All patterns only $1 now thru midnight Saturday!

All of my self-published knit and crochet patterns are 50% off until midnight Saturday 11/25, because I love y'all :) That means they're all only a dollar! No code necessary, please share the link so others can find me:

https://www.ravelry.com/stores/rows-and-roses

Check me out! I'm teaching a class!

**CROCHET 101 at OHC**

        

Oconee Heritage Center is pleased to bring you an all-new class,  “Getting Started with Crochet,” presented and led by local small business owner Sati Glenn, of Rows & Roses. We will be crocheting a wash cloth, and in doing so, will be learning how to hold the hook, how to tension the yarn, how to make chains, how to make certain stitches, and how to finish off and weave in ends. There will also be brief discussion on choosing fibers and yarns for projects, and Sati will provide you with email info in case you run into trouble later :)

Pre-registration IS A MUST, and will close on December 1st in order to give Sati enough time to order supplies.

Date: Thursday, December 14, 2017

Time: 6:30pm est
Price: $20

Pre-registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/getting-started-with-crochet-crochet-101-tickets-37957085665

Come on out and learn how to get started in crocheting. This class will include, along with instruction and any help needed:
1 ball of premium acrylic yarn from Knit Picks,
1 premium hook,
1 copy of an exclusive, original starter pattern written and published by Sati.

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Candy Corn Sack- **FREE PATTERN**

Here at Rows and Roses, we're all so excited for cooler weather and scary good times. I created this pattern for Halloween this year, for my kids and for a round of Halloween specials that just recently closed in my group. I never publish free patterns, so I thought I'd spread a little spooky fun and share it with you :)

One thing, though: please make sure that if you choose to share this pattern with your friends (and I sure hope you will!) that you only provide a link to this blog or to the pattern on Ravelry. Writing a pattern takes a long time and always makes me want to cry a little, so please never claim a pattern as your own or copy & paste any part of it. Always link!

Candy Corn Sack

Materials:(1) skein I Love This Yarn (Hobby Lobby brand) in "Ivory" (40 yards)
(1) skein I Love This Yarn in "Desert Glaze" (75 yards)
(1) skein I Love This Yarn in "Yellow" (90 yards)
Hook- size 7 (gauge isn't important, so whatever makes a good fabric for you)

Stitches Used:
Chain (ch)
Single crochet (sc) 
Slip stitch (sl st)
Increase (inc) two sc in next st
Decrease (dec) pull up a loop in each of the next 2 sts, yo and pull through all 3                        loops on hook
Half double crochet (hdc) In this pattern, these are only worked INTO THE                                              STITCH BELOW. This is to create a thick, sturdy,                                              reinforced handle.

The way I work up this bag is by putting 2 increases, an equal distance apart, into every round. This forms a nice, slow flare, making the triangle shape not too deep and not too shallow. I work in a spiral, so no joining rounds (until close to the end.) I use a stitch marker near the beginning of the rounds just so I know where I am. 

Let's get started!

With Ivory:
Ch 4. Join with sl st to form a ring. 
6 sc in center of ring. DO NOT JOIN, here and throughout until instructed.
*Inc in next st, sc in each of next 2 sts* twice. = 8sc
*Inc in next st, sc in each of next 3 sts* twice. = 10sc
*Inc in next st, sc in each of next 4 sts* twice. = 12sc

Continue in this manner until you have 50 sc around, or, as I prefer to count my sections separately, 25 sc from one inc to the next.

Change to Desert Glaze in last st.

With Desert Glaze:
*Inc in next st, sc in each of the next 24 sts* twice. = 52sc
*Inc in next st, sc in each of the next 25 sts* twice. = 54sc

Continue in this manner, remembering to move your stitch marker each time it starts to shift too much, until you have 90 sc, or 45 sc from one inc to the next.

Change to Yellow in last st.

With Yellow:
*Inc in the next st, sc in each of the next 44 sts* twice. = 92sc
*Inc in the next st, sc in each of the next 45 sts* twice. = 94sc

Continue for 3 more rounds, until you have 100 sc around, or 50 sc from one inc to the next.

NOW YOU WILL JOIN by slipping into the next st (which would be the first st of the next round.)
Ch 1.
Now you're starting the even, joined rounds.
*sc around. Join with sl st. Ch 1.* 5 times altogether. You now have 5 even joined rounds of 100 sc.

Time to start the handles!
Still with Yellow:
  sc 15, ch 28, skip 20 sts, sc 30, ch 28, skip 20 sts, sc in 15. Join.

Now we will work 3 rounds of sc, while decreasing at the places where the handles "join" the bag.

*sc in each st to 1 sc before ch, dec in next sc and 1st ch, sc in each ch to last ch, dec in next ch and 1st sc after ch* twice, sc in remaining sts. Join. = 112sc

*sc in each st until 1 sc before dec, dec in next sc and dec, sc in each st to dec, dec in dec and next sc* twice, sc in remaining sts. Join. = 108sc

Repeat previous round. = 104sc

To finish up, we're going to work a final round of hdc, working into the stitches one row below. THESE ARE THE STITCHES YOU JUST WORKED INTO ON THE PREVIOUS ROUND. This creates a thick reinforced ridge at the top of the handles.

hdc in each PREVIOUS st around, skipping the decreases altogether. (You will see where the decreases from the previous row are, there will be 3 "holes" in which you can place a stitch. You will hdc into the first "hole," skip the second, and hdc into the third. If reading this doesn't make much sense, it will once you're actually doing it. Don't worry, keep going <3 )  = 104hdc


That's it! You're all finished! Grab a yarn needle and weave in your ends, then go collect as much candy as possible <3

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I'VE GOT A DEAL FOR YOU!!

Good morning! Now that our first round of specials is complete and the customs list is full speed ahead, we'll be opening a new round and a new list in March! But while we're waiting....


How about this? Take half off all of my patterns, today only, because Why Not?! Use code “WhyNot” at checkout in my Ravelry Shop to get any of my crochet patterns for only $.99! Ends midnight tonight, EST. Enjoy, and thank you for your support!

Here are a few of my designs:

     
         
           
         

R&R Grand Reopening 2017

Happy New Year!
Man, 2016 sure sucked, didn't it? We lost some amazing talent, with Lemmy hitting the heavenly highway just 4 days before the turn of the new year, followed by David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Merle Haggard, Gene Wilder, and Prince, just to name a few. I don't know about you, but I'm ready to go more than 5 minutes without a new genius to mourn.

This year WILL be better! I can feel it. And I'm going to start things off with some lovely items at some awesome prices. Get ready to warm up in the new year :)

I have put together all of the specials, with easy instructions for ordering, into an even in my Rows and Roses group over on facebook. I felt that this would be the easiest way, to have everything in one place that I can monitor for questions and comments. I always welcome all feedback, about sales, items, customs, and methods, so head on over and let me know what you think.

I'm offering the wildly popular messy bun hat (my own design,) a beautiful and practical hat done in gorgeous gradient yarn, a sweet and squishy jellyfish friend, headbands and ear-warmers with a hair tie cleverly engineered into the bottom to keep them in place, and some warm and cushy slippers for the whole family.

To top it all off, there is also a **BRAND NEW, TOTALLY EMPTY** customs list. First come, first served, so if you're wanting to custom order an item-- anything from dish cloths, to a beaded shawl, to a sweater, to an afghan-- make sure to get your order in quickly!

This Grand Reopening will be open from Sunday January 1 to Sunday January 8th, with payments due by Tuesday January 10th. Once this event is closed, I will not be taking any more custom orders for a while in order to get everything shipped in a timely manner, and then to get started on some Valentine's Day goodies. Come see all of the pretty stuff and get your order in for some delightful squishy goodness to start this year off on a positive note <3