Friday, January 17, 2014

Long time between crochet post's.

Hope every one had a safe Christmas and new year!
I have been crocheting, just not blogging about it, probably too busy crocheting.
I made quite a few gifts this year.

My favorite gifts were a bear and a horse that I crocheted.
They were form the Heidi pattern range which can be purchased online.

I made the pony first and I wish I had put something sturdy in the pony's neck part as it does droop a little.

The pony was made with 32 shapes whilst the torso of the bear had 32 shapes alone which meant much more work, I did not follow the instructions to use several different sized hooks for the torso of the bear, so the body was a little out of shape, but I covered up the bear with an apron I created.
 I also made beaded crochet ropes for the lovely ladies in my life, these take about 6 hours to make which includes tedious threading on of the hundreds of beads first.
If you want to make these, youtube has many tutorials available, just search for crochet beaded rope.
The 3 below were a request after one of my daughters friends saw hers, she wanted some for herself.

Right now I am making more of the snowflake baby blankets, they were a hit!
Love jobs, but I love to give/share!
There a lot's of baby's coming this year.
Cheers for now, Cat.

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Linda's Snowflake Potholder/Granny Square. Free crochet pattern



The free pattern was intended for a pot holder, but why not make a throw/afghan with it? I did.

This is how I join my squares, in strips, then I join the strips together.

 The end result is perfect for a baby throw,I made this for my soon to be born grand son.
You can find the free pattern here, as it is from a deleted web site, the way back machine has supplied the link, some browsers do not support the way back machine, so I suggest to use fire fox.
I used 8 ply yarn (dk) and the squares measured approx 6x6.

 You can find the details for this free crochet sweater here.
You find the free pattern for the one piece booties here
You can find the crochet cluster beanie here. 

More Snowflake Baby Throws I made, January 2014.


Cluster Yoke Cardigan. Free crochet pattern.

Easy to follow instructions and quick to make up.
Beginner +
You find the free pattern for the one piece booties here.
Origin of the pattern.

Delightful snowflake throw for baby, link from here. for free snowflake squares pattern.
Beginner +

I have a free crochet pattern available for a matching cluster beanie, just click here

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

ALL FREE CROCHET. COM AND PINTEREST


I am quite sure this site is becoming the number 1 place for free crochet patterns.

Upon viewing my blog stats I can see that most of my traffic is coming from there too

This week on their What's Hot List, has 3 of my patterns!
Position 1, 2 and 5!


I am so happy to be able to share and also know that people are using my patterns!

Just a quick mention on pinterest.
I try to pin free crochet patterns only to my crochet board.
So if you are keen to follow or pin from this board here is the link.

I can get lost for hours on pinterest, pinning and following crochet.

Cheers Cat