CROCHET 'N' MORE
NEWSLETTER
Volume IV, Issue NO. 18
September 30, 2001

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<< GOD BLESS YOU >>

FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE:

GENERAL NEWS
AWARDS
VOTE FOR US
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
BIBLE TRIVIA
PAGES UPDATED
NEW LINKS
MEMBER PATTERNS
CROCHET STITCH, TECHNIQUE or TIP
VIEWER FEEDBACK
CONTEST/GIVE-AWAY INFORMATION
CLASSIFIED SECTION
HUMOR

GENERAL NEWS

Dear Subscriber:

Lionbrand Yarns recently posted the following FREE Patriotic patterns:

American Flag Afghan (Wool-Ease Sportweight, crochet)
http://lionbrand.com/patterns/cwes-afghanUSA.html

Knitted American Flag Sweater (Wool-Ease Chunky)
http://lionbrand.com/patterns/kwec-flagSweater.html

Crochet American Flag Sweater (Jamie 3 Ply)
http://lionbrand.com/patterns/cja-flagSweater.html

God Bless America!

Lisa & Tim

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AWARDS

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WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve, as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, and remain until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hodl fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

1 Corinthians 15:1-5

"The hope of Christ's coming can keep us going."

This quote is from Our Daily Bread - September, 2001 Issue.

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PAGES UPDATED

(I've decided not to list every change to my pages since it has become so time consuming.
Please note that information in this issue may be added
to the website when the next issue is sent out)

FREE PATTERNS

The following patterns will be added to our Free Patterns soon.

PREEMIE GOWN

PATRIOTIC RIBBON

NEW LINKS

The following link(s) have been added to our links pages.

KARKLUS KREATIONS

WEBB-BABIES

MEMBER PATTERNS

(SUBSCRIBERS SEE THESE FIRST)
However, these patterns will be added to Crochet 'N' More's website
after the next issue is sent out.

HAPPY PUMPKIN TREAT BAG

PUMPKIN FRIDGIE

SAMANTHA DOLL

Click here to see our growing collection of FREE PATTERNS

CROCHET STITCH, TECHNIQUE or TIP

(A different crochet stitch and/or tip featured in each issue...
to be added later to the Crochet Basics page)

If you know of any stitch I have omitted from our basics pages please drop me a line.

A BIG THANK YOU to all who have written me with stitch suggestions to feature in this section.
If I have not replied to your message yet... be patient, I will write you when I feature the
stitch you requested.

Hi!!
Love your e-gazine! You said you are running out of stitches to feature in your basics section.
How about the double treble and the roll stitch? Keep up the good work!!
Cathy Juneau

DOUBLE TREBLE CROCHET (DTR)
Yarn over three times, then insert your hook into the stitch or space indicated. Yarn over and pull up a loop. (You should have five loops on your hook.) Yarn over and draw through two loops. (You should have four loops on your hook.) Yarn over and draw through two loops. (You should have three loops on your hook.) Yarn over and draw through two loops. (You should have two loops on your hook.) Yarn over and draw through two loops.
Click here to view a video illustration.

BULLION STITCH
(a/k/a ROLL STITCH)
Yo 5 times, insert hk in next st, yo, draw lp through st and all 6 lps on hk. Ch 1.
This stitch has endless variations... click here for stitch photo.

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ILLUSTRATED BASIC CROCHET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE BEGINNER:

HOW TO DO A STARTING CHAIN

SINGLE CROCHET (click here for instructions)

HALF DOUBLE CROCHET (click here for instructions)

DOUBLE CROCHET (click here for instructions)

TRIPLE CROCHET (click here for instructions)

CROCHET TIP:

If you're away from home, remembered your yarn and hook but forgot your scissors... use fingernail clippers to cut your yarn.

WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF STITCHES TO FEATURE!
If you have a stitch or tip you'd like to see here drop us a line and include "STITCH/TIP" as the subject.
Please include your name and/or state of residence if you'd like to be recognized for your submission.

VIEWER FEEDBACK

NOTE: Any comments left on the CNM website or sent via email may be posted here.

I would just like you to know that my thoughts are with you and all of
America at this very sad time.
Jan Hanna - Australia

patriotic ribbon----thank you very much for the pattern. I needed
something quick and simple, the angels
were nice patterns that I found, but took too long with thread to make
many. I will be trying to make some
of these for the people at school that I work with and friends if that is
ok with you. Barb Bailey in FL

<reply> By all means... make as many as you would like to give out.

I love your ribbon. I don't know if I would make it due to carpal tunnel on my wrist. But I wanted to thank you for sharing. I would put a little cross or angel in the center of the ribbon.

Blessings to you and yours. Bea.

Subject: Patriotic Ribbon

I did not find any errors, I just wanted to thank you for sending this in.
It is so hard to find anything red, white and blue. Cannot even get regular
ribbon :-). I am going to make this though - some crocheter I am, huh? I
never thought about crocheting one until I saw your pattern.
Thanks again for sharing.
Fellow Crocheter, Dee

Ohhh, your puppy is sooo cute! I have a schnauzer too.
She is all black. I hope I can make her a sweater that she will wear, she refuses any I have bought!
I'd like to tell you thank you for all that you do for all of us, I appreciate you very much. :)
Keep happy thoughts.
God love ya!
Hugs
MyTakia

Haven't been here for awhile now.
But I was here today for a long time, really love your pages
Thank you for giving this oldie so much enjoyment

Dottie Holmes
Fort Erie, Ontario
God Bless

I'm from Australia and I would dearly love the metric equivalent of Crochet Hook size H.
Australians' hearts go out to those in America following the aftermath of terrorist attacks.
Keep up the good work and God bless.
Heather

<reply>
Dear Heather:
An "H" hook is a metric #5.
The following page will help you in the future with the hook equivalents.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6910/equiv.htm
Lisa

Thanks for all the crochet lingo explanations. I was doing pretty well on my pattern until I came to, "slip st in first ch-1 sp."
I had no idea what "ch-1 sp" meant until I found the explanation on your page!
THANK YOU!!
Tricia Ptak

Dear Lisa,

I saw the picture of "Oscar" with your sweater pattern. I too have a mini dachschund "Buddy Boy" and he loves to wear "clothes". With the recent tragic national events, I wanted to make a patriotic sweater for him, especially since it's beginning to get cooler. I used your sweater pattern but couldn't get it to fit right. (He looked like he was wearing a tank-top with a skirt!) Fortunately, Ginger our Lhasa Apso looks great in it! I have attached a picture of her. I tried attaching yarn bows to the blue section for stars but I didn't like it. Maybe I'll embroider some on later.

I then designed a pattern for Buddy Boy (picture attached).

If you want me to send you my directions (such as they are) I'll be glad to share them. I just
haven't written them down yet and couldn't wait to show you the pictures.

I love your newsletter and look forward to each issue.

Thank you,

Jenny Lewis

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HUMOR

A man was driving along a rural road one day when he saw a three
legged chicken. He was amused enough to drive along side it for a
while, as he was driving he noticed the chicken was running 30 mph.

Pretty fast chicken, he thought, I wonder just how fast it can run.
So he sped up and the chicken did too! They were now moving along the
road at 45 mph! The man in the car sped up again, to his surprise the
chicken was still running ahead of him at 60 mph!!!

Suddenly the chicken turned off the road and ran down a long driveway
leading to a farmhouse. The man followed the chicken to the house and
saw a man in the yard and dozens of three legged chickens. The man in
the car called out to the farmer "How did you get all these three
legged chickens?"

The farmer replied, "I breed 'em. Ya see it's me, my wife and my son
living here and we all like to eat the chicken leg. Since a chicken
only has two legs, I started breeding this three legged variety so we
could all eat our favorite piece."

"That's amazing!" said the driver "How do they taste?"

"Don't rightly know, can't catch 'em."

Fisherman's Luck

Jim had an awful day fishing on the lake, sitting in the blazing sun all
day without catching a single one. On his way home, he stopped at the
supermarket and ordered four catfish. He told the fish salesman, "Pick four
large ones out and throw them at me, will you?"
"Why do you want me to throw them at you?"
"Because I want to tell my wife that I caught them."
"Okay, but I suggest that you take the orange roughy."
"But why?"
"Because your wife came in earlier today and said that if you came by, I
should tell you to take orange roughy. She prefers that for supper tonight."

A Day In Sunday School

A Sunday school teacher was teaching her class about
the difference between right and wrong.

"All right children, let's take another example," she said.
"If I were to get into a man's pocket and take his billfold
with all his money, what would I be?"

Little Johnny raises his hand, and with a confident smile,
he blurts out, "You'd be his wife!"

Two men went bear hunting. While one stayed in the cabin, the other
went out looking for a bear. He soon found a huge bear, shot at it
but only wounded it.

When the enraged bear charged toward him, he dropped his rifle and
started running for the cabin as fast as he could. He ran pretty fast
but the bear was just a little faster and gained on him with every
step. Just as he reached the open cabin door, he tripped and fell
flat.

Too close behind to stop, the bear tripped over him and went rolling
into the cabin.

The man jumped up, closed the cabin door and yelled to his friend
inside, "You skin this one while I go and get another!"

A car was involved in an accident in a street. As expected a

large crowd gathered. A newspaper reporter, anxious to get

his story could not get near the car.

Being a clever sort, he started shouting loudly, "Let me

through! Let me through! I am the son of the victim."

The crowd made way for him.

Lying in front of the car was a donkey.

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