Crochet Bedspread

I posted a couple of weekends ago about my “powered by red bull” dk weight cable blanket – i am pleased to announce that i have seen sense and decided to crochet one instead!

I don’t know how many squares I’m going to need yet, but I’m hoping it will be a) quicker and b) not quite so fiddly.

Why did i think 6 foot strips of cables would be a good idea??

Any way…. These are the first four squares:

I found the pattern on pinterest, but it is available as a free Ravelry download here

Happy hooking!!

Free Pattern! Filet Crochet Bunny Blanket

Another great free pattern for you! I found this on pinterest and have been beavering away at it!

You can find the pattern here: free filet crochet bunny afghan

If you’ve not done filet crochet before take the time to read the instructions properly!! (I didn’t to start with!) remember that every square on the chart is worth 2 actual stitches 🙂

Granny Square Security Blankets

I keep seeing things like this on Pinterest:

Lion Security Blanket – available for sale on Etsy (click picture for link)

and I really like them.  I think they’re super cute and the sort of thing most children would love.  Add to this that I seem to know a lot of people having babies at the moment, and I really want to make one.

The problem has been that I have been searching for them online (mainly on Pinterest) and I can only find them for sale as finished items.  I don’t want to buy one! I want to make one!!

So, I’ve been on a bit of a mission tonight, it’s not completely finished yet, but it’s definitely had a good start, and I’ve written the pattern as I’ve gone along too.  So I thought I might share that with you as a kind of early Christmas present.  I can’t guarantee this version is error free, but it’s a good start!!

Mine so far looks a little like this:

Granny Snuggler

I’ve decided to call it the Granny Snuggler – it’s quite late here and I couldn’t think of anything better!!  But the idea behind the pattern was to create a fairly generic head shape that could them be used to create a variety of animals by changing ear shape and facial features.

For this project you will need:

– DK / 8 Ply yarn (in as many or few colours as you wish)

– 2.50 mm crochet hook

– 3.50 mm crochet hook

– black embroidery thread/waste yarn

– fiberfill

– tapestry needle

I have written the pattern using ENGLISH CROCHET TERMS – don’t ask me why, I normally write my crochet patterns up in US terminology because it makes more sense to me, but for this pattern I have chosen to be awkward and not do that.

If you would like to download it, please click: Granny Snuggler

I would really love to see pictures if people make this! (And also to know that the pattern makes some form of sense) so please, please, please email me pictures of your finished / started / work in progress piece!! annahandknits@gmail.com

17th December… Already??

I’m starting this post with two apologies.  The first for being so crap at posting (new job, making birthday presents, making baby shower presents, making Christmas presents – those are my excuses).  The second is for the barrage of posts you’re going to get this evening.  I have a lot of catching up to do!!

I thought I would give you a quick run down of projects I’ve been doing and some of the fantastic free patterns I’ve been using.

So, to start…

It was my lovely friend Nancy’s birthday the other week, and I wanted to make her something, so having perused my Knitting, Crochet and Yarn board on Pinterest (if you’re on Pinterest you can follow me here if you like) I found this wonder cabled bag:

Viking Bag by Karen S. Lauger, available for download from Ravelry (click picture for link)

I absolutely loved it, and was pretty sure that Nancy would too.  The best bit was that Karen had kindly done the pattern for free!!  Winner.  You can download the pattern from Ravelry by clicking here.

Then there is this really adorable, really quick little crochet project – they almost look like owl nuggets!

Baby Owl Ornaments by Josephine Wu, free download from Ravelry

You can find the pattern for them on Ravelry by clicking here.

Another crochet pattern I’ve been having a lot of fun with is Crochet in Colour’s Ombre Basket.  It’s another free pattern and it’s a great stash buster.

Crochet in Color’s Ombre Basket – Free Pattern

I have a selection of other free patterns to share with you soon, but they’re Christmas presents so you’ll just have to wait a little while for those ones.

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