MissRach

Ditto on looking at all the patterns. They are SOOOO easy to adapt. Also, you might try CroJulee's Angel Wings shawl.

Okay, I got the pictures uploaded! Didn't it turn out cute? http://www.flickr.com/photos/missrachelle/tags/polarbear/

I haven't seen it anywhere other than in PDF. But it's just granny squares arranged a certain way and whipstitched together. You need 16 squares. Are you unable to use PDF format? Check your PMs.

I started it last night just before bed and crocheted for about an hour. Then this morning I crocheted for another hour, and then put the bear together. It is soooo cute! Thanks for letting me test it! I will have pictures to post later. I stuffed it with grocery bags! And, this bear has a fuzzy nose and fuzzy eyes. I used Paton's Silverlash to embroider his eyes and nose! It was my first time making a stuffed critter, so in the respect I was a beginner, but I was also advanced because I can crochet just about anything I want to. I'm also impatient and like quick and easy projects (And boy was it!!!!), so I think I was the ideal tester! This lil critter is gonna go to my best friend; she is coming over on Thursday and I need to finish her scarf, but I wanted to start and finish something really quickly. Yay!

I'm going to make this for me, and another for my mom!

A couple more. I crochet over my ends as I go, as I have figured out a way to switch colours very very neatly. I have Crochet ADHD!!

It's lovely indeed! But I don't know afghan stitch! I'll have to save it for another project! I might do that, Julee! I was thinking about maybe making a head scarf or headband to go along with a shawl. If I use an M hook for Julee's shawl, I should have enough for a headband (maybe along these lines) to keep my ears warm! Or a puffy slouch hat and scarf...

Thanks, Granny! I'm tending toward a shawl or hat/scarf, but I want it to be super pretty. Does anyone have a go-to shawl or scarf pattern that is really purty? :roseMissRach

Your link is broken.....

Our Dollar Tree currently has Bernat Disco, Patons Silverlash, Bernat Matrix, Lion Brand Fun Fur, Lion Brand Trellis, and Lion Brand Fancy Fur. YAY!!!!

It took me a few days, but I read through this ENTIRE thread! Let's see. I like Red Heart, but only because it is good for toys, loose granny squares, and is cheap. It's what I started crocheting with. I LOVE Caron Simply Soft! I just discovered it and after Red Heart, OH MY!!!!! I love Fun Fur, chenille, boucle, any novelty yarn. IF YOU HAVE FUN FUR AND DON'T WANT IT, PM me! lol I want it all, but it is soo stinking expensive! I love doilies, granny sqaures, ponchos, bed dolls, and TP covers. I even crochet with thread!!! I love size H, will use it for almost anything. A big deciding factor in which patterns I will make! I have never yet made a guage swatch. If I start testing, that will change. My favorite hooks are my 3 Susan Bates hooks that were given me by some friends. Of course, I cannot even find them right now! I can use Bates hooks just fine. I LIKE Fun Fur! What's the big deal, guys? I long to have some gorgeous angora to work into a sweater. Or silk. Or cashmere. Or! If I see a pattern I like the picture of, I will not read the pattern if I think I can make it myself! Because then I would be ripping off as my own! I like making my own. Free form is like all other modern "art" - a total waste. I'm sure I'll think of more later. Lol

I think I will use CroJulee's pattern! http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=84579

Here's a picture of it; it's actually fairly softish (for wool) and would be the first wool I've crocheted. Anyone got any ideas? It IS a nice yarn, I just am clueless! :roseMissRach

Yes, I'll join! As soon as my craft fair thingy is over, and I have my yarn in Ravelry, I will decide what to make!

It depends. Often I will wind from the other end of a skein of a WIP, and I have recently begun winding any fun fur. But it depends.

Which LA book is it in?

Eh, not very well. I can crochet and watch TV, crochet and listen to the pastor, crochet and listen to music, crochet and listen to anything, but not a physical book very often. HOWEVER, since my school classes are on video (DVD, actually), I can crochet, take notes, AND do assignments while watching my classes!

Ooooh, Judy, that's a GREAT idea! Maybe for the bride to carry during the reception or something! Or just for fun! I love the idea of a parasol! :roseMissRach

Very cool, Julee! And thanks a bazillion to everyone else! :roseMissRach

Exactly my thinking! I 'spect I will have enough stress as it is once I start getting ready for a wedding without having to crochet an entire canopy too!

Oh, I would def be blogging this! And I think I will. A doily or two a month is a reasonable goal, I think, and, since I have no intention of marrying until I graduate from college, that would be 48 doilies right there! I tend to think that I will wait until I have all the doilies to put them together, though. And of course, all WHITE! :roseMissRach

Like it? Oh, no! I LOVE it!

Somebody posted this link a few days ago, and then I blogged about it. I have long loved the symbolism behind the Jewish wedding chuppah, so I thought maybe a doily canopy that can later be a canopy over the bed would be awesome. What do ya'll think? Has anyone ever done something like this? I think I would probably start a stash of doilies now, even though there isn't even a boyfriend in sight! I would love to hear your thoughts on this! MissRach

Hmm, okay. Thanks for the Bernat pattern, that gives me some guidelines as in where I need to go!!!! MissRach

Yay for pattern! After my craft fair, I will get to work on it, maybe for my parents' anniversary! MissRach