Hip Hip Crochet

These will fit the average 4 to 5 year old. Materials: Worsted Weight Yarn (I used Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in Carrot) Size H Crochet Hook Yarn Needle Abbreviations: Ch = Chain HDC = Half Double Crochet FPTRC = Front Post Treble Crochet BPTRC = Back Post Treble Crochet Sl St = Slip Stitch Sk = Skip Sp = Space Click here for a printable PDF of this pattern. Pattern: Starting with a tail that's about 8 inches long, ch 23. Row 1: HDC in the 2 nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Ch 1, turn. (22 hdc) Row 2: * HDC in the first st, fptrc over next st *. Repeat from * to * , ending with an hdc in each of the last 2 sts. Ch 1, turn. (22 sts) Row 3: HDC in each of the first 2 sts, *bptrc over next st, hdc in next st *. Repeat from * to * to the end of the row. (22 sts) Row 4: Repeat row 2. Now using the yarn needle and the tail from the beginning, to stitch the two ends together to join. From here you wi...

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Winter is here and Christmas is just around the corner. That means my sales have picked up and for that I'm thankful. I've crocheted so much in the past two weeks and I'm really enjoying it. A friend that I graduated high school with, Facebooked me last week for one of his co-workers and asked if I could make a hat and booties set for a newborn boy. This is what I made for him: As I posted earlier, I have a huge album (but you better act fast, stuff is selling fast!) of Ready to Ship items on my Facebook page . I posted links to the album in some of my local for sale groups on Facebook and with that came a ton of new fans. And from that came some sales. After one very nice lady came by my house to pick up something from the Ready to Ship album, she Facebooked me and asked for 2 horse hats. I had never made a horse hat before but I love the challenge of coming up with something new. So this is what I came up with: Are they not adorable? I think they're m...

Go over to my Facebook page and look at the Ready to Ship album . All items are VERY discounted. Nothing is wrong with them, I'm just tired of them taking up room in my house. Prices, sizes, and color information is in the caption. To order, comment with your PayPal email address and I'll send you an invoice from my PayPal account. All invoices must be paid within 24 hours. These will make great Christmas gifts and can be used as photography props. Many sizes from preemie to adult. Only one of each item is available. Here's a peek at what is included in the album:

LOL....NOT! But I just sat down and added up all of the times that my patterns have been downloaded since I started designing patterns and the grand total came to: So I just wanted to say Thank You!!!! Here's to another 17,000 (almost) downloads!

You can download the PDF of this pattern here . Materials: Lion Brand Tween Stripe Yarn in Prism Small amount of worsted weight yarn in black Size H Crochet Hook Yarn Needle Two 12 mm Black Safety Eyes with Fasteners Poly-fil Stuffing Abbreviations: SC = Single Crochet SC DEC = Single Crochet Decrease HDC = Half Double Crochet DC = Double Crochet Sl St = Slip Stitch Ch = Chain Trunk Row 1: Ch 11. HDC in the 2 nd ch from hook and in each ch to the end. Now working on the opposite side of the ch, hdc in each ch to the end. Ch 1, but do not turn. Row 2: Sl St to the tops of each hdc on both sides of the ch together. Fasten off leaving a tail long enough to sew the trunk on with. Ears Make 2. Row 1: Ch 7, sc in the 2 nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Ch 1, turn. Row 2: 1 hdc in the first st, 4 dc in the next st, sc in each of the next 2 sts, 4 hdc in the next st, hdc in the last st. Ch...

You can also download the PDF of this pattern here . Materials: Size G Crochet Hook Worsted Weight Yarn in the color of your choice Yarn Needle Medium Size Button Abbreviations: Ch = Chain Sk = Skip St = Stitch Sp = Space SC = Single Crochet SC DEC = Single Crochet Decrease TRC = Treble Crochet Pattern: Ch 50. Row 1: SC in the 2 nd ch from hook, * ch 5, sk 3 ch, 1 sc in next ch *. Repeat from * to * until last ch. SC in last ch. Ch 5, Turn. Row 2: * 1 sc in next ch sp, ch 5 *. Repeat from * to * to the end of row. Ch 5, turn. Row 3 – 5: Repeat row 2. At the end of row 5, ch 1 but do not turn. Now you will be working on the “short” end of the lattice work. Row 6: Evenly work 8 sc down the short side of the lattice work. Ch 1, turn. Rows 7 – 17: SC in each st across. Row 18: SC DEC over first 2 sts, sc in each of the next 4 sts, sc dec over last 2 sts. Row 19: SC DEC over first 2...