January 2016 CAL using the Crochet Stitch from Round 8 of the Battle of the Stitches

Welcome to our first Battle of the Stitches CAL!  We are excited to invite you to work on a project along with all of our Round 8 Battle of the Stitches challengers.  We will be using the stitch that is being worked right now by 12 fantastic challengers.
This is a great way to learn a new stitch and then have a fun variety of projects to work up using this stitch when you're finished.

This Crochet-A-Long will be held for 9 days Beginning January 15th.  We will post 1 row of instructions each day so it will be easy to keep up.

You get to choose your project!
~Table Runner
~Placemat
~Rug 
~Afghan.  

You choose the size that you want to work. 
What you will need:
YARN!!! The great part about this is that YOU get to choose any 4ww yarn you prefer for this project and desired hook.
I am using Deborah Norville Everyday yarn and a size K hook for my project.

This is a VERY textured stitch and will look great in a single color or many.  Color changes will look best every 4 rows.
So take a few days to go through your yarn stash, decide which project you're going to work and find the perfect colors to start!
We'll be back on the 15th with the first set of instructions and hope to see you here!
-Kate

CAL has begun and is available here:
 http://battleofthestitches.blogspot.com/p/cal-for-battle-round-8-sttich.html

Battle of the Stitches Round 5 Reveal #1

Woo Hoo!  It's time to reveal the designs that our Round 5 Crochet Designers have created.

Each designer was asked to create a new crochet design using the Moorish Motif as their Focus stitch and centered around the theme "On the Wings of Spring". 

Design #1

What the designer had to say:

I chose to design this blanket because spring makes me think of flower gardens and all the colors coming back to life after the long cold winter.  To me, the motif looked more like a flower!

The blanket can be made with any number of motifs for any size.  It can also be positioned into a placemat, table runner or use just 1 motif and add the border for a coaster.  The last round of each motif is joined as you go so there is no sewing necessary.  The border goes with the flow of the motif and uses the same stitching to add the finishing touch to the whole design and bring it all together!

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Vote for your favorite on the
 Battle of the Stitches Webite