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November is coming to an end, so it's time for a lil freebie to make this month a bit more exciting ^^. This time it's the Grace embroidery design that you might already be familiar with from my previous posts. I'm excited to share not only the pattern and stitches I used but also a bit of guidance and tips. Hopefully, it will make the stitching process easier for you! This design features 3 key elements: Rope-looking lines and outlines for the leaves Filling of the leaves Lettering Lines All of the lines are worked in stem stitch. You can see some additional tips on stem stitch in the following posts: Changing direction of stem stitch and the 6 faces of stem stitch. Long story short, as you are stem stitching, keep bringing your needle up to the left of your stitches. This will help you achieve the “rope” appearance of your stem stitch. Given that the direction of lines keeps changing throughout the whole pattern, be careful to not mix up the sides of where the needle should come up. If you are confused, rotate the hoop or embroidery frame so that the line faces upwards and make sure the needle comes up to the left of the line. When I stitched I worked the outline in portions. Let's say I completed 25% of outline first, then filled in some of the leaves, then worked the next 25% of outline and so forth. It helped me to keep a steady path. But, of course, it might be more convenient for you to work it in another way. Maybe you'd like to complete all of the outlines first and only then fill in the leaves. It's completely fine! Decide for yourself the order of working this embroidery pattern and work it in the way that makes you comfortable! I used two strands of floss for the box around the word GRACE, and one strand of floss for the rest of the lines. It made the plant motif look finer and helped the box to stand out. Leaves All of the leaves are filled with the fishbone stitch after the outline is already complete. The leaves are not always conveniently “straight” and with even edges. Their form changes here and there and sometimes they are not complete or cross with other leaves. So, yes, although the fishbone stitch itself is quite easy to pick up on, this design might still present a challenge. As a result, it will be an excellent practice of fishbone stitch for you ;) The order of working the leaves can be whatever you want. Just like with outlining I did it in portions, but it is possible to fill all the leaves with one shade of floss first, and then another and so on. I used two strands of floss when I embroidered the leaves in this pattern. Also, in some places leaves “fold”. These small areas are worked by satin stitch using one strand of floss in the needle. I didn't do any padding here. Just stitched the outline the same way as the areas of the plant motif and covered the “foldings” with parallel satin stitches. Lettering I used an easy and quick approach to lettering for this design. Take two strands of floss and outline a letter in back stitch first. Then “wrap” the letters in satin stitch. Because the letters are not that big and we use two strands of floss, there is no need for any padding. The letters look dimensional enough and pop out of the fabric surface. That's pretty much it. In case you have any questions left, you're always welcome to leave them in the comments below or send me a DM through the contact form :) DOWNLOAD THE FREE PATTERN HERE Have a nice stitching!
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Happy Saturday! I'm so excited to share our first pattern of 2021 with you! Making a sloth has been on my list for some time and this little guy found a home perched on my yarn shelves! But he didn't get here without a few bumps along the way. I originally designed him in our mini form (like our cows here). To get his facial features just right I ended up having to make a face piece along with some eye patches, He was pretty cute but trying to secure a safety eye between 3 layers just wasn't a good idea, so back to the drawing board he went. And I'm glad he did. I couldn't be more happy with the final version of his pattern! If you're new to amigurumi be sure to check out our Tips page, I'll walk you through the methods used below! Pattern PIN here to save for later Grab the ad-free printable PDF in my Etsy or Ravelry shop (Continue scrolling for the free version here on the blog) Don't want to miss a new pattern? Stay in touch through these platforms below! Instagram - Facebook - Pinterest - Newsletter - Grace & Yarn Crochet Group This post contains affiliate links, please see our disclosure for more information. Thank you so much for supporting Grace & Yarn! You may make and sell items made from this pattern but please do not sell, share, or reproduce the actual pattern. If you sell finished items online (Etsy, etc) please provide a link to the pattern and credit to me as the designer, thank you. I hope you enjoy this pattern! For this pattern I used WeCrochet Brava Worsted in Almond, Sienna and White. Materials - · Size 4 worsted weight yarn (75 yards of light brown; small amount of dark brown, white and black) · 3.5 mm crochet hook · 12mm safety eyes · Black crochet/embroidery thread for smile (optional) · Scissors · Tapestry needle · Stuffing · Stitch markers Abbreviations - US terminology MC- Magic circle SC- Single crochet SC INC- Single crochet increase INV DEC- Invisible decrease St(s)- Stitch(es) NOTES - - Slowly stuff as you go, you want it to be firm but not stretched. You will be working in the round; I like to use a stitch marker at the beginning of each round. - Finished sloth measure approximately 7 inches tall in its sitting position. Eye Patch – Make 2 This piece is worked crocheting on both sides of the foundation chain to create an oval shape, you will want to keep your chain tight to help avoid the look of ‘holes’, we will be working in the round. With dark brown chain 10 Round 1: SC in the 2nd chain from hook, SC in the next 7 chains, 3SC in the last chain; working down the other side of the foundation chain (see picture to the right), SC in the next 7 chains, complete 2SC in the last chain (which is also the first chain we started with) (20) Round 2: 2SC in the first st, SC in the next 7, 2SC in each of the next 3 sts, SC in the next 7, 2 SC in each of the last 2 sts (26) Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. Insert your safety eye in round one by an edge and set aside; do not secure the backs just yet. Head – With white Round 1: Create a magic circle with 6 SC Round 2: SC INC in each st (12) Round 3: SC in the first st, SC INC in the next, rep around (18) Round 4: SC in the first 2 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (24) Round 5: SC in the first 3 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (30) Round 6: SC in the first 4 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (36) Round 7: SC in the first 5 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (42) Change to light brown Round 8: SC in the first 6 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (48) Round 9: SC in the first 7 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (54) Rounds 10-16: SC around NOTE - Here is where we will attach the facial features. Place the safety eyes (inside of your eye patches) in between rounds 5 and 6 on each side. Next, angle your eye patches to your liking. I angled mine down and to the side on each side. Once you find the angle you like sew your eye patch into place and secure your safety eyes. Nose – With black yarn and your tapestry needle make a pass through 3 rounds between your eyes. Continue to pass through to create your desired thickness. Smile – (Optional) With your black embroidery thread (or yarn) create a smile below the nose by making a ‘v’. I added my smile after closing the head but adding it at this stage can make this step easier. Round 17: SC in the first 7 sts, INV DEC in the next, rep around (48) Round 18: SC in the first 6 sts, INV DEC in the next, rep around (42) Round 19: SC in the first 5 sts, INV DEC in the next, rep around (36) Round 20: SC in the first 4 sts, INV DEC in the next, rep around (30) Round 21: SC in the first 3 sts, INV DEC in the next, rep around (24) *Continue to stuff firmly* Round 22: SC in the first 2 sts, INV DEC in the next, rep around (18) Round 23: SC in the first st, INV DEC in the next, rep around (12) Round 24: INV DEC around (6) Fasten off and sew remaining hole closed, weave in your end. Body- With light brown Round 1: Create a magic circle with 6 SC Round 2: SC INC in each stitch around (12) Round 3: SC in the first stitch, SC INC in the next, rep around (18) Round 4: SC in the first 2 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (24) Round 5: SC in the first 3 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (30) Round 6: SC in the first 4 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (36) Round 7: SC in the first 5 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (42) Round 8: SC in the first 6 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (48) Rounds 9-15: SC around (48) Round 16: SC in the first 6 sts, INV DEC in the next, rep around (42) Round 17-18: SC around (42) Round 19: SC in the first 5 sts, INV DEC in the next, rep around (36) Rounds 20-21: SC around (36) Round 22: SC in the first 4 sts, INV DEC in the next, rep around (30) Rounds 23-24: SC around (30) Round 25: SC in the first 3 sts, INV DEC in the next, rep around (24) Round 26: SC in the first 2 sts, INV DEC in the next, rep around (18) Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. Arms- Make 2 stuffing lightly at the bottom With white Round 1: Create a magic circle with 6 SC Round 2: SC INC in each stitch around (12) Round 3: SC in the first st, SC INC in the next, rep around (18) Round 4: SC around (18) Round 5: SC in the first stitch, INV DEC in the next, rep around (12) Change to light brown Rounds 6-17: SC around (12) Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. Legs- Make 2 stuffing lightly at the bottom With white Round 1: Create a magic circle with 6 SC Round 2: SC INC in each stitch around (12) Round 3: SC in the first st, SC INC in the next, rep around (18) Round 4: SC in the first 2 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (24) Rounds 5-6: SC around (24) Round 7: SC in the first 2 sts, INV DEC in the next, rep around (18) Change to light brown Rounds 8-19: SC around (18) Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. Assembly – - Sew the head onto the body making sure to add extra stuffing as you go. This will help add strength to avoid a wobbly head. - Next, sew the legs onto the body starting at the 9th round from the bottom and ending at the 17th round. - Lastly, sew the arms onto the body with a slight angle down (this will help the arms to rest onto the legs when sitting). I sewed my arms starting at round 20 and ending at round 25 when counting from the bottom. Your sloth is complete! I hope you have enjoyed making this pattern, thank you so much for stopping by!
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Another project in my big Art History unit with my students is finally all displayed and ready to be shared! The two above were chosen for Youth Art Month at the Portage County Library! I found this project via pinterest (which is the worst kind of pinterest post). JUST an image. However, this image was actually pretty useful for understanding the project. Day 1: Picasso intro! Short and sweet powerpoint with a YouTube video of Picasso in action. I did stop it a minute early because he paints a naked lady (and I wasn't ready to tackle that). They really seemed to enjoy this short clip, makes the artist a lot more real to them. If only we had video of Van Gogh! After the video we played "Roll a Picasso" here is a version on Teachers Pay Teachers but I made my own to add a view more parts to it. My students absolutely loved this. They did it for 30 minutes without getting bored! I told them there was no mistakes, they didn't need to erase, and they would take them with them when they left. If they got sick of drawing they could switch to coloring them. I really wish I would of taken some pictures. There was really great ones! Day 2: I show them a little poster that I put together reminding them of some things about Picasso and showing some of his other works. Then I demo drawing the different features on the paper scraps using oil pastels and finishing with a black crayon. I saw such a higher level of confidence of this project and I think it was because of the Roll a Picasso. They had come in knowing what their strengths were with what features, and I didn't limit them to the ones on the sheet either. If there was a way they wanted to draw a feature or knew how, they did it. Day 3: Showed the poster once again just to remind them of Picasso (seeing as we only see each other once every six school days)! And started with a short demo of creating the head shape and coloring and assembling it. Started with drawing the head, arranging the pieces, traced them, took them off and colored the sections of the face with oil pastels. If it didn't naturally break into sections they did it where they thought best. Last step was glue sticking them on and tracing the added paper and lines in black crayon. I am so excited to share these with you, I just LOVE how these turned out! McDill Elementary... Kennedy Elementary... Jefferson Elementary...
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