Knottz of Yarn

These are my latest obsession & have been great sellers for me!  You can buy the finished product  Here  or keep reading to learn how to make your own.  I have used the  Bernat Maker Home &  2mm Macrame cord  to make these & both work great & show great stitch definition.  These  are the wooden rings I use.  I will give you a quick breakdown of how I make them. I am by no means a professional pattern writer & am just trying to give you simple directions.  Row 1: 6 single crochet round ring & then chain 1 & turn Row 2 - how ever many rows you want: hdc across, ch1, turn.  Once I have it the length I want I attch the 2nd ring single crochet 6 across & then finish off.  This  is a great tutorial on how to join your rings. And... Here  is a great tutorial on how to make 3 different versions & to sew your rings on instead of joining as you go. I got my printable tags from  Knotty Boss . 

  One of my kids sent me a pic of a mushroom bag they found online one day and said "can you make me one". Well frankly the one in the pic was very poorly made and tiny so I said of course I can. Truth be told I was just excited that one of my kids actually wanted something I made.😂 Stuff that mom makes is not as cool as when someone else makes it. 😕 I immediately hit Pinterest and went to looking for Crochet bag patterns. In the mean time she brought me one of her favorite bags and said she wanted it to be the same size as that one.  I found the  Brecken Bag  pattern and thought "THAT'S IT"! It is an awesome free pattern that is easy to follow and works up fast and can be found here . I used 2 strands of Worsted weight Acrylic yarn and it worked up beautifully.  The mushroom was a little harder to decide on. I had been Eyeballing these mushroom coasters and had them in the back of my mind as one of my next projects. I just couldn't find any applique or m