Crochet cowl pattern

This is a project for beginners: a crochet cowl. I made it using one single Phil Flocon Phidar skein, blush color and  no 7 hook. You can finish it in one or two hours, depending on your skills. It can be a great gift for a mom, a grandmother, for your daughter and a nice Christmas present for a friend.

R1 - chain 25 stitches, turn

R2 - double crochet in the third stitch from the hook - this will be your first stitch, double crochet in every single stitch from the chain, ch 1, turn

R3 - R24 - double crochet in each stitch, ch 1, turn.

For finish it, just put together the both ends and make slip stitch. Try to crochet with very large stitches to make a fluffy and cozy cowl.

It will have a cozy crochet cowl in no time.

Happy crochet!
Ema

Crochet kitty - free pattern

Here it is an easy free pattern for a crochet kitty.
I created this pattern after a kid's drawing.

Materials: acrylic yarn Charly Phildar, 50g (grey or white), red and yellow for the bowl, 2.5 crochet hook, 4,5 mm safety eyes, anti bacterial poly filling, pink and black thread, tapestry needle
Level - Intermediate
Stitches and abreviations- single crochet (sg), chain (ch), slip stitch (sl st), increase (inc), decrease (dec), magic circle, stitch (st)
Size for the finished kitty - 10 cm (almost 4 inches)

The head and the body - Work continuously without turn the work.
r1 - magic circle, 6 sg into it
r2 - 2sg into each st -12st
r3 - 1 sg crochet, 2sg into the next, repeat until the end -18st
r4 - 2 sg crochet, increas into the next, repeat- 24st
r5 - 3sg, increase into the next, repeat- 30st
r6 - 4sg, increase into the next, repeat- 36 st
r7 - 5st, increase into the next, repeat- 42st
Now secure on the back the tail from the beginning, from the magic circle.

Place the safety eyes between the rounds 3 and 4. Sew the nose and the whiskers.

r 8 - 24 - sg in every stitch
r 25 - 5sg, decrease, repeat until the end - 36 st
r26 - 4sg, decrease, repeat - 30st. Stuff the toy.
r27 - 3sg, decrease, repeat - 24st
r28 - 2sg, decrease, repeat - 18st
r29 - 1sg, decrease, repeat - 12st
r30 - decrease - 6st. Fasten off. Leave a long tail to sew the hole.

The ears - make two
r1 - magic circle, 4 sg into the circle
r2 - 1sg, increase, repeat - 6st
r3 - 1sg in every stitch - 6st
r4 - 1sg, increase, repeat - 8st
r5 - 2sg, increase, repeat - 12st
r6 - 1 sg in every stitch - 12st
r7 - 3sg, increase, repeat - 15st. Fasten off leaving a long tail.

The legs - make four
r1- magic circle, 6sg into the circle
r2 - 2sg in every stitch - 12st
r3 - r7 - sg in every stitch. Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuffed the legs

The tail - I-cord
r1 - chain 3
r2 - make a loop into the second st from the chain, make a loop in the third st. Now you have 3 loops on the hook
r3 - drop off from the third and the second. Keep them with your fingers from the left hand.The first st will remain on the hook. Sg into this st. Insert the hook into the second st, sg crochet here. Insert the hook into the third. Sg crochet here.
Repeat and make  an I-cord as long as you want.For finishing, pull the yarn through all the 3 stitches. Leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the ears, the legs and the tails.

The bowl - with red and yellow
With red - r1 - magic circle, 6sg into the circle
r2 - 2sg in each st - 12st
r3 - 1sg, increase, repeat until the end - 18st
r4 - 2st, increase, repeat - 24st
r5 - 3st, increase, repeat - 30st
r6 - 4st, increase, repeat - 36st
r7 - 5st, increase, repeat - 42st
r8 - work in front loop only - sg crochet in every stitch - 42st
r9 - r10  - sg in every stitch
r11 - With yellow - Turn the work, and make sg in every stitches until the end. Fasten off. Hide the tails.

Best,
Ema

Crop top free crochet pattern

Easy peasy free crochet pattern for crocheting a crop top for your daughter (mine is 11 years old).

Materials:
-size 4 crochet hook
-1 skein purple sparkle Alize yarn used in double thread
- some grey sparkle yarn

Stitches and abbreviations:
-st - stitch
-db - double stitch
-sc - single crochet
-ch - chain

Beginning from the top with purple yarn - 30 stitches.
r1 - db in the third st from the hook, ch 2, turn - (28 stitches) - always count the chain 2 as a double stitch
r2 - 1 db in the same as the ch 2, db in each stitch, 2 db in the last st, ch 2, turn (30 stitches)
r3 - 2 db in the same as the ch 2 (count these as 3 stitches), db in each st, 3 db in the last st, ch 2, turn (34 stitches)

From now on you will crochet 2 rows increasing at the beginning and the ending with 2 stitches and each 3rd row you will increase with 3 stitches at both parts (do not forget to count the chain 2 as a db stitch). 

r 4 - 36 stitches
r5 - 38 stitches
r6 - 42 stitches and so on.
Crochet the top as long as you want. I made 24 rows, and I had 90 stitches. Finish off.

The edge - with grey yarn. Insert the grey yarn at the bottom, in a corner. Ch 2, sc crochet in the second stitch from the work, ch 2, sc in the second stitch and so on. Go round. For the thread to tie on, insert the gray yarn in the top and the bottom corners and make a chain as long as you want. 

The length - the bottom 62 cm (24,40 inches).

The top - 21 cm (8,26 inches).

From the top to the bottom - 27 cm (10,62 inches)

Ema 

How to make felt pizza

All kids love pizza. Let's make one from felt. It will be an educational toy for them. Using this felt pizza you can do many activities:
1. count the slices
2. place them on the felt board (motor skills)
3. talk about healthy food and healthy pizza
4. talk about what kind of pizza you prefer - vote for one
5. invent a silly story about a giant pizza or a strange one

You need: green felt for board - A5 size, light brown felt for slices, red felt for the ketchup, salami and the pepper, a small piece of yellow felt for cheese and a small white one for the mushroom, a small light green felt for the pepper stem, stuffing, assorted thread, Velcro.

How to make: 
Download and print the pattern How to make felt pizza JPG format or How to make felt pizza PDF pattern . I put here the jpg and the PDF format too because you can not modify the PDF format, but you can enlarge the jpg format if you want a bigger pizza. 

Cut all the pieces: 2 pieces for every slice, the ketchup, the salami, the mushroom, the cheese, the pepper.
Sew the Velcro on the back of one part of the pizza. Sew the ketchup and the salami.  

Your pizza will look like this. Now, you have to sew the slices together. 

Fix the both part of each slice with a pin and sew them together using blanket stitches. Start sewing from the top, from the left corner.

After you have sewed two parts, stuff it lightly to be puffy. A puffy pizza! Continue to sew until the end.

Your slices are done. 

Sew the pepper, the cheese and the mushroom on the felt board. 

Completely done. Delicious puffy pizza. 

This felt board is a page from my 10 pages quiet book. You can see it or buy it in My Etsy Shop

Have fun sewing.
Ema

How to make felt fish for counting

Help your kids to count and to recognize the colors with some colorful fish. You can make a quiet book page with them or a felt board and you can put as many as you want. This will be a fun way to learn something. The kids learn easily if they can touch the object and move them, if they can feel the textures and play with something real. 

You need: colorful felt for fish (the colors you want), ribbon, Velcro, a light blue felt - size A5, green felt for the weeds and dark blue felt for the wave, black thread for eyes, assorted thread for the other items, stuffing.

How to make: Download and print the pattern Fish pattern JPG format or Fish pattern PDF format. I put here the jpg and the PDF format too because you can not modify the PDF format, but you can enlarge the jpg format.

Cut the fish - 2 pieces for every fish. I make 5 fish with blue, yellow, orange, purple and pink, but if you want what color you want. Sew a little piece of Velcro on the back. 

Using a black thread, sew an eye - make a french knot for the eye.

Prepare the ribbon - make 2 knots at the ends, burn it a little to prevent unweaving. The ribbon could be 15 cm.

Sew the both parts of the fish using blanket stitch.

Stuff lightly.

Place one end of the ribbon inside the fish and sew the fish and the ribbon together. 

Do the same for the others.

The weeds - Cut some green felt for them - free form.

Sew them on the blue felt board.

Sew the ends of the ribbon on the felt board, together as a bouquet.

Place the wave (could be a stone if you want ) to hide the ends and sew it going around.

Your felt board is done. With five fish or more.

For a neat aspect, sew the felt board all around, using blanket stitches.

This felt board is a page from my 10 pages quiet book and you can see and buy it in My Etsy Shop

Ema

Golden Baby Slippers Free Pattern

My pattern for these nice baby slippers is free in my Ravelry Store. You can download it HERE

Enjoi it and tell me what do you think: Is it my pattern a clear one? Is it easy to follow it? 

Ema 

Crochet Hen - free pattern

An easy crochet hen / chicken - free pattern

You can sell your finished item, but please said that it's my pattern. Thank you.

You need: you can use any type of yarn or hook. I used hook no 3, Golden Alize with metallic insertion, red and orange yarn, black beads, needle and thread. I used 2 threads for the yarn.

Abbreviaton:
sg - single crochet
ch - chain
sl st - slip stitch
db- double crochet
inc - increase
dec - decrease

The body - with yellow
r -ch 6, sl st to make a ring
r1 - 2sg in each st, sl st in the first, ch 1 - 12 st
r2 - inc, 1sg, inc, 1sg and so on, sl st in the first, ch 1 - 18 st
r3 - 2sg, inc and so on, sl st in the first, ch 1 - 24 st
r4 - 3sg, inc and so on, sl st in the first, ch 1 - 30st
r5 - 4sg, inc and so on, sl st in the first, ch 1 - 36st
r6 - sg in the back loop only, sl st in the first, ch 1
r7 - sg in each st, sl st in the first, ch 1
r8 -r9 - db in eac, sl st in the first, ch 1
r10 - 4db, dec, 4 db, dec and so on, sl st in the first, ch 1 - 30st
r11 - 3db, dec, 3 db, dec and so on, sl st in the first, ch 1  - 24 st
r12- r13, - sg in each, sl st in the first, ch 1. Stuff the hen.
r14 - 2sg, dec 2 times, 1 sg in the last, sl st in the first, ch 1 - 16 st
r15 - 2sg, dec, 2 sg, dec and so on, sl st in the first, ch 1 - 12st
r16 - sg in each, sl st in the first, ch 1
r17- 1sg, inc and so on, sl st in the first, ch 1- 18 st
r18 - sg in each, sl st in the first, ch 1
r19 - dec 2 times, 1 sg and so on, 1 sg in the last, sl st in the first, ch 1 - 11 st
Stuff again.
r20 - 1sg, dec 2 times, sl st in the first, ch 1 - 7 st
r21 - dec 3 times, finish, hide the tail.

The beak - with orange - 3 sg in the front of the head, turn, dec, fasten off, hide the tail. With red - under the beak - insert the yarn, ch 3, sl st in the second st from the hook, sl st in next 2 st, fasten off, hide the tail.

The ridge - with red - insert the yarn, make 3 sg, ch 1, turn, sg, 2 sl, finish, hide the tail.

The eyes - sew 2 little black beads.

The wings - make 2
r1 - ch 3, turn
r2- 2sg in the second st from the hook, 1sg, ch 1, turn - 3st
r3 - 2sg in each - you have 6st, ch 1, turn
r4 - r5 - r6 - sg in each, ch 1, turn
r7 - dec, 2 sg, dec, ch 1 turn
r8 - dec 2 times, finish.
Sew the wings.

Best,
Ema

Crochet snail - free pattern

This is my pattern for a mini crochet snail. You can use any type of yarn or hook. I used the yarn with 2 threads.

The shell (with yellow)
r1 - ch 6, sl st to make a ring, ch 1
r2 - 2 sg in each st - you have 12 st, sl st into the firs, ch 1(cont it as the first st for the next row)
r3 - *2sg in the first st,1 sg*, repeat from **, you have 18 st, sl st with green color into the first.

The body and the head (with green):
r4 - ch 4, 1sg into the second st from the hook, 1sg into the next 2st, sl st into the base of the chain, sl st into the next 4 yellow st from the shell, ch 4, (1sg , 1sg, ch 1, 1sg, ch 1, sl st ) into the second st from the hook, 1sg into the next 2 st, sl st into the base. Fasten off and leave a long tail.

The tentacles:
To make tentacles, pull the tail until the head, fasten off and make 2 knots at the ends - these will be the eyes. You can add some beads to make eyes.

Your snail is done.

This is a red snail with some beads on the shell.

And a blue one with green beads on the shell.

I want to use my snails on a T-shirt. Or on a canvas bag. If you have another ideas, leave a message. I'm so glad if you give me a feedback.

Ema