Week of 4/22/15: Earth Day - Welcome to the World!

Eco Friendly Hand Held Duster Crochet Pattern

In 1970 Earth Day was founded to bring about awareness of environmental issues. Since then, the movement has steadily grown and is now celebrated globally.

To learn more about Earth Day, check out the websites at:
History.com
Earth Day Network - www.earthday.org

How do you celebrate Earth Day?

Starting today I am having a sale in my Ravelry Pattern Shop. All of my original crochet designs are included in the sale which runs now through Sunday, April 26th to 11:59 pm EST.

Sale prices will be reflected once items have been placed in the shopping cart.

Red Berry Crochet Designs

40% off!

Happy Earth Day!

Eco Friendly Reusable Mop Head Crochet Pattern

Fuzzy Duster - A New Pattern!

I really love the convenience of my Swiffer duster, but I really hate paying for refills. After creating the replacement covers for my floor mop (which can also be used with the floor duster), I decided to try my hand at the hand held duster covers. I really like the way they turned out! Fringed or fuzzy (I'm partial to fuzzy myself =) they work great! Plus I can feel good that they are reusable and eco friendly. Easy care, machine wash and dry too. Right now I just have the crochet pdf pattern listed in my shop, but I will be listing the actual dusters too.


It is a fun pattern to make - I know it's only a duster! But it's a great way to learn the loop stitch, and who doesn't love fluffy fuzzy goodness?
Click here for the floor cover pdf and I also sell the covers in this section of my shop.

New Crochet Patterns!

I have made this star wash cloth and face scrubbies to sell in my Etsy shop for a few years now and I recently decided to offer my pattern for sale. But, I couldn't leave it at that, for some reason I got it into my head that I was going to create a symbol crochet pattern chart to go along with the written instructions. Wow! What an adventure that was! It literally took me weeks to figure out how I was going create the chart. But happily I did, and I am very proud and pleased with how it turned out!




The duster or mop head replacement pattern came about after looking through a magazine and seeing a knit pattern they had for sale. From the picture I couldn't figure how it would ever stay on while you were using it. The pattern was only for the duster, and I wanted to be able to use it on my mop as well. So, I decided to make my own pattern. This cover I designed fits snugly, and is made of acrylic yarn, which washes and wears very well. Super easy care - just toss it in the washing machine to clean.


I've also changed my logo and banner, and created a website:



http://redberrycrochet.com


It's been a busy and challenging few weeks, but I'm excited to have the new patterns finished. And stay tuned! I have more patterns in the works!