made my mom's to be around 3 feet in diameter :)

Carnation Flower Ring

Pattern available HERE

Introducing....

...the fabulous, crafting, crocheting, couponing extravaganza :) LOL, just kidding.

On a more serious note, my name is Rachel and I've lived in good ole NC my whole life. I'm 22 and have a 3 year old boy, Matthew, who runs my life. On most days you'll find me working a full-time job in the medical field to support me and my younging. When I'm not working I'm single-handedly taking care of Matt, keeping house, and trying to keep my sanity, which is amazingly well intact considering...

On the off chance that I actually have time all to myself (gasp!) you'll find me in a creative state of mind--very possibly knee-deep in plastic bags turning them into yarn for my next project, or surrounded by skeins of yarn with crochet project in lap. Or possibly searching through magazines for neat pictures to collage onto a picture frame. Or possibly turning coffee cans into flower pots.

So this is my story, my jumbled life translated onto a computer screen. Welcome to my crochet (and random other stuff) blog!