Crochet monster

It's Easter and my little girl has the chickenpox. So our Easter vacation is cancelled. She gets this big Easter kinder egg. With a huge version of the normal yellow plastic egg inside. I have made little crochet Easter eggs all week. So I'm thinking that I must use this egg for something fun to cheer up my little girl. 

My husband gets this great idea that insted of making an Easter egg out of it I could make a chickenpox go away monster. So I grab my hook and this is what I came up with. I think it turned out pretty great. 

If you don't have this type of egg you can just sew the two halves together and stuff the body. Then it can't open but it will still be cute and look like it has a mouth. 

Pattern

Materials 

Cotton yarn in Orange (for 3 mm hook)

3 mm hook

Tapestry needle 

White and black felt

Glue

A little bit of stuffing 

A big plastic egg 

(This pattern fits the big yellow egg inside a kinder Easter egg.)

St: stitch 

Sc: single crochet 

R: round 

Slst: slip stitch 

Sc2tog: single crochet 2 stitches together (decrease) 

Head/body

Make 2 

R1: Work 6 sc into a magic circle (6)

R2: work 2 sc into every st around (12)

R3: *sc 1, 2 sc in next st* around (18)

R4: *sc 2, 2 sc in next st* around (24)

R5: *sc 3, 2 sc in next st* around (30)

R6: *sc 4, 2 sc in next st* around (36)

R7: *sc 5, 2 sc in next st* around (42)

R8: *sc 6, 2 sc in next st* around (48)

R9: *sc 7, 2 sc in next st* around (54)

R10-24: sc 1 in every st around (54)

Make 3 slst after round 24 to even out the edge. 

Close off and weave in ends. 

(If you are stuffing the body, then leave a long tail on one of the halves to sew the two halves together)

Legs

Make 2

R1: Work 6 sc into a magic circle (6)

R2: work 2 sc into every st around (12)

R3: *sc 1, 2 sc in next st* around (18)

R4-6: sc 1 in every st around (18)

R7: *sc 1, sc2tog* around (12)

R:8-19: sc 1 in every st around (12)

Stuff the food (not the leg)

Slst the top of the leg together through both sides.

Close off and leave a long tail for sewing onto the body. 

Arms

Make 2

R1: Work 6 sc into a magic circle (6)

R2: work 2 sc into every st around (12)

R3-5: sc 1 in every st around 

R6: sc 3, sc2tog, sc 3, sc2tog, sc 2 (10)

R7-16: sc 1 in every st around (10)

Stuff the hand (not the arm)

Slst the top of the arm together through both sides.

Close off and leave a long tail for sewing onto the body. 

Cut 1 eye and 2 teeth out of felt. 

Sew the legs and arms onto the body and weave in ends.  

I have placed the legs on round 11 with 6 st between them and the arms on the last round of the body on each side.  

Glue the head and body onto the plastic egg. 

Glue the eye onto the head and the teeth onto the body. 

Done :-)

This pattern is for personal use only. Please do not claim this pattern as your own, sell or distribute it. If you would like to share this pattern please link to this site. You can sell the finished product but please link back to this site and give credit to Quistgaard - The purple yarn basket. 

Crochet easter eggs

Easter is right around the corner and these crochet Easter eggs are the perfect gift. They are so cute and you can fill them with goodies. So make lots of them in all your favorite colors. 

Materials:

Cotton yarn in desired colors

3,5 mm hook

Tapestry needle 

Plastic eggs

Glue

St - stitch 

Sc - single crochet

R - round

Slst - slip stitch

Pattern: 

Bottom

R1: work 6 sc into a magic ring (6)

R2: work 2 sc in every st around (12)

R3: *sc 1, 2 sc in next st* around  (18)

R4: *sc 2, 2 sc in next st* around (24)

R5-11: work 1 sc in each st around (24)

(To finish the bottom work 1 slst in next 2 st, fasten of and weave in ends)

Top

R1: work 6 sc into a magic ring (6)

R2: work 2 sc in every st around (12)

R3: *sc 2, 2 sc in next st* around (16)

R4: *sc 3, 2 sc in next st* around (20)

R5: *sc 4, 2 sc in next st* around (24)

R6-15: work 1 sc in each st around (24)

(To stitch the bottom and top together, make a slst through next st in top and bottom half. Make 3 more slst like this. Close of and weave in ends.) 

Glue the crochet egg to the plastic egg and you are done. 

Happy Easter! 

Crochet Pascal

My little girl is crazy about Tangled. She loves dressing up like Rapunzel, she got the dress for Christmas from her grandmother. I think she has seen the movie like 20 times already. Almost as many times as Frozen... So I thought she should have a little companion, Pascal of course. Actually I didn't think of making it my self before I saw this pattern. I'm glad that I didn't gave in and bought one. Look at him, he is a cutie! Great pattern with lots of pictures. Hope she likes him! 

The pattern can be found here: (it's not a free pattern)

https://www.etsy.com/dk-en/listing/91397940/charming-chameleon-pattern-amigurumi?

Fairy

My daughter just loves tinkerbell so I just had to make this little fairy from my book of crocheted toys. I think she turned out pretty cute. The hair took forever to make but it looks great I think. The head is pretty heavy so I had to put a wooden stick inside the upper body and the head.  I chose to use two pieces of felt to make the wings, to make them stiffer. The legs have metal wire so they can bend.

From this book:

 

Crochet coasters

I saw a picture on Pinterest of some crocheted coasters with a felt star sewed on. I think they looked so cute. Would make a perfect gift. But there was no pattern, just the photo. So I started working on a pattern for the perfect flat circle with dc stitches. My biggest problem was the join. No matter what I did the join was visible. Until I found this technique: 

http://www.cre8tioncrochet.com/2012/12/seamless-crochet-rounds/

Round 1: Start with a magic circle, chain 2, dc 13 into the circle, slst into top of chain 2 to end the round. (14)

Round 2: chain 2, 2 dc in the second st from the hook (leaving 1 st free) 2 dc in every st until you reach the ch 2, 2 dc in the free st (the one you skipped at the beginning) slst in top of first dc of the round. (28)

Round 3: chain 2, 2 dc in the second st from the hook (leaving 1 st free) *1dc in next st, 2 dc in next st* repeat from * to * till you reach the ch 2, 1 dc in the free st, slst in top of first dc. (42)

Cut the yarn, fasten of and weave in ends. 

Cut a star out of felt and sew it on the coaster. You may want to block the coaster before you attach the star.  

Crochet hook case

When I started to crochet I had only a couple of hooks. I made myself a little pouch to hold the hooks and my needles and so on. It was great. But time has passed and this nice little pouch is now at bursting point. I have been looking for a new case for my fast growing collection of hooks but haven't found anything useful. So it was now time to search for a pattern instead and make one that fits my needs. Luckily the Internet is filled with patterns for crochet hook cases. I like the ones where every hook has it's own pocket. And I love the look of crochet and fabric together. So now I just had to choose what kind of crochet stitches to use and find some really pretty fabric and matching yarn. And is there any better way to spend your weekend than going to the yarn store? I think not!

I found this DIY and I think it looks really cute:

http://inaina.dk/category/haekle/page/2/

Translated into English:

You start working in rows and finish by working the edge in rounds. 

Row1: Make a loose chain the size that you want your case to be. The number of chains must be divisible by 8. 

R2: turn and begin in the second ch from the hook. 1 sc in each st to the end. 

R3: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in next st, *now you make a bubble (in next st: yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over and through all loops on the hook), sc in next 3 st* - repeat from * to * until you have 2 st left, sc in last 2 st.

R4: ch 1, turn, sc to the end.

Repeat row 3 and 4 until you reach the desired size for your case. Don't fasten of. 

Crochet an edge of sc around your work. I did 3 rounds of sc. Increase by 2 in each corner. 

I want my case to be closed by a button, so in one of the short ends I made a buttonhole by skipping 4 st and ch 4, sc in 5th st. Continue to sc until the end of round 3. Use a stitch marker to mark your starting point. Fasten of and weave in ends. 

Now you just find your favorite fabric and make pockets for the hooks. I made mine 3 cm wide like the DIY describes. Then you can store 1 large hook or 2 small ones. You can choose to make small and big pockets if you like. Entirely up to you. I chose a thread in the same color as the yarn. Then you don't have to use invisible stitches when you attach the fabric to your crocheted piece. I just used my sewing machine. 

Put all your hooks in the pockets and fold  the case. Mark with a stitch marker where the button should be. Take the hooks out and sew it on. Done. 

Crochet horse

I got this book for my birthday and I decided to try out the pattern for the zebra but I wanted it to be a horse instead. I think it turned out pretty great. 

I made it in 100% wool with a 5 mm hook and it's about 30 cm tall. 

I used felt eyes insted of crocheting the eyes that's how lazy I am :-)