Pattern Giveaway WINNERS!

by Melissa // June 12, 2014 // 1 Comment

Yesterday was the last day to enter my Birthday Pattern Giveaway, so I’ve spent the morning going through the entries to find the winners. Each entry was assigned a number, and nine numbers were randomly selected to win.

1st Prize Winner: Lise Mendel – you’ve won 9 free patterns!

Thanks for your generosity.

2nd Prize Winner: Lian – you’ve won 8 free patterns!

You have lovely cute patterns. Would be good if I won some of them !!

3rd Prize Winner: Rebecca W – you’ve won 7 free patterns!

Congrats on 9 years and so many adorable patterns! Thanks for the chance to enter, and hereâ€™s to many more years of awesome. 😉

4th Prize Winner: Amy Lounsberry – you’ve won 6 free patterns!

love a chance at those great patterns

5th Prize Winner: Dorothy Mouse – you’ve won 5 free patterns!

I would love to win a pattern. Thanks for the contest

6th Prize Winner: SherryG. – you’ve won 4 free patterns!

Congrats on your anniversary. Love the patterns. Thanks for the chance.

7th Prize Winner: Monie – you’ve won 3 free patterns!

Yay patterns! I need something new to get my creative juices flowing again!

8th Prize Winner: Cropperhopper – you’ve won 2 free patterns!

How exciting! I love your patterns!

9th Prize Winner: RealTruck – you’ve won 1 free pattern!

Congratulations and thanks for the most generous contest.

Winners have been contacted with their prize codes. If you believe you have won but have not received a message, please let me know! Thank you to everyone who entered and participated, this was so much fun!

25 Things to Crochet with 100 Yards or Less

by Melissa // June 9, 2014 // No Comments

There are a lot of crochet patterns on the internet, and sometimes it can be hard to pick the good ones from the crowd. Today I thought I’d pick out 25 free crochet patterns that can be made with 100 yards of yarn or less. I hope you enjoy!

Facial Cleaning Pads (less than 5 yds)
Teeny Tiny Lobsters (5-10 yds)
Luna Lovegood’s Radish Earrings (11-22 yds)
Hundred Yen Pouch (20-30 yds)
Irish Rose (20-30 yds)
Littlest Bashful Starfish (20-40 yds)
Little Baker Set (20-60 yds)
Toot Sweet Newborn Bonnet (30 yds)
Calypso Hairband (35-40 yds)
Oh-So-Soft Baby Washcloth (40-50 yds)
Basic Baby Beanie (50 yds)
Lace Jewelry Frame (50-75 yds)
Donut Pincushion (50-100 yds)
Feminine Wristwarmers (55 yds)
Dot’s Little Ditty Bag (57 yds)
Granny Square Baby Bonnet (58-78 yds)
Baby Elephant (60-65 yds)
Criss Cross Baby Shoes (60-65 yds)
Rib-Look Newborn Cap (75-100 yds)
Folded Potholder (80-100 yds)
Stratus Hat (80-85 yds)
Fancy Goldfish Amigurumi (85 yds)
Nadie Hair Wrap (85 yds)
Mary Jane Slippers (99 yds)
Helen Neckwarmer (100 yds)

Simple Embroidered Onesie

by Melissa // June 3, 2014 // 1 Comment

When Ivy was born, I got so excited about having a little girl that I made a number of previously un-doable projects for her. Among those was a simple embroidered onesie.

This is a great way to improve basic 3-pack onesies without too much time or effort, and a few of these would make an excellent baby shower gift (an excellent, inexpensive baby shower gift) with a delicate vintage touch that’s sure to be oooh-ed and aaaaah-ed over.

I just winged the design for mine as I went:

First I made the vine with backstitch, then used lazy daisy stitch to make the flowers, and french knots for the buds. Fun fact: even though I’ve been embroidering for 15 years or more, this is the first time I’ve made really successful french knots, and I did it by following these directions here.

One last close-up!

Obviously you can embroider anything you like onto your onesie – flowers, trains, elephants or what-have-you – but I enjoyed making the flowers and just sort of letting the design grow organically as I added a leaf here, a bud there, another petal over there. Ivy has long since outgrown the teeny little newborn onesie I embroidered for her, but it was so much fun I’m thinking about doing a few more in larger sizes.

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