Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Newborn Crown or Tiara

This is a simple crown pattern. I think it would be a great prop for newborn photos.
Download on Ravelry Here & Craftsy Here.

Friday, June 3, 2011

I'm a Designer on All Free Crochet!!!

Check me out! I am a designer on All Free Crochet!  You can check out my Designer Bio here.  This site is a great free resource for patterns & tutorials! This has really inspired my to get more free patterns on my blog. My next free pattern will be Newborn size of the crown pictured below. What an adorable prop this would be for a newborn photo session!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Basic Chunky Newborn Beanie ~ Free Pattern

This is a very basic beanie pattern. It is super cute on newborns! Great for baby's first pictures, a quick handmade gift or charitable giving. This hat will measure about 13" in circumference and about 5" (little less) crown to brim.

 UPDATE!!!!!
 You can see a 2 part video tutorial for this hat at this link ~ http://oodles4noodles.blogspot.com/2011/09/basic-chunky-newborn-beanie-video.html


Materials:  Bulky Weight - Level 5 or 6 yarn (I used Impeccable Charisma from Micheals)
                Size L crochet hook
                Yarn Needle

* At the end of each round join with a slip st in the first st *

Rnd 1: Magic Loop, ch.2, 12 dc, pull loop tight
Rnd 2: Ch 2, dc in same space, * 2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st * repeat * to * until end of round (18 dc)
Rnd 3: Repeat Rnd 2 (27 dc)
Rnd 4 - 7: Ch 2, dc in each st around (27 dc)

At the end of Rnd 7 join with Invisible Join.

Super easy, super fast & super cute hat!! Embelish with crochet flower or nice big button! If you make this please leave me a link with pictures or post them to my Facebook page. Link is to the right.
Enjoy!!

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