Saturday, March 28, 2009

Attention Ravelry Members-- PDF's Becoming Available!

Hi! For those of you who are members of Ravelry, I am in the process of uploading PDF versions of all of my patterns to Ravelry. I will include a link to each pattern under it's post here on my blog. I know printing out patterns from blog posts can be a bit messy, so I wanted to give you a cleaner, neater way to download my patterns. When you click on a pattern that you like, just look for the link that says "Ravelry Members Download a free PDF of this pattern here." Right now I have about half of my patterns converted to PDF and uploaded to Ravelry, and I will continue to work on the rest of them this week. :)

Seth's Angel

Seth's Angel Ornament / Keepsake

Ravelry Members Download this pattern in PDF Format Here: Seth's Angel


This pattern may not be big and flashy, but it is extremely important to me. I designed this ornament as a keepsake for a dear friend who lost her little angel much too soon. Yesterday would have been Seth's first birthday, so in memory of him, I decided to to post the pattern. Please take a few minutes out of your busy day to make one of these little angels and donate it to your favorite children's charity.


Materials:

Small amount of white yarn and contrasting color yarn

Size F hook and baby sport yarn (makes small keepsake angel, pictured above)

Size H hook and worsted weight yarn (makes larger angel ornament – pictured below)


Head:

Using white yarn, chain 4 and join into a ring.

Round 1: Chain 3 (counts as first DC). 11 DC into ring. Join to top of initial chain 3. (12 DC)

Round 2: Chain 3 (counts as first DC). Dc in same stitch as chain. 2 DC in each DC around. Join to top of initial chain 3. Finish off. (24 DC)


Body:

Foundation: Using contrasting color, chain 3 (counts as first DC). 2 DC in 3rd chain from hook. Chain 3, turn. (3 DC)

Row 1: 2 DC in each DC across. Chain 3, turn. (6 DC)

Row 2: DC in each DC across. Chain 3, turn. (6 DC)

Row 3: **2 DC in next DC, DC in next DC** Repeat across. Chain 3, turn. (9 DC)

Row 4: Repeat Row 2 (9 DC)

Row 5: Repeat Row 3 (14 DC)

Row 6: Repeat Row 2 (14 DC)

Row 7: Repeat Row 3 (21 DC)

Row 8: Repeat Row 2 (21 DC). When you come to the end of the row, DON’T chain 3, turn.

Edging: Chain 1, turn triangle sideways. 2 SC in each row up one side, 3 SC in top stitch, 2 SC in each row down the other side, SC in each DC across the bottom. Join to initial SC. Finish off.


Wings:

Using white yarn, chain 4 and join into a ring.

Row 1: Chain 3 (counts as first DC). 2 DC into ring, chain 3 (corner made), 3 DC into ring. Chain 3, turn. (3 DC, ch space corner, 3 DC)

Row 2: DC in each DC across to corner. 2DC, chain 3, 2 DC in corner. DC in each DC across. Chain 3, turn. (5 DC, ch space corner, 5 DC)

Row 3: Repeat Row 2. (7 DC, ch space corner, 7 DC)

Row 4: Repeat Row 2. (9 DC, ch space corner, 9 DC)

Row 5: Repeat Row 2. (11 DC, ch space corner, 11 DC)

Edging: Chain 1, turn triangle sideways. SC in each DC down one side of the triangle, 3 SC at the point, SC in each DC up the other side of the triangle, 3 SC at the point, 2 SC in the edge of each DC row across the top of the triangle. Finish off.


Whipstitch head to the top of the body. Flip over on the back and center wings on the back. Whipstitch wings to the back of the body.