It's Giveaway Time!

Update 21st July - the giveaway has ended and a winner has been picked!  Don't forget though that giveaways are always via my Facebook page, so to keep up-to-date all you have to do is throw a like my way!

To celebrate over 30,000 hits on my blog (now over 31,000, thank you!) last week I launched a giveaway on my Facebook page!

Don't worry there's still a couple of days to go, so there's still chance to win a copy of my beautiful, luxurious and ununusal 'Snake Stitch Neck Warmer/Scarf' pattern!  The pattern has been tested by 3 Ravelry members and comes with a step-by-step photo tutorial!  I absolutely love this stunning neck warmer!  Here's one I made earlier!

To enter all you have to do is like my page via the Rafflecopter link at the top of the page where it says Giveaway on my Facebook page.  Good luck!

Free PatternS! Little Moll's Dress & Cardigan Set - 3 Sizes

This pattern is named after my beautiful baby niece because the dress and cardigan are almost as pretty as she! Cheesy but true!

As the pattern is available for sizes 0-12 months and includes two versions of the dress and the cardigan it's fairly long so rather than paste it all here, here is a link to the free Ravelry download

Both the dress and the cardigan are worked from the neck down.

There are two ways to work the dress, as a simple shift or with a fuller skirt.

Cap sleeves, button bands and a collar are worked onto the dress after the body is made.

Button bands, a collar and long sleeves are worked onto the cardigan after the body is made.

As usual if you have any problems with the pattern or the link, please don’t hesitate to contact me and I’ll see if I can help!

The 'Snake' Stitch

Hello all!

I have been trying to come up with something a bit different recently - something people haven't seen before and last weekend whilst playing with my hook and some yarn I came up with a really interesting variation on the crocodile stitch.

I wrote a pattern for a neck warmer/scarf based upon this discovery and on Monday I popped it onto Ravelry to be tested!  It was one of my three wonderful testers who commented that the stitch 'snaked' it's way down, accross, up and accross creating lovely S shaped ruffles and so the 'Snake' stitch was born.

I'm not so big headed to think that I've come up with something brand new, in fact I'm sure that somewhere in the history of crochet this stitch has been discovered previously and named something else!  But suffice to say I'm very happy with my new pattern and the shawl I'm currently working on that uses the stitch in a slightly different way.

Below are a couple of photo's of the neck warmer's I have made and here's the link to the pattern on Ravelry for further info - Snake Stitch Neck Warmer or Scarf

I hope you like it!  Comments welcome as always!

 

Free Pattern: Esperaza Wrist Warmers

A family member requested that I make her some wrist warmers, so here they are and here's the free pattern!

These wrist warmers work up incredibly quickly and are really pretty!  So pretty that I'm going to be making some for myself now!

 

Esperaza Wrist Warmers

Yarn: 25g of 3/Light/Worsted/8ply yarn

Hook: G7 hook (4.5mm)

Terminology: US

Special Stitches

Cluster (cl): [Yo, insert hook in next dc, yo and draw up lp, yo and draw through 2 lps on hook] 5 times, yo and draw through all 6 lps on hook.

Front Post Double Crochet (fpdc): Yo and insert hook from the front to the back around the post of the dc of previous row. Complete as for a regular dc stitch.

Back Post Double Crochet (bpdc): Yo and insert hook from the back to the front around the post of the dc of previous row. Complete as for a regular dc stitch.

Pattern – Make 2

Ch a multiple of 6 sts to suit the size of the hand you’re making the wrist warmers for, and join with a sl st to form a ring.  The gloves in the images above were made with a starting chain of 30.

Round 1: Ch3 (counts as a dc), 4dc into same ch sp, skip 2 ch, 1 dc in next ch, *skp 2 ch, 5dc in next ch, skp 2 ch, 1 dc in next ch; rep from * to end, ending with a dc, skp 2ch, join last dc to first with a sl st.

Round 2: Ch5 (counts as a dc and a ch2), skip first dc, *cl over next 5 dc, ch 2, 1 dc in next dc, ch 2; rep from *, ending with cl over last 5 dc, ch 2, join with a sl st to 3rd ch of beginning 5 ch.

Round 3: Ch3, skip 2 sts, 5dc in top of cl, *skip 2 ch, 1dc in next dc, skip 2 ch, 5dc in top of next cluster; rep from *, ending with a dc, skp 2ch, join last dc to first with a sl st.

Round 4: Repeat row 2.

Round 5: Repeat row 3.

Round 6: Repeat row 2.

Round 7: Ch3, skip 2 sts, 4dc in top of cl, *skip 2 ch, 1dc in next dc, skip 2 ch, 4dc in top of next cluster; rep from *, ending with a dc, skp 2ch, join last dc to first with a sl st.

Rounds 8 & 9: Ch2, hdc into each st around, joining last to first with a sl st.

Round 10: Ch3, dc into each st around, joining last to first with a sl st.

Round 11: Ch3, alternate fpdc, bpdc around, joining last st to first with a sl st.

Round 12: Ch1, sc into each st around, joining last to first with a sl st.

I hope you like this pattern!  If you have any problems with it please don't hesitate to let me know and I'll see if I can help! 

Text and images by Lolly's Crafty Crochet & Laura Tegg, all rights reserved.  No pattern may be reproduced or distributed — mechanically, electronically, or by any other means, including photocopying, without written permission.  Finished products created with this pattern may be used for commercial sale. It is appreciated if design credit to Lolly's Crafty Crochet is listed in finished products.