18 December 2017

Crystal Coaster or Ornament: Free Crochet Pattern

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free crochet pattern coasters thecuriocraftsroom the curio crafts room scheepjes catonaIn my previous post about these coasters, I selected some teeny tiny 10g cutie pie Catona balls (I can come up with even more adjectives for these yummy, fun and addictive small balls if necessary ;-) for a little project and today I have the free pattern for you! I designed a crystal motif that you can use as coasters or as Christmas ornaments. They would look lovely in white and you could make a very festive garland with perhaps a touch of glitter. I myself went for coasters as I never really decorate much for Christmas.



Where to buy individual Catona balls
Wool Warehouse (international shipping)
Black Sheep Wools (international shipping)
Knotty House (US and Canada)
 Various Scheepjes stockists (The Netherlands and other countries)

Where to buy the Catona Colour Pack: 109 x 10g balls
Wool Warehouse (international shipping)
Black Sheep Wools (international shipping)
Knotty House (US and Canada)
Various Scheepjes stockists (The Netherlands and other countries)

My colour selections
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I love ombre tones so I chose 4 sets of 4 colours to create a fading effect. You can of course also use the colours just the other way around and start with the lightest.

For the motif in the first picture I used:
Round 1 + 2: 383 Ginger Gold

Round 3: 179 Topaz
Round 4: 404 English Tea
Round 5 + 6: 130 Old Lace

For the motif in the second picture I used:
Round 1 + 2: 189 Royal Orange
Round 3: 386 Peach
Round 4: 414 Vintage Peach
Round 5 + 6: 263 Petal Peach

For the motif in the third picture I used:
Round 1 + 2: 128 Tyrian Purple
Round 3: 251 Garden Rose
Round 4: 222 Tulip
Round 5 + 6: 238 Powder Pink

For the motif in the fourth picture I used:
Round 1 + 2: 517 Ruby
Round 3: 258 Rosewood
Round 4: 409 Soft Rose
Round 5 + 6: 408 Old Rose

PATTERN


Below you'll find the pattern in US crochet terms, with the UK equivalents in the table (also below).

In my Ravelry and Etsy shops you can purchase a PDF version of this pattern for a small fee.

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  • Clear layout with instructions in bullet-point format
  • Large Chart
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General Information & Materials
Skill level: Beginners
Yarn type and weight: Scheepjes Catona 10g, 25g or 50g balls (100% Mercerised Cotton)
Hook: 2.5mm
Tapestry needle

Measurements
Diameter approx. 12cm / 4.8in

Crochet Terms used in this pattern: US
Stitches and abbreviations used in this pattern:

US Crochet Terms
UK Crochet Terms
ch
chain
ch
chain
ch-2 sp
chain 2 space
ch-2 sp
chain 2 space
dc
double crochet
tr
treble crochet
picot 2
picot chain 2
picot 2
picot chain 2
popcorn
popcorn with 5 dc
popcorn
popcorn with 5 dc
rep
repeat
rep
repeat
sc
single crochet
dc
double crochet
slst
slip stitch
ss
slip stitch
st(s)
stitch(es)
st(s)
stitch(es)

Pattern Notes
Popcorns consist of 5 dc. The picot 2 is made by slip stitching into the second chain from the hook.

Instructions
Start with a magic (adjustable) ring.
Round 1
Ch4 on top of magic ring chain (counts as first dc + ch2), (1dc, ch2) 7 times, slst in top ch, do not cut yarn. [8 dc, 8 ch-2 sp]
Round 2
Slst in ch-2 sp, ch5 (counts as first dc + ch 2), 1dc in same ch-2 sp, ((1dc, ch2, 1dc) in next ch-2 sp) 7 times, slst in first dc. [16 dc, 8 ch-2 sp]
Round 3
(2dc, ch2, 2dc) in each ch-2 sp all around, slst in first dc. [32 dc, 8 ch-2 sp]
Round 4
Start with (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in any ch-2 sp, 1dc in next dc, skip 2 dc, *1dc in next dc, (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in next ch-2 sp, 1dc in next dc, skip 2 dc; rep from * all around and end final rep with 1dc in next dc, slst in first dc. [48 dc, 8 ch-2 sp]
Round 5
Start with (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in any ch-2 sp, 1dc in each of the next 2 dc, skip 2 dc, *1dc in each of the next 2 dc, (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in next ch-2 sp, 1dc in each of the next 2 dc, skip 2 dc; rep from * all around and end final rep with 1dc in each of the next 2 dc, slst in first dc, do not cut yarn. [64 dc, 8 ch-2 sp]
Round 6
Slst in each of the next 2 dc, (slst, ch2, popcorn, ch1, slst) in next ch-2 sp, *slst in each of the next 4 dc, (1sc, picot 2, 1sc) in space in between next 2 dc, slst in each of the next 4 dc, (slst, ch2, popcorn, ch1, slst) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * all around and end final rep with slst in each of the next 2 dc, slst in first slst.
Cut yarn and weave in all ends.

Blocking
To get the most beautiful result, the motifs needs blocking. For blocking you can use Styrofoam or blocking mats and pins, but you could also put a towel on your ironing board and pin them onto that. Spray with some water and let dry naturally.

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Where to buy individual Catona balls:
Wool Warehouse (international shipping)
Black Sheep Wools (international shipping)
Knotty House (US and CANADA)
THE NETHERLANDS and other countries: Various Scheepjes stockists

Where to buy the Catona Colour Pack: 109 x 10g balls
Wool Warehouse (international shipping)
Black Sheep Wools (international shipping)
Knotty House (US and CANADA)
THE NETHERLANDS and other countries: Various Scheepjes stockists

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*Thank you Scheepjes! They supplied the yarn for me to use. As always, any opinions expressed are my own. The affiliate links in this post supports giveaways, free patterns, discounts and the running of this blog. 
By purchasing yarn through these links, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you! 

14 December 2017

How My Tribe Got Its Own Yarn

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This post is part of the blog hop we - the Scheepjes bloggers - have organized to show off the yarn we were asked to co-develop with Scheepjes...... or in other words: Whoo-hoo, I've got my own yarn with my name on the band!!!

How fab is that? In case you're wondering, let me tell you how this all came about.
A little over a year ago during our annual Bloggers Days, we were asked to do an assignment that was stamped Top Secret. Each of us had to select 6 colours that were to form our own personal yarn shade for a newly developed yarn. We also got to pick the name for this yarn. That's the brief version; I'd love to tell you a bit more on what this all meant to us and to me.

Our Yarn and TheCurioCraftsRoom Colourway

Picture this: A beautiful restaurant at the edge of a lake somewhere in the northern part of The Netherlands on a cold November day just a few weeks before Christmas 2016. A large box full of paint chip cards is emptied onto a large table and we are asked to create our own personal colour combination - consisting of 6 different shades - for a new variegated yarn especially developed for us as a group. The mood was already festive with the restaurant's abundant Christmas decorations and of course us being very happy to be together - most of us only get to see one another once a year since we live on different continents - but you can imagine that this announcement topped everything. So we got to work with scissors and tape.

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Unsurprisingly, I guess :-), I went for a peacocky palette, this being the chance to have all my favourite colours combined in one ball. I chose two shades of green, three shades of blue and added some purple although strictly speaking purple is not a peacock colour (though you can detect some purple in the peacock eye in the centre of the feather depending on light and angle). Purple has always been my favourite colour so I felt I needed a bit of that in my personal ball of yarn.

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As you can see from the pictures, there's a lot of colour variation in the yarn. The samples I made show the darker range of shades while to close up shows the lighter ones.

After a few hours of selecting colours and arranging and rearranging colour orders, all of us had created beautiful colour combinations: over a dozen personal palettes for a new yarn yet to be named.


Find Your Tribe, Love Them Hard
Thus, we were asked to suggest names for this new yarn and almost immediately the word TRIBE came up. We form a very tight-knit group that stay in contact every day. We are all entrepreneurs and that can be very demanding and stressful sometimes so we need one another to stay sane and most of all we need one another to share the joys of creating. So the yarn was baptized OUR TRIBE because we were so lucky to find and cement a creative and uplifting tribe.....and here we are! These head shots were taken last September during another Bloggers' Weekend.
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Yarn details
Let me round off with some (technical) yarn details. Our Tribe is a variegated yarn that is beautifully twined, which creates a dappled effect and thus the idea that there are even more than 6 different colours. The more the colours contrast, the more dappled the effect. It's super soft and works up very smoothly and quickly. It consists of 70% Merino Superwash and 30% Polyamide and comes in 100g (420m) balls suitable for hook/needle size 2.5 to 3mm. It's machine washable at 40 degrees.
You could use the yarn to make shawls, blankets, socks, hats, gloves or wristies, to name but a few options.

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Blog hop to the next shade
Tomorrow Esther from Happy in Red will show you which colour combination is her favourite in blog hop post number 11.
In case you missed yesterday's blog hop post, please visit It's all in a nutshell.
Enjoy!





Where to buy Our Tribe
UK: Wool Warehouse (international shipping)
CANADA: Knotty House
THE NETHERLANDS: Various Scheepjes' stockists
Caro's Atelier

9 December 2017

Playing with Cutie Pie Yarn: Catona 10g Balls

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free crochet patterns thecuriocraftsroomTime to play around with colours! I've had this wonderful box filled with the cutest 10g balls for a while now. I've been looking at it regularly - as you do with such a yummy box - but now it's time to rummage and make some inspiring colour combination.

However, in case you're wondering, let me first tell you what kind of box this is. It's called the Scheepjes Catona Colour Pack and it contains one 10g ball of all 109 Catona colours. Yes, 10g....ideal for small projects or larger ones for which you need lots of colours. Each ball has 25m of mercerized cotton (sport weight) with a wonderful sheen. You can buy the entire Colour Pack box or you can buy the 10g balls individually.

I use Catona for most of my peacock designs but this box inspired me to make some non-peacocky colour selections. I went for earth tones and reds and pinks and peachy colours (aren't they all ;-) I also wanted an ombre effect and with 109 different shades that wasn't a problem at all.

Oh, and just to show you how teeny tiny the 10g balls are, here is one with its bigger sisters.

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50g, 25g and 10g balls

Work in Progress for a Free Pattern
After a little doodling, I knew that I wanted to design something that could double as a festive Christmas ornament and a non-holiday related item. I'll reveal it next week and share the pattern with you. For now, it's just a little sneak peek of the first few rounds.
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Where to buy the Catona Colour Pack: 109 x 10g balls
UK: Wool Warehouse: (international shipping)

Where to buy Catona 10g balls individually:
UK: Wool Warehouse: (international shipping)


*Thanks you Scheepjes! They supplied the yarn for me to use. As always, any opinions expressed are my own. The affiliate links in this post supports giveaways, free patterns, discounts and the running of this blog. 

By purchasing yarn through these links, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.  Thank you! 

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