Fairy Fly Bag Pattern by Zarkashaaty

The fairy fly bag is an easy and lovely project made by @zarkashaaty, it worked spiral in one piece from the base to the top, the paper yarn used to create it gives it durability and elegance, its simply charming with all the little fairy flies.

Materials:

Size:
30cm x 18cm x 4cm

Click HERE to downlad the FREE pattern.

Simple Ribbed Crochet Boot Cuff Pattern by BrennaAnnHandmade

Hi Maker’s! Brenna from @brennaannhandmade here, welcoming the colder winter weather with a FREE simple ribbed, crochet boot cuff, step-by-step tutorial made in collaboration with HobiumYarns! This cozy & warm pattern was created using HobiumYarns lovely La Mia Just Wool yarn, a 100% recycled wool! 🙂

Are you ready to get started? Great, let’s go! 😉

*Finished boot cuffs measure approximately 10 cm x 15 cm  + fit a Women’s Size Small as written. To alter:
– Length: add / decrease base chain 2 chains per cm
– Width: add / decrease 1 row per cm

Materials Needed:

1 ball of La Mia Just Wool (be sure to purchase an additional ball of yarn if sizing up)

A 4mm crochet hook

A pair of scissors

 

Abbreviations:

ch = chain

sl st = slip stitch

hdc = half double crochet

bl = back loop

 

Directions:

Row 1: Make a sl st, and ch 22. Put 1 hdc in the 3rd ch from the hook & across. Ch 1, turn.

Row 2: Put 1 hdc in the bl of the same st, and each st across EXCEPT the last st. Instead, put 1 regular hdc in the last st of the row. Ch 1, turn.

Rows 3-33: Repeat row 2.

 

To Seam Up Boot Cuff:

Step 1: Ch 1, and fold the boot coff together, placing the finishing row even with the starting row.

Step 2: Sl st the 2 sides together evenly as pictured, by inserting the hook from front to back, 1st through the bl of the 1st st on the last row & then the 1st st on the starting row, and finally pulling through to close.

Repeat up the entire boot cuff to close.

Cut yarn, & pull through to tighten.

Weave in all ends to complete.

Now, repeat all of the above steps to make one more matching boot cuff. 😉

Ta da! You’re all finished! 🙂

Brenna Ann is the designer and maker behind BrennaAnnHandmade. She crochets & knits cozy pieces of knitwear and accessories at her handmade shop on Etsy. She also has a blog, YouTube channel, and shares behind-the-scenes photos on Instagram @BrennaAnnHandmade.

Christmas Ornaments For Knitters and Crocheters

Christmas Ornaments For Knitters

Christmas is almost here. Are your trees ready for the Santa? If you are a knitter at the hearth, your Christmas tree isn’t complete without knitters Christmas ornaments. A handmade Christmas ornament can be as simple or as hard you would like. You can make a bunch in hours and you can even give them away as gifts.

Making DIY Christmas ornaments aren’t time-consuming like a knitted blanket for say. To create dazzling Christmas ornaments, you don’t need to know complicated stitches or complex patterns to make good use of your leftover yarn. Even beginners can add some glamour to the Christmas tree with some basic patterns to knit.

We gathered some ideas for beginners, and some challenging ones for more experienced knitters out there. Use these ideas to show off your skills and decorate your tree.

Knit Tiny Santa Hat

This little Santa hat is easy to make and doesn’t need many materials. You can use your scrap yarn easily for this little project. You will need smaller knitting needles suitable for the size you want your tiny Santa hats going to be. If you don’t know how to knit a simple beanie you can just knit a tiny piece of a square and sew the ends for it to look like a hat. Add ribbon and a tiny pom-pom and hang. Simple is that.

Crochet Santa

If you are not down just for the hat of the Santa, you might want to grab your crochet needle and start with this little project. You will need some red, white and tan colored yarn for the face of the Santa. Start by a simple chain of 3 with the tan colored yarn and fill the first chain with 5 double crochets. Now you can add White yarn and do 5 more double crochets and finish your first circle. This is the base of the face. You can use this technic to make simple faces, like a snowman even.

Knit and Crochet Stars

This idea is for the knitters who are confident with their skills. It’s worth the time you put into these little colorful stars. They will look gorgeous on your Christmas tree and they are perfect gifts for close friends and family. You can fill them if you want with fiber, or you can make them as one dimensional. You can also use crochet patterns to make variations of them. For this project, you’ll need a circular needle and 4 double pointed needles. Start by casting on 115 stitches and knit 1 row.

Row 1: knit 21, (slip 2 stitches together knitwise, knit 1, pass 2 slipped stitches over, knit 20) 4 times, slip 2 stitches together knitwise, knit 1, pass 2 slipped stitches over. (105 stitches.)

Row 2: knit 19, (slip 2 stitches together knitwise, knit 1, pass 2 slipped stitches over, knit 18) 4 times, slip 2 stitches together knitwise, knit 1, pass 2 slipped stitches over. (95 stitches.)

Every row, decrease 2 stitches just like the pattern and repeat for each row. You’ll end up 5 stitches left at Row 11.

Row 11: knit 1, (slip 2 stitches together knitwise, knit 1, pass 2 slipped stitches over) 5 times. (5 stitches.) Cut yarn leaving a 20 cm tail. Thread tail through remaining 5 stitches, tighten and secure the end. You can add a ribbon at this point and sew your 2 sides of stars. Fill it with fiber.

Crochet Pine Cones

We are in love with these colorful pine cones. They may look somewhat complex and these might take a while to finish but it is going to worth it when you see them on your tree. This project is using the simple technic called the crocodile stitch. It’s a wonderful idea to use this stitch to create pine cones.

Knit and Crochet Balls

This might be the smartest way to make good use of your scrap yarn from previous projects. These are the classic decorations to hang on your Christmas tree. Might be a little time consuming but they are the essentials. If you want to knit balls, you’ll need double pointed needles like the ones you use for knitting socks. Or you can use amigurumi technics to create a ball shape. You don’t need to fill them with fiber, you can use styrofoam balls to hold them in place. Add thread or ribbon and hang them on your tree.

Usagi the bunny bag crochet pattern by Amigurumei

There’s just something infinitely cute and sweet about bunnies.

And if you know of a little one who just can’t get enough of these fluffy critters, then you have to make them their own Usagi bunny bag!

This free crochet pattern whips up quickly and will be the perfect bunny buddy to hold a little girl or boy’s tiniest, most treasured possessions.

The Usagi bunny bag is both adorable and functional and easily customizable — simply change the “ears” to circles to turn it into a bear, or pointed ears to make a cat.

Don’t forget to tag us at #bunnybag #hobium #amigurumei #hobiumyarns when you’re done with making one (or a dozen).

To make the Usagi bunny bag, you will need:

Click HERE for the FREE pattern.

Visit Amigurumei on Instagram @amigurumei and on her blog www.amigurumei.com

Crochet Coat for a 4 Year Old by Venera Bogdanova

Hello makers! I am Venera from Instagram @venerabogdanova. The design of this coat is very simple. It’s a knee length with long sleeves and a hood. The simple yet very interesting pattern of the main part of the coat is assembled with the braid around.

You are going to need 9 skeins of La Mia Pastel Cotton, color Lilac

And a 3,5 mm Crochet Hook

Click HERE to download the pattern.

Don’t forget to tag @hobiumyarns and @venerabogdanova on your creations.