Mouse head lovey*

It seems like loveys are the new fall fad, and why not? They are as simple as they are versatile. There are as many lovey ideas as there are cartoon characters, but with your imagination, or a child’s idea, you can make a lovey of your very own. I chose a simple design, traditional Mickey and Minnie. I love the idea of getting my blanket fix on a much smaller level. Loveys don’t take that much yarn either. To alleviate boredom, I usually chose a different blanket pattern for each head. It keeps it interesting. Click here to see my last lovey, the frog.

Mouse head

Materials needed- small amount of worsted weight black yarn, G (4mm) hook

Do not slip stitch or chain. This pattern is worked in rounds. Use a marker to keep track of your stitches. Stuff with washable, baby safe material as you go.

In a magic ring, sc 6x.

Rnd1: 2sc ss 6x. (12sc)

Rnd2: *2sc ss, sc, repeat to end. (18sc)

Rnd3: *2sc ss, sc 2x, repeat to end. (24sc)

Rnd4: *2sc ss, sc 3x, repeat to end. (30sc)

Rnd5: *2sc ss, sc 4x, repeat to end. (36sc)

Rnds6-11: sc in each st. (36sc)

Rnd12: *sc2tog, sc4x, repeat to end. (30sc)

Rnd13: *sc2tog, sc 3x, repeat to end. (24sc)

Rnd14: *sc2tog, sc2x, repeat to end. (18sc)

Rnd15: *sc2tog, sc, repeat to end. (12sc)

Rnd16: *sc2tog repeating to end. (6sc)

Make sure the hole is not too big for the stuffing to come loose.

Repeat to round 5 twice for the ears and sew firmly in place. Sew the head firmly onto the lovey and weave in all ends.

For Mickey I used a variation of this square. For Minnie I used a variation of this pattern from Bernat. You will need to log in to view.

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Misty flower hanging towel*

Misty flower hanging towel

Materials: H hook, stitch markers, a button and small amounts of 5 different colors of cotton yarn, I used Lion Brand.

You will need to make 2 flowers from the misty rag pattern. Mark the top stitch of every fourth petal with a stitch marker, pin, etc.

Attach green colored yarn to any marked stitch with a slst, ch6, 3dc in joining st, *ch1, skip the next petal, 3dc in top st, ch1, (3dc, ch3, 3dc) in next marked st, repeat around, ending with 2dc in the first st to complete pattern, slst to third ch. Do not turn your work.

Round2: ch1, (slst, ch6, 3dc) in ch3 space, [*ch1, 3dc in next ch1 space, repeat from * 2x. ch1, (3dc, ch3, 3dc) in ch3 sp] repeat inside brackets around, ending with 2dc in first st to complete pattern. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Round3: attach chocolate colored yarn to any stitch and sc around each square. With back sides together, sc through both squares down one edge. Do not fasten off. Continue to sc around the entire rectangle shape. Fasten off and weave in ends.

I added a sc row of orange on top.

Not the easiest way, using a magic ring.

For the large granny rectangle, I needed Crochet Cabana’s help. Click here for different ways to crochet a granny rectangle. I used method 4. Sc along top edge with orange and sew to the bottom of the flower rectangle.

Still looks like a square to me.

Whew! OK, It's a rectangle.

At this point, I knew I wanted to keep it.

 

Strap: sc foundation row of 5. Ch1,turn. (5sc)

Rows1-2: sc 5x. Ch1, turn. (5sc)

Row3: sc, ch3, sc in last. Ch1 and turn. (2sc, ch3)

Row4: sc, 3sc in ch space, sc. Ch1 and turn. (5sc)

Rows5-19: repeat row 1.

Row20: 2sc ss, sc, repeat acoss. Ch1, turn. (8sc)

Row21: 2sc ss, sc 2x, repeat across. Ch1, turn. (11sc)

Row22: 2sc, sc 2x, repeat across. Ch1, turn. (14sc)

Row23: 2dc ss, dc 2x, repeat across, adding an additional dc in last stitch. Ch1, turn. (19dc)

Row24: 2dc ss, dc 17x, 2dc in last st. Ch1, turn. (21dc)

Row25: dc across. Ch1, turn.

Row26: with purple,  dc, 2dc ss 2x, dc 15x, 2dc ss 2x, dc. Ch1, turn. (25dc)

Row27: 2dc ss, dc, repeat across. Ch1, turn. (38dcs)

Rows28-29: dc across. Ch1, turn. Fasten off and weave in ends. Sew to the top the flower rectangle with orange.

The stitch marker indicates where I started.

Trim: with chocolate, attach yarn to first sc on the left bottom corner of the flower rectangle with a sl st. Single crochet down along the edge of the granny rectangle. 3sc in the ch3 space. Single crochet along bottom edge. 3sc in the ch3 space. Single crochet up along side of granny rectangle. Continue to sc in BLO up along the side of the flower rectangle, marking the first stitch made on that rectangle. Single crochet in both loops around the strap. Single crochet BLO down the side of the flower rectangle. Continue to single crochet in BLO to the marked stitch on the opposite side of the granny rectangle. Fasten off and weave in all ends.

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Coin purse with a kiss clasp*

I found the pattern for the smaller, not so fat coin purse! I think these are great gifts for a variety of people and they are not hard at all. I hope you give it a try.

Coin purse

What I used: H hook, small amount of sturdy yarn, kiss clasp

What I did: chain 11, 2sc in the second chain from the hook using Back Loops Only, sc 8x, 4sc ss. Your work will naturally turn to the left to work along the backside of the starting chain. Sc 8x, 2sc ss in last stitch. Do not chain or turn.

Round2: 2 sc ss, (mark the first with a st marker and move it up as you go, this will help keep track of your rounds) sc 10x, 2sc ss 2x, sc 10x, 2sc ss.

Round3: 2sc ss, sc 12x, 2sc ss 2x, sc 12x, 2sc ss.

Round4: 2sc ss, sc14x, 2sc ss 2x, sc 14x, 2sc ss.

Rounds5-20? Or until work is desired size (approx 3 ½”): sc in the round. I have used cotton and a wool blend for this project.  The cotton needed a G hook, but not as many rows. I was surprised when I used Rainbow wool and an H hook, it turned out a bit smaller?

Kiss clasp: be aware when purchasing the clasps, not all the holes drilled were correctly when I last looked.  There were only 3 I felt were worth buying.

If you are lucky, you have a clasp with large enough holes to use yarn to sew the crochet piece to the clasp. If not, you can use heavy-duty thread.

Don't forget to check out the Fat coin purse, too!

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Fat Coin Purse*

Have you tried the Carry-all cigarette case? Chances are you’d also like to have the pattern for a matching coin purse. Am I right?

You're still here, so I will take that as a yes. This is my first try and I think it is a little fat. I prefer the second one done in red. However, I cannot find where I put the written pattern. If/when I do, I will share with you. For now, I hope this will suffice. After you read the pattern completely, you will think I left some parts out, but I didn’t. It is truly this simple so don’t be afraid to try it.

Coin purse

What I used:

small amount of Lion Brand cotton, G (4mm) hook, kiss clasp

What I did:

Start with 6 sc in a magic ring, pull tight. Do not slst or join, pattern is worked in the round.

Round2: 2sc in each stitch around. (12sc)

Round3: sc in first sc, 2 sc in next sc, repeat around. (18sc)

Round4: sc 2x, 2sc ss, repeat around. (24sc)

Round5: sc 3x, 2sc ss, repeat around. (30sc)

Round6: sc 4x, 2sc ss, repeat around. (36sc)

Round7: sc 5x, 2sc ss, repeat around. (42sc)

Round8: sc 6x, 2sc ss, repeat around. (48sc)

Round9: sc 7x, 2sc ss, repeat around. (54sc)

Round10: sc 8x, 2sc ss, repeat around. (60sc)

Round11: sc 9x, 2sc ss, repeat around. (66sc)

Rounds12-17: sc in ea st in the round. (66sc)

Round18: sc, sc2tog, repeat around.

Round19: sc 8x, sc2tog, repeat around.

Simply sew your crochet work into the kiss clasp. This can be tricky since there is no way I’ve found to pin them together. Also, be careful when purchasing the clasp. Some have misplaced holes drilled around the top. Some holes are not a consistent diameter. On both coin purses, the holes were too small to use yarn. I used a heavy-duty carpet thread I had saved from a past project.

Check out this video from Knit and Crochet Today. It’s where I got the idea for the embroidery work.

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Leslee's sweater*

You asked for it, you got it! Here is another simple sweater, but this time it’s larger.  I flipped the back to the front by adding 3 buttons. I do wear mine both ways. Click here to view My sweater. This one is a gift for my mom's birthday. I know it fits because she already tried it on.

Leslee’s sweater

Size medium/adult

What I used:

 more than 3 skeins of Caron Country,  I (5.5 mm) hook

What I did:

Chain 12, place a stitch marker, ch15, mark, ch25, mark, ch15, mark, ch13.

Row1: hdc in second ch from hook and in each st across except for the marked stitches; (hdc, ch1, hdc) in each marked stitch across. Ch2, turn.

Rows 2-13: hdc in each hdc, and (hdc, ch2, hdc) in each ch2 space.

Row14: hdc in ea hdc to ch2 space, hdc in ch2 sp, ch1, hdc in next ch2 space.  This creates the arm hole. Hdc to next ch2 space, hdc in the ch2 space, ch1, hdc in the next ch2 space. Hdc in ea hdc to end. 

Rounds15-21: slip stitch to first hdc to join work into a circle. Hdc in the round, do not slst to join or ch to raise.

Row22: slst to join, ch1, sc in joining st, skip 2 sc, *5dc ss, skip 2 sc, sc, repeat around, ending with a slst to join.

Row23: ch4, 2dc in joining st, *sc in third dc of next shell, 5dc ss in next sc, repeat around ending with sc in third dc of last shell. 2dc in last joining st to complete first shell, slst to third ch.

Repeat rows 22-23 until desired length. You can end there if you wish. I ran out of the dark taupe yarn and needed to add a different color. I chose this border to finish the length I needed.

Row40:  (change colors during the last slst) ch4, dc, in joining, dc in the space between the 3^rd and 4^th dcs of the shell, dc in next space between dcs. (I do not go into the loops of the stitches here and from now on, hook around the 3 loops. This just gives a lacier look.) *Skip the sc in between shells and dc in next 2 dc, (dc, ch1, dc) in between the 3^rd and 4^th dcs, dc in the next 2 dc. Repeat around to end and slst to top of ch4.

I repeated row 40 two more times. I then sc each dc and 3 sc in the ch1 spaces. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Trim: I simply attached yarn on the neckline and sc around with an H hook.  Each buttonhole is a chain of 5 (sc, ch5, sc in same stitch). I didn’t trim the sleeves.

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Frog head lovey*

I needed a last minute gift for my nephew’s baptism. This idea caught my eye on Pinterest. Someone pinned a cute owl lovey, but James likes frogs and monkeys, not owls. So after a little revising, this is what I came up with; a frog head lovey.  At first I was not sure if it looked like a frog, but after I got validation from my daughter, I wrapped it up to gift. I started around 4 pm and had it finished before bed. My hand ached, but I got it done in about 5-6 hours. The blanket is a simple granny square. I used Bernat’s Pipsqueak yarn with a 10 mm hook. I was surprised at how little one skein made, but I had no time to shop for more.  I added a border with 2 strands of worsted weight white yarn held together for 2 rows. It is plain single crochet, nothing fancy. This is a quick gift to crochet, but I hope you have more time than I did to enjoy the process. Eventually, I would like to create a variety of heads, maybe someone from Dr. Seuss or Disney.

Frog head

Materials needed- a small amount of ww yarn in green, white and black and a G (4mm) hook

In a magic ring, sc 6x.

Round1: 2sc in each st. (12sc)

Round3: *2sc ss, sc, repeat around. (18sc)

Round4: *2sc ss, sc2x, repeat around. (24sc)

Round5: *2sc ss, sc 3x, repeat around. (30sc)

Round6: *2sc ss, sc 4x, repeat around. (36sc)

Round7: *2sc ss, sc 5x repeat around. (42sc)

Rounds8-10: sc in each st. 

Round11: sc 18x, 2sc ss, sc 2x, 2sc ss, sc 2x, 2sc ss, sc 20x.  This is helps the shape not be a perfect sphere. It will form a bulging area by having the increases in the correct area. This shapes the frog's mouth.

Round12: sc 18x, 2sc ss, sc 3x, 2sc ss, sc 2x, 2sc ss, sc 19x. 

Round13: sc 20x, sc2tog 3x, sc 22x. 

Round14: sc in each st.

Round15: *sc 5x, sc2tog, repeat around. You may have an extra 3 stitches left. Just continue with the repeat until the end of the round.

Round16: *sc 4x, sc2tog, repeat around.

Round17: *sc 3x, sc2tog, repeat around.

Round18: *sc 2x, sc2tog, repeat around.

Round19: *sc 1x, sc2tog, repeat around.

Round20: *sc2tog, repeat around. Fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew to the middle of the blanket.

Eyes (make 2):
starting with white, in a magic ring, sc 6x.

Round1: 2sc in each st. Switch to green in the last st.

Round3: *sc, 2 sc ss, repeat around. (12)

Round4: *sc 2x,  2sc ss, repeat around. (18)

Round5: *sc 2x, sc2tog, repeat around. (12)

Round6: *sc, sc2tog, repeat around.

Round7: *sc2tog, repeat around. Fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew to the head.

Simply make 2 black stitches in the white part of the eyes. Make sure you are diligent when fastening small pieces together, especially when the gift is given to infants.

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Carry-all cigarette case*

Ok, I admit. I am a smoker. I’m always on the go and forget the smokes, lighter, cell or wallet. When I do remember all items, I usually drop one or two on the way out the door.  Why do I not just grab my purse?  It’s too big and bulky to take with me on the quick trips, or for instance, to the pool. I want a cute case to carry all my little things I need without toting a suitcase around.

A friend of mine, Michelle, graduated from college this summer. I immediately thought of crocheting her a carry-all case with a kiss clasp, as I’ve seen her juggling a pack and a lighter.

This pattern is super easy and quick. I couldn’t leave it plain; I wanted to try my hand at something special. You can do whatever you choose. Stripes, solid, add a name, who knows? Let your imagination run free.

Carry-all cigarette case

Small amount of any cotton or worsted weight yarn

G/4mm hook, kiss clasp

I started with a single crochet foundation row of 16. Continue crocheting in rows for a total of 8 rows to make a rectangle.

Row9: ch1 sc around the back post of each stitch around the perimeter of the rectangle. This will make the fabric stand straight up, rather than a soft curve.

Row10: ch1, turn. Sc around. Slst to first st to join, ch1 and DON’T turn from here on out.

Row11: sc in Back Loops Only.

Row12: ch1, hdc same st as joining, hdc in ea sc around using both loops.

Row13: ch1, sc around.

Rows14-16: repeat rows 11-13. (scBLO,hdc,sc)

Row17: repeat row 13. (sc)

Row18: ch1, sc ss, sc2tog, sc to next corner, sc2tog, repeat around. (4 decreases, 1 in each corner)

Row19: repeat row13. (sc)

Row20: repeat row 18. (decreases)

Row21: repeat row 12. (hdc)

Row22: repeat row 13. (sc)

Row23: repeat row 11. (scBLO)

Row24: sc, sc2tog, sc, sc2tog, sc 5x, sc2tog, sc, sc2tog, sc. Ch1, turn.

Row25: sc around. Ch1, turn.

Row26: sc, sc2tog, s 7x, sc2tog, sc. Ch1, turn.

Row27: repeat row 25.

Row28: sc in 2^nd st, sc 3x, sc2tog, sc3x, slst. Fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew to the clasp.  On one clasp I bought, the holes were too small for yarn, so I used a durable, heavy-duty thread. Don’t be afraid of this project. It is a lot of fun and extremely cute. 

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