Monday, July 30, 2012

Grandchild number 12, arrived safely!

There is always room for one more to love and adore! Lovely little Savannah arrived safely on the 28th of June, almost a year exactly away from her cousin Cindy's arrival. It's so surprising how one can manage to share themselves with so many loved one's, but not so surprising is how much one loves them all so dearly! 

Savannah's first picture
 Savannah looks like both her mum and dad!

She looks like one of those baby dolls here.

This is Cindy, now 1 year old.
Thanks for looking!

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Stitch & Unwind blog

Stitch & Unwind, a  blog of all yarn all the time, so if you love to knit or crochet, this is the place for you to be!

photo for stitch and unwind crochet site

Stitch and Unwind is the official blog for AllFreeKnitting.com, AllFreeCrochet.com, and AllFreeCrochetAfghanPatterns.com. You’ll see post from all three being contributed regularly. Once in a while you might see a post from our friends at FaveCrafts.com as well!
We love everything about yarn! That’s why we broke off from our friends over at FaveCrafts Blog to have a little more room to talk about our favorite subject and give you even more access to free knitting patterns and free crochet patterns. On this blog you’ll regularly find free pattern tutorials, crochet and knitting related giveaway announcements, and reader questions answered!




This is my shout out for this blog, why not have a look!

Friday, May 4, 2012

Crochet Baby Hats With Applique's/Animal Design



Add Some Flair To Your Baby Beanies!

If you are looking for something to make your baby beanie just a little different, wacky, or just simply cute, an image search within your browser will give you a visual delight of plenty idea's!


I used my ribbed look baby beanie pattern for the hat and I found the skull and cross bones, (I had to use the way back machine to get this link) here. They may not be to every ones taste, but to some I bet they'd love em!

The hat with the little heart is my ribbed look baby beanie (link above), I found a very quick crochet heart to make and sewed it on. The other kitty hat can be found in an image search too, I did not follow a pattern, I used different sized circles and made a bow.


Once again using my ribbed look baby beanie pattern, an image search gave me plenty of idea's for a Minnie Hat. Just a pretty bow and a few buttons gave me my Minnie look.

I was inspired by several owl look, hat images to achieve the owl, on the hat below.

 Once again, I was inspired by several puppy look, hat images to achieve the puppy, on the hat below.


I used my little twister baby hat pattern and found a cute little fish applique here. I used the large guppy.

 Here are a few more that may get you started, all free on line.
cheers Cat! 







Good luck with your project, I’d love to hear your feed back.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Little Twister Baby Beanie



Little Twister, Beanie Design
Cat's Beanie-Babe #4
 This is a very quick hat to make and would be ideal for charity use.

To fit: newborn
Hook size: 4.00mm US G/6
Yarn: 8 ply approx 50 gm’s US DK/Medium
US crochet terms used
Skill level: beginner +
Tension: medium
Time: approx 2 hours


Stitches used:
Sl st= slip stitch
Ch= chain
Dc= double crochet
FPDC= front post double crochet
BPDC= back post double crochet
BPHDC= back post half double crochet
FPHDC= front post half double crochet
http://www.crochetcabana.com/stitches/stitches-fpdc-bpdc.htm
Measurements: Head Circumference 13 inches, hat height 5 inches

The beanie begins at the top of the head and worked down, the beanie is worked in one piece using dc’s and the fpdc st, which gives a slight twist look.

The Crown:

Begin:
Beginning ch 2 of every rnd is counted as a st.

Chain 4, sl st to first ch to form a ring.

Row 1 ch 2, work 14 dc into ring, sl st to join into the top of the ch 2 (15 st’s)

Increase rounds:

(Excluding the fpdc, increase in each st)
Row 2 ch 2, work 1 dc in same st as the ch 2, work 2 dc’s into the next dc, work a fpdc around the post of the next dc, *work 2 dc’s into each of the next 2 dc’s, work a fpdc around the post of the next dc,* repeat from*to* to end of the round, sl st to join into the top of the ch 2 (25 st’s)


(Excluding the fpdc, increase in every 2nd dc)
Row 3 ch 2, work 2 dc’s into next dc, work 1 dc into next dc, work 2 dc’s into next dc, work a fpdc around the post of the fpdc, *work 1 dc into next dc, work 2 dc’s into next dc, work 1 dc into next dc, work 2 dc’s into next dc, work a fpdc around the post of the fpdc,* repeat from*to* to end of the round, sl st to join into the top of the ch 2 (35 st’s)

(Excluding the fpdc, increase in every 3rd dc)
Row 4 ch 2, work 1 dc into next dc, work 2 dc’s into next dc, work 1 dc into each of the next 2 dc’s, work 2 dc’s into next dc, work a fpdc around the post of the fpdc, *work 1 dc into each of the next 2 dc’s, work 2 dc’s into next dc, work 1 dc into each of the next 2 dc’s, work 2 dc’s into next dc, work a fpdc around the post of the fpdc,* repeat from*to* to end of the round, sl st to join into the top of the ch 2 (45 st’s)


Stop Increases:(now working the hat height)

Row 5 ch 2, work 1 dc into the next 7 dc, work a fpdc around the post of the fpdc,* work 1 dc into the next 8 dc, work a fpdc around the post of the fpdc,* repeat from*to* to end of the round, sl st to join into the top of the ch 2 (45 st’s)

Row 6 to Row 12, repeat row 5 (approx 4.5 inches high)

Ribbed Edging: 3 Rows

Decrease row, using fpdc and bpdc:
Row 1 ch 2, work a fpdc around the next dc, work a bpdc around the next dc, work the next 2 dc’s together using a fpdc, work a bpdc around the next dc, work a fpdc around the next dc, work a bpdc around the next dc, work a fpdc around the next fpdc, * work a bpdc around the next dc, work a fpdc around the next dc, work a bpdc around the next dc, work the next 2 dc’s together using a fpdc, work a bpdc around the next dc, work a fpdc around the next dc, work a bpdc around the next dc, work a fpdc around the next fpdc,* repeat from *to* to end of the round, sl st to join into the top of the ch 2 (40 st’s)

Now using the hdc st in the front post and back post, for the next 2 rows:

Row 2 ch 2, work a fphdc around next st, *work a bphdc around the next st, work a fphdc around the next st,* repeat from *to* to end of the round, sl st to join into the top of the ch 2 (40 st’s)

Row 3 repeat row 2, (approx 5 inches high)
Finish off and weave in ends


More baby beanie's found here, beanie babe #1, beanie babe #2, beanie babe #3.
 






Good luck with your baby beanie, I’d love to hear your feed back.
Please do not sell this pattern, please link back to me if you use this pattern, I’d love to see this used for charity, and you can make and sell items from this pattern too.