Crocheted Pots!

Difficulty Level: Medium

Hello Crafters! Today I will be showing you how to make these lovely little things!:

Crocheted Pots! My mom loves these, she thinks they are adorable... and they are! They are perfect for holding marbles, earrings, paperclips, any little nick-nack you have lying around your house, You could even make them a little taller and put pencils in them!

But before I get carried away telling you the many uses for these adorable pots, let me tell you how to make them!

First you chain two. 

Then put your hook in the first chain and single crochet 5 times in that same loop.

Then you just start single crocheting into the stitches you did into your first chain. 

Make sure you chain a stitch after each crochet so it doesn't start to curl upwards. We don't want that to happen just yet ;).

Jsut keep crocheting in circles until the base is a big as you want it. For these I made them to about the size of my fist.

Now you will STOP adding stitches and just keep going around, take OFF a few stitches to just to make sure it doesn't start fanning out alot. 

Just do this until the desired height. Mine are about 5 inches tally by 4 inches wide.

Have fun with this! Do different colors, patterns anything! 

Happy Crafting! 

 

Crocheted Dog Beanie

Difficulty Level: Medium

Hello Crafters!
 Judy the St Bernard loves her new beanie! And it's pretty easy to make too! Use the same technique you used for this hat but when the top is as big as you want, don't crochet in the inside. Just stop adding stitches and continue crocheting until it's as big as you want, and omit the last step. Oh, and something else important... drop stitches on either side for ear-holes! When you're done, do one more row around, but skip every other stitch so that it's tight around the brim. If you know how to crochet, it should be easy! Have fun!

Scrubbies!!!

Good Morning Crafters!
  Today I would like to share with you guys one of my latest phases... and their names are.. SCRUBBIES!

                                                                                  

Very official looking..huh? :)

It's very simple.. that's why I love them!!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Here's How you make them:

Materials-

- a spool of tulle (hey that rhymes!) in the color(colors) you want

-biggish crochet hook 

First, using the tulle, chain two and start crocheting in a circle adding stitches a lot so it won't start curling upward.

Next since these are double sided you are going to switch to the inner stitch so it starts going in, drop stitches every so-often to make sure it's flat.

When you reach the middle tie it off!

 It's as easy as that!

I would say mine took me about 20-25 minutes to make.

Now you won't have to buy them from the store.. yay!

Crocheting a Bow Tie and Bowler Hat for Dogs!

 Difficulty Level: Difficult

Doesn't this dog look ADORABLE in his new hat and bow tie? And it was pretty simple to make, as long as you know how to crochet and add and drop stitches. So let's get crocheting!

For the bow tie:
-Start by chaining eight, then crochet like you would normally BUT don't add a stitch at the end of every row. This is VERY important so that it gets smaller.
-Once you get to two stitches, add two and then do two more rows, then drop one so that you have two stitches again.
-Then, add a stitch every row until you get to eight again.
-Finally, tie off the end and then put a slip knot on your hook, hook the end through one of the stitches on the middle part and crochet all around the middle so that it's raised. Leave a bit of yarn to tie the bow tie onto the dog's collar. ONLY tie it around the collar, NOT around the dog's neck, or they may choke.

For the bowler hat
-Start by chaining three and inserting the hook through the first stitch, and crochet around the stitches so that it makes a disk, adding a stitch every row around. This will be the top of the hat.
-When it's as big as you want, stitch around the inside loops of the last row you did and keep going around, not adding any stitches, so that it stays the same size around. It should begin going down.
-When it's the right size, (if you make it bigger, it can be a top hat!) stitch around the top stitches of the last row you did, going around about three times to make the part that sticks out at the base. Leave some string to tie around the dog's head.
-(Oh, and Whovians-- if you omit the last step, and use red yarn, it can make a fez!!! Your dog can be the Dog-tor, with a cool fez and bow tie!)

And there we go! Say bye, Jack!

Plastic Bag Storage/Carrier thing

Hello Crafters!

                                 

This is another of my recent projects, It's a fun way to store your plastic bags! :)

The Chain Stich

Difficulty Level: Easy

Hello Crafters!We just thought we should post this just in case somebody needed help getting started in crocheting. This is one of the main ways that we will start our crocheting projects here on the blog. So get your hook out and lets start crocheting!

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