Monday, December 19, 2022

Crochet Zebra Paci Clip Pattern





I made this with crochet thread.

Zebra Head

In black
1. 6 mc
2. Inc, SC, 2 inc, SC, inc
3. Inc, 3 SC, 2 inc, 3 SC, inc
4. Inc, 5 SC, 2 inc, 5 SC, inc
5. Inc, 7 SC, 2 inc, 7 SC, inc
6. Inc, 9 sc, 2 inc, 9 sc, inc
7. 1 SC, inc, 9 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 9 sc, inc, 1 SC
8. 1 SC, inc, 11 SC, inc, 2 sc, inc, 11 SC, inc, 1 SC finish off
Switch to white
Turn the nose around and, in white:

1. Ch 5, (count back 8 stitches from the last stitch you made in black and) SC in the front loop of that 8th stitch, SC in the front loop of the next stitch (the 9th stitch), ch 1, turn
2. Skip the last SC you made and SC in the 1st SC you made, SC in each of the next 4 chain stitches, 3 SC in the beginning chain stitch, now working down the back of the chain, sc in next 4 chain stitches, then SC in the front loop of the 8th st, SC in flo of next black stitch (the 7th stitch)
3. Ch 1, turn, skip 1st SC, 5 SC, inc, SC, inc, 5 sc, flo SC in next black stitch
4. Ch 1, turn, skip 1st SC, 5 SC, inc, SC, inc, SC, inc, 5 sc, flo SC in next 2 black stitches
5. Ch 1, turn, skip 1st SC, 7 sc, hdc inc, hdc, dc inc, hdC, hdc inc, 7 sc, flo SC in next 2 black stitches
6. Ch 1, turn, skip 1st SC, 4 sc, 2 hdc, 2 dc, 2 tc, 2 dc, 2 hdc, 5 SC, 2 hdc, 2 dc, 2 tc, 2 dc, 2 hdc, 4 SC, Sl st the base of the nose and finish off.

Ear (make 2)
In white:
1. Ch 5
2. Beginning in 2nd st from hook, SC, sc, hdc inc, 3 SC, hdc inc, sc, sc, Sl st in 1st st and finish off but leave long tail.
3. In black: starting on the bottom right corner of the ear, SC, SC, inc, sc, SC, in top stitch (SC, ch 3, SC), SC, SC, inc, sc, SC, finish off and weave in tail.
Sew onto the head with the white thread



Ribbon
For the ribbon, I used this pattern. Attach your black thread as described below, then follow the bookmark pattern, alternating between black and white rows.

In black, starting 3 st left of the center of the nose, attach thread and ch 50 (or however long you want your paci chain to be).
Continue with bookmark pattern.


Loop
In the center of the end of the paci ribbon, attach black thread, make a chain until it's long enough to be able to go through a paci handle, and attach it in a loop to the paci ribbon.

Embroider eyes, a smile, a tuft of hair, and sew on the clip. :-)

 

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Microamigurumi Crochet Keychain Fox






Materials needed:
-reddish/brown embroidery floss
-white embroidery floss
-black embroidery floss
-size 12 crochet hook
-keychain ring

Head: Begin with white thread.
1: in white, 6 sc in mc
2: (in white - Inc, 2 dc) (In orange - Inc, 2 dc)- 8
3: (1st st of increase in orange then switch to white) - inc, 3 dc. (In orange - Inc, 3 dc) - 10
4: (in orange - Inc) (in white - 4 dc) (in orange - Inc, 4 dc) - 12
5: (in orange - Inc, dc) (in white - 4 dc) (in orange - dc, 5 Inc) - 18
6: (in orange - (Inc, 2 dc) (in white - 4 dc) (in orange - (2 dc, Inc)*3 then 2 dc) - 22
7: (in orange - 3 dc) (in white - 6 dc) (in orange - 13 dc)
8: (in orange - Inc, 2 dc) (in white - 6 dc) (in orange - (2 dc, inc)*1 then (3 dc, inc)*1 then (2 dc, inc)*1 then (3 dc)*1 - 26
9: (in orange - inc, 2 dc) (in white - 8 dc) (in orange - (2 dc, inc)*1, (1 dc, inc)*1, (2 dc, inc)*3, (1 dc)*1) - 32
10: (in orange - 4 sc) (in white - 8 sc) (in orange - 20 sc) - 32
You can finish off the white now. You'll only need orange from now on.
11:(2 dc, dec)*7, (dec, 2 dc)*2, (dec)*1 - 28
Begin stuffing the head
12: (dc, dec)*9, (dc)*1 - 19
13: (dec)*9, (dc)*1 - 10
14: (sc dec)*5 - 5
Finish off, leaving a long tail.

Ears: The placement will depend on your taste of how far apart you want them to be.
With the head facing towards you, counting down the center of the nose, count straight back to the desired row (about row 11) then count to the right and left 5-6 stitches to place your hook (this will be the outer edge of the ear).
For left ear: work with the face toward you
1: With your yarn already looped onto your hook, insert it into the spot you want to start and sc 3.
2: turn, sk 1st stitch (don't ch), tc in next st, sl st in last st, then sl st in head. Finish off.
For right ear: turn the head around so you're working from the back side then repeat the instructions for the left ear.

Body: (I don't remember exactly what I did - something like the following...)
*The increases might be a little confusing since I switch back and forth between dc and sc, but for this pattern if you have been doing dc, the increase will be a dc increase and if you have been doing sc, the increase will be a sc increase.*
In orange
1: In magic circle, dc 8
2: (dc inc)*8 - 16
3: (dc, inc)*8 - 24
4-7: dc around - 24
8: (2 dc, dec)*9 - 18
9: (in orange - 5 dc) (in white - 8 dc) (in orange - 5 dc) - 18
10: (in orange - (dc, dec)*2) (in white - (dc, dec)*2) (in orange - (dc, dec)*2) - 12
11: (in orange - 4 dc) (in white - 4 dc) (in orange - 4 dc) - 12
12: (in orange - 2 dec) (in white - 2 dec) (in orange - 2 dec) - 6
13: (in orange) dec around, finish off.

Back leg: in black
Ch 4
In back of chain, starting in 2nd ch from hook, 1: Inc, sc, (4 sc), sc, sc - 9
2-3: sc around - 9
4: 2 sc, 2 sc3tog, sc - 5
5: sc around - 5
6: sc around but switch to orange in the last stitch. - 5
In orange:
7: 4 sc, inc - 6
8: 2 inc, 3 sc, inc - 9
9: (sc, inc)*3, 3 sc - 12
10: (sc, inc)*2, (inc, sc)*2, 4 sc - 16
11: (2 sc, inc)*2, (inc, 2 sc)*2, 4 sc - 20
12: (2 sc, Dec)*5 - 16
13: (sc, Dec)*5 - 12
14: (Dec)*5 - 6
15: Dec around and finish off

Front Leg: In black
Ch 4
In back of chain, starting in 2nd ch from hook, 1: Inc, sc, (4 sc), sc, sc - 9
2-3: sc around - 9
4: 2 sc, 2 sc3tog, sc - 5
5: sc around - 5
6: sc around but switch to orange in the last stitch. - 5
In orange:
7: sc, inc, sc, inc, sc - 7
8-12: sc around - 7
Stuff leg
13: this row will close the leg, making it flat so you can sew it to the side of the fox.
Flatten the leg and crochet through both the
3 sc
14: sl st, turn, 3 sc, finish off
Finished with 11

Tail:
1: 4 sc in mc
2-3: SC around - 4
4: SC, inc, SC, inc - 6
5: (inc, SC)*3 - 9
6-13: SC around
14: flatten and SC 4 across. Finish off
After the tail is finished, add the "fur". I used mostly reddish/brown, but used some white for the tail tip.
I just cut the strands of thread into approximately 1” strips. Insert the crochet hook, pull the thread partway through, then pull the ends through the loop. Pull tight.
After I finished adding the fur, I brushed it vigorously with a hairbrush to fray it a little.

Assemble the fox, add the keychain ring, and embroider eyes, nose, and a smile!

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Lamb Lovey Blanket Crochet Pattern







Special Crochet Terms:
ps = puff stitch
BLO = back loop only
tc = triple crochet

Head: In white
1. In a magic circle, sc 6
2. (ps inc)*6 - 12
3. (ps, ps inc)*6 - 18
4. (2 ps, ps inc)*6 - 24
5-9. ps around - 24
10. (2 ps, ps dec)*6 - 18
11. (ps, ps dec)*6 - 12
12. ps dec around - 6
Finish off leaving a long tail.

Ear:
1. In magic circle, sc 4
2. (sc, inc)*2 - 6
3. sc around - 6
4. (2 sc, inc)*2 - 8
5. (3 sc in 1st st, 1 sc in each of the next 3 st)*2 - 12
6. sc around - 12
7. Inc, sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, sc, inc, 3 sc - 16
8. 2 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 5 sc - 18
9-11 - sc around - 18
12 - 2 sc, 2 dec, 5 sc, 2 dec, 3 sc - 14
13. sc around - 14
14. sc, dc3tog, 4 sc, dc3tog, 3 sc - 10

Finish off and attach to head.
Embroider face.

Body: Using both white and blue.
In white
1. In a magic circle, sc 6
2. (sc, sc inc)*6 - 12
3. (2 sc, sc inc)*6 - 18
4-5. ps around - 18
After round 5 I ended up sewing the head onto the neck (attaching it between round 3 and 4).
Finish off white
In blue
6. (2 ps, ps inc)*8 - 32
7. (3 ps, ps inc)*8 - 40
Continue the pattern, increasing one ps each row ((4 ps, ps inc)*8, (5 ps, ps inc)*8, etc...).
I continued until round 17, but you could make it as large or small as you want.
When it is the desired length, finish with the border.
Border: In blue
(hdc, tc, hdc) in first stitch, sc in next stitch. Repeat around.

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Airplane Crochet Patten







This airplane has a nice little seat to add a rider!
The only thing I'd try to change if I made the airplane again is make the decrease rows of the nose (rounds 14-17) and seat (rounds 8-11) tighter so they don't bulge inward. On this "model", a lot of the seat is filled in by the decrease rows.

Using size 4 yarn (both white and blue), a size G/6-4.00 mm hook, and a button

The nose, windshield (this part is made with a different color), seat, and tail are all crocheted without needing to sew any pieces together.
Nose:
In blue:
1. 6 sc in a magic circle
2. (sc, inc)*3
3. (2 sc, inc)*3
4. Change to blue - sc around
5. (3 sc, inc)*3
6. (4 sc, inc)*3
7. (5 sc, inc)*3 - 21
8-13. sc around - 21
14. Place a marker in the first stitch and leave it for later. In BLO, (3 sc, Dec)*4, sc - 17
15. In both loops, (2 sc, Dec)*4, SC
16. (1 sc, Dec)*4, SC
17. Dec around, finish off, and weave in tail.

Windshield
In white:
1. From the marker, count 7. Beginning in the 8th stitch, FLO, 7 SC
2. Turn, sl st in 1st st, sc2tog, sc, sc2tog, sl st.
3. Turn, sl st in 1st st, 3 sc, sl st. Finish off and weave in tail.

Seat:
In blue:
1. Starting in the same stitch you placed the 7th sc for the windshield, in FLO, 16 SC -
2-3. Ch 1, turn, 16 sc
4-5. Ch 2, turn, 16 dc
6. Ch 1, turn, 16 sc
7. Ch 1, turn, 16 SC, ch 5, attach in BLO of 1st st with a sl st
8. Place a marker in the first stitch and leave it for later. Ch 1, in BLO, (3 sc, Dec)*4, sc - 17
9. In both loops, (2 sc, Dec)*4, SC
10. (1 sc, Dec)*4, SC
11. Dec around, finish off, and weave in tail.

Tail:
In blue:
1. Beginning in the marked stitch, in FLO, sc around - 21
2. sc around - 21
3. (5 sc, Dec)*3 - 18
4-5. dc around
6. (4 sc, Dec)*3 - 15
7-8. dc around
9. (3 sc, Dec)*3 - 12
10. 11 sc, in FLO inc - 13
11. In FLO, (inc)*3, in both loops sc, (Dec)*3, sc, In FLO sc, hdc
12. In FLO, 4 dc, hdc, sc, in both loops 2 sc, dc3tog, in FLO 2 sc
Begin stuffing
13. In FLO, sc, hdc, dc, (this next stitch will be done in the same stitch you just made the dc in and in the stitch you'll make the next dc - it's just to make the tail a bit more pointy) tc2tog, dc, hdc, in both loops sc2tog, dc3tog, pinch the remaining hole closed (making sure it is an up & down oval rather than a sideways oval), insert your hook through both sides of the oval, and sc2tog to close hole.
Finish off


Wing: (make 2)
In white:
1. In magic circle, 4 SC
2. (SC, (3 sc in next st))*2 - 8
3-5. SC around - 8
6. 2 sc, (3 sc in next st), 3 sc, (3 sc in next st), sc - 12
7-9. SC around
10. 3 sc, (3 sc in next st), 5 SC, (3 sc in next st), 2 sc - 16
11-13. SC around
14. 4 sc, (3 sc in next st), 7 SC, (3 sc in next st), 3 sc - 20
15-16. SC around

Propeller:
In white:
1. In magic circle, 4 sc
2. 4 sc
3. (Inc, sc)*2 - 6
4-11. sc around

Tail Wing: (make 2)
In blue:
1: In magic circle, 4 sc
2: sc 4
3: (inc, sc)*2 - 6
4: (inc, 3 sc)*2 - 8
5: sc around