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Vote in Witchy Twins Face Off with Anne Geddes

September 15, 2015 by Yarnitect (Dana) ·

Vote in the Twins Face Off Crochet Design Challenge with Anne Geddes Baby

For this Twins Face Off crochet challenge we used Anne Geddes Baby yarn. It’s up to you to choose, which crocheted Witch Accessory you like better. After you vote below, scroll down to enter the giveaway for your chance to win 4 skeins of Anne Geddes Baby from Red Heart and a copy of both crochet patterns.

Giveaway ends September 21, 2015 at midnight.

Left: Witch Hat with Dangling Spider Right: Extra Long Striped Scarf with skull and spider web applique. See more photos.

The hat and scarf were designed this month to coordinate with some gloves and leg warmers that we crocheted earlier this year. See more photos of the Witch Way, This Way crochet pattern.

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Filed Under: Adult, Appliques, Halloween, Hat, Mittens, Scarves, Cowls & Shrugs, Twins Face Off Design Challenge · Tagged With: Anne Geddes Baby, Twins Face Off, witch

Blog Tour with Crochetville

March 9, 2015 by Yarnitect (Dana) ·

We’re Part of the Crochetville Blog Tour

To celebrate National Crochet Month (NatCroMo), Deborah and I joined the Crochetville Blog Tour! It is a whole lot of fun. We are highlighted on March 9. We answer lots of questions about our journey as crochet designers. You can read more about the us, the Yarn Twins on Crochetville. There are two crochet designers highlighted each day in March. It’s absolutely fascinating to read about so many talented crocheters.

Alternative Uses for to Victorian Lace Gift Card Holder

For National Crochet Month 2015 we shared a free pattern for a Victorian Lace Gift Card Holder. Today I also want to share with you a alternate uses for the various parts and pieces of the pattern.

The gift card holder itself can be used multiple ways. The friend I made this for is using it as a business card holder!

Gift Card Holder
Business Card Holder
Credit Card Wallet
Perks / Reward Cards to various businesses

The flower on the gift card holder is a lot of fun. It’s amazing how different it looks when crocheted with different yarns.

Acrylic Yarns from various companies were used in the flowers above. From left to right:

Bernat Handicrafter Thread
Bottom flower is single stranded with steel hook – 1″ across.
Top flower is double stranded with D Hook – 1 1/2″ across.
Caron Simply Soft with H Hook – 2″ across.
Vanna’s Choice with I Hook – 2 1/2″ across.
Red Heart (yellow: Super Saver, pink: Love)
Bottom flower is single stranded with I Hook – 1 3/4″ across.
Top flower is double stranded with L Hook – 3 3/4″ across.

Flowers can be used to dress up lots of things, handmade or store bought. Here are a couple of ways we’ve used the flowers:

Mittens dressed with flowers

It’s really fun to pin the flowers to a pair of mittens. Here is a pair of mittens our sister-in-law made for Deborah for Christmas one year.

Headband and flowers

Flowers look adorable on headbands. I’ve attached the thread flowers to a headband Deborah bought for me when living in China.

Want More Flowers

We’ve used flowers in various designs. Here are a few:

Flower Cozy in our Cup Cozy Collection ebook.
Hiking Buddy Mini Purse with Flower Button
Free Pattern on Red Heart – Mother’s Day Bouquet

Filed Under: Appliques, Flowers, Mittens · Tagged With: flowers, natcromo, national crochet month

Houndstooth Ladies Crochet Winter Accessories

February 16, 2015 by Yarnitect (Dana) ·

Houndstooth Ladies Crochet Winter Accessories

Photo: Love of Crochet

This delightful and warm Houndstooth Trio first appeared in Love of Crochet magazine Holiday 2014 issue. It is now available in our shop.

The crochet pattern includes a fur brimmed hat, fur brimmed cowl and fur lined muff. The trio fits ladies 8 years old and older.

The Houndstooth print is created with stitches of various heights and the spike stitch. It’s surprisingly easy to create. The most difficult part will be working with fur. But it is sooo worth it because it is super soft, very warm and absolutely gorgeous.

Pictured here is yarn from Trendsetter Yarns. This set used Merino 8 and La Furla. Both are super soft and delightful to work with.

Learn more about the Houndstooth Trio in the Shop.

Houndstooth Trio available on etsy.

Filed Under: Accessories, Adult, Age & Gender, Girl, Hat, Mittens, Patterns for Sale, Scarves, Cowls & Shrugs · Tagged With: cowl, hat, houndstooth, ladies, muff

Crochet Football Newborn Outfit Crochet Pattern

December 9, 2014 by Yarnitect (Dana) ·

Crochet Football Newborn Outfit & Team Hats for the Whole Family – Crochet Pattern

Newborn-Football-Photo-prop-crochet-pattern

Hey football fans! Newborns score big with this newborn football outfit. This PDF ebook also includes hats for the whole family…so everyone can get into the game!

The Football Set crochet pattern ebook is now available in the store.

Football Set pattern available on Etsy.

Pattern includes:

Newborn Helmet
Newborn Football Mitts
Newborn Cleats Booties
Newborn Jersey Sweater
5 Beanie Hat Sizes – 3 mos to adult men
3 Jersey Sweater Sizes – newborn to 24 mos
Number Appliques: 1, 2, 3

Newborn-Football-Outfit-Crochet-Pattern Newborn Football Outfit

With a newborn in the family, we couldn’t resist crocheting a newborn photo prop to celebrate football season. And you know how it is…once we made some mitts, we couldn’t resist making some booties. Then we thought…if the little guy is really going to get into the game, he needs a helmet and jersey, too!

So, the newborn football outfit is born. But we couldn’t even stop there. We wanted to get the whole family involved.

Football Beanies – Hats for the Whole Family

Football is a fall and winter sport…and for lots of teams, you need a hat when you go to the game.

The pattern includes striped beanie hats for ages 3 mos to adult men.

Mix and match the colors to match your favorite teams.

And there’s more.

Football Jersey – Sweater for Newborn to 24 mos.

We’ve included instructions for making the jersey (sweaters for babies) newborn to 24 mos. Crochet the number of your favorite player or the birth order of the child wearing the sweater.

We’ve included instructions for the numbers 1, 2 and 3.

Football Set – Available Now in the Store

The Football Set is now available in the store as a PDF.

Football Set pattern available on Etsy.

The pattern includes written instructions, lots of photos, checkboxes to mark your progress, supplies list and more.

Filed Under: Accessories, Adult, Age & Gender, Appliques, Baby, Boy, Child, Football, Girl, Hat, Holidays & Special Occasions, Mittens, Patterns for Sale, Sports, Super Bowl · Tagged With: booties, cleats, football, hats, helmet, mitts, newborn, sports teams

Flame Beanies and Flame Mittens

March 11, 2014 by Yarnitect (Dana) ·

Flame Beanies and Flame Mittens Crochet Pattern

Warm your hands and your noggin in these flame mittens and hats! This crochet pattern is sized for everyone in the family from newborn to adult men.

Flame Beanies and Flame Mittens – Pattern Details

Flame-Hats-all-sizes Fair Isle crocheted in the round creates fun flame patterns.

Pattern Includes:

7 Hat Sizes – Newborn to Adult Men
5 Mitten Sizes – Newborn to Adult Men
Charted Fair Isle Flame Pattern

We are rating the pattern intermediate because it’s fair isle, but the basic construction of the hat and mittens are pretty easy.

What is fair isle? It’s a fancy term that just means you’re using more than one color in a round. This pattern uses up to three colors in a round, but most of the time the pieces use one or two colors per round.

The Flame Beanie Hats and Mittens are available in the store.

Flame Beanie Hats and Mittens available on Etsy.

Filed Under: Accessories, Adult, Age & Gender, Baby, Boy, Child, Fair Isle, Girl, Hat, Mittens, Patterns for Sale · Tagged With: beanies, fair isle, flame, hats, mittens

Women’s Fingerless Gloves – Free Knitting Pattern

February 22, 2014 by Yarnitect (Dana) ·

Women’s Fingerless Gloves – Free Knitting Pattern

These fingerless gloves are simply adorable. They are easy and quick to make with a bit of elegance and touch of flair.

fingerless gloves free knitting pattern

There a lot of fun elements to these mitts. There is a simple 4 stitch cable, buttons and cuffs at the top and bottom accented with fun fur.

Deborah designed these gloves for a knitting contest we had with our local knitting and crochet group. We’ll tell you more about that in a future post.

White Mistress finglerless gloves are available on our Free Knitting Patterns page.

Enjoy!

Filed Under: Mittens, Patterns for FREE · Tagged With: fingerless gloves, free knitting pattern

Sock Monkey Hat, Mittens and Scarves

January 1, 2014 by Yarnitect (Dana) ·

Sock Monkey Hat, Mittens and Scarves – Crochet Pattern

Love Sock Monkey? This crochet pattern has Sock Monkey Hats (Beanies), Mittens and Scarves to fit everyone in the family from newborn to adult men!

Skill Level: Easy

The colors of this set are gender neutral and look adorable on boys and girls. The sock monkey applique gives this set a touch of whimsy.

Sock Monkey Hat / Beanie

There are 6 sizes of hats in this crochet pattern fitting newborn to adult men.

Crocheted in the round, top down, this beanie has a ribbed brim crocheted in short rows directly to the work. Add a pom pom (pictured above) for even more charm.

Worked primarily in half double crochet, this hat whips up quickly.

Sock Monkey Mittens

There are 5 sizes of mittens fitting baby to adult men.

Crocheted in the round, top down, these mittens also have ribbed cuffs crocheted in short rows directly to the work.

Worked in single crochet, this is the perfect accessory for early winter or cool spring weather.

Sock Monkey Scarves

There are 3 scarf patterns fitting children to adult.

Constructed in rows, each scarf is a series of stripes. Each is unique with different width striping but equally fun with the addition of the sock monkey applique.

Worked in primarily single crochet, these will keep you and your family warm all winter long.

Sock Monkey Crochet Pattern

This Sock Monkey Winter Accessories crochet pattern is available in the store.

Sock Monkey Winter Accessories pattern on Etsy.

Boys and girls of all ages will love this set. There’s just something about sock monkey that makes people smile.

These are so much fun, you’ll probably catch the kids wearing them inside the house! If you do, just throw coats on them and send them out to play.

Filed Under: Accessories, Adult, Age & Gender, Animals, Appliques, Baby, Boy, Child, Girl, Great as Gifts, Hat, Mittens, Patterns for Sale, Scarves, Cowls & Shrugs · Tagged With: beanie, hat, mittens, scarf, sock monkey

Published in Love of Crochet – Winter 2013

December 14, 2013 by Yarnitect (Dana) ·

Published in Love of Crochet Winter 2013

We have another crochet pattern in Love of Crochet Magazine!

If you’ve been following our blog for any length of time, you know that we love cup cozies. We created a special design for Love of Crochet Winter 2013. It’s the last pattern in the issue…so if you read from back to front…well, it’s the first pattern you’ll run across!

Have you ever wrapped both your hands around your mug to warm up your fingers? If you have, then you’ll love this mug mitten cozy! This cozy allows you to tuck your fingers inside a pair of mittens…keeping your drink and your fingers toasty warm.

We love these mug mittens for soo many reasons.

They fit around mugs, cups and mason jars of various sizes (adjust with a pony tail band).
Your hands hug the mug and stay toasty warm in these mittens.
They are quick and easy to make.
The winter design makes them a great gift all season long.

These mug mittens are crocheted in CotLin yarn by Knitpicks.com in Swan and Nightfall.

The Cozy is a great gift idea for the holidays and it would also make wonderful thank you gift, too! We love that the design works for our family and friends of various faiths.

Filed Under: Christmas, Cozy, Great as Gifts, Mittens, Publications · Tagged With: christmas, cup cozy, mug cozy, published, snowflake, winter