Ever since I started designing my own amigurumi, I’ve been wanting to design a simple doll pattern, and create my own style of doll, and use that as a base to create any character I could imagine! Continue reading “Amigurumi Doll, A Work In Progress”
Tag: Handmade
The Snow Family – Free Crochet Pattern
Happy New Year! Can you believe it’s 2016?!
This little family of snow, and their pattern, were first introduced in my first blog post, but I thought I’d give these little guys, a post of their very own. Continue reading “The Snow Family – Free Crochet Pattern”
Ribbed Baby Hats
A while ago, my mom asked me if I could make hats for her co-worker’s new babies. One boy hat, and two girl hats. I was excited to start designing, and crocheting them! At first it was an extreme challenge to get the just the right size, and it took quite a while, and lots of test hats, but once the hard part was over, it was a breeze! It also was kind of a new experience, for I really only dabbled in hat making, never made anything that was ready for a baby.
We packaged them in acrylic boxes, with decorative tissue paper around the bottom of the hat. And a blue ribbon tied around the box with a orange gift tag.
For a while I was thinking about making and selling baby hats. I did great a deal of research on the size of baby heads, hat sizes, different types of yarn, and various styles for the hats. All the research came in handy for these hats, and for hat making in general. But you could say, after making these hats, selling hats wasn’t something I’d care to do.
Brace yourself, ’cause here comes a flood of photos!
Here is a closer look at the ribbed edge and stitches, unfortunately, I didn’t think to get a close-up of the yellow/pink hat. I worked in double crochet, using a 4 mm crochet hook, and Lion Brand’s Babysoft yarn in White, Lemonade, Sweet Pea (I love how that sounds), and Creamsicle. To get the ribbed look, I used the front post double crochet.
When we went to get the yarn, mama helped me pick out colors, and during the design process, she told me what color combinations she’d wanted for them.
Here is a closer look at the flowers. They were easy to make, and the result was girly and delicate, perfect for baby girls. These flowers were inspired by Skip To My Lou’s, Crochet Flowers pattern, and also Mary Jane’s Mary Janes Three Layered Flower pattern. When looking for inspiration for the flowers, I was looking for something with more than one layer. I didn’t even know you could crochet flowers with layers without having to sew them together. You learn something new everyday, especially in crochet!
Here are the hats with their edges folded up. With the edges folded they were around 4″ in height. With the brims unfolded, the hats were approximately 5.5″ in height. And they have a 13″ circumference.
These are pictures of the little dots on the tops of the hats. Done by just using the green yarn or pink yarn for the magic ring, then changing to the white or yellow yarn to do the body of the hat.
The pinks in the girl hats are actually the same. The lighting was set up differently when the photos were taken with the yellow hat. And it was much darker when the pink hat was photographed.
Those were the back of the hats, I love how neat the seam is.
The final photos! Here is what they look like all rolled up and ready to be packaged! The last photo is my favorite.
The Time Has Come… Plus a Free Pattern!
After a lot of writing, editing and proofreading, the time has finally come.
A while ago, my mom asked me if I would like a blog for my birthday. It wasn’t until my next birthday that mama surprised me with it, a sewing blog. Unfortunately it just sat there. And to top it all, I was losing interest in sewing. After awhile we just decided to let it go. Sewing wasn’t really where my heart was.
Crochet was rapidly becoming my new favorite craft. While learning a lot about amigurumi and crochet, and beginning to design my own patterns, I felt like starting a blog again, this time a crochet blog. We thought of a new name, and mama set me up and got me started, and that’s what brings us here!
As you know, it’s Christmas time! And I have a free pattern for a cute, snowy family of snowmen, and it would tickle me pink to share it with you!
What You’ll Need
• 3.5 mm (E/4) crochet hook
• worsted weight (4) yarn – I used Caron Simply Soft’s White, Red, and Dark Sage
• 2 pairs of 6mm safety eyes (if toy is for a baby, you can use felt, embroidery floss, or black yarn)
• fiberfill
• scissors
• yarn needle
Abbreviations
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
inc = increase
invdec = invisible decrease
picot = chain 3, sc in the 3rd chain from the hook
st(s) = stitch(es)
rnd(s) = round(s)
sl st = slip stitch
Note:
This is worked in continuous rounds. We will also be staggering our rounds to keep our snow family nice and round, which is why the rounds may look a little different.
Papa Snowman
Head/Body
Using the white yarn,
Rnd 1: Sc 6 in a magic ring (6 sts)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc (12 sts)
Rnd 3: (Sc 1, inc), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 4: (Inc, sc 2), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 5: (Sc 3, inc), repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Rnd 6: Sc 1, inc, (sc 4, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (36 sts)
Rnd 7: (Sc 5, inc), repeat 6 times (42 sts)
Rnd 8-16: Sc in each st for 9 rnds (42 sts)
Rnd 17: (Sc 5, invdec), repeat 6 times (36 sts)
Rnd 18: Sc 1, invdec, (sc 4, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (30 sts)
Rnd 19: (Sc 3, invdec), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 20: Sc in each st (24 sts)
Rnd 21: (Sc 3, inc), repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Insert safety eyes wherever you’d like (I placed mine between rounds 15 and 16, with 8 stitches between them) Stuff the head and shape
Rnd 22: Sc 1, inc, (sc 4, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (36 sts)
Rnd 23: (Sc 5, inc), repeat 6 times (42 sts)
Rnd 24: Sc 2, inc, (sc 6, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 4 (48 sts)
Rnd 25-35: Sc in each st for 11 rnds (48 sts)
Rnd 36: Sc 2, invdec, (sc 6, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 4 (42 sts)
Rnd 37: (Sc 5, invdec), repeat 6 times (36 sts)
Rnd 38: Sc 1, invdec, (sc 4, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (30 sts)
Rnd 39: (Sc 3, invdec), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Begin to stuff the body, shape it while you stuff, make sure not to fully stuff before you finish, to make sure the stitches don’t stretch.
Rnd 40: (Invdec, sc 2), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Continue to stuff the body
Rnd 41: (Sc 1, invdec), repeat 6 times (12 sts)
Finish stuffing the body
Rnd 42: (Invdec), repeat 6 times (6 sts)
Fasten off, and weave in the tail.
Papa’s Top Hat
Using green yarn,
Rnd 1: Sc 6 in a magic ring (6 sts)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sts)
Rnd 3: (Sc 1, inc), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 4: (Inc, sc 2), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 5: In the back loops only, sc in each st (24 sts)
Rnd 6-11: Sc 1 in each st for 6 rnds (24 sts)
Rnd 12: In the front loops only, (sc 1, inc), repeat 12 times (36 sts)
Rnd 13: Sc 1 in each st (36 sts)
Fasten off and weave in the tails, flatten the top, and curl up the brim a little.
Mama Snowman
Head/Body
Using the white yarn,
Rnd 1: Sc 6 in a magic ring (6 sts)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc (12 sts)
Rnd 3: (Sc 1, inc), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 4: (Inc, sc 2), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 5: (Sc 3, inc), repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Rnd 6: Sc 1, inc, (sc 4, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (36 sts)
Rnd 7: (Sc 5, inc), repeat 6 times (42 sts)
Rnd 8-15: Sc in each st for 8 rnds (42 sts)
Rnd 16: (Sc 5, invdec), repeat 6 times (36 sts)
Rnd 17: Sc 1, invdec, (sc 4, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (30 sts)
Rnd 18: (Sc 3, invdec), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 19: Sc in each st (24 sts)
Rnd 20: (Sc 3, inc), repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Insert safety eyes wherever you’d like (I placed mine between rounds 14 and 15, with 8 stitches between them) Stuff the head, and shape
Rnd 21: Sc 1, inc, (sc 4, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (36 sts)
Rnd 22: (Sc 5, inc), repeat 6 times (42 sts)
Rnd 23: Sc 2, inc, (sc 6, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 4 (48 sts)
Rnd 24-33: Sc in each st for 10 rnds (48 sts)
Rnd 34: Sc 2, invdec, (sc 6, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 4 (42 sts)
Rnd 35: (Sc 5, invdec), repeat 6 times (36 sts)
Rnd 36: Sc 1, invdec, (sc 4, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (30 sts)
Rnd 37: (Sc 3, invdec), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Begin to stuff the body, shape it while you stuff, make sure not to fully stuff before you finish, to make sure the stitches don’t stretch.
Rnd 38: (Invdec, sc 2), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Continue to stuff the body
Rnd 39: (Sc 1, invdec), repeat 6 times (12 sts)
Finish stuffing the body
Rnd 40: (Invdec), repeat 6 times (6 sts)
Fasten off, and weave in tail.
Mama’s Hat
Using red yarn,
Rnd 1: Sc 6 in a magic ring (6 sts)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sts)
Rnd 3: (Sc 1, inc), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 4: (Inc, sc 2), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 5: In the back loops only, sc in each st (24 sts)
Rnd 6-9: Sc 1 in each st for 4 rnds (24 sts)
Rnd 10: In the front loop only, (sc 1, inc), repeat 12 times (36 sts)
Rnd 11: Sc 1 in each st (36 sts)
Fasten off and weave in the tails, push in the top a little, and curl up to brim.
Poinsettia Flower
Using red yarn,
Rnd 1: In a magic ring (leave long tail to sew to hat), (chain 3, sc), repeat 5 times, close ring, do not join.
Rnd 2: In the chain-3 loops, (sc, hdc, picot, sl st), repeat 5 times, join to first sc, chain 4.
Rnd 3: Working around the chain-3’s from rnd 1, (sc, chain 4), repeat 5 times, fasten off red yarn.
Using green yarn,
Rnd 4: In the chain-3 spaces, (sc, hdc, picot, hdc, sl st), repeat 5 times, join to first sc.
Fasten off and weave in the ends, sew flower to hat.
Baby Snowman
Head/Body
Using the white yarn,
Rnd 1: Sc 6 in a magic ring (6 sts)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc (12 sts)
Rnd 3: (Sc 1, inc), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 4: (Inc, sc 2), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 5: (Sc 3, inc), repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Rnd 6: Sc 1, inc, (sc 4, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (36 sts)
Rnd 7-13: Sc in each st for 7 rnds (36 sts)
Rnd 14: Sc 1, invdec, (sc 4, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (30 sts)
Rnd 15: (Sc 3, invdec), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rnd 16: (Invdec, sc 2), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Rnd 17: Sc in each st (18 sts)
Rnd 18: (Inc, sc 2), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Insert safety eyes wherever you’d like! (I placed mine between rounds 13 and 14, with 8 stitches between them) Stuff the head, shape to desired roundness
Rnd 19: (Sc 3, inc), repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Rnd 20: Sc 1, inc, (sc 4, inc), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (36 sts)
Rnd 21: (Sc 5, inc), repeat 6 times (42 sts)
Rnd 22-29: Sc in each st for 8 rnds (42 sts)
Rnd 30: (Sc 5, invdec), repeat 6 times (36 sts)
Rnd 31: Sc 1, invdec, (sc 4, invdec), repeat 5 times, sc 3 (30 sts)
Rnd 32: (Sc 3, invdec), repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Begin to stuff the body, shape while you stuff, make sure not to fully stuff before you finish, to make sure the stitches don’t stretch.
Rnd 33: (Invdec, sc 2), repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Continue to stuff the body
Rnd 34: (Sc 1, invdec), repeat 6 times (12 sts)
Finish stuffing the body
Rnd 35: (Invdec), repeat 6 times (6 sts)
Fasten off, and weave in tail.
Baby’s Scarf
Using red yarn,
Row 1: Chain 53, hdc in the 3rd chain from the hook, hdc in each chain (50 sts)
Switch to green yarn,
Row 2: Hdc in each st (50 sts)
Fasten off and weave in the tails.
If you find anything wrong with the pattern, or have any questions, feel free to leave a comment!
Copyright © 2015 Geek and Yarn.
Please do not sell this pattern, or claim as your own. If you would like to share this pattern, you can link back to the original post, but please do not repost on your site. You are welcomed to sell items made from this pattern, please just credit me as the designer. Thank you!