crochet pattern, noahs ark, ark

ark is done using brown yarn and chain 30 sts

work one row of sc

then switch to dc and inc 1 st at beg of each row til 36 sts end off the dark brown

to make the section where the door is you need to start out with lightter brown and attach yarn 12th st from the edge. work sc across 12 sts leaving 12 from the end unworked, ch1, turn. work for 3" in either sc or dc and end off by working a row of dark brown.

you can also incorporate a door by using dark yarn in center making a rectangle shape for the door or work this section is the lighter shade of brown. make an overhang on the top 3 rows by vh 3-4 sts at ea end

crochet pattern, noahs ark, starfish

starfish i made with Red heart 'farmland' color

i first made a circle using sc. i then did 2-3 rounds for the body.

then i made 5 arms. each one i worked from the center, i started from the body with ch6 then slip stitched back to body. a few slst over and made another arm.

attach circle part to the sea section of the afghan allowing the arms to be free.

crochet pattern, noahs ark, lion

the lion is done by making a circle with yellow and attaching fringe with bright orange.

i make the circle about 3" diameter.

can use sc or dc or comibnation. i made the eyes, mouth with black yarn. you can use just regular stitches or chains. fringe is a strand of yarn about 3" long folded in half and attach to every st around the circle. trim to 1/4 of an inch.
attach one piece of yarn 3" to either side of where a nose would be, trim the whiskers.

theres really no pattern to this project. it's a lot of imagination.

crochet pattern, noahs ark, water and sky afghan

the left part is the sky, right hand side is the water.

this is done using a ripple pattern with 5 sts in between the valleys and mountains sections.

pattern for my noahs ark, general notes for asembly

my first finished noahs ark











got an order from someone so thought i'd explain how i made it.

first i start out with the ripple for the main part of the afghan. it will measure about 25" by 36"

it will have raised (3d) objects sewn to the afghan. some you can put a bit of stuffing behind them before you sew them to the afghan. that's optional

the picture up top shows the stormy water (remember it rained for 40 days and 40 nights). Yarn is called blueridge blue (its a multicolored yarn from Red Heart).

The sky is a murky shade of blue - spa blue in Red Heart.


as the days go by i will be making the little things that go on the afghan.

i've sold the 2nd one for $40.

projects ive been working on for others

hats for senior center



they gave all last years hats, scarves away to the homeless so i'm making some for their craft show.





more senior center hats





penguin and other hats for senior center







anogra wool from maxy maxim from senior center, its making a nice hat and scarf set.

also started a noah's ark for my girlfriends grand child.





crochet towel tops for gregs mom. since her surgery she's not able to do much crochetting so i told her i'd help her out. got 12 done last week for her and 7 knit dish cloths.

more toppers for gregs mom

earth tone vneck sweater for my girlfriends daughter. she told them earthtones, joanns sent her camouflage :{

my noah's ark with rainbow attached.

cushion covers for chrissys cushions. they are easy to take off and wash and i made extras.

2 cupcake hats. one i sold for $4 at craft show. other will be for next years show.

saturday while car was being worked on we went to joanns and with my 50% coupon i wanted to buy a pound of baby love. they claim after waiting for 20 others in front of me that it was on sale. reg price is 7.99, sale price was 7.29. i left it there for when it's not on sale. it was not advertised in the circular nor in the store.

navy relief dropped off more yarn for layettes.

projects completed

elephant afghan






teddy bear afghan








crochetted toppers for half towels for gregs mom for christmas gifts






knit irish fisherman afghan




local hospital charity newborn hats