Crochet St. Patricks Day Garland

March 6, 2021March 12, 2021 Caroline

Following up on the Shamrock I crocheted last week, I tought it would be cool to make a St Patricks Day garland.

What you will need

Green, white and orange wool
Size 4 crochet hook
Wool needle
Stitch Marker

Abbreviations

st: stitch
ch: chain stitch
sc: single crochet
dc: double crochet
tc: tripple crochet
sl st: slip stitch

Method

To make the Shamrock head over to Crochet Shamrock Pin

To make the Irish Flag

Using the green wool, start ch 9 stitches.
Round 1: Ch 2, dc into the next 8 stitches. turn your work
Round 2: Ch 2, dc into the next 8 stitches. turn your work. Change wool to white colour
Round 3-4: repeat round 1 & 2 and then change to orange colour wool
Round 5-6: repeat rount 1 & 2 again
Fasen off and weave in the ends.

To make the garland

To make the garland ch 40 of the green wool
Add one of the crochet shamrocks to the chain using a sl st.
Ch 20 more stitches
Add a crochet flag to the chain using a sl st across the green side
Ch 20 more stitches and add another shamrock
repeat adding flags and shamrocks untill you feel you have enough.
Once you have added the last one, ch 40 more and fasen off.

Why dont you give it a go

Crochet Shamrock Pin

March 6, 2021March 8, 2021 Caroline

I was looking for something simple to do for St. Patricks day and I tought a shamrock broach was the best idea. Here is my step by step on how to make a crochet shamrock

What you will need

Green wool
Size 4 crochet hook
Wool needle
Safety Pin
Stitch Marker

Abbreviations

st: stitch
ch: chain stitch
sc: single crochet
tc: tripple crochet
sl st: slip stitch

Method

To make the Shamrock.

Begin with a magic ring
Round 1: ch 4, work 3 tr into the center ring. ch3, sc into the ring.

Repeat 2 more times to make 3 petals.

Stem: After the petals, ch5.
Work 1 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook.
3 sl et in chains just made back twords the petals.
Join with a sl st into center ring.

Fasen off and weave in the ends.

Its as simple as that, give it a go

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Crochet Heart

February 12, 2021February 15, 2021 Caroline

So I have well and thoroughly caught the crochet bug, so expect to see alot more crochet projects over the next while

Here is a Crochet Project I did recently, for Valentines. I made some crochet hearts.

I have given a brief method below.

What you will need

Sise 4 crochet hook
100g Acrylic wool in the colour you want to use
Stitch marker, safety pin.
Toy stuffing.

Abbreviations

st: stitch
ch: chain stitch
sc: single crochet
1 incr: make 2 sc in same st
1 decr: make 1 sc through 2 sts
sl st: slip stitch

Method

HEART TOPS
Using the color you want your heart to have
Begin with a magic ring
Round 1: 6 sc in the ring (6)
Round 2: [incr] x6 (12)
Round 3: [1sc, incr] x6 (18)
Round 4: 1 sc, incr, [2 sc, incr] x5, 1 sc (24)
Round 5-7: 24 sc (3 rounds, 24)
Cut the yarn of one of the tops (top no.1), and leave a tail end of about 20 cm.

Repeat the above for the second one but Do NOT cut the yarn of the other top (top no.2).

HEART
First crochet the two tops together.
Take top no.2 and place it side by side with top no.1.
Begin by working top no.1.
Round 1: 23 sc around each top, 46 sc in all (46)
Sew up the hole between the two tops with the tail end of top no.1.
Round 2: 8 sc, decr, 1 sc, decr, 18 sc, decr, 1 sc , decr, 10 sc (42)
Round 3-4: 42 sc (2 rounds, 42)
Round 5: [5 sc, decr] x (36)
Round 6: 2 sc, decr, [4 sc, decr] x5, 2 sc (30)
Round 7-8: 30 sc (2 rounds, 30)
Place the safety eyes between rounds 4 and 5 with 7 sts in between.
Embroider a mouth and two cheeks.
Round 9: [3 sc, decr] x6 (24)
Round 10-11: 24 sc (2 rounds, 24)
Fill with stuffing as you work on.
Round 12: 1 sc, decr, [2 sc, decr] x5, 1 sc (18)
Round 13-14: 18 sc (2 rounds, 18)
Round 15: [1 sc, decr] x6 (12)
Round 16-17: 12 sc (2 rounds, 12)
Round 18: [decr] x6 (6)
Round 19: 6 sc (6)
Cut the yarn and sew up the small hole.

There you have it, its that easy. Why don’t you give it a go yourself and spread the crochet love.

The above pattern is base on the design found at hobbii.com

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February 4, 2021February 5, 2021 Caroline2 Comments

Hi all, it feels like I’m starting this blog all over again with this post. Its been nearly a year since I posted last. Its not that I haven’t crafted in a year far from it. I just didn’t have the time to sit at a computer and type. I know some people can blog from a phone of a tablet but I like the traditional desktop. I like to look at the bigger picture. Just like in my life.

Now talking about the bigger picture, the reason I have been keeping it low key is because we welcomed our baby girl into the world last July. Máible is a super wee kid and we couldn’t have asked for more.

I now find my crafting steering towards everything baby related. I did do some baby related items before like the Nappy Babies and the Baby Name Frames but now I have started a new passion inspired by our little one, CROCHET.

During the last few months of my pregnancy 2 things happened. 1, I found it hard to move around, some days I would be in a lot of pain. It was really annoying as all I wanted to do is clean and get ready for this baby. 2, COVID 19, if I wanted to go anywhere I really couldn’t. I needed to find something productive to do that didn’t involve much moving around. I sat in the craft room and made some toys at the sewing machine but the setting it the chair even hurt.

The place I was most comfortable was in the recliner chair but there wasn’t much I could do from there. That was until I saw a Facebook post my cousin Dan put up. He was doing the #Challange32 for Holler Street Hospital by crocheting an item of baby clothes every day. I thought I could make some hats? I had done some crochet before but wasn’t very good at it. I messaged Dan and he helped me with some patterns. It did take some time but I got the hang of it and I was off.

During lockdown there weren’t many places open that had craft supplies. The main places I went was Mr. Price and Dealz. These both had stocks of wool with Mr. Price having the largest selection.

I decided I would make hats for the prenatal babies in my local hospital, I would bring them with me when I went in to have Máible. I made about 20 in different sizes. I also made 2 when I was in there in early labor. It was a great distraction got the first few hours of contractions.

I did make some for our wee baby too, this one was my favourite, I’m not sure she was as keen.