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Whether it is St. Patrick's Day or you just need come luck, wear this 4 leaf clover headband and it's sure to come. This easy crochet pattern can be completed in less than an hour so no excuses not to wear green this year! If you're not so much into headbands, feel free to use just the shamrock as a pin or make a bunch and string together for a scarf or garland. Materials Needed: Worsted Weight Yarn Crochet Hook G Pattern: Round1:  ch-4, join with slipstitch. ch-9, join to center with slipstitch, ch-9, join to center with slipstitch, ch-9, join to center with slipstitch, ch-9, join to center with slipstitch, ch-12, turn, skip first stitch, slipstitch next 10 Round 2: Continuing along your first round of ch-9, Complete the following stitches in the center of your round, not within the existing chains: sc, hdc, 5 dc, 2 tc, dc, hdc, sc, hdc, dc, 2 tc, 5 dc, hdc, sc. Slipstitch to center of ring, Repeat for the next 3 ch-9 sets, ...

Months ago I began knitting a towel, but I lost focus about halfway through. In fact I knitted a pair of mittens for a friend's newborn, made soap, and basically forgot about this project. Good news is that I found it again and finally finished it. I missed Valentine's Day, but it will be ready to go for next year.  This was a trying project for me as I made up the pattern as I went and I hadn't ever done that before. Turns out not to be as hard as I expected, but one tip I figured out- don't watch tv or talk on the phone while you're doing the first couple rows of a pattern you created. J I ended up pulling out several rows and reknitting and after all the trouble, I got a towel covered in hearts.  It's actually very easy once I got going and paid a little attention to stitch counts and stopped dropping stiches. I used size 7 needles ( gauge doesn't really matter, make it whatever size and however tight/loose you want) and Rose Pink Sugar and Cre...

Today we turn a handful of fake flowers and a heart shaped Styrofoam blank into a welcoming heart shaped flower wreath. Assembly only takes about half an hour and the total cost is under 10 bucks.(3.97 for the wreath & 4 sets of flowers @ 0.97 each) Follow along below for an how to! Start by acquiring a Styrofoam wreath blank, we selected a heart shape for the season but a circular wreath will work too. These can be purchased at any craft store or the craft section of most big box stores. The second part you will need are some fake flowers preferably with plastic coated metal stems. The metal stems will allow the flowers to be pushed into the Styrofoam wreath with relative ease. For our wreath we selected three different colors of roses but any flower type will work a great Spring Season wreath. Begin the assembly process by cutting the flower buds off of the stems leaving about an inch of stem behind to stick the wreath with. I would s...