Family Lessons

Family Lessons by Allie Pleiter

  I loved the story line, helping orphans find homes. It has lots of action that you would expect in a good western type book, and great characters.

 What I didn't like is that two orphans still didn't find homes, and some one was stealing things that were old or broken and giving them back repaired looking almost new, book doesn't say who did that or what happened to the rest of the orphans.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16116375-family-lessons

Crocheted Pink Ski Hat

Crocheted Pink Ski Hat @ N Banks

One of the members on the At My House Knitting and crochet list asked me to do a ski hat in crochet because she couldn't knit, so this pattern is for her. Both hats are for the charity in Maine.

 

 

 

Materials:

G Hook

Pink, white, purple, and a variegated purple in worsted weight yarns, about two to three oz each, I used some left over Red Heart and Patons yarns.

Stitches used:

Single Crochet = sc, Double crochet = dc, half double crochet = hdc, front post stitch = FPS and back post stitch = BPS, slip stitch = s/s, same place = s/p

With Pink ch 70 for med and 80 for large, join with slip stitch, being careful not to twist chain.

Rd 1: Ch 3, 1 dc in each chain around, join with slip stitch to top of beg ch 3. (70) (80).

Rd 2: ch 2, * 1 FPS around base of next dc, 1 BPS around base of next dc. Repeat from * around, join with s/s to top of ch 2. Ch .

Rds 3 to 5: Repeat round 2.

Rd 6: drop pink, attach purple, ch 1, 1 sc in same place * ch 1, skip next FPS, sc in top of next  BPS, repeat from * around., join with s/s. Drop purple.

Rd 7: with pink, slip stitch to first FPS and ch 3, * 1 hdc in next FPS ( you will crochet over the ch 1 of the purple row.) ch 1, repeat from * around, join with s/s to  2^nd ch of beg ch 3, drop pink.

Rd 8: with purple, ch 3, * 1 hdc in next purple hdc, ch 1 repeat from * around, join with s/s to  2^nd ch of beg ch 3, drop purple.

Rd 9: with pink, ch 3, * 1 hdc in top of next pink hdc, ch 1, repeat from * around, join with s/s to  2^nd ch of beg ch 3,.

Rd 10: repeat round 8, and fasten off purple.

Rd 11: with pink, ch 2, 1 sc in s/p, *1 sc in top of next purple hdc, 1 hdc in top of next pink hdc, repeat from * around, join with s/s to top of ch 2.

Rd 12: ch 1, 1 sc in s/p and 1 sc in each stitch around. join with s/s, drop pink, attach white.

Rd 13: ch 2, 1 hdc in each stitch around, join with s/s.

Rd 14: ch 1, working in loop below back loop, 1 sc in each hdc around, join with s/s,  fasten off white.

Rd 15: with pink ch 1, 1 sc in each sc around, join with s/s.

Rd 16: repeat round 15, drop pink, attach variegated purple.

Rd 17: ch 2, 1 hdc in each stitch around.

Rds 18 & 19: ch 2, working in loop below back loop, 1 hdc in each hdc around, join with s/s.

Rd 20: ch 1, sc in s/p, 1 sc in each hdc around, join with s/s, and fasten off variegated purple.

Rds 21 & 22: with pink ch 1, 1 sc in each hdc around, join with s/s, on round 22 decease evenly around 10 stitch, after round 22, fasten off pink, attach purple.

Rd: 23: with purple, ch 1, sc in s/p, * 1 sc in next 2 sc, sc 2 stitches together, repeat from * around, join with s/s.

Rds 24 & 25: ch 1, sc in each stitch around, join with s/s.

Rd 26: repeat round 23.

Rd 27: ch 1, sc in each stitch around, join with s/s.

Rd 28: ch 1, 1 sc in s/p, * sc 2 stitches together,  1 sc in next sc, repeat from * around and join with s/s.

Rd 29: repeat round 28.

Rd 30: ch 1, 1 sc in s/p, 1 sc in each sc around, join with s/s.

Finishing:

Run needle through remaining stitches and draw up tight, run needle through again, and fasten off, weave all loose ends in.

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