Under Color Crochet

  Orange, pink, yellow, purple, green and white go perfectly together! When you panel the bold colors, trim with more delicate colors, and fringe the whole package with all of the above. 🤩 Too big to be a baby blanket. (Or, is it?!) Not big enough to be an afghan. (But still?) Shaped wrong for a shawl, but could be a silly shawl for kids' dress-up. (Obviously.) Too small for a bedspread. (Maybe not?) Too big for a lap blanket. (Or might be perfect?) 😄 This piece is definitely perfect. This piece was so easy and fun to make: four panels of double crochet, each with single crochet edging in a different color. Then trimmed with a barely-there ruffle (just two stitches per one base stitch) in white. This gives it a fun flounce, and doesn't take as long to work up. Then fringe added to the long edges, using all the colors.   I had way too much fun posing this piece as a silly, spouting, colorful cake. 😎 But it also poses very nicely as the over-sized lap blanket that it is...

  This experiment could also be called Galaxy Mess! 😎 The colors played out kind of wonky, but still cute. I was using up old bargain yarn, and just trying a new spiral pattern I saw on a video tutorial. It is colorful fun! But not quite what I was looking for in a spiral piece. Actually, I'm not even sure what I was looking for in a spiral piece. Just having fun with colors.   😄 It ended up looking less spiral'y and more just concentric circles. Which is still cool, I like it. There is a poncho feel about it, and I had fun posing it with a few props for scale.  I've experimented before with a round piece: Poncho Tequila. And I probably will again. Because it is so fun to keep going around and round. 😍 Front side and back side. There is no right or wrong side. 😎 Colors + Spirals = Crochet Fun

Lots'a fringe, plenty'a ruffle, and a bunch'a colors! Nothing new here in the design. This is the same pattern I love doing, because it feels good, looks great, and always turns out perfect. There's so much to love here, and it reminds me of a fizzy ice cream soda, berry-full of fun and flavor. That's why I had to give it such a silly name. 😍 This piece looks great all by itself, like a road to ruffle.  And it looks super cool with my winter coat. I had way too much fun posing this piece. Love the textures! The yarn company called this color scheme "Cloud Nine," and while I do like that name, I just had to rename it. Because "snazzy-berry" captures the essence of those raspberry-purple and blackberry-blue colors, while "soda" gives you that sense of vanilla ice cream in there somewhere. Delicious! 😎 Multi-colors + Fringe + Ruffle = Crochet Fun

Feeling mellow with yellow! I heart all the combinations in this sunny trio. So many good things here, with chenille, tape, boucle, and twisted cotton yarns all adding to the vibe. Too much texture? Never! 😎 Clashing yellows? Yes, and I love it. 😋 I loved creating each one of these lovely ladies, and then I had way too much fun posing them. 😘   I love how snazzy each one looks when paired with my jean jacket!😎 This trio is a variation on a sunny tradition I'd like to keep going. Around this same time last year, I created a similarly themed pair of pieces: Clouds and Sunshine . Next year, I might just have to up my game, and create a quartet for the weather. 😎 Fringe fest! 😍 I heart this little solar system of leftovers! 😎 A closer look at the sunny warmth of all those textures. 😎 Sunny Colors + Multi-Textures = Creative Crochet