Amigurumi

Last year I stumbled upon Amigurumi patterns for crochet and we decided they must be made. I haven't made anymore as of late....but snowy days tend to strike the fever for such projects. Here is a wee little blue bird that I made for Bell. Just google Amigurumi +crochet and you should find many, many pattterns. They are simple really, just go around in a circle....for a very long time.

Flowers, flowers, flowers!

If you are in the mood for a simple or quick project, make some flowers!!!
I love flowers because you can hot glue them to hair pins and interchange them with scarves, hats, coats or put them wear as a hair piece. They are just too easy to make.
I have gone to http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/flowers.php for a lot of my patterns. Most of them are simple and easy to follow.

Plus a flower! Same head band just added a flower.
Ch 68. slip stitch to form a ring. ch 3, double crochet in each stitch around. slip stitch to chain three at the end. chain 3, skip one stitch and *double crochet in the next then chain 1, repeat from * and slip stitch in the chain. Row 3 is the cluster row. First chain 3, yarn over your hook (yoh) through the chain space, yoh again (should have 3 loops one your hook) and pull through 2 of the loops. you and hook through the chain space (3 loops on hook now) and pull of two, yoh and hook through chain space, (4 on hook now)and pull off two, yoh and hook through chain space one last time and pull through all loops on hook, thus creating the cluster stitch. ch 3 and repeat cluster stitch in every other ch 1 space.
Row 4: ch 3, 1 double crochet in each stitch around, slip stitch to chain 3 at the end of the row
Row 5 ch 3, *skip 1 stitch, double crochet in next stitch, repeat from star around and slip stitch into chain
Row 6: chain 3, 1 double crochet in each stitch around, slip stitch to chain and fasten off.

To create the flower:
ch 37
Row 1: 1 dcr into 5th ch from hook, *miss 1 ch, (1 dc, ch1, 1 dc) into next stitch, repeat from * 15 times, ch 1 and turn
Row 2: 1 dc into top of dx *(1 halfdc, 1dc, 1tr, 1dc, 1hdc,) into ch 1 space. 1 sc into top of dc and repeat from *. This will create a long pattern that when you wind it up will turn into a flower. You could come back in on row 3 if you wanted with a trim color by using a single crochet in each stitch.

I tried to simplify this pattern for beginners and don't worry I didn't break any copyright laws as I modify all of my projects. As such I only post my original creations. Hope you enjoy it!

Hot of the crochet hook! I just finished this tonight. Since head wraps and ear warmers are all the rage in the winter I thought I would take a stab at a pattern that I printed off in 2008....yes, I was quite the novice in 2008, and as such this pattern never got completed. To my defense the pattern is from the UK, which means the instructions read differently. To my second defense, I struggled with the cluster stitch and how to execute it correctly. Either way I have conquered a much desired pattern and absolutely love it! It's not too snug and wears very comfortably. If you want the pattern leave a comment and I will post it for the daring or otherwise interested. Hope you like it!

Buddy's Sweater

So Cory's dog Buddy looked cold, really cold, as such I made him a sweater. The pattern you ask? Well, um....I basically took some measurements of his head, chest, and legs and them forest gumped my way through the pattern using a triple crochet.