Some Of My Latest Crochet Projects

It's Winter Here In Australia

I have so many requests for hats and I want to share their images here so I won't forget what I have made.

I am making most of them for my local chemist and if they ask for a replica I can come here and look at what I made to reproduce it.

So the slouch is very popular, I was shocked that any body would want to wear such a thing, after making lots of them, I don't mind them so much now and understand their purpose.

I also have some other items I need to keep track of.

Stylish Hat.

Character hat

Footy Hat/Neck Warmer

Adult

Junior

Plan lay out

Mitts

Baby/Toddler Hat

So as you can see I have been busy, other crochet pictures have been used for patterns I have written and posted on my blog, so you can flick through and see them in my recent posts.

Cheers Cat.

Some Berets/Slouch

Crochet Koala Applique

Crochet Koala Applique Pattern

It looks great on a hat (pattern for hat)

Koala Crochet Appliqué

Size of koala: 4 inches high, 5 inches wide

Hook: 3.5 mm Yarn: 8 ply, small amount of grey, white and black, sewing needle, scissors

Terms: US

Time: 2 to 3 hours

Skill level: Beginner +

Stitches used:

Magic ring

Sl st – slip stitch

Ch = chain

Sc = single crochet

Hdc = half double crochet

Dc = double crochet

Trbl = triple crochet (treble crochet)

Scfr = single crochet foundation row

Hdcfr = half double crochet foundation row

Bst = bullion stitch, 5 yo

 Construction:

2 body pieces, 2 ears, 2 eyes, 2 legs, 1 nose, rounds are joined.

Body: Make 2: 1 Grey and 1 White

Row 1, magic ring, ch 1, 6 sc into magic ring, (close magic ring), sl st to join round into beginning sc (6 sc’s)

Row2, ch 1, work 2 sc’s in each st around, sl st to join in beginning sc (12 sc’s)

Row 3, ch 1, work 2 sc’s in each st around, sl st to join in beginning sc (24 sc’s)

Row 4, ch 1,* work 1 sc into next 5 st’s, work 2 sc into next st,* repeat from *to* to end of round, sl st to join in beginning sc (28 sc’s), finish off leaving a long tail for weaving, hide beginning tail by sewing it in

Ears: Make 2, beginning with white in the first 2 rows, followed by the grey in the next 2 rows.

Row 1, magic ring, ch 1, 6 sc into magic ring, (close magic ring), sl st to join round into beginning sc (6 sc’s)

Row 2, ch 1,  work 1 sc into next 2 sc, work 2 sc into next sc, work 1 sc into next 2 sc, work 2 sc into next sc, sl st to join in beginning sc (8 sc), break off white and continue on with grey color

Row 3, ch 1, work 1 sc into next 3 sc, work 2 sc into next sc, work 1 sc into next 3 sc, work 2 sc into next sc, sl st to join in beginning sc (10 sc)

Left Ear: Row 4

Row 4, ch 1, sl st into same space as ch 1, sl st into next 2 st’s, work 2 sc’s into next 4 st’s, work 2 dc into next st, work 2 trbl into next st, work 2 dc into next st, sl st to join in beginning sl st, finish off leaving a long tail for weaving, hide beginning tail by sewing it in

Right Ear: Row 4

Row 4, ch 3, work 1 dc in same space as ch 3, work 2 trbl into next st, work 2 dc into next st, work 2 sc into next 4 st’s, work 1 sl st into next 3 st’s, sl st to join in the bottom of the starting ch 3 of the round, finish off leaving a long tail for weaving, hide beginning tail by sewing it in

Legs: make 2, grey color

Row 1, make a hdc foundation row of 10 hdc’s, finish off leaving a tail for weaving, hide beginning tail by sewing it in

Nose: make 1, black color

Row 1, working a sc foundation row, work 3 sc foundations, changing to a hdc foundation row, make 6 hdc foundations, , finish off leaving a tail for weaving, do not hide beginning tail, follow construction instructions

Eyes: make 2, black color

Row 1, magic ring, ch 3, work 1,(5 yo’s) bullion st, into ring, close ring, sl st to top of ch 3 and close work, forming the shape of a small eye, finish off leaving a tail for weaving, hide beginning tail by sewing it in

Construction:

Pull slightly on body and head pieces to form almost an oval shape, the sewing tail will be poking out to the left side or the right side of the body or head once manipulated correctly.

Sew grey head to white body by over lapping the head over the body slightly.

Place the legs with the long tail for sewing on the shoulder of the body, legs should be curved slightly and sticking over the bottom of the body slightly.

Nose construction: sew beginning tail to end tale position, hide in tail and finish that piece of yarn off, pull nose into shape, small arch at the top, larger arch at the bottom, sew center space of nose opening closed, do not make this too tight, position nose and sew on the nose

Position ears, the larger part of the ear should be on a down ward slope (see pictures)

Sew on eyes

Sew on a mouth; I visualize a sideways C that meets in the middle

Sew on some claws, I used 3 small sewing st’s on each

Once all of this was made I did a few grey sc’s in between the legs and left a very long tail to sew my appliqué on with.

First Video Tutorial Crochet Koala Applique

 Good luck with your project, I’d love to hear your feed back. Please do not sell this pattern, please link back to me if you use this pattern, I’d love to see this used for charity, and you can make and sell items from this pattern too. TO PRINT OUT THE PATTERN, COPY AND PASTE TO A WORD DOCUMENT ON YOUR COMPUTER

Flower Pop Flower Pattern

Flower Pop Pattern

I call this flower, the flower pop,

 as it really makes a plain hat pop!

I wrote the pattern this way for a bit of fun, let me know if you do not like it and I will write it differently

You can make this, with or without the beads

US terms used:

Materials:

3.5 mm hook

8 ply yarn, small amount

16 x 4 mm beads or beads that will thread onto your yarn of choice

A needle or piece of wire for threading beads

Firstly thread on your beads if you are using them

The beads will be facing the back of your work, so we need to turn and work from the other side where the beads are showing themselves

Make a sc where you placed your sl st to join this round

follow the instructions below until you have 8 loops, then slip st into the first sc of the round and make another sl st into the first loop of the round.

You are currently in the first loop with a sl st.

make a ch 1, sc, hdc, dc, hdc, sc, sl st into the loop, then chain 1 to get to the next loop and repeat the same steps.

once you have finished the 8 loops, ch 1 and sl st into the first sc of the round. 

 Finish off leaving a long tail for weaving onto your project

 This is what we have made and read

 Good luck with your project, I’d love to hear your feed back. Please do not sell this pattern, please link back to me if you use this pattern, I’d love to see this used for charity, and you can make and sell items from this pattern too. TO PRINT OUT THE PATTERN, COPY AND PASTE TO A WORD DOCUMENT ON YOUR COMPUTER.
 

Crochet Baby Hats With Applique's/Animal Design

Add Some Flair To Your Baby Beanies!

If you are looking for something to make your baby beanie just a little different, wacky, or just simply cute, an image search within your browser will give you a visual delight of plenty idea's!

I used my ribbed look baby beanie pattern for the hat and I found the skull and cross bones, (I had to use the way back machine to get this link) here. They may not be to every ones taste, but to some I bet they'd love em!

The hat with the little heart is my ribbed look baby beanie (link above), I found a very quick crochet heart to make and sewed it on. The other kitty hat can be found in an image search too, I did not follow a pattern, I used different sized circles and made a bow.

Once again using my ribbed look baby beanie pattern, an image search gave me plenty of idea's for a Minnie Hat. Just a pretty bow and a few buttons gave me my Minnie look.

I was inspired by several owl look, hat images to achieve the owl, on the hat below.

 Once again, I was inspired by several puppy look, hat images to achieve the puppy, on the hat below.

I used my little twister baby hat pattern and found a cute little fish applique here. I used the large guppy.

 Here are a few more that may get you started, all free on line.

cheers Cat! 

Bird applique.

Little Bear.  

Butterfly.

Teddy Bear Face.

Good luck with your project, I’d love to hear your feed back.

Crochet Beary Easy, Bear Face Appliqué

Measure’s

1.5 inches high

2.5 inches wide

Hook size 4 mm US G/6

Yarn 8 ply US DK/Medium

Skill level: beginner

Time: approx 30 mins

Supplies needed:

Small amounts of, color 1, color 2, black thread, 2 small buttons, sewing needle’s

Us terms used

Ch

Sl st

Sc

Dc

Tension not required, but if you find your appliqué, too big or too small, change your hook size to suit the size you want

3 rows for the head, 2 rows for the nose. 

Pattern begins in the center of the head for 2 rows, then the ears are made in the 3rd row of the head part. The nose is made separately, then sewed on after completion.

Head and color 1: ch 2

Row 1 work 8 sc in first ch made, sl st into first sc to join, ch 1 (8 sc)

Row 2 work 2 sc in each sc around, sl st into first sc to join, ch 1 (16 sc)

 Row 3 work 1 sc in the next 3 sc, sl st into next sc, work 6 dc in next sc, sl st into next sc, work 1 sc in next 7 sc, work 1 sl st into next sc, work 6 dc in next sc, sl st into next sc, sl st into first sc to join, finish off leaving a tail for sewing on appliqué

Nose and color 2: ch 2

Row 1 work 4 sc in first ch made, sl st into first sc to join, ch 1 (4 sc)

Row 2 work 2 sc in each sc around, sl st into first sc to join, finish off leaving a tail to sew nose onto face (8sc)

Putting it together:

Sew in loose ends

Sew nose onto lower part of head, then using crochet thread or double stranded cotton, sew a Y shape onto the nose, and then place buttons securely and evenly on the sides of the nose in the 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock position. 

 My bears go around my baby beanie, total cuteness.

Caution small parts could choke baby if they come off, you may want to sew in eyes with yarn, or glue on felted eyes.