Whoever was looking for that Swiffer pattern must have made an impression on the rest of us. I found a duster cover today and wondered where it was that I had seen someone looking for that pattern. I came across a pattern at www.sugarcream.com. Actually I think there were two patterns there - one Lily Sugar'n Cream Duster Cover pattern to knit and one to crochet.

I want to cover some wire hangers with yarn to create a nice padded hanger. Most of the patterns make the piece first, and then sew it on to the hanger. Lion Brand has a free pattern for "Plush Hanger Cover- Chenille Thick & Quick Homespun", which is crochered directly on the hanger itself.( I Googled it to get the directions ) It simply says to "single crochet around the entire hanger...." It doesn't, however, tell you how to start, and I cannot figure out how to attach the yarn to the hanger to begin,or how to include the hanger in the crocheting as I go along! It must be so obvious to them, but not to me! Does anyone understand how to do this?

I finally found a pattern on the net. It is a very nice one. Says its expert but I haven't had a problem with it and don't consider myself an expert. In fact far from it. The hardest part for me was the 150 some chains to start it. I kept losing count lol. Anyway I got this pattern from Crochet Memories She has three ways of sending it to you, your choice. I chose e-mail and received it very promptly. The cost was $2.55 (usd) and she does paypal. She has other payment methods as well, I just like paypal. Don't have to hand out my credit card numbers all over the net to do buisness online. She also sent me follow up emails to make sure that I got the patterns I ordered and that I had no problem saving them and printing them out. I do still plan on making one that I kinda come up with myself. But know myself well enough to know if I did it for this gift it would be done in time for Christmas 2007. (Did I mention my middle name is procrastinate?) This one I should have done today except for the blocking and shaping. I'll post pic when it is complete. (hope I get this url up right for Crochet memories. If I don't I'll fix it.) Charmaine Here is a link that might be useful: Crochet Memories, mantle scarf page

i've been trying to find all my old glass ball cover patterns, and i had the same magazine that had maybe 6-10 of them, but it's been gone for many moves. did find these patterns for crochet ball covers: http://www.crochetpartners.org/PatternLibrary/CPpat93.html http://members.optusnet.com.au/we2/crystalball.html (size 10 thread/size 7 steel hook) http://www.crochetsal.com/ballcover.html (size 10 thread/size 9 steel hook) http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/crochettalk2/ballcover.htm (luster or knit-cro sheen/size E hook) they're sorta like the ones i had. plan on giving them a try tonight. good luck!