Free Pattern Friday

Today's free pattern is so sweet and I will definitely be making a lot of these. They come from Manda Nicole's Crochet Patterns. I have actually found a lot of patterns on her blog that I want to try out, but today you should all head over to see these cute little "Strands of Pearls" Baby Booties.

Free Pattern Friday

So I totally forgot about Free Pattern Friday last week! This week let's celebrate March 1 with a St. Patrick's Day theme! Our free pattern today comes from my friend Michelle over at The Perfect Knot. I actually had the opportunity to test the pattern for her Lucky Shamrocks. This pattern is so versatile because you can use thread or any size yarn to make them and you get the option of a 3-leaf shamrock or a 4-leaf clover.

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Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip

Here's a recipe my mother introduced me to a couple of years ago. My husband loves it so much that every time I send him grocery shopping he comes home with all of the ingredients.

~1 large can of chicken, drained ~8 oz. cream cheese, softened ~1 cup ranch dressing ~hot sauce ~2 cups grated cheese

First of all, you will drain the canned chicken and mix it with the softened cream cheese.


Then you add in 1 cup of ranch dressing. (This also tastes great with bacon ranch.)


Next you add the hot sauce. You can use Texas Pete, Tabasco, Frank's, or whatever hot sauce you like. I added 1/3 cup but you can use more or less to your taste.


The last thing you will add is 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese.


Spray your pan with cooking spray then pour the mixture into the pan.


Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until bubbly and lightly browned on top.

Free Pattern Friday

This week's free pattern is a Circular Motif Shawl and comes to us from Red Heart Yarns. Head over and check out this beautiful pattern!

Free Pattern Friday

This week's free pattern comes from this great little blog called Moogly. It is one that all of you techies will love. This pattern is so easy to customize you can make it fit just about any piece of electronics you have. So here it is, The Ultimate Universal Electronics Cozy.

Free Pattern Friday

Today's free pattern comes from Stitch 11. She has a ton of awesome free patterns. The one I've chosen for today is the Sweet Ella Valentine Hat. This hat is so adorable...it is definitely going on my project list!

Free Pattern Friday

Today's Free Pattern Friday comes from Craft & Chocolate. It's a cute little yellow monkey amigurumi called Lemon the Monkey. The pattern is downloadable from her "Patterns in English" section of her page. Head over and check this little cutie out!

If you would like to have a pattern featured on Free Pattern Friday, please email me your pattern at gallardok11@gmail.com. If the pattern is NOT your own, it must be a free pattern. If it is a pattern that you have paid for I will not be able to feature it. If it is a paid pattern then you must be the pattern writer! Thanks!

Coastal Plains Drift

I just wanted to share a few pictures from yesterdays drift practice at Coastal Plains Raceway. A few of my hubby's friends who drift with him in Myrtle Beach have started some practice events at Coastal Plains in Jacksonville, NC. The event may seem small now, but they've only had two of them, therefore it's still growing. The guys that put this on are planning to hold these once a month. So if you are ever in the area, please come by and hang out or if you drift, come join the fun!! Check out a few pics from yesterday:

Free Pattern Friday

Today's free pattern is a scarf that would be great for all of your scrap yarn. It's the Aelwyn Scrappy Scarf and it's found over at CrochetBot3000.

Head over to check out this and other great patterns!!

The Weekly Hook-up

So it's my first Weekly Hook-up post of the year and I am already a day behind on posting it...and there's not much to it. I am going to blame it on the fact that last week was a holiday week. Hopefully this week is more productive so that I can get a start on those resolutions. But for this week's post, here is what I accomplished...

I made a couple of adorable Little Sweetheart hats in a really soft, fuzzy yarn. If you're interested in the pattern for these, it can be found at Melody's Makings. She actually has crochet and knit versions of this pattern available. My hats can be purchased on my Kristin's Kreations Facebook page.

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Last year I bought some really neat t-shirt yarn from Hogg Wild Fibers. I wasn't quite sur what I should do with it, so I made this cute little skinny scarf.

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These cute little snowmen hats were a customer's order...

And that is pretty much it for last week's projects. Make sure you check out the post below this one for a chance to win 1 of 3 issues of Inspired Crochet Magazine. If you crochet, then you don't want to miss out on this!

Thanks and have a great week, everyone!