Supplies 1 skein of dark brown (or your choice, I used dark red for Hamburger) blanket yarn (main color) 1 skein of light brown (or your choice, I used white for Hamburger) blanket yarn (light color) 1 small thin black yarn size 5 cm hook (for the blanket yarn) size 2.5 cm hook (for the… Read More Sitting Puppy (Hamburger and Shwarma)

All my Twitter and Instagram followers have been hearing all about how Hamburger (for those of you who don’t know that’s the dark red dogs name) has been not so patienctly waiting for me to make his sister Shwarma.  Well she is here. To introduce her we took the two dogs on a photo shoot.… Read More Hamburger and Shwarma’s Photo Shoot

I have been on a kick of making placemats again. I love giving them as gifts and I have three weddings with showers coming up. So I came up with another pattern which I really like. Actually it can be used as a baby blanket if made larger or used as a square in a… Read More Corner to Corner placemats

                Supplies: Sport weight yarn (mauve color) Size 3mm hook plastic headband for headband 1 small piece of elastic for headband 2 yarn needle regular needle if doing headband 2 thread if doing headband 2 All terms are in American Crochet Sl = slip stitch Ch = chain… Read More Large Bow Headband

Supplies: Sport weight yarn (mauve color) Size 3mm hook plastic headband for headband 1 small piece of elastic for headband 2 yarn needle regular needle if doing headband 2 thread if doing headband 2 All terms are in American Crochet sl = slip stitch ch = chain sc = single crochet hdc = half double… Read More Flower Headband

  You will need: 4.5 mm hook 3 mm hook Gray yarn sport or worsted weight black yarn sport or thinner weight White yarn sport or worsted weight 2 small size buttons 1 medium size button 2 small flower buttons for eyes needle Directions: Body working with gray yarn and 4.5 mm hook Ch 51… Read More Raccoon Cozie

Size of finished placemat 42 cm x35 cm Gage: 10 stitches across =5 cm, 6 rows = 4 cm.   You will need: Teal yarn (or any color you chose) Gray yarn (or any color you chose) size 4 hook (or size for your yarn) needle scissors Stitches ch= chain sc= single hdc= half double… Read More Front and Back Post Half Double Crochet Placemat

My daughter wanted something special for her dorm room.  She likes when I make her things. So for a surprise I made her the purple pillow for her bed. (all her bedding is either purple or pink).   The first thing I did was take graph paper and draw out the heart and her name… Read More Crochet Pillow

All terms are in American Crochet Slst = slip stitch Ch = chain Sc = single crochet Dc = double crochet Fpdc = front post double crochet You will need: size 4mm hook 2 balls of dark green sport weight yarn 2 balls of light green sport weight yarn Directions: Placemat Make 4 I did… Read More Waffle stitch Placemats and Basket

This Holder is done using a condensed crocodile stitch. If you are not familiar with the stitch this will be a little confusing. I suggest looking at video’s of the stitch before attempting this pattern. All terms are in American Crochet Slst = slip stitch Ch = chain Sc = single crochet Dc = double… Read More Owl Towel Holder