Holiday Craft Source

Here is a cute Easter Bunny Hat to crochet for Easter which I found at Crochet Me. This hat can be made to fit a 6 month old through adult. It is made with worsted weight yarn.

To make this hat you will need:

Make this lovely Easter Banner this Easter.  This is a pattern from Happy Crafts and Creations, which can be sewn by hand.

For this banner you will need:

• Easter banner pattern
• Felt: full sheet of medium purple (9″ X 12″)
• Other felt: light pink, medium pink, light blue, light purple, dark purple, yellow, light green , light teal, white
• Embroidery floss: medium pink, dark pink, light blue, light purple, dark purple, medium yellow, light green, light teal, white and black
• Ribbon (3/8″ wide)
• Two buttons (5/8″ to ¾” wide)
• Sewing needle
• Bead needle
• Scissors
• 5 white pearl beads (1/8″ wide)
• 1 black bead (1/8″ to 3/16″ wide)
• 6 pink seed beads
• 14 light green seed beads
• Hot glue gun
• Cardboard (1″ X 8″)

You may be interested in other holiday banner patterns on their website.

Happy Crafting!!

This evening I came across a free cross stitch pattern for an Easter Bunny Sampler from Hancock’s House of Happy.

They have included the DMC colour key in the chart but you don’t have to stick to that. Experiment with your favourite colours.

There are many other free Cross Stitch patterns on Hancock’s House of Happy that you may also like to make.

Happy Crafting!!

Crocheting is one of my favourite crafts.  So when I was looking for some Easter Crafts to crochet I came across a crochet pattern for Easter Eggs over at Easy Makes me Happy .

To make these crocheted eggs you will need:

• F hook
• Worsted Weight Yarn, (I used Cascade 220 wool)
• Fiber Fill
• Stitch Marker
• Yarn Needle

Click here to view this free crochet pattern.

Well another New Year has arrived and I thought I would share with you some of the recent things I have been working on.

In November 2010 I crocheted a Ripple Lap Afghan using the pattern from Classic Afghans to Knit and Crochet [Leisure Arts Leaflet 44].  I made it with Red Heart Worsted weight yarn in Light Grey and Burgundy, about 38″ by 38″. Just a nice size for using while reading or watching TV.

In December and January I crocheted four shawls for the Ladies Auxiliary here in Pangman, which shawls were donated to our Care Home. I used the Half Granny Square pattern which I found on the River Glorious World Blog.

Seems like I am on a bunny theme this week. So here are some more bunnies you can make:

• A No Sew Bunny Tutorial from The Stitchin Chicken

• Little Bunnies to Sew from Craft Elf.

• Washcloth Easter Bunny from All Free Crafts

• Felt Easter Bunnies from Scribbit.

• Sock Mother Rabbit and Bunnies from CraftDow.com.

• Bunny Pillow Tutorial from Crafty Carnival.

Happy Crafting!

Everytime I go shopping I notice that all the stores have their own reusable shopping bags. Most of them are black with the store logo on them. But for Spring, I think it would be nice to have a brighter colored tote bag.

After some searching on the internet I was able to find a few tutorials on how to make my own tote bag.

• Scrap Tote Bag from Patterns That Fit You. Make this one up using those scrap fabrics you have in your stash. Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Pink October Tote Bag from Mama’s Pocketbook. This is a free pattern with tutorial. Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Easy Reversible Tote Bag from Vively Online.  Instructions with photos. Good beginner’s sewing project. Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Frequent Flowers Quilted Tote Bag Pattern from How Stuff Works. The pattern is in pdf format so you will need Acrobat Reader to print this pattern.

Happy Crafting!!

I was thinking I would like to make up some flower pins to give as a gift for some friends. I have never crocheted or knitted flowers before, so I started searching the internet for some patterns.

Crocheted Flower Patterns:

• A Crochet Flower Tutorial from Echoes of a Dream .
• Crochet Flower Patterns from My Lifetime.  There are 3 flower patterns: Fanciful Flower, Bold Bloom and Sunny Flower.
• There are many more free Crochet Flower Patterns at Crochet Pattern Central.

Knitting Flower Patterns:

• Flower Power Brooch from Knit on the Net.
• Knit Your Own Flower Corsage from iVillage.co.uk
• Knitted Posies by Peggy from Blue Bell Knitting Guild
• There are many more free Knitting Flower Patterns at Knitting Pattern Central

I think that a handmade flower pin or brooch would make a lovely gift for mother’s day.

Happy Crafting!!

I was looking outside just now and all I see is snow everywhere. We have had more snow here this year than in the past few years.  I went in the craft room last night, dug out some bright colored knitting cotton and made up this dishcloth to brighten up the kitchen.  I made this one using white and variegated pink wool.

This Petal Dishcloth pattern can be found at Dishcloth Boutique.   They have many free dishcloth patterns to knit and crochet.

Happy Crafting!!

Today I found a few knitting and crocheting ideas for St. Patrick’s Day.

• Knitted Shamrock Dishcloth.  The Shamrock is knitted right into the dish cloth. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Beaded Shamrock Doily from Moms Love of Crochet. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Pot O’ Gold to Crochet from Crochet Memories. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Crocheted Shamrock Dishcloth from an earlier post we made in 2008. Click here for supplies and instructions.

Happy Crafting!!