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This Christmas crochet camper pillow features an adorable retro camper with a fresh cut Christmas tree on top! The bright lights and berries for the wreath are added quickly and easily afterward with a needle and yarn. New to changing colors? I included a short video explaining how to read a graph and how to change colors. This post includes affiliate links, thank you for your support!
The Pioneer Rug is a guest post written by Abbey from The Firefly Hook. You can find her on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.
The Pioneer Rug
My kids and I recently listened to all the Little House on the Prairie books. I love connecting to that time in history when people lived off the land and depended on each other to survive.
My son Benjamin especially enjoyed listening to all of Laura’s adventures. He connected to her wild and free spirit and wishes he could be friends with her.
It’s truly special when you kids connect deeply with something you held so dear as a child.
I love simplicity. I find it difficult to achieve, but I envy the Ingalls’ small Christmas celebrations. Everyone adored each small part because that’s all there was! One small gift or one special dessert wasn’t taken for granted.
I remember when the Ingalls girls pooled their money together to buy a gift for Pa: store-bought suspenders. Many gifts were handmade: socks, dolls, crocheted collars.
Remember in The Long Winter when Laura and her friends would sit together in Pa’s shop while they knit and crocheted lace collars? The crochet-lover in me wished I could sit and crochet with Laura and her friends as they watched people passing by on the street. I wish I could find a pattern for the collars they made!
In the spirit of a handmade Christmas, let me introduce the Pioneer Rug.
Crocheted with a 12mm hook and three strands held together, you can whip up one of these in a few hours. What’s more – I made this 28” rug for $7.00!
You can tailor the colors and size depending on who you are making the gift for and make it the perfect addition to any home, accommodating any style!
Enjoy!
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The Pioneer Rug
Yarn:
Any inexpensive worsted weight acrylic.
Size shown used 14 ounces.
Hook size: 12 mm
Completed Dimensions: 28″ diameter
Gauge: 6 sts and 4 rnds = 4″ in dc
Abbreviations:
CA—color A
CB—color B
ch—chain
dc—double crochet
rep—repeat
rnd(s)—round(s)
sc—single crochet
sl st—slip stitch
st—stitch
Pattern:
Note: Hold three strands together; use 3 separate skeins or make 3 balls from 1 skein. Carry unused color on wrong side of work. Change color on the yarn over of the sl st when connecting rnds.
Rnd 1: With CA, ch 4 (counts as 1 dc), 11 dc in fourth ch from hook. (12 dc)
Rnd 2: Sl st in first dc from rnd 1 and switch to CB, ch 3 (counts as 1 dc here and throughout pattern), dc in same st as ch, 2 dc in each st around. (24 dc)
Rnd 3: Sl st in first dc from previous rnd and switch to CA, ch 3, dc in same st as ch (place marker), [dc in next st, 2 dc in next st (place marker in second dc)] around, dc in last dc. (36 dc)
Rnd 4: Sl st in first dc from previous rnd and switch to next color, ch 3, dc in same st as ch (move marker), [dc in each st to marker, work 2 dc at marker (move marker to second dc)] rep around, dc in each st to end of rnd. (48 dc)
Rnds 5 – 13: Rep rnd 4 alternating colors on each rnd. (each rep adds 12 to the stitch count)
Rnd 14: Sl st in first dc from previous rnd and switch to CB, ch 1 (counts as 1 sc), sc in same st as ch, [sc in each st to marker, work 2 sc at marker] rep around, sc in each st to end of rnd.
Rnd 15: Sl st in first sc from previous rnd and switch to CA, sl st in each st around, sl st in first sl st, finish off.
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Happy crocheting,
Abbey
Happy summer (If it’s summertime where you are!)! I hope you are enjoying the weather and the extra family time. I don’t have little ones in school yet, so for us, summer means lots outside fun, and of course, whining at bedtime because it’s still light outside. If you are still doing yard work and have a bit of yard waste, I hope this post finds you at a good time! I used a few sticks that I raked up in our yard and made this pretty summer wreath.
It’s quite rustic, and I love how it turned out. It’s a quick wreath project that you can make in about 30 minutes, so get outside and gather up some sticks!
I am over at PinkWhen sharing the full tutorial, so hop over and get the deets!
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Talk soon,
Happy Wednesday everyone! It has been mild and wonderful here (except for a couple days when we got some much-needed rain)! I love springtime, and we have been spending lots of time outside. I have been digging my vegetable garden by hand because I am nervous about digging up the sprinkler system with a tiller. But it has been a wonderful excuse to be outside and get some exercise. With these beautiful and sunny days, I have been wanting to make a suncatcher to hang in my kitchen window. I am sharing this easy tutorial for this faux-stained glass suncatcher today at PinkWhen!
Click over to PinkWhen get this Faux Stained Glass Suncatcher tutorial, and happy Spring! I hope you are enjoying the weather, wherever you are!
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New throw pillows are a fun and easy way to update a room. I have a chocolate colored couch, and I love how the colors in my new pillows pop! Come by Pretty Providence and see my tutorial for these hand-panted throw pillows that I made out of white pillowcases. They are very easy to make, only cost about $7 each, and are completely customizable!
Get the tutorial here at Pretty Providence.
See you soon,