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Blues'y Two for New Year

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Happy New Year! My goal is to be more colorful. 🤩 So, my New Year's resolution starts right here, right now. Plus, I plan on celebrating ruffle'y fun and fringe'y festiveness all year long. 😎 Also, my other goal is to create more crochet items, with more colorful ruffles, and bigger bundles of fun fringe. 😁 So, these two gorgeous gals are kicking it off perfectly, with their blues'y blue'ness. I love how they both turned out, so different, yet paired so well. There is a lot going on here, with three different yarns, so let's unpack it. 🎁 On the left (above) is a simple mesh pattern with fringe on the ends, and on the right is a simple dc repeating, with ruffles on the edges and ends. The seven basic steps are explained  here , and this is nuthin' new, nuthin' fancy. It's the same old easy'peasy rectangular pattern I love doing, and it's not even really a pattern. It's just fun and simple, to go back and forth across the rows, and watc...

Christmas Curls

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These cuties are all wrapped up like a Christmas present! They are just little ruffles, gently twisted - wound up to be twirlie-whirlies. And, when I say, "just ruffles," I don't actually mean JUST ruffles. 😁 I mean they are just too cute, and way too much ruffle'y fun. Like a little Christmas toy for crochet geeks. 😎 Twisted super tight, and then folded into a circle, these little twirly toys turn into wreaths! How cute is that?! 😍 This is the perfect way to use up yarn leftovers and scrappy bits of random colors. Twisted together like this, anything goes, and everything works.  Peachy, pink, and orange? Yes, please!  Ruffles look so magical in any color, they're perfect for holiday decorations. Even in non-traditional colors, these twirly toys just feel like cute Christmas curls. This video (below) shows a three toned ruffle, with a peach-colored base of starting chain and one row of dc, then the ruffle in pink (I did three and four stitches of trc into each ...

Holiday Yarn Pile

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  A labor of love. I tried and tried, and tried again (and again, twice) to make this work. In two locations, three different geometries. A love-hate relationship. I had to give up. Let it go. I cannot make a Christmas tree out of my yarn. But I can keep dreaming. 😂 The good news is, I have a fantastic "yarn pile tree skirt scarf thing" here, and some day I may figure out how to actually use it as a yarn tree skirt. 😋 Christmas Tree Skirt I have a long love affair going with Christmas fun! 😍 And it's only December 1st right now, stay tuned. I'll soon be adding to this colorful list: Candy Cane Ruffle Centerpieces Wintergreen Winter Mint Blue Christmas Candy Snow Snow Day

Colorful Rugs

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  I'm so mixed on this project - mixed between love and more love! 😍 Also, doubt and confusion. 😁 I thought this first piece (a super sized granny square in the funnzies'est colors ever!) would work up to be the perfect replacement rug for a dusty gray one (that I want to put somewhere else). But now that this colorful fun one is done, I love it too much to put on the floor. And the second colorful piece I'm currently working on is even more colorful than the previous one, thus even less likely to end up as a rug. But, I'm still calling them rugs. 😋 This yarn is so scratchy, I thought it was going to be perfect for making a rug. (Thinking, decorative rug, in an easy space, for being warm under bare feet and socks. Not a rug at the front door for wiping your farmer boots. 😁) And this rough yarn IS kinda perfect... but also kinda NOT perfect. The texture is very rug-like, and does not at all feel like something you'd want around your neck as a scarf, or against yo...

Pink'palooza

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This pretty pink piece is the perfect friend for Whimsical Witch . I had way too much fun posing the pink. Here's a whole folder of too much Pink'y Pink .  And I love these two together: Black & Pink .   This gorgeous piece goes perfect with a jean jacket (above)  AND with a pink winter coat (below).  I love how it looks! 😍 Love that little pin (below), a sweet gift from a fellow fiber-arts nerd, Kavee Divine. 😍 This special pin is like a secret symbol for a crochet cult. 😆 Nothing fancy here, nothing new. Just the same ol'easy'peasy mesh pattern that I love doing.  I've made a few of these over the years. 😁 Aw, look how cute! So comfy on the couch.  😍 Love that texture! Pink'a'licious Piece + Faux Fur = Colorful Crochet

Whimsical Witch

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  A perfect piece for Halloween fun, and also great anytime anywhere (look how gorgeous it goes with my jean jacket, below). 😎 I absolutely love the sparkling darkness of this piece. 😍 The black color is so deep and rich, and the metallic thread running through it is such sweet twinkling fun. And, of course, I had to have a little fringe fest going on, for even more fun. 😁 Then, there is faux fur trim on one edge, which adds even more richness to the richness 😆, and the ruffle on the other edge is just a touch of whimsy on top of this already fully whimsical piece. 🤩 These photos are fun, but they don't capture how cute that sparkle actually is. 🤩 Faux fur on one edge (above), and ruffle on the other edge (below). I might have had too much fun posing this piece. 😁 Here is a whole folder full of poses: Wonderfully Witchy .  It is kind of like a shawl, but not quite the right shape. Kinda too big for a scarf, but can still be a scarf. Too small to be a blanket, but who sa...

"Unboxing Becky"

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      Aw! This makes me so happy: my dearest cousin, Cathy, opening boxes from me. 😍 I sent a few small boxes of my simple stuff, just the usual colorful creations that I love making. And I love it even more when those creative crochet pieces go to a good home. 😎 Free-To-Good-Home could be the title of this blog, instead of Under Color Crochet. 😁 Because all of my crochet items are donated to friends, family, and organizations that can best make use of them. And Cathy is using them to cheer, warm, and inspire her students! I am absolutely thrilled about that. 🤩 In the snapshot above, Cathy has just opened the box with the gray sister of Sister Shawls .   And below, she is opening the box that contains one of the two Devil'icious pieces. The other sister of Sister Shawls and the other Devil'icious piece went to Inara... Now that I think about it, I need to get those two fabulously creative gals together.   😎 To see the whole playlist of videos, go here: U...