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Crochet S’mores… yummy yummy

Crochet S’mores are so fun to make, look yummy and best of all have no calories. I enjoy making things just for fun and crochet food fits the bill for me.   I wanted to make something that my granddaughter would like.  I made her these Crochet Smores.   They are easy and work up very quickly.    I am sharing the written pattern along with a link to a free YouTube video if you are a visual learner or just prefer to watch a video tutorial.  Enjoy! 

 

Crochet S'mores

Fun and easy to crochet S’more play food

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Crochet – Valentine’s Day Coffee Mug Cozy

Easy to Crochet Valentine’s Day Coffee Mug Cozy

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Here is a fun and easy crochet project.   It would make a great teachers gift for Valentine’s Day.  It’s a coffee mug cozy embellished with a cute little heart.  I have seen these little coffee cozies for different holidays and since I Love hearts I couldn’t resist making for Valentine’s Day.   Here is the pattern:

Materials:

Small amount of red yarn  and white yarn  (Medium weight works best)    I used Lion Brand Yarn, Vanna’s Choice in Cranberry and White.

For the red part:  Hook:  I/9  5.5 mm

For the heart:    Hook  J/10 6.0mm

1 Button of your choice (make sure it fits between the 2 dc spaces)

Body of coffee mug cozy

To Begin:   With Main Color (red) chain 12,  dc into 4th chain from hook and in every chain to end.

Row 2-12:  chain 3, dc in each stitch across row.  (Last dc will be into 3rd chain of first row).

Row 13, sl stitch over 3 stitch,  chain 3, dc in next 2 stitch

Row 14: ch 3, dc in next 2 stitches and fasten off  and sew in tail.

Heart:    To begin:  Make a magic circle

rnd 1:  ch 2, 3trc, 3dc, ch 1, trc, ch 1, 3 trc, 3dc, ch 2, sl st into circle.  Pull circle shut.   Weave in tails

Sew your heart onto the main body of your coffee cozy.  You may use more than 1 hearts.  Make as many as you want to sew onto your cozy.

Wrap the cozy around your mug.  Now you can see where you need to sew on your button.  Sew on your button and you’re done.  It’s ready to be enjoyed.

You can buy coffee mugs at at many household stores like Wal-mart, Target  and even at the Dollar store.

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Easy to Crochet Rose

Adding a Crochet Rose to any item is a beautiful way to embellish your hats, scarfs, blankets, etc.  This crochet rose is easy to make.  It has become one of my favorites crochet rose and I really like how easy and fast it is to make.   You can use any size hook (appropriate for yarn weight) and any type of yarn. To make this large rose 4″ (10cm) I am using a size J/10 6.00mm and medium weight yarn.  You can adjust the size by changing up the size of your hook.  The larger the hook, the larger the rose.  The smaller the hook the smaller the rose.

Easy to Crochet Rose

Easy to Crochet Rose Instructions:

To begin:  Chain 74
Row 1: 1 hdc in each chain beginning in 2nd chain from hook. 
Row 2: ch 3, skip 2 st, sc, *skip 2 st, sc* repeat from * to * to end of row
Row 3: (1st third of ch-3 spaces),  ch 1 (counts as sc), [hdc, 3 dc, hdc, sc] all in same ch-3 sp, *[sc, hdc, 3dc, hdc, sc] all in next ch-3 sp*, repeat from * to * for your remaining first third of work (stop when you reach your stitch marker). 
Row 3: (2nd third of ch-3 spaces), *[hdc, 5dc, hdc] all in next ch-3 sp*, repeat from * to * for next 1/3 of stitches (stop when you get to your next stitch marker)
Row 3: (last 1/3 of ch-3 spaces), *[hdc, 7 dc, hdc] all in next ch-3 sp*,  repeat from * to * to end of row, fasten off
Sewing the rose together:  To begin:  Roll strip like you would a fruit roll-up.  You will begin sewing the bottom edge of the strip (on the first row of hdc) the petals will remain free.  Work a little a time.  This is the wrong side of your work. 
 Keep rolling and sewing your rose to your previous rolls… your piece will be taking shape on the reverse side.   To see a video tutorial you can go to my YouTube video tutorial.   When you finish rolling up and sewing your row (bottom edge)  sew in your tails.  You can now sew on a clip or  just sew your rose onto a hat, scarfs, etc.   I prefer to sew  a jewelry type of brooch pin to the back of the rose.  This allows me to remove the rose from my item in order to be able to wash my items or to use my rose on multiple pieces.     I hope you enjoy this Rose.  
Are you a visual learner?  No problem check out the video tutorial here:

Happy Crocheting! 
Yolanda Soto-Lopez
All Crafts Channel

 

 

 

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Minion Inspired Wristers / Fingerless Gloves

Easy to Crochet Minion Inspired Wristers / Fingerless Gloves

Minion Inspired Wristers / Fingerless Gloves   

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Minion Fingerless Gloves

 

Minion inspired projects seem to be everywhere.  I must admit that soon I will reach the point of saturation when perhaps I will be over them.  Luckily that time hasn’t yet arrived.  This week my granddaughter asked me to make her some fingerless gloves (also known as wristers).  She specifically said she wanted them to resemble the Minions.  Since wristers are pretty basic to make and I had already written an eyeball pattern I decided to combine them here.  I hope you enjoy this project.

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Crochet Owl Purse

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Crochet Owl Purse for Children

Crochet This Owl Purse.  It’s Easy and quick.  Now is a great time to begin crafting your Christmas gifts.  This little purse is a great gift item.  It can be used with small amounts of yarn which is ideal for using up your yarn stash, especially those skeins that are not complete.  Most projects have a major problem, most don’t use up their entire amount of yarn called for in the pattern.  This project will let you use up those left over skeins.

You can choose your own colors.    This project uses medium weight yarn, you can also make it in cotton yarn.  Since this is for a child it is not lined.  However lining it should not be too difficult.   You use only basic stitches.  It is a great way to learn to do some shaping and begin working in the round (as used for the eyes.)   I hop you will enjoy this project.

 

 

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