Spring House Keychain Pattern

We missed the spring; it has been such a cold winter this year, especially last week. The school was off for 3 days due to non stop snowing and ice. Hopefully we will see the spring and sun soon. It is March, yay! :)

To get into spring mood, I made a house keychain and sharing the pattern with you on the 9th day of March Meet The Maker challenge. If you want to see my other shares for the challenge, you can check my instagram or facebook. 
I used yarn art jeans yarn with a 2.5mm crochet hook. The size of the house will change depending on the yarn and hook you use.

sc: single crochet
dc: double crochet
sl st : slip stitch

inc: make 2 single crochet in the same stitch

dec: crochet 2 single crochet stitches together

The pattern pieces are made in a continuous spiral, without joining rounds or turning. Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the beginning of a round. Move the marker up when you complete the round.

The Roof

1- Start with the magic ring, sc6 in the ring. 

2- (inc, sc1)* Repeat *3 times. (9 sc)
3- (inc, sc2)*Repeat *3 times. (12 sc)
4- (inc, sc3)*Repeat *3 times. (15 sc)
5- (inc, sc4)*Repeat *3 times. (18 sc)
6- (inc, sc5)*Repeat *3 times. (21 sc)
7- (inc, sc6)*Repeat *3 times. (24 sc)
8- (inc, sc7)*Repeat *3 times. (27 sc)
9- (inc, sc8)*Repeat *3 times. (30 sc)
10- (inc, sc3)* Repeat *6 times. (36 sc)
11- sc1 in each st
12- continue on the front loops only,  dc5, sl st in the next 3rd stitch. (dc5 on the next 3rd stitch, sl st in the next3rd stitch)* Repeat * 5 times, sl st to join. cut the yarn.
The House
1- Join the yarn on the back loop of roof row 12. sc1 in each st. (36 sc)
2- (dec, sc4)* Repeat *6 times. (30 sc)
3-11- sc1 in each st.
12- Embroidery door, window and flowers. Keep front and back stitches together sc15, cut the yarn.

Mushroom Pattern by Principe Del Crochet

I saw this amazing mushroom on Principe Del Crochet`s blog and fell in love with it. In fact, it was hard to choose from the patterns on the blog but the mushroom reminded me my friend so I made it first. It is such a fun and easy project that you finish within an hour. I also asked permission to translate the pattern into English so that everyone might try making it. You can find the original of the pattern here. If you make it please use hashtag #setasenelcamino, tag me and Principe Del Crochet on Instagram.

sc: single crochet

inc: make 2 single crochet in the same stitch

dec: crochet 2 single crochet stitches together

The pattern pieces are made in a continuous spiral, without joining rounds or turning. Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the beginning of a round. Move the marker up when you complete the round.

    

The Cap
After round 1, you need to do all stitches on the back loop until you finish the cap.
1. Start with the magic ring, sc6 in the ring.
2. sc2 in each st. (12sc)
3. (inc, sc1)* Repeat *6 times. (18sc)
4. sc1, (inc, sc2)* Repeat *5 times, inc, sc1 (24sc)
5. (inc, sc3)* Repeat *6 times. (30sc)
6-8. Sc1 in each st. (30sc) cut the thread leaving enough tail(40cm) to sew.

The Stem
1. Start with the magic ring, sc6 in the ring.
2. sc2 in each st. (12sc) 
3-5. sc21 in each st. (12sc)
6.  dec, sc10 (11sc)
7. sc1 in each st. (11sc)
8. sc5, dec, sc4 (10sc)
9. sc1 in each st. (10sc) fill in the stem with toy filling.
10. dec, sc8 (9sc)
11-13. sc1 in each st. (9sc)
14. sc3, dec, sc4 (8sc)
15. sc1 in each st. (8sc)
16. dec, sc6 (7sc)
17. sc1 in each st. (7sc)
18. dec, sc5 (6sc) fill the stem with toy filling.
19. sc2 in each st(12sc)
From now on you need to work on the back loop only.
20. (inc, sc1)* Repeat * 6 times. (18sc)
21. sc1, (inc, sc2)* Repeat *5 times, inc, sc1 (24sc)
22. (inc, sc3)* Repeat *6 times. (30sc) 
23-24. sc1 in each st. (30sc) cut the yarn.
You have now 2 pieces. Sew back loop of the cap to the back loop of the stem. you can find detail photos of sewing pieces here. 

Bunny Ears Teething Ring Pattern

ü  2.5mm crochet hook

ü  %100 cotton double knitting yarn

ü  Teething ring

·           Sc : single stitch

·           dec : decrease – crochet two stitches together

   inc : increase – make two single crochet stitches in the same stitch

  
1. Start with a magic ring. Make 6sc in the ring.
2. Sc2 in each stitch (12sc)
3. (Sc3, inc )* Repeat * 3 times. (15 sc)
4. (sc4, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (18 sc)
5. (sc5, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (21 sc)
6. (sc6, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (24 sc)
7. (sc7, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (27 sc)
8. (sc8, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (30 sc)
9. (sc9, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (33 sc)
10. (sc10, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (36 sc)
11. - 14. Sc1 in each st. (36sc)
12. (sc10, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (33 sc)
13. Sc1 in each st. (33 sc)
15. (sc9, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (30 sc)
16. Sc1 in each st. (30 sc)
17. (sc8, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (27 sc)
18. Sc1 in each st. (27 sc)
19. (sc7, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (24 sc)
20. Sc1 in each st. (24 sc)
21. (sc6, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (21 sc)
22. (sc5, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (18 sc)
23. Sc1 in each st. (18 sc)
24. Fold the ears and using front and back side of the stitches, sc6. (9 sc)
25. Ch1, turn your work. Dec, sc5, dec. (7 sc)
26. – 70. Ch1,turn your work, sc6.(7 sc)
71. Ch1, inc, sc5, inc. (9 sc)
72. On the front loops sc9, turn the work and sc9 on the front loops again. You will continue in rounds again for the second ear. (18 sc)
73. Sc1 in each st. (18 sc)
74. (sc5, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (21 sc)
75. Sc1 in each st. (21 sc)
76. (sc6, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (24 sc)
77. Sc1 in each st. (24 sc)
78. (sc7, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (27 sc)
79. Sc1 in each st. (27 sc)
80. (sc8, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (30 sc)
81. Sc1 in each st. (30 sc)
82. (sc9, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (33 sc)
83. Sc1 in each st. (33 sc)
84. (sc10, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (36 sc)
85. - 88. Sc1 in each st. (36 sc)
89. (sc10, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (33 sc)
90. (sc9, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (30 sc)
91. (sc8, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (27 sc)
92. (sc7, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (24 sc)
93. (sc6, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (21 sc)
94. (sc5, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (18 sc)
95. (sc4, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (15 sc)
96. (sc3, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (12 sc)
97. dec *6 times. (6 sc) gather the stitches using a needle to close the gap and secure the ends. Attach the ears to the teething ring.

 

You can find the pattern in jpg form on my facebook page. Please let me know by using #woollysmilepatterns hashtag when you make one. :)

Menny Swaddle doll

Baby is on the way, so it is time to celebrate! Baby showers are fun to use the opportunity to find something unique for for the mom-to-be, future dad and the baby. There are endless options for baby shower gifts, you can buy or make it yourself. You can never go wrong with a handmade gift! :)



I have pregnant friends and they asked me to make some gift favors for their baby showers. I wanted to make something new and unique. After a few days of dreaming, thinking; watching my two daughters playing and being inspired by them; I made these swaddle dolls. I really love how they turned out. They can be used as key rings, fridge magnet, bag charms etc..

If you want to make your own baby shower favors, you can find the pattern here or if you want me to make them for you, please contact me :)

Crochet Bookmark Pattern

I love small projects which are stash busting and easy to make with in a few hours, sometimes minutes. Last month on our way to grocery shopping I saw big paper clips and they were jumping up and down, singing "buy me, buy me, you will make amazing stuff with me". :) I couldn`t resist their cute song and before my husband noticed, they were in the shopping basket hiding under some lemons.

Sometimes I need inspiration to start the projects I want to make. I need to find the right flower / leaf pattern or the right stitch to start with. It usually takes time until it clicks and after that comes the production process.
The paper clips were always in front of my eyes and every idea came to my mind didnt seem very good. I wanted to start with a flower bookmark but none of the flower patterns were good for me at that time. I also wanted it to be unique, not just random bookmark. Then one day.. YAY!! I found it and started making tiny dresses and sewing them on the paper clips. I love it! If you want to make your own bookmark, here is the pattern for it. If you want to buy from me, you can find them on my shop. 

Materials : 
2.00 mm crochet hook
double knitting yarn
big paper clips or ribbon
1- chain 15, join in the first chain to make a circle.
2- make 30 single crochet in the circle.
3- make 1 double crochet in each stitch.
4- chain3, (skip next 6 stitch, in the 7th make double crochet and on the each next 8 st make 1 double crochet)* repeat * 2 times. Slip stitch in the top of ch3 (18 stitches)
5- ch2, on each stitch make 2 double crochet. (36 stitches)
1 double crochet on each stitch. (36 stitches)
6- ch2, (1 double crochet, on the next stitch 2 double crochet)* Repeat * to the end. (54 stitches)
7- (ch3, slip stitch in the same stitch, on the next 5 stitches make 1 single crochet)* Repeat * to the end for picot edging. 

8- Sew the dress on the paper clip or ribbon to make a bookmark.

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Bunny Blankie Pattern

There are so many things in my mind about my etsy shop, business, how to do promotion, products I need to make and so on.. I was drown with the ideas and my long long to do lists. By chance I found out "rich mum business" web site by Ranae and after watching her webinars, youtube videos I realized the mistakes I am making over and over.. This time I am getting serious about the business and moving on, one bite at a time :) I still have loads of things to do and sometimes 24 hours is not enough for me, especially with two kids :) 

I decided to use instagram more active as a promotion for my shop and my products. I started posting more often and got new followers. I also found out a new company called Three Bears Yarn, they were looking for crochet testers to test the patterns. Yay! I contacted them by email. I tested a blanket pattern made by Denise Potter. I really liked the cotton yarn they sent me. They are soft and easy to crochet. There were a few balls left from the blanket and David let me keep them for myself. They turned into a bunny blankie and I will share the pattern with you :)

2 balls of aran pure white1- Using 3.5 mm crochet hook and pure white yarn, start with magic loop and 6sc in the loop. 
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Materials :

1 ball of aran gentle green

1 ball of aran mellow yellow

3.5 mm crochet hook

4.5 mm crochet hook

black embroidery thread

The head, ears and arms are made in a continuous spiral, without joining rounds or turning. Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the beginning of a round. Move the marker up when you complete the round.

Head

1-   1- Using 3.5 mm crochet hook and pure white yarn, start with magic loop and 6sc in the loop. 

2- Sc2 in each stitch (12sc)

3- (Sc1, inc )* Repeat * to the end. (18 sc)

4- (sc2, inc )* Repeat * to the end. (24 sc)

5- (sc3, inc )* Repeat * to the end. (30 sc)  

6- (sc4, inc )* Repeat * to the end. (36 sc) 

7- (sc5, inc)* Repeat * to the end. (42 sc)

8-13- sc in each st (42 sc) Embroidery eyes on the 10th row, leaving 5 sc between each eyes. 

14- (sc5, dec)* Repeat * to the end. (36sc)

15- (sc4, dec)* Repeat * to the end. (30sc)

16- (sc3, dec)* Repeat * to the end. (24sc) Stuff the head.

17- (sc2, dec)* Repeat * to the end. (18sc)

18- (sc, dec)* Repeat * to the end. (12sc) Stuff the head firmly. 

19- Single crochet two stitches together. (6sc) Cut the yarn leaving a tail to sew the opening.

Hat

Make the hat same as head for 13 rows using gentle green yarn.

14- ch2, dc2 in each st, join with slip stitch. (82 st)

15- sew the hat on the head. 

Ears (make 2)

1- Using 3.5 mm crochet hook and pure white yarn, start with magic loop and 6sc in the loop. 

2- Sc2 in each stitch (12 sc)

3- (sc3, inc) x 3 times. (15 sc)

4-11- sc in each st. (15 sc). cut the yarn leaving  20cm tail to sew the ears on the hat.

Arms (make 2)

2- Sc2 in each stitch (12sc)

3-9- sc in each st (12 sc)

10- change to gentle green yarn, sc in each st. (12 sc)

11-23- sc in each st. (12 sc) cut the yarn leaving 20 cm tail to sew the arms.

Blankie(Granny square) 

Using 4.5mm crochet hook start with pure white yarn. I made the granny square with 1 row of white, 2 rows of gentle green, 2 rows of white, 3 rows of mellow yellow, 2 rows of gentle green, 2 rows of white, 2 rows of mellow yellow. In the last row I made crochet picot edging. 

Sew the head on the first white row. Next sew the arms. Please do not use amigurumi eyes or beads for the eyes as they might be dangerous for the little ones. 

Mami Kokeshi Doll - Amigurumi Pattern

I am making some small gifts for my etsy shop and started with making keychains. I wanted to make kokeshi doll but I dont like sewing the small pieces in amigurumi. So I made my own pattern with less sewing parts :) 
The gauge is not important with the pattern, depending on your yarn-hook choice the size of kokeshi doll will change. I used 2.00mm crochet hook and fingering weight yarn and she is 12cm long.

The pattern is made in a continuous spiral, without joining rounds or turning. Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the beginning of a round. Move the marker up when you complete the round.

• St : stitch
• Sc : single crochet
• Dc: double crochet
• dec : decrease – crochet two stitches together
• inc : increase – make two single crochet stitches in the same stitch.
  

        Main part (Body and Head)

Round 1: Using pink yarn, start with magic loop, make 6 sc into it. [6st]

Round 2: Make two stitches into each stitch round [12st]

Round 3: (sc1, inc) x 6 times [18st]

Round 4: (sc2, inc) x 6 times [24st]

Round 5: (sc3, inc) x 6 times [30st]

Round 6: sc in each stitch working into back stitches only [30st]

Rounds 7-8: sc in each stitch [30st]

Round 9: (sc9, inc) x 3 times [33st]

Rounds 10-15: sc in each stitch [33]

Round 16: (sc9, dec) x 3 times [30st]

Round 17: sc in each stitch. [30st]

Round 18: (sc3, dec) x 6 times [24st]

Round 19-20: sc in each stitch [24st]

Round 21: (sc, dec) x 6 times [18st] Stuff the body and continue stuffing as you crochet along.

Round 22: sc in each st [18st]

Round 23: (sc1, dec) x 6 times [12st]

Round 24-25: change to tan color, sc in each st [12st]

Round 26: (sc1, inc) x 6 times [18st]

Round 27: (sc2, inc) x 6 times  [24st]

Round 28: (sc3, inc) x 6 times [30st]

Round 29: (sc4, inc) x 6 times [36st] 

Rounds 30-36: sc in each stitch [36st]

Round 37: (4sc, dec) x 6 times [30st]

Round 38: (sc3, dec) x 6 times [24st]

If you are using safety eyes, insert them now on 37^th row leaving 5sc between each other. You can also use embroidery thread to make the eyes.
Round 39: (sc2, dec) x 6 times [18st]
Round 40: (sc1, dec) x 6 times [12st] 

Round 41: dec 6 times. [6st]
Hair

Round1: Using black yarn start with magic loop, make 6sc in it. [6st]

Round 2: Make two stitches into each stitch round [12st]

Round 3: (sc1, inc) x 6 times [18st]

Round 4: (sc2, inc) x 6 times [24st]

Round 5: (sc3, inc) x 6 times [30st]

Round6: (sc4,inc) x 6 times [36st]

Round 7-11: sc in each stitch [36st]

Round 12: (skip next 2 st, 5dc in the 3^rd st, skip next 2 st, slip stitch in the 3^rd st.) x 4 times. Cut the yarn leaving a tail to sew on the head.

Hair Bun

Round1: Using black yarn start with magic loop, make 6sc in it. [6st]

Round 2: Make two stitches into each stitch round [12st]

Round 3: (sc1, inc) x 6 times. [18st]

Round 4-: sc in each stitch [18st]

Cut the yarn leaving a tail, stuff and sew it on the hair.

Hair Bow

1.   Ch9

2.   Dc in the 3^rd st, dc in each st. [7st]

3.   ch2, turn your work, dc in each st. [7st]

4.   Cut the yarn leaving. Pinch the bow in the middle and wrap some yarn around the centre of it. Sew it on the head.

Decoration ideas

Using red yarn ch 42, dc in the 3^rd ch. Dc in each st (40 st). Leaving a tail to cut sew it on the body as in the photo. If you want you can use 1cm wide, 14cm long lace for this part of her dress or you can do some embroidery.

You can also decorate using buttons and beads. Imagination has no limits. :)

Crochet Animal Pencil Toppers

I bought some crayons for Little M when she was 14 or 15 months old. I waited a few days before I gave to her thinking about some potential dangers like chewing the crayons or drawing on the wall. Then I gave up thinking and decided to let her play with them. She really enjoyed and still enjoys drawing.
I also bought her some coloring books, but instead of coloring the images she prefers drawing her own picture on white areas. She can draw a head with eyes mouth and sometimes big ears calling them grandma or grandpa. 

Last week, when she was drawing next to me, telling me about her picture(!),  an idea came to my mind: I should make some animal pencil toppers for her.

I ran to my leftover yarn box and found the colors I wanted, then started to make a bear. I tried a few times to get the exact size, head of bear wasn`t big enough but Little M still liked it and played with the head till I finished the frog. Then I made a bunny. Little M was watching me and jumping on the sofa with excitement while the pieces were sewn to each other. 

They are really easy and enjoyable. I wanted to share that joy and wrote the pattern for them. Pattern is now available on my shop or Ravelry.

Summer Flowers Shawl

This is a very easy and relaxing project that can be completed in a few hours with some basic crochet stitches. When you start making, it may seems it will take hours and hours to finish your shawl. As you continue, 2 flowers are decreased in each row so you won`t understand when you finished your shawl :) 

Yarn and hook : You can use double knitting or any other light weight yarn with a suitable hook.  I prefer making this scarf with mercerized cotton yarn and 3.5 mm hook. To show better for the tutorial I used aran weight yarn with 4.00 mm hook.

Abbreviations : 

• ch : chain
• dc : double crochet
• sst : slip stitch
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

1 - ch6, work 2 dc in the first chain space, ch3, work 3 dc in the same chain space. 

2 - (ch4 and turn. work 3 dc in 3 chain space, ch3, work 3 dc in the same space.) * Repeat * until it measures approx 50 inch (125cm) . This will be the length of the scarf. You can make longer or shorter.

First row of flowers : 

1 - ch 14, sl st in the 7th chain.
2 - To make the first petal ch3, make 2 dc,ch3 and sl st in the chain ring.

3 - Make 4 petals more for the flower. ch 7 and sl st in the ch3 space on your border.

Repeat these 3 steps to the end, cut the yarn.

Second row of flowers : 

1. skip the first flower, sl st on the 3rd petal of 2nd flower.
2. ch 14, sl st in the 7th ch. 
3. Make 5 petals for the flower, sl st on the 3rd petal of the next flower.

Continue making flowers until you have 1 flower left at the end of the row. Skip the last flower. 

You will decrease 2 flowers on each rows to make a triangle scarf, repeat the rows until you finish the scarf.
You can iron the flowers on damp cloth but before ironing please check your yarn label.
If you have any questions with the pattern, I am happy to answer them.

You can purchase  the scarf from my shop, if you want me to make one for you please do not hesitate to contact me :) 

Enjoy making it!