Tantalizing Creativity » free pattern http://www.tantalizingstitches.com/blog Blog has moved to http://tantalizingstitches.com/blog1 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:33:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Matching Ribbon Cloche http://www.tantalizingstitches.com/blog/matching-ribbon-cloche/ http://www.tantalizingstitches.com/blog/matching-ribbon-cloche/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:40:53 +0000 El http://tantalizingstitches.com/blog/matching-ribbon-cloche/ In Bloom Ribbon ClocheI made this matching ribbon cloche right after I finished putting together obaasama’s ribbon vest but I just never posted it. I’ll be posting a pattern for it soon (I hope). I just sold it in my etsy store (I originally designed the In Bloom Flower for this hat.)
In Bloom Ribbon Cloche

Matching Ribbon Cloche Set - Small

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Grammy’s Rosy Cloche 2This week, I finally got out my f hook and took a plunge at some of her thicker yarns. Obaasama had started to knit a skirt with this particular yarn, some kind of double layered, reversible one but she only had the front half done. So while I was ripping the yarn and winding it into a pull skein, I started thinking and thinking and came up with this pattern.

Like all my patterns, I like to make it easily alterable to any size and I try to make swatching a minimum (no swatching needed but those that insist, swatch as you go).

This cloche has already been adopted by my first customer but if you would like me to custom make one for you, (contact me. If you would like to make this cloche for yourself or as a gift or charity item, I have provided this pattern free here. I would be delighted if you sent me a picture of your cloche you made from my pattern. If you find any problems in my pattern, please contact me. If you know the solution, please send it to me so I can update the pattern. Thanks!

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