Crocheted Gingerbread Man Cookie Pattern

Crocheted Gingerbread Man Cookie Pattern

Another great seasonal crochet pattern.

These are so cute! They would look great hanging on a Christmas
tree. I'm going to get my yarn and make one right now! 

You can get the free pattern here....
Crocheted Gingerbread Man Cookie Pattern.

Snowflake Hotpad or an Ornament

I love this pattern, it's a crocheted snowflake hotpad but I used this pattern
and made it for an ornament. I did it in a 2 ply yarn and used white for the 
snowflake part and then 2 rounds of red, and the last round in green. 

I used mine as decorations to hang in my living room. These would also look
great done in crochet thread and hung on your Christmas tree. 

You can get the pattern here....
Crocheted Snowflake Hotpad. 

Crocodile Stitch Booties I made

I made these baby booties for a friend to give as a gift to their 5 month old granddaughter. 

You can find the pattern online here.
Crochet Crocodile Stitch Booties  

She did a great job in designing this pattern. She even has videos to show
you how to make them. 

There were several things I did change about the pattern. 

On the last two rounds for the foot part I altered it a bit to shape the heel a little
better so you wouldn't have to sew to shape it. 

My adjustments for the last 2 rounds: On the round before the last I did 7 hdc, then 
2 hdc tog twice, then 7 hdc. Last round I did 6 hdc, then 2 hdc tog twice, then 6 hdc. 

Another adjustment I made was I omitted the 20 sc at the top of the foot opening 
and instead I just made the 10 v-stitches all around the opening. 

The last adjustment I made was that I did the crocodile stitch in dc (instead of hdc) and 
I put 5 dc around the post of each v-stitch (instead of 4 hdc).

I thinks these slippers are so cute! She also has instructions on her pattern for other
sizes, newborn to 12 months, 5 to 8 years old, and adult sizes. 

 

Crocheted Boot Slippers

I have a new pattern, Crocheted Boot Slippers.

These slippers are made by holding 2 strands of worsted weight yarn
together, so they work up fast. 

You can get the free pattern here..... 
The pattern includes a link to a version that has instructions on how
to make them in different sizes. 

 

Halloween Wearables

With Halloween coming up I was looking at some patterns for the occasion and
came across these two awesome patterns. 

Skull Shaw

 
















This is really cute. The pattern has lots of photos to help you along. 
This would be great to wear on Halloween.

You can get the free pattern here.... Skull Shaw. 


Handy Spider Webs

These are so neat! I love them! Wouldn't take very long to make and would look
fabulous with a costume. Hmmm.... I don't dress up at Halloween but I think
I will make these in black and wear them as I hand out treats to all the little
spooks that come to my door.

This pattern is a free Ravelry download. You can get the pattern here....
Handy Spider Webs. 

 

Quick Baby Gifts

Did you ever get invited to a baby shower with only a week to get a 
gift? That is what just happened to me. One of my nieces decided to 
have a baby shower for her pregnant sister-in-law who is coming for
a visit next week as it's not often that they get the chance to get back
this way. 

Not enough time to crochet or knit a baby blanket or a sweater and hat 
set!! I'm sure some people could do it, but I can't stay at it for a lot of 
hours each day. 

So while I did go out and buy a few things as a gift, it still didn't seem
to be complete without some hand made items. So this is what I made
to add to my gift. 

I made the baby brimmed hat from the Cheri Hat pattern by Jennie Harrell. I don't
have a direct link to it, but you can find it on Ravelry.com as a free PDF download.
I did make a slight modification to the pattern on the brim part. On the first brim
row I crocheted 2 sc in the 4 middle sts rather than only 1 sc in each st. This gives
the brim a lift so it doesn't point downward so much. 

I used the Camouflage yarn as camo is quite popular in the rural areas and everyone
thinks it's so cute for a baby boy. This is the 3rd set of baby brim hat and socks that
I've made over the past year. 

The socks are made from my own pattern Crocheted Baby Socks (Worsted 
Weight.)

I redesigned this pattern to made with a larger hook to make them softer and easier 
to put on little feet. I left the old version on the pattern, below the new version.

The baby booties are made from own pattern as well, Crocheted Baby Sneaker
Booties. 

The only difference with this is that I decided to use black for the trim and laces
rather than the baby blue. 

So those are some quick gifts that you crochet up if you are in hurry. 

I hope this helps, and happy crocheting! 
(Check out my Knit Baby Slippers too, they are also quick to make.)