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I needed to make a bunch of Pompom Makers for my daughter's class that were easy for kids to use. The kids were going to make pompom "Love Bugs" for a Valentine's Day activity & the kids needed to make the "Love Bugs" all by themselves. So I created an easy, DIY Pompom Maker that anyone can use!
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"These Zero Calorie donuts are EASY, FAST, & sooo yummy (with no guilt!). You can work up the regular size in less than an hour, so you will be "baking" dozens in no time!
In addition to the Regular donut size, I have also included instructions for Mini, Large, & XL Donuts!!" Keep scrolling to the bottom for the EXTRA BONUS size!!!
Welcome to the 3rd Annual Sales & Giveaway Event!!!
This year’s event is brought to you by 24 of your favorite designers & one of your favorite yarn companies!
We’ve had so much great feedback about our coupon code, ENABLER, that we’ve decided to keep it for another year! Shop ‘Til You Drop! Simply click on all of your favorite designers’ photos below (and new-to-you designers) to be taken directly to their Ravelry shops! Add your MUST HAVE designs to your shopping cart, apply Coupon Code: ENABLER to see what great discounts the designers are offering this year! *Coupon Valid from 11/25/16 thru 11/28/16. Watch Your Savings Grow! Try adding 1, 3, 5, 8 or more designs from one designer to your cart and watch your savings grow! Each designer has set up different discounts that grow depending on the size of your purchase.
Our BIG GIVEAWAY!!!!
This year’s prizes include: (3) Winners will each receive a $40 gift card to their craft store of choice (JoAnns, Michaels or Hobby Lobby) (2) Winners will each receive their choice of 8 balls of Lion Brand Wool Ease (See below for more details and links to prizes) (1) Winner will receive a Set of (10) Clover Amour Crochet Hooks from A Crocheted Simplicity
Thank You, Lion Brand Yarns, for sponsoring 2 awesome yarn prizes!
(2) Winners will each receive any 8 balls from the Lion Brand Yarns Wool Ease family! Click on the following to see your options! Wool Ease Worsted, Wool Ease Tonal, Wool Ease Thick & Quick, or Wool Ease Chunky
**Lion Brand Yarns giveaway open to residents of the United States & Canada only.
Click on the Game Graphic below to Enter to Win any of the fabulous prizes!
Winners will be drawn early Tuesday, November 29, 2016. This blog post will be updated with the list of winners and winners will be e-mailed so please make sure to double check your e-mail address. 
First, let talk about what is Planned Pooling.
Planned pooling is a technique where you intentionally work the colors of a multi-colored skein of yarn to make a specific design or color effect when you crochet. Notice the word "intentionally" - means that if you do a little pre-planning, you can make the colors pool the way they should without having to frog your work a million times. And it will work the 1st time, every time!
SECOND
So now it is time to crochet! Start at the beginning of your yarn (does not have to be a specific place, you will see why later). You can use any hook size that you like - hook size will only change the the total size of your piece slightly, but is not a determination to achieve planned pooling. Start chaining evenly until you get to the end of one entire color sequence..
THIRD
Start crocheting your 1st row of pattern stitches. I am using the Granite/Moss St pattern by Moogly. Work the 1st row through your entire color sequence. You will have leftover chains from your beginning chain because Sc take more yarn to work. There are 33 sc/ch starting from the very 1st sc. 
But, THIS is where the magic happens.....
Pull out 1 sc & 1 ch from the end of your 1st row (or you can add 1 more ch & sc - the Argyle pattern will still come out, so it is up to you which one you choose).
Then, continue to crochet the normal Granite/Moss Stitch pattern for at least 10-14 rows to see if Argyle pattern comes out the way you want.
Once you are finished, you will undo the unworked chains from the beginning chain & secure the tail with a knot. Then weave in all ends!
Yarns that Work! (PICTURES)
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Show me YOUR Planned Pooling works of art!! What did you end up making?
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Here are some pics from my testers that have worked this technique & the yarn they used!!
I LOVE Fall/Winter because I get to wrap myself up in yummy, textured yarn creations!!
I have released 2 new tees last month (just in case you missed it!) and a Brand New scarf! Mary-Go-'Round Scarf
Mary-Go-'Round Scarf
Sugar Skull - Tee
Urban Criss-Cross Tee
JourJeana Designs | Jessica Gillispie
I love making ami's and hats! My 2 girls keep me busy with their own orders for dolls. 
You can view all of Jessica's patterns in her Ravelry Shop.
1 lucky fan will win One Free Pattern of Choice!
Terms & Conditions:
Monday GLAM Spotlight starts every Monday at 1am EST & ends the following Friday at midnight EST. No purchase necessary to enter to win. Winner will be notified by the Featured Designer at the close of the giveaway through the email provided in the entry form. It is the Featured Designer's responsibility to send the prize to the winner. Winner has 48hrs to respond to the Featured Designer's email to claim the prize - failure to respond will result in revocation of prize. If the Featured Designer decides to give away a physical item, it is the responsibility of the Featured Designer to obtain shipping address from winner & pay for cost of shipping.
Come back next Monday for the next Monday GLAM Spotlight!
ACCROchet | Julie Desjardins
By day, Julie is a Marketing and Communications professional in an out-of-home advertising firm - a job she loves; but her passion comes out after the 9 to 5, when she can finally sit down and create pretty things with yarn and a hook. 
Julie is giving 1 fan any 3 patterns of choice!
You can see all of Julie's patterns in her Ravelry Shop.
Terms & Conditions:
Monday GLAM Spotlight starts every Monday at 1am EST & ends the following Friday at midnight EST. No purchase necessary to enter to win. Winner will be notified by the Featured Designer at the close of the giveaway through the email provided in the entry form. It is the Featured Designer's responsibility to send the prize to the winner. Winner has 48hrs to respond to the Featured Designer's email to claim the prize - failure to respond will result in revocation of prize. If the Featured Designer decides to give away a physical item, it is the responsibility of the Featured Designer to obtain shipping address from winner & pay for cost of shipping.
Come back next Monday for the next Monday GLAM Spotlight!
Spider Mambo Designs | Laurie Kahn
At this point in my life I can say I have the best job ever, designing crochet items and writing up the patterns to publish on Ravelry, Craftsy, and Etsy.
You can find Laurie here at her Facebook Page.
Terms & Conditions:
Monday GLAM Spotlight starts every Monday at 1am EST & ends the following Friday at midnight EST. No purchase necessary to enter to win. Winner will be notified by the Featured Designer at the close of the giveaway through the email provided in the entry form. It is the Featured Designer's responsibility to send the prize to the winner. Winner has 48hrs to respond to the Featured Designer's email to claim the prize - failure to respond will result in revocation of prize. If the Featured Designer decides to give away a physical item, it is the responsibility of the Featured Designer to obtain shipping address from winner & pay for cost of shipping.
Come back next Monday for the next Monday GLAM Spotlight!
I have a JAM PACKED blog post for you all today!!
Let's start off with the FREE pattern!! Introducing the.....
Starlet Market Bag
Materials
*Worsted Weight Cotton yarn #4 - I used 2 skeins of Hobby Lobby I Love this Cotton yarn - 5oz/180yds per skein. *5mm Hook Gauge *4 Knot sts = 1 inch *3 rows of Knot sts = 1 inch
Special Stitches
Knot Stitch - Yo, insert hook in st, yo & pull up a loop, continue to pull that loop through the 1st loop on hook, yo & pull through 2 loops on hook. Beg Split Tr2tog - Ch 3, sk next 3 Knot sts, tr in next Knot st. Split Tr2tog - Yo 2x, insert hook in same Knot st as last leg of previous Split Tr2tog, yo & pull up a loop, work tr until last pull through, sk next 3 Knot sts, yo 2x, insert hook in next Knot st, yo & pull up a loop, work tr until last pull through, yo & pull through all 3 loops on hook. Beg Vst - Ch 6 (counts as tr + ch 3), tr in st indicated. Vst - (tr, ch 3, tr) in st indicated.
Row 9) Ch 1, Knot st in each sc across, Turn. {12 Knot sts}
Row 10) Ch 1, sc2tog, sc across until last 2 sts, sc2tog, Turn. {10 sc} Row 11) Ch 1, Knot st in each sc across, Turn. {10 Knot sts} Row 12) Ch 1, sc2tog, sc across until last 2 sts, sc2tog, Turn. {8 sc} Row 13) Ch 1, Knot st in each sc across, Turn. {8 Knot sts} Row 14) Ch 1, sc2tog, sc across until last 2 sts, sc2tog, Turn. {6 sc} Row 15) Ch 1, Knot st in each sc across, Turn. {6 Knot sts} Row 16) Ch 1, sc in each Knot st across, Turn. {6 sc} Row 17) Ch 1, Knot st in each sc across, Turn. {6 Knot sts} Row 18-65) Repeat Rows 16 & 17, 24 more times.
Row 67) Ch 1, Knot st in each sc across, Turn. {8 Knot sts} Row 68) Ch 1, 2 sc in 1st Knot st, sc across to last Knot st, 2 sc in last Knot st, Turn. {10 sc} Row 69) Ch 1, Knot st in each sc across, Turn. {10 Knot sts} Row 70) Ch 1, 2 sc in 1st Knot st, sc across to last Knot st, 2 sc in last Knot st, Turn. {12 sc} Row 71) Ch 1, Knot st in each sc across, Turn. {12 Knot sts} Row 72) Ch 1, 2 sc in 1st Knot st, sc across to last Knot st, 2 sc in last Knot st, Turn. {14 sc} Row 73) Ch 1, Knot st in each sc across, Turn. {14 Knot sts} Row 74) Ch 1, 2 sc in 1st Knot st, sc across to last Knot st, 2 sc in last Knot st, Turn. {16 sc} Row 75) Ch 1, Knot st in each sc across, Turn. {16 Knot sts} Row 76) Ch 1, 2 sc in 1st Knot st, sc across to last Knot st, 2 sc in last Knot st, Turn. {18 sc} Row 77) Ch 1, Knot st in each sc across, Turn. {18 Knot sts} Row 78) Ch 1, 2 sc in 1st Knot st, sc across to last Knot st, 2 sc in last Knot st, Turn. {20 sc} Row 79) Ch 1, Knot st in each sc across to end. {20 Knot sts} Fasten Off leaving a long tail for sewing Strap to Body. Place end of Strap on opposite side of Body, centering the middle of the Strap with the edge of the bag. Using long tail, match sts & whipstitch Strap to Body of bag. Fasten Off & Weave in Ends. Finishing Attach yarn in any stitch on Body, Knot st evenly in remaining sts on Body & all edge sts on Strap, join with a sl st to 1st Knot st, continue to sl st in each Knot st around to help reinforce the strength of the Strap to keep it from stretching out. Fasten Off & Repeat on other side of bag. Fasten Off & Weave in Ends.
Next, I would like to introduce my brand new pattern release:
Intercepting Tank
The Intercepting Tank features many combinations of color work - Vertical Striping, Horizontal Short Rows, & Diagonal Striping. Also features a Scoop Neckline & Racer-back Straps. The tank is loose & airy; can be worn over a bandeau bra or a light tank for more coverage!
The Intercepting Tank comes in 7 amazing sizes, to fit all wide rage of women :XSmall - 33.5”, Small - 35”, Medium - 37”, Large - 38.5”, XLarge - 40”, 2X - 41.5”, 3X - 43”. You can purchase the Intercepting Tank in my Ravelry Shop or my Website Store!
****GIVEAWAY CLOSED - WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Winners will be email by Designer & have 48hrs to reply to accept prize!
I will autograph your copy!!
Bonus Prizes!!
1 winner will be chosen for each of these prizes:
I am sooo excited to tell you all I have teamed up with Simply Crochet Magazine for an amazing Name Contest & Giveaway!
One of my designs (Shhhh...it's a secret) will be in Simply Crochet Magazine's Issue 48, which comes out August 18th!! But, I cannot think of a good name for it. So I need YOUR help in naming the design!
First, I want to say a big THANK YOU to Simply Crochet Magazine! They are spectacular to work with & their magazines are filled with the most amazing crochet designs!
Here are Sneak Peek pics of my design!
If you would like to submit a Name - please go to Simply Crochet Magazine's blog post:
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