Oh Snap! This crochet gingerbread cookie has the perfect little pocket pouch on its tummy to hold a holiday gift card and even some extra little candy treats inside! Make a loop at the top and it can also be used as a keepsake ornament. Super cute and super quick to crochet. You will be baking… I mean making… a dozen in no time!

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This pattern is part of the Marly Bird & Friends 24 Days of Quickies! I have teamed up with some fantastic designer friends to help you make your homemade holiday dreams come true with the 24 Days of Quickies with Marly Bird & Friends! We will share great last minute patterns for both knit and crochet Christmas gifts. Most of these gifts are easy to complete in one day! Need 24 quick knit and crochet projects for gifts this holiday season? You will find the perfect quick knit and quick crochet projects RIGHT HERE over the next 24 days.

Below are the instructions for my Gingerbread Man Gift Card Holder or click the button above for an Ad-Free PDF!

Gingerbread Man Gift Card Holder Pattern:

Materials:
– Bernat Super Value yarn in color Topaz and White and a bit of Pink or Red for the cheeks
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Two small black safety eyes
– Two small red buttons and one small green button
– Tapestry needle

Gingerbread Body:
Note: pattern works from bottom up and gift card pouch is worked right into the pattern!
starting with brown yarn
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 8 SC in ring, join, chain 1 (8 SC)
Round 2: 2 SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (16 SC)
Round 3: 2 SC in first stitch, SC in next stitch, repeat around, join, chain 1 (24 SC)
Round 4-10: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (24 SC)
Round 11: Chain 10, skip 10 stitches, join to 11^th stitch in round with a SC, SC in remaining 13 stitches in round, join to first chain, chain 1 (the skipped stitches will be your pocket!)
Round 12: SC in each stitch around including each of the 10 chains, join, chain 1 (24 SC)
Round 13: SC Decrease, SC in next 2 stitches, repeat around, join, chain 1
Round 14: SC Decrease, SC in next stitch, repeat around, join, chain 1 (12 SC)
Round 15: 2 SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (24 SC)
Round 16: 2 SC in first stitch, SC in next 5 stitches, repeat around, join, chain 1 (28 SC)
Round 17-22: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (28 SC)
Round 23: SC Decrease, SC in next 2 stitches, repeat around (21 SC)

Join in white yarn for round 24 only, chain 1
Round 24: SC in each stitch around (21 SC)

Join in brown yarn, chain 1
Round 25: SC Decrease, SC in next stitch, repeat around, join, chain 1 (14 SC)

Round 25: SC Decrease until head is closed. 
Fasten off and weave in ends.
NOTE: Use this opportunity to stitch a loop on the top of head with your loose end to make it an ornament!

Face and Body Embelishments:
Add on two black safety eyes between rounds 20 and 21, about 3 stitches apart from each other.

Cheeks (make 2):
with pink or red yarn
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 6 SC in ring, join, fasten off leaving long tail to stitch cheeks onto the face. 

Smile:
with a strand of white yarn your tapestry needle, stitch on a smile between the two cheeks.

Sew on two small red buttons and one green button in a line down the center of the tummy.

Optional: Stitch neck closed so all the stitching, loose ends, and back of safety eyes aren’t visible or accessible when finished.

Arms (make 2):
starting with brown yarn
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 8 SC in ring, join, chain 1
Round 2: SC in each stitch around (8 SC)
join in white yarn for round 3 only, chain 1
Round 3: SC in each stitch around (8 SC)
fasten off white yarn and join in brown yarn
Round 4-7: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (8 SC)
Fasten off after round 7 and attach arms to side of body right under neck of gingerbread man.

Feet (make 2):
starting with brown yarn
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 12 SC in ring, join, chain 1
Round 2: SC in each stitch around (12 SC)
join in white yarn for round 3 only, chain 1
Round 3: SC in each stitch around (12 SC)
fasten off white yarn and join in brown yarn
Round 4-6: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (12 SC)
Fasten off after round 6 and attach feet on either side of bottom body.

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Let’s make a border on our Gnome Corner-to-Corner Crochet Blanket! This technique will work on any C2C blanket and you can make the border as skinny or thick as you’d like. I took the background color from all 12 gnome panels and made a round on the border with each color.

I have a video tutorial for this border on my Repeat Crafter Me Youtube Page as well:

You can find all the patterns for the #2022GnomeProject HERE on the Gnome Landing Page

If you haven’t joined your gnome panels yet, I have a tutorial for that RIGHT HERE

The first thing you will need to do to create your border is to take white (or whatever color you joined your panels with and create starting border around the entire blanket. This will be a single crochet between each pixel block + chain 2 + SC between the next pixel block.

When you get to the corners make a SC + chain 2 + SC in each corner.

Round 2 of your border you will make 2 SC in each chain 2 space from the previous round. Again making a SC + chain 2 + SC in each corner.

Round 3 and beyond of your border is simple SC stitches in any color of your choices for as many rounds of you like. Be sure to make a SC + chain 2 + SC in each corner.

I have one more thing I want to add to this blanket before the big reveal! Stay tuned for more this coming week!

It’s time to join our crochet gnomes! This tutorial will work with any corner-to-corner crochet project and the best part is that you DON’T need a border on each of your individual C2C pieces! This is a very simple and effective technique. If you have already made individual borders along each of your gnome panels, don’t worry, you have lots of joining options that I will list out at the bottom of this post.

The first thing I would do is lay out all of your gnome panels in the correct order and position you want them. Choose a yarn color that you want to join your C2C panels with. I am choosing white – simple and clean! You are going to want to join all the seams, first going vertically, then going horizontally down the line. I try to explain this better in my video below:

Holding two of the panels together, you will be making a Single Crochet stitch between the pixel blocks, then make a chain 2 and reach your hook over to the next space between pixel blocks and make another SC. Continue until you have joined all the C2C panels.

The backside has a cool stitched look to it as well!

Alternate joining methods if your C2C panel has a border on it:
Join using the Braided Join Single Crochet as seen in my Corner-to-Corner Celebration Blanket.

Slip Stitch the front loops together as seen in my C2C Bird Blanket

Basic Single Crochet Join as seen in my Emoji Blanket:

And last but not least, one of my absolute favorite blankets and join techniques (but also the most time consuming) is the Tapestry Needle Lace Join (similar to a mattress stitch) that I used on my Christmas Character C2C Blanket.

Get all the details on the 2022 Gnome Project RIGHT HERE!
It’s never too late to start this blanket.

Up next will be a tutorial on how to crochet a border for you gnome blanket!

Welcome to week 1 of our Tuna the Cat and Bones the Dog Toy Duo Crochet-Along! And look who has come to join in on the merriment: It’s jolly cousin JINGLES the Dog! He couldn’t miss out on any of the fun of this easy 3 week crochet-along. Jingles is here to show you that you can choose any colors from the Red Heart Super Saver line of yarn to crochet your Cat and Dog stuffies. Dress them up for the season! I will be showing you how to crochet this cat and dog using ONE PATTERN and just by changing the ears, you get two different animals!

It’s not too late to join in the fun, you can sign up to get the lessons emailed directly into your inbox HERE anytime!

SIGN UP FOR THE TUNA & BONES CROCHET ALONG HERE

Over the course of three weeks, we’ll be stitching up this crochet cat and dog stuffie set in the super-versatile Red Heart Super Saver yarn. This simple project is easy to customize and perfect for gifting. It features both a bright and neutral version to suit your taste. Work your feline-canine bestie duo in the suggested shades or create a combo that’s uniquely yours.

Follow each week as we bring this adorable toy together in separate parts. Make sure to share your progress along the way on the Yarnspirations Stitch Squad Group, tag @Yarnspirations on Instagram and tag your posts with #TunaBonesCAL22 or #YARNSPO. We’re excited to see how you customize your duo!

ALL ABOUT LESSON 1:

Welcome to Lesson 1 of the Tuna & Bones Toy Duo Crochet Along, hosted by (me) Sarah Zimmerman from Repeat Crafter Me! This week we’re building the base of our new furry friends by creating their head and body, plus adding some character to their little faces.

The head / body is worked in one piece from the bottom up, beginning with a magic loop. You’ll build the shape upward through a series of increases and decreases in the round. Now is a great time to start adding your polyfill to the form to give the bottom some structure. Our animals start to take shape as we learn to create the snout, add whiskers, and attach the safety eyes and nose before closing the top

If for some reason you are having trouble signing up or accessing Lesson 1, you can click on the link below and it will send you directly to Lesson 1:

Get the direct link to LESSON 1 of the Toy Duo Crochet Along HERE

If you want to make Jingles the Dog, I used Red Heart Super Saver in colors Spring Green and Soft White. The Santa hat is made from my Mini Holiday Hats Pattern and I attached THESE BELLS on his collar (collar pattern will be posted in Lesson 3). The red safety nose can be found HERE on Amazon.

Christmas has come early! I’m posting our 12th and final gnome of the #2022gnomeproject a few days before the 1st of December. Isn’t our Santa so cute and festive with his fuzzy brimmed hat?! I used Bernat Pipsqueak yarn for the furry parts and it really is easy to work with when you are using the C2C crochet stitches. We still have a lot of ground to cover with this project: Joining the panels, Adding a border, AND I want to post a few other holiday themed gnome options as well. So expect all of that in the coming week or so.

It really is going to be a crazy start to December because I also have a Crochet-Along starting December 1st in collaboration with Yarnspirations. I will show you how to make Tuna the Cat and Bones the Dog Stuffies! They are so cute and a great beginner amigurumi project. Two animals made from the exact same pattern! Sign up for the Crochet-Along HERE

Now back to our Santa Gnome! In this post you will find the graphs for Santa and Mrs. Santa Claus but stay tuned because I will post several other graphs in a follow-up blog post. I love Christmas crochet so I really went over the top this month and have enough designs to make a holiday gnome blanket!

If this is the first time you are hearing about this gnome project, don’t worry, it is NEVER too late to join in! Let me explain what it is all about: In January 2022, Jennifer from Day by Day Clay and Crochet and I teamed up for a HUGE year-long project! Each month Jen creates a Gnome Polymer Clay Crochet Hook and I create a matching Gnome Corner-to-Corner Crochet panel. We focused on holiday and seasonal gnome designs. The pixel graph and how-to for the crochet portion of the collab will be right here on Repeat Crafter Me and you can purchase the coordinating clay hook from Jen on her Facebook page “Day by Day Clay and Crochet Group!”

AND if you want FIRST DIBS on the Gnome Crochet Hooks, you should think about joining the Day By Day Clay and Crochet PATREON! See the membership levels HERE.

Here is a sneak peak of this months gnome clay crochet hook! Her December hook will go on sale soon: —> DAY BY DAY CLAY AND CROCHET GROUP

The 12 months of Gnomes will be stitched together (very soon) to make a big blanket! You don’t necessarily need to add a border to each gnome piece but can if you want. I did not at this time. And of course you can use your gnomes for many other projects. Pillows, wall hangings, and more!

You can find all the monthly Gnome designs in one spot! Check out The Gnome Landing Page and be sure to use the hashtag #2022gnomeproject in all your social media posts!

If you are new to the Corner-to-Corner Crochet technique, let me explain a little bit about it as well. C2C lets you turn almost any image into a pixel graph and then from a pixel graph into a crocheted piece! The Corner-to-Corner technique basically means the you start in one corner (the lower right hand is most common place to start) and crochet diagonally in rows until you get to the other corner. You follow the pixel graph to create the color changes that make up the picture of the gnome. One pixel square = a chain 2 + 3 HDC stitches. Please note that I am using HDC stitches for the C2C instead of DC. 
Below is a Corner-to-Corner Video Tutorial using a part of my May Gnome graph.

For our December Gnome C2C Panel, you will need the following materials:
– Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in colors White for the beard, Cherry Red for the body/hat and Blue for the background. Feel free to choose any shade of blue OR a different christmassy color for the background. I chose blue instead of green or gold because I used those colors for the Halloween and Turkey gnome. Buff Beige or whatever skin color suits you for the nose.
– Bernat Pipsqueak for the Santa hat brim and pom-pom. You can buy this fur yarn HERE on Yarnspirations.com.
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Tapestry Needle
– Boy December Santa Gnome Graph HERE
– Girl Mrs Claus December Gnome Graph HERE
– Both Santa Gnomes WRITTEN PATTERN HERE

You will see that the beard is gray in the graph. This is so you can follow along with the color changes for the brim and beard. In the written pattern the white is written as “beard” and the girl as “hair” so you don’t get confused if you are using the pipsqueak yarn.

GET THE SANTA GNOME BOY AND GIRL WRITTEN PATTERN HERE

Jennifer Freeman of “My Beautiful Disasters” (Find her HERE on FB!) has been writing out the C2C written pattern for each month. She has been providing all the gnome graphs in written form! Thanks Jenny! She also has some really incredible C2C designs in her Etsy shop that you should check out! 

I also love Jenny’s GNOME PILLOW PALS! SEE THEM HERE.

Stay tuned for more Christmas and Holiday themed Gnome Designs!

Don’t forget to use the hashtag #2022gnomeproject so I can see and share your gnomes!
GNOME LANDING PAGE = ALL THE GNOMES IN ONE SPOT

Diane of Stitch Therapy is making the gnomes using the POPCORN STITCH! I love the way her gnomes are turning out and you can also find her Popcorn Stitch written patterns within each individual gnome post. She is very busy with her day job as a teacher and hasn’t been able to write up the past few months but she might be able to eventually get to them. I appreciate her doing this in her spare time!

Still not comfortable with the idea of Corner-to-Corner Crochet? Don’t worry, you can use single crochet stitches and crochet each gnome as a graphgan.
SpurView Goods has been uploading the single crochet written patterns HERE

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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You are going to want to grab this free Red Heart Granny Sweater Ornament pattern from Yarnspirations.com along with some red and green yarn and a maybe even a few festive buttons! I will be showing you how to crochet these adorable sweater ornaments next Wednesday November 30, 2022 at 12:00pm EST on the Yarnspirations Facebook Page.

This is part of their Lunch & Learn series which I have been hosting about once a month. It’s a great way to see a pattern demonstration and pick up a variety of tips and tricks. This particular granny sweater ornament written pattern is a little tricky to follow so you will definitely want to tune into my FB LIVE demo. And don’t worry, if you miss it, it will always be available to replay at any time!

GET THE FREE GRANNY SWEATER ORNAMENT PATTERN HERE

This is a part of the Lil Somethings Gift Guide Round-up. Such great compilation of festive patterns and DIY gift ideas!

I love putting my own twist on patterns so feel free to get creative and use a variety of colors. Maybe less stripes and some extra embellishments like gingerbread man and candy cane buttons!

GET THE FREE RED HEART GRANNY SWEATER ORNAMENT PATTERN HERE

Are you ready to make a pair of totally paw-some stuffies?! Meet Tuna the Cat and Bones the Dog! Two cute and loveable crochet animals that are made using the exact same pattern. The only difference is the yarn colors and ear pattern! I can’t wait to show you step-by-step how to make these plushies. Perfect for gifting any time of year.

This is an easy amigurumi pattern that will be released over 3 weeks as a part of my annual Crochet Along with Yarnspirations! We will start the Cat/Dog Crochet Along on December 1st, 2022. This is an absolutely FREE pattern that comes with a video tutorial and written instructions. All you need to do is SIGN UP HERE to get all the info and then the pattern instructions as it is released.

SIGN UP FOR THE CAT & DOG TOY DUO CROCHET ALONG HERE

Can’t wait to see what colors you choose for your version of Tuna and Bones! You can choose neutral shades like gray and beige or grab some fun colors like Minty for the dog and Flamingo for the cat. So many options when you shop the Red Heart Super Saver line of yarn!

I hope you are excited about this crochet-along as much as I am! Ollie the Owl was a huge success last year, so this year I am hoping to teach you a little more about crocheting stuffed animals with this easy pattern that we will work through together!

Be sure to tag @RepeatCrafterMe and @Yarnspirations on social media!

And be sure to sign up now so you don’t miss a thing!

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Have an UDDERLY Happy Holiday Season with this crochet cow stuffie! It makes a MOOvelous gift and will works up so nicely with Red Heart Super Saver Yarn! I designed this pattern for my friends at Yarnspirations.com so you can find the free pattern RIGHT HERE on their website.

GET THE FREE COW PATTERN HERE ON YARNSPIRATIONS.COM

It will be a Mooey Christmas for all with this cute and cuddly cow!

GET THE FREE COW STUFFIE PATTERN HERE

If you’ve seen my Great Pumpkin Pocket Pillow, you probably saw a cute little Snoopy applique peaking over the pocket on the backside. Well, I figured I needed a crochet Woodstock to be his buddy! These are crochet appliqués inspired by the peanuts characters and they go perfectly with these holiday Peanuts board books: The Great Pumpkin, Be Thankful, and Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!

Get the Crochet Pocket Pillow pattern HERE

Get the Snoopy Applique HERE

I put my cute little Woodstock on a brimmed hat This is just a basic DC hat with extra rounds of DC stitches at the bottom so I could flip it up for a brim. I will post a pattern for the hat soon!

I also plan to have a video tutorial on my YouTube Channel of the Woodstock applique as well so stay tuned!

Materials:
– Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in Bright Yellow (other shades of yellow would work too!)
Shop this color on Yarnspirations.com
– Long strand of black yarn for face embellishments
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Tapestry Needle

Woodstock

Head:
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 10 SC in ring, join, chain 1
Round 2: 2 SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1
Row 3: skip a stitch, SC in next 3 stitches, slip to next stitch, leaving remaining stitches unworked, chain 1, turn 
Row 4: skip the slip stitch, SC in next two, slip stitch in next, chain 1, turn
Round 5: SC in the first two stitches, slip stitch in next 3,  SC in the remaining stitches around head, join to first SC, chain 1
Round 6: 2 SC in first two stitches, Slip stitch in next 5, *[chain 5, slip stitch in second chain from hook, 2 slip stitches in next, Slip stitch in last two chains] slip stitch in next stitch, repeat from * two more times, *[chain 4, slip stitch in second chain from hook, 2 slip stitches in next, Slip stitch in last chain] slip stitch in next two stitches, repeat from * two more times, slip stitch in next stitch, chain 6, DC in 4^th chain from hook and the rest of the way down chain (neck is made!), join to the next stitch, fasten off leaving long tail.

Stitch on little eye and smile with tapestry needle and black yarn.

Hands (make 2):
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make 3 SC + HDC + 3 SC in ring, pull tight. No need to join. Leave long tail to stitch onto brim of hat or edge of pocket on pillow.

Happy Holidays from these classic characters!

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How is it already November?! The months are flying by and we now have 11 out of 12 gnomes in our 2022 Gnome Project! Our Thanksgiving gnome is wearing his Turkey hat and is ready for family gatherings and feasting. If you don’t celebrate US Thanksgiving, feel free to choose from some of our other options for this month! We have a sunflower, pumpkin, or poppy and you can use these same yarn colors or any colors of your choice.

Not sure what this gnome project is all about? Let me explain! Jennifer from Day by Day Clay and Crochet and I have teamed up for a HUGE year-long project! Each month Jen creates a Gnome Polymer Clay Crochet Hook and I create a matching Gnome Corner-to-Corner Crochet panel. We are focusing on holiday and seasonal gnome designs. The pixel graph and how-to for the crochet portion of the collab will be right here on Repeat Crafter Me and you can purchase the coordinating clay hook from Jen on her Facebook page “Day by Day Clay and Crochet Group!

The 12 months of Gnomes will be stitched together at the end to make a big blanket! You don’t necessarily need to add a border to each gnome piece but can if you want. I did not at this time. And of course you can use your gnomes for many other projects. Pillows, wall hangings, and more!

You can find all the monthly Gnome designs in one spot! Check out the Gnome Landing Page and be sure to use the hashtag #2022gnomeproject in all your social media posts!

Here is a sneak peak of this months gnome clay crochet hook! She nailed it with the matching turkey hat and we coordinate colors perfectly! Her November hook will go on sale soon: —> DAY BY DAY CLAY AND CROCHET GROUP

If you are new to the Corner-to-Corner Crochet technique, let me explain a little bit about it as well. C2C lets you turn almost any image into a pixel graph and then from a pixel graph into a crocheted piece! The Corner-to-Corner technique basically means the you start in one corner (the lower right hand is most common place to start) and crochet diagonally in rows until you get to the other corner. You follow the pixel graph to create the color changes that make up the picture of the gnome. One pixel square = a chain 2 + 3 HDC stitches. Please note that I am using HDC stitches for the C2C instead of DC. 
Below is a Corner-to-Corner Video Tutorial using a part of my May Gnome graph.

For our November Gnome C2C Panel, you will need the following materials:
– Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in colors Saffron or Gold for the background and beak, Frosty Green for the body, Cafe Latte Brown, a bit of red and black for the face, and Buff Beige or whatever skin color suits you for the nose and white for the beard or braids.
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Tapestry Needle
– Boy November Gnome Graph HERE
– Girl November Gnome Graph HERE

GET THE TURKEY GNOMES WRITTEN PATTERN HERE

Jennifer Freeman of “My Beautiful Disasters” (Find her HERE on FB!) has been writing out the C2C written pattern for each month. She provided all the versions you see above in written form and she provided the Poppy Graph for this month too. Thanks Jenny! She also has some really incredible C2C designs in her Etsy shop that you should check out! I also love Jenny’s gnome pillow pals! SEE THEM HERE.

GET THE TURKEY GNOMES WRITTEN PATTERN HERE

HERE ARE THE SUNFLOWER GNOME GRAPHS/PATTERN

HERE IS THE PUMPKIN GNOME GRAPH if you prefer to use the same idea from Septembers Apple Gnome.

AND HERE IS THE POPPY GNOME PATTERN

Don’t forget to use the hashtag #2022gnomeproject so I can see and share your gnomes!
GNOME LANDING PAGE = ALL THE GNOMES IN ONE SPOT

Diane of Stitch Therapy is making the gnomes using the POPCORN STITCH! I love the way her gnomes are turning out and you can also find her Popcorn Stitch written patterns within each individual gnome post. She is very busy with her day job as a teacher and hasn’t been able to write up the past few months but she might be able to eventually get to them. I appreciate her doing this in her spare time!

Still not comfortable with the idea of Corner-to-Corner Crochet? Don’t worry, you can use single crochet stitches and crochet each gnome as a graphgan.
SpurView Goods has been uploading the single crochet written patterns HERE

Happy Thanksgiving and have a very Sweet November!

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These are the festive beanies you need this holiday season! Not only are they cute and Christmassy, but they will keep your head and ears warm too! I am posting the pattern for sizes Newborn to Adult. Make one for everyone! Santa and Elf are the perfect duo for these Crochet Buckle Beanies and it’s just another great way to use my Crochet Belt Buckle pattern. You will see that I used the crochet buckle on these Witch Hats but they also work for Santa, Elf, Leprechaun, and more!

Materials:
– Red Heart Super Saver in colors Cherry Red, Spring Green, Black and White
– Red Heart Super Saver in colors Saffron Yellow and Light Gray for the buckles
Shop yarn HERE on Yarnspirations.com
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Tapestry Needle
– Large Pom-Pom maker (optional)

Get the CROCHET BUCKLE PATTERN HERE

Feel free to size down to a G hook to make the buckle smaller for the baby size hats or size up to an I or J hook for larger hats.

Beanie Pattern:

Size: Newborn
Starting with red (Santa) or green (Elf) yarn
Magic ring, chain 2 and make 11 DC in ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 2: 2 DC in each stitch around, join, chain 2 (22 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 5-7: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
join in black yarn for the next two rounds
Round 8-9: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
join back in red (Santa) or green (Elf)
Round 10: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
join in white yarn (Santa) or red yarn (Elf) for remaining rounds and earflaps
Round 11: SC in each stitch around, join, chain 1 (44 SC)
Do not fasten off, continue to make earflaps as written below.

Size: 3-6 Months
Starting with red (Santa) or green (Elf) yarn
Magic ring, chain 2 and make 11 DC in magic ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 2: 2 DC in each around, join, chain 2 (22 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 5: 2 DC in first, DC in next 10, repeat around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
Round 6-7: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
join in black yarn for the next two rounds
Round 8-9: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
join back in red (Santa) or green (Elf)
Round 10-11: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
join in white yarn (Santa) or red yarn (Elf) for remaining rounds and earflaps
Round 12: SC in each around, join, chain 1 (48 SC)
Do not fasten off, continue to make earflaps as written below.

Size: 6-9 Months
Starting with red (Santa) or green (Elf) yarn
Magic ring, chain 2 and make 11 DC in magic ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 2: 2 DC in each around, join, chain 2 (22 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 5: 2 DC in first, DC in next 10, repeat around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
Round 6: 2 DC in first, DC in next 11, join, chain 2 (52 DC)
Round 7-8: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (52 DC)
join in black yarn for the next two rounds
Round 9-10: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (52 DC)
join back in red (Santa) or green (Elf)
11-12: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (52 DC)
join in white yarn (Santa) or red yarn (Elf) for remaining rounds and earflaps
Round 12: SC in each around, join, chain 1 (52 SC)
Do not fasten off, continue to make earflaps as written below.

Size: 9-18 Months 
Starting with red (Santa) or green (Elf) yarn
Magic ring, chain 2 and make 11 DC in magic ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 2: 2 DC in each around, join, chain 2 (22 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 5: 2 DC in first, DC in next 10, repeat around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
Round 6: 2 DC in first, DC in next 11, join, chain 2 (52 DC)
Round 7: 2 DC in first, DC in next 12, join, chain 2 (56 DC)
Round 8-9: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (56 DC)
join in black yarn for the next two rounds
Round 10-11: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (56 DC)
join back in red (Santa) or green (Elf)
Round 12-13: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (56 DC)
join in white yarn (Santa) or red yarn (Elf) for remaining rounds and earflaps
Round 14: SC in each around, join, chain 1 (56 SC)
Do not fasten off, continue to make earflaps as written below.

Size: Toddler/Preschooler
Starting with red (Santa) or green (Elf) yarn
Magic ring, chain 2 and make 11 DC in magic ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 2: 2 DC in each around, join, chain 2 (22 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 5: 2 DC in first, DC in next 10, repeat around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
Round 6: 2 DC in first, DC in next 11, join, chain 2 (52 DC)
Round 7: 2 DC in first, DC in next 12, join, chain 2 (56 DC)
Round 8: 2 DC in first, DC in next 13, join, chain 2 (60 DC)
Round 9-10: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (60 DC)
join in black yarn for the next two rounds
Round 11-12: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (60 DC)
join back in red (Santa) or green (Elf)
Round 13-14: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (60 DC)
join in white yarn (Santa) or red yarn (Elf) for remaining rounds and earflaps
Round 15: SC in each around, join, chain 1 (60 SC)
Do not fasten off, continue to make earflaps as written below.

Size: Child
Starting with red (Santa) or green (Elf) yarn
Magic ring, chain 2 and make 11 DC in magic ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 2: 2 DC in each around, join, chain 2 (22 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 5: 2 DC in first, DC in next 10, repeat around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
Round 6: 2 DC in first, DC in next 11, join, chain 2 (52 DC)
Round 7: 2 DC in first, DC in next 12, join, chain 2 (56 DC)
Round 8: 2 DC in first, DC in next 13, join, chain 2 (60 DC)
Round 9: 2 DC in first, DC in next 14, join, chain 2 (64 DC)
Round 10-11: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (64 DC)
join in black yarn for the next two rounds
Round 12-13: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (64 DC)
join back in red (Santa) or green (Elf)
Round 14-15: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (64 DC)
join in white yarn (Santa) or red yarn (Elf) for remaining rounds and earflaps
Round 16: SC in each around, join, chain 1 (64 SC)
Do not fasten off, continue to make earflaps as written below.

Size: Teen/Adult
Starting with red (Santa) or green (Elf) yarn
Magic ring, chain 2 and make 11 DC in magic ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 2: 2 DC in each around, join, chain 2 (22 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (33 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (44 DC)
Round 5: 2 DC in first, DC in next 10, repeat around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
Round 6: 2 DC in first, DC in next 11, join, chain 2 (52 DC)
Round 7: 2 DC in first, DC in next 12, join, chain 2 (56 DC)
Round 8: 2 DC in first, DC in next 13, join, chain 2 (60 DC)
Round 9: 2 DC in first, DC in next 14, join, chain 2 (64 DC)
Round 10: 2 DC in first, DC in next 15, join, chain 2 (68 DC)
Round 11-12: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (68 DC)
join in black yarn for the next two rounds
Round 13-14: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (68 DC)
join back in red (Santa) or green (Elf)
Round 14-16: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (68 DC)
join in white yarn (Santa) or red yarn (Elf) for remaining rounds and earflaps
Round 17: SC in each around, join, chain 1 (68 SC)
Do not fasten off, continue to make earflaps as written below.

—–EARFLAPS—–

Earflaps for Newborn – Preschooler
Earflap 1:
Chain 1, SC in next 10, chain 1, turn
Row 2: SC decrease, SC in next 6, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 3: SC across (8 SC)
Row 4: SC decrease, SC in next 4, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 5: SC across ( 6 SC)
Row 6: SC decrease, SC in next 2, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 7: SC across (4 SC)
Row 8: Make 2 SC decreases, chain 1, turn
Row 9: SC decrease, fasten off, weave in ends

Second earflap placement: Fold hat in half leaving slightly more stitches in the front of the hat than the back. Place the second earflap to line up with the first earflap.

(Picture below is an example of earflap placement from a previous project)

Earflap 2:
Join yarn, chain 1, SC in next 10, chain 1, turn
Row 2: SC decrease, SC in next 6, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 3: SC across (8 SC)
Row 4: SC decrease, SC in next 4, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 5: SC across ( 6 SC)
Row 6: SC decrease, SC in next 2, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 7: SC across (4 SC)
Row 8: Make 2 SC decreases, chain 1, turn
Row 9: SC decrease, and continue to SC around hat and earflaps and fasten off when you get the entire way around and weave in ends.

Earflaps for Child – Adult:
Earflap 1: 
Chain 1, SC in next 12, chain 1, turn
Row 2: SC decrease, SC in next 8, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 3: SC across (10 SC)
Row 4: SC decrease, SC in next 6, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 5: SC across (8 SC)
Row 6: SC decrease, SC in next 4, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 7: SC across ( 6 SC)
Row 8: SC decrease, SC in next 2, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 9: SC across (4 SC)
Row 10: Make 2 SC decreases, chain 1, turn
Row 11: SC decrease, fasten off, weave in ends

Second earflap placement: Fold hat in half leaving slightly more stitches in the front of the hat than the back. Place the second earflap to line up with the first earflap.

Earflap 2:
Join yarn, chain 1, SC in next 12, chain 1, turn
Row 2: SC decrease, SC in next 8, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 3: SC across (10 SC)
Row 4: SC decrease, SC in next 6, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 5: SC across (8 SC)
Row 6: SC decrease, SC in next 4, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 7: SC across ( 6 SC)
Row 8: SC decrease, SC in next 2, SC decrease, chain 1, turn
Row 9: SC across (4 SC)
Row 10: Make 2 SC decreases, chain 1, turn
Row 11: SC decrease, and continue to SC around hat and earflaps and fasten off when you get the entire way around and weave in ends.

Braided Tails:
Cut six 18 inch strands of earflap color yarn (White for Santa and Red for Elf)
Pass halfway through last space in earflap. You should now have 12 strands to braid with.
Make knot and braid approx 5.5 inches long, knot, trim ends.

Stitch buckle onto front of hat over the black stripe and don’t forget to a add a pom-pom to the top of the beanie!

 
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Looking for a last minute Crochet Halloween Costume?! Stitch up a Witch Hat! This pattern can be found on Yarnspirations.com and comes in sizes Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large so you can make one for every family member! Make a mommy & me version or gather your girlfriends and dress as the Sanderson Sisters! There are many ways to customize this hat. You will see that in the original pattern, there are directions to make this a Witchy Cat Hat by adding cat eyes, ears, and whiskers. In my version below I changed the colors, added a black stripe, and then stitched on crochet belt buckle for the finish touch. But what about making a jack-o-lantern face witch hat?! or a Frankenstein face on the green hat?! You will have to show me what you make!

GET THE WITCHY HAT PATTERN HERE ON YARNPSPIRATIONS.COM

For my versions, I made the size small and changed yarn colors at row 26 (4 rows of black) and then finished the pattern with a single row of the main hat color and added the brim just as the pattern reads.

You can find my Crochet Belt Buckle Pattern HERE

I will be showing you all the details of my version of the Witchy Hat on OCTOBER 26 LIVE ON FACEBOOK. JOIN ME FOR A LUNCH & LEARN AT NOON EST at the Yarnspirations Facebook Page and the Red Heart Yarn Facebook Page. If you are unavailable during that day and time you will be able to watch the replay after it’s posted!

Just a few notes about the pattern:
– The hat works flat in rows (not rounds) and then you will stitch the edges together using your tapestry needle when finished.
– I like that it lays flat because it’s much easier to add on any embellishments like a buckle, cat face, or jack-o-lantern face!
– Red Heart Super Saver is the perfect yarn for this project! It gives it a nice sturdy shape.
– The pattern for the small size hat (which is what I made) fits Ollie the Owl perfectly! He looks like he’s ready to go trick-or-treating! Scroll down to see Halloween Ollie

Get Ollie the O’Go Owl pattern HERE

Get the Jack-O-Lantern Crochet Cup Pattern HERE

Happy Halloween Crocheting!

This very easy crochet buckle can be used for so many of our favorite seasonal characters! Let me walk you through this Belt Buckle and feel free to add it to many different projects. I am currently using it on this Witch Hat from Yarnspirations as well as a Santa hat (coming soon). You will also find it on my Christmas Crochet Cups and my Christmas Crochet Aprons!

Materials:
– Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in color Saffron (or black or gray)
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Tapestry Needle

Buckle:
Chain 16, join to first chain to make a circle. Be sure not to twist your chain, make a SC in the first 3 chains, SC + chain 2 + SC in next, SC in next 3, SC + chain 2 + SC in next, SC in next 3, SC + chain 2 + SC in next, SC in next 3, SC + chain 2 + SC in last, join to first SC, fasten off leaving long tail to stitch buckle onto front of project over the black rounds.

SANTA + ELF CHRISTMAS CUPS

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So many of you liked The Great Pumpkin Pocket Pillow and requested a Christmas version! I love how one project is progressing into another. Especially since there is a “Merry Christmas Charlie Brown” Board Book that matches The Great Pumpkin Board Book! Both are available HERE on Amazon as well as a Thanksgiving themed book as well. Such a great series!

I don’t have the Charlie Brown Christmas Crochet Pocket Pillow completed but I wanted to give you the pattern for Snoopy’s Doghouse so you could get started and incorporate it into other projects as well.

Materials:
– Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in colors Hot Red and Black
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Tapestry Needle

Snoopy Doghouse Pattern:
Chain 13, SC in second chain from hook and the rest of the way down chain, chain 1, turn (12 SC)
Row 2: 2 SC in first stitch, SC in next 10, 2 SC in last stitch, chain 1, turn (14 SC)
Row 3-4: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn (14 SC)
Row 5: 2 SC in first stitch, SC in next 12, 2 SC in last stitch, chain 1, turn (16 SC)
Row 6-8: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn (16 SC)
Row 9: 2 SC in first stitch, SC in next 14, 2 SC in last stitch, chain 1, turn (18 SC)
Row 10-12: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn (16 SC)
Fasten off after row 12
Row 13: Turn dog house top upside down and skip the first 3 stitches, join in red yarn to 4 stitch in, chain 1 and make a SC in the next 12 stitches leaving the last 3 stitches unworked, chain 1, turn
Row 14-19: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn
Fasten off after Row 19 and weave in ends.

To make the black lines:
I Surface Slip Stitched the horizontal lines on the doghouse! I love how the BACKSIDE of the surface slip stitches are skinnier and look like the lines in the cartoon drawing. So make sure you pick on side to be your front side and one side to be the back. Even though you will need to fasten off your yarn at every “line” remember that one side of the applique will be hidden so it can be sloppy and messy!

For the border:
I took my tapestry needle and a long strand of black yarn and stitched around the entire edge of the doghouse! Easy and makes it really POP!

If you want to add Christmas lights, I love this role of mini craft lights. I have used them for several projects. You can actually use a dab of hot glue to set them in place.

Background:
I am playing around with a fun idea to use spike stitches to attach the doghouse to the background and make it look like grass! Right now this is in “sample” form but if you will want to start with aqua blue yarn and crochet as many rows as you’d like with that (for the pillow you will want to start with a chain of 46 and make 34 rows) and then hold your dog house upside down in the middle of the last row of your aqua blue and single crochet with green until you get to the dog house where at this point you will make spike stitches along the bottom of the doghouse and then go back to SC stitches. Continue making the rest of your pillow panel (or granny square) with rows of SC in green.

Stay tuned for more!

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Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch… and this year it’s coming to you in pillow form! I’ve made a few of these Crochet Pocket Pillows this year and I just love pairing them with classic seasonal books. I thought “The Great Pumpkin” was a perfect choice for October and the autumn season.

Materials:
– Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in colors Pumpkin, Tea Leaf, Cafe Latte
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Tapestry Needle
– 14×14 Pillow Form (Get it HERE at Michaels)
– Snoopy Applique Pattern (GET IT HERE)

Get the Peanuts board book HERE:

Pillow FRONT:

On the front of the pillow is my Crochet Pumpkin Granny Square. This is a free pattern that I designed for Yarnspirations.com several years ago. All you need to do is crochet a few extra rounds to make it fit the front of the pillow.

GET THE FREE CROCHET PUMPKIN GRANNY SQUARE PATTERN HERE
After Round 6, you will make 5 more rounds of Double Crochets (repeat round 6 until you have 11 rounds) then you will add in your brown yarn and make 2 rounds of SC stitches, fasten off and weave in ends.

Pillow BACK:

Large Pillow Panel: 
with pumpkin orange yarn
Chain 46, SC in second chain from hook and the rest of the way down chain, chain 1, turn
Row 2-50: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn (45 SC)
Fasten off and weave in ends at the end of row 50.
NOTE: depending on your tension or the slight difference in yarn, one panel may need a few more rows than the other. Line them up and make sure they are the same size.

Half Pillow Panel for Pocket:
with cafe latte brown yarn
Chain 46, SC in second chain from hook and there rest of the way down chain, chain 1, turn
Row 2-25: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn (45 SC)
Fasten off and weave in ends at the end of row 25.

Stitch Snoopy onto the back panel with his paws on the pocket so he is peaking over.
Line up your pillow panels and SC around the edges to connect them all. Add in pillow form before completely closing.

I made a little YouTube Tutorial to show you how I stitch the pillow panels together:

Let me know if you make any of the pocket pillows! Tag me on social media using #RepeatCrafterMe

Polar Bear Pocket Pillow

The Grinch Heart Pillow

My newest Crochet Pocket Pillow is designed after the book “The Legend of the Great Pumpkin” which is a Fall classic! The finished pillow will be 14×14 inches and on the front it will feature my Pumpkin Granny Square and the back will have an adorable little Snoopy applique peaking out of the pocket. I will make a follow-up post when the pillow is finished but first I wanted to get you the pattern for Snoopy

Materials:
– Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in colors White and Black
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Safety Eyes
– Safety Nose
– Tapestry Needle

Get the Peanuts board book HERE:

Snoopy Crochet Applique

Head:
with white yarn
Chain 9, SC in second chain from hook and the rest of the way down chain, chain 1, turn
Row 2: 2 SC in first stitch, SC in next 6, 2 SC in last, chain 1, turn
Row 3: 2 SC in first stitch, SC in next 8, 2 SC in last, chain 1, turn
Row 4-5: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn
Row 6: SC in first 6, leave the rest of the stitch unworked, chain 1, turn
Row 7: SC Decrease over first two stitches, SC in next 2, SC Decrease over last stitches, chai 1, turn
Row 8: SC in each stitch across, chain 1, turn
Row 9: SC Decrease twice and continue to SC around the head, when you get ot the bottom of the head (after about about 10 stitches along the edge of head) make the neck by chaining 5, SC in second chain fro hook and in the next stitch, HDC in remaining 2 chains, continue to SC around the edge of head and when you get to the nose part make 4 SC all in one stitch, SC around remaining edge of head, join, fasten off leaving long tail.

Paws (make 2):
with white yarn
Magic Ring, chain 1 and make a SC + HDC + SC, slip stitch, SC + HDC + SC, slip stitch SC + HDC + SC, slip stitch and join to first SC, pull magic ring tightly closed. Fasten off leaving long tail.
with black yarn stitch on two little marks between the paw pads.

Ear:
With black yarn
Chain 10, SC in first 2, HDC in next 3, DC in next 3, 6 DC I last chain, now working on other side of chain, DC in next 3, HDC in next 3, SC in next, Slip stitch in last. Fasten off leaving long tail.

Follow along with my YouTube tutorial where I walk you through the entire applique pattern:

Get started on the Pumpkin Granny Square HERE

Here are some of my other Pocket Pillow Designs:

Polar Bear Pocket Pillow

The Grinch Heart Pillow

It’s officially spooky season! I love October and all the Halloween festivities that come along with it so fo course our gnome for this month is outfitted in a jack-o-lantern hat and adorned in the perfect combination of Halloween colors. If you don’t celebrate Halloween, don’t worry! You can use the apple from last month and turn it into a pumpkin!

 This is our 10th gnome of the blanket. Only 2 more gnomes to go in our #2022gnomeproject!

Not sure what this gnome project is all about? Let me explain! Jennifer from Day by Day Clay and Crochet and I have teamed up for a HUGE year-long project! Each month Jen creates a Gnome Polymer Clay Crochet Hook and I create a matching Gnome Corner-to-Corner Crochet panel. We are focusing on holiday and seasonal gnome designs. The pixel graph and how-to for the crochet portion of the collab will be right here on Repeat Crafter Me and you can purchase the coordinating clay hook from Jen on her Facebook page “Day by Day Clay and Crochet Group!

The 12 months of Gnomes will be stitched together at the end to make a big blanket! You don’t necessarily need to add a border to each gnome piece but can if you want. I did not at this time. And of course you can use your gnomes for many other projects. Pillows, wall hangings, and more!

You can find all the monthly Gnome designs in one spot! Check out the Gnome Landing Page and be sure to use the hashtag #2022gnomeproject in all your social media posts!

Here is a sneak peak of this months gnome clay crochet hook! I LOVE the glow in the dark polymer clay she used! Her October hook will go on sale soon: —> DAY BY DAY CLAY AND CROCHET GROUP

f you are new to the Corner-to-Corner Crochet technique, let me explain a little bit about it as well. C2C lets you turn almost any image into a pixel graph and then from a pixel graph into a crocheted piece! The Corner-to-Corner technique basically means the you start in one corner (the lower right hand is most common place to start) and crochet diagonally in rows until you get to the other corner. You follow the pixel graph to create the color changes that make up the picture of the gnome. One pixel square = a chain 2 + 3 HDC stitches. Please note that I am using HDC stitches for the C2C instead of DC. 
Below is a Corner-to-Corner Video Tutorial using a part of my May Gnome graph.

For our October Gnome C2C Panel, you will need the following materials:
– Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in colors Pumpkin, Spring Green, Orchid, Black, Lemon Yellow, and Buff Beige or whatever skin color suits you for the nose and white for the beard or braids.
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Tapestry Needle
– Girl Jack-O-Lantern Hat Graph (choose any color for her braids)
– Boy Jack-O-Lantern Hat Graph (choose any color for his beard)

HERE IS THE PUMPKIN GNOME GRAPH if you prefer to use the same idea from Septembers Apple Gnome.

Jennifer Freeman of “My Beautiful Disasters” (Find her HERE on FB!) has been writing out the C2C written pattern for each month. She provided all the versions you see above in written form. Thanks Jenny! She also has some really incredible C2C designs in her Etsy shop that you should check out! 

GET THE WRITTEN C2C PATTERN FOR BOTH BOY AND GIRL OPTIONS HERE
And Jenny converted the Leprechaun Gnome to Witch Hat colors!
GET THOSE WRITTEN PATTERNS HERE

I love Jenny’s gnome pillow pals! SEE THEM HERE.

Diane of Stitch Therapy is making the gnomes using the POPCORN STITCH! I love the way her gnomes are turning out and you can also find her Popcorn Stitch written patterns within each individual gnome post. She will have September and October written up as soon as she can. She is a librarian and teacher at an elementary school and has a lot going on. She is doing this for us for free in her spare time

Still not comfortable with the idea of Corner-to-Corner Crochet? Don’t worry, you can use single crochet stitches and crochet each gnome as a graphgan.
SpurView Goods has been uploading the single crochet written patterns HERE

When you are weaving in your ends, you will want to connect some of the blocks that aren’t touching in the jack-o-lantern mouth. Just like we did for the snowflake on our January gnome.

Don’t forget to use the hashtag #2022gnomeproject so I can see and share your gnomes!
GNOME LANDING PAGE = ALL THE GNOMES IN ONE SPOT

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Happy Fall! I love customizing these Caron Harvest Crochet Pumpkins. With just a few embellishments you can make them into so many different characters and animals! The basic pumpkin pattern is free on Yarnspirations.com and it has been one of my go-to’s for years. It really is simple! No extra sewing. All you need to do is alternate between SC and DC stitches to create the bumps and groves of the pumpkin.

GET THE FREE HARVEST CROCHET PUMPKIN PATTERN HERE ON YARNSPIRATIONS.COM

Now let’s talk about how to turn this pumpkin into an owl pumpkin!
You can watch the playback of my Pumpkin Owl Lunch & Learn HERE on the Yarnspirations FB Page

I am using Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in colors Carrot (for the pumpkin), Soft white and Beige Brown for the eyes, Saffron Yellow for the nose, and Cafe Latte for the stem.

Once you have the pumpkin finished, stitch on the details!

Owl Eye Pattern (make 2):
with white
magic ring, chain 1 and make 10 SC in ring, join to first SC, chain 1 (10 SC)
Round 2: 2 SC in each stitch around (20 SC)
join in brown yarn and chain 1
Round 3: SC in each stitch around, join, fasten off leaving long tail. (20 SC)

Add a black safety eye to each of the eyes OR with black yarn create a small circle (magic ring, chain 1 and make 10 SC in ring, join, fasten off)

Stitch on owl eyes so they are touching on front of pumpkin

Owl Nose:
Chain 5, SC in second chain from hook, HDC in next, DC in last two chains.
Fasten off and stitch onto owl face so its overlapping the two eyes.

Owl Fringe Ears:
Cut 3 pieces of orange yarn and 3 pieces of brown yarn about 12 inches in length.
Loop and knot through one of the double crochet stitches on top of owl head.
Repeat for second fringe ear.

Be sure to watch my Lunch & Learn Facebook video HERE to get the full demonstration!

What other animals would you make? I have made a Kitty Pumpkin and a Fox Pumpkin in past years!
You can find the Kitty Pumpkin HERE

Be sure to share your creations with us by using the hashtag #yarnspo on social media.

I made a set of Fall themed crochet squares this week and decided to stitch them together to make a 16×16 pillow! I used a joining technique called the zigzag slip stitch and I love the way it turned out! These Autumn granny squares include a Pumpkin, Scarecrow, Sunflower, and Acorn which would make a beautiful blanket as well. Especially if you paired them with solid color crochet squares. Lots of possibilities and designs to think about!

You can find each Fall Themed Crochet Square pattern and material list in their individual posts.
Click the links below:
Pumpkin Square
Scarecrow Square
Sunflower Square
Acorn Square

To join the crochet squares together I used a fun slip stitch technique which I demonstrate in the YouTube Video below:

You will want to make a back panel for the pillow. I am using Red Heart Super Saver in Cafe Latte for the back, a size H Crochet Hook, and used the pattern below:

Magic Ring, chain 2 and make 16 DC in ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Row 2: DC in first 3, 2 DC + chain 2 + 2 DC in next (corner), DC in next 3, 2 DC + chain 2 + 2 DC, DC in next 3, 2 DC + chain 2 + 2 DC, DC in next 3, 2 DC + chain 2 + 2 DC and join to first DC, chain 2
Round 3-12: DC in each stitch and make 2 DC + chain 2 + 2 DC in each corner, join, chain 2
Fasten off after round 12 and weave in ends.

Single crochet the edges of the two panels together around a 16×16 pillow form. You can purchase them at Michaels Craft Store!

Happy Fall Y’all!

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This tiny tree nut is the perfect addition to my Fall themed crochet squares! The Acorn is a simple circle to a square crochet pattern with just a few tweaks to give it’s shape and then an easy round of double crochets to make the acorn top.

Materials:
– Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in Cornmeal (acorn), Bernat Super Value in Topaz (acorn top), and Bernat Super Value in Rouge (background)
Feel free to choose different shades! Shop all yarn HERE on Yarnspirations.com
– Size H Crochet Hook
– Tapestry Needle

Acorn Granny Square Pattern:
starting with cornmeal yarn
Magic Ring, chain 2 and make 16 DC in ring, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 2: 2 DC in each stitch around, join, chain 2 (32 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first stitch, DC in next, repeat around,
join in rouge colored yarn, chain 1
Round 4: SC in first 2 stitches, HDC, DC, 2 DC + chain 2 + 2 DC in next, DC, HDC, SC in next 7, HDC DC, 2 DC + chain 2 + 2 DC in next, DC, HDC, SC in next 2, skip 3 DC, SC in next 2 (this is what makes the little acorn point), HDC, DC, 2 DC + chain 2 + 2 DC in next, DC, HDC, SC in next 7, HDC DC, 2 DC + chain 2 + 2 DC in next, SC in last 5, join, chain 2
Round 5-6: DC in each stitch around making 2 DC + chain 2 + 2 DC in each corner, NOTE: When you get to the part in Round 5 where you skipped 3 stitches, you will want to make 3 DC over the skipped part.
Fasten off, weave in ends.
Optional: the little 3 DC stitches that you skipped will be hanging over the background color and can be stitched down as you weave in ends.

Acorn Top:
with topaz yarn
Chain 16, DC in 3rd chain from hook and rest of the way down chain, now working on other side of chain, SC, HDC, DC in next 4, 2 DC in next, chain 4 + SC in 3rd chain from hook + next chain, 2 DC in next, DC in next 4, HDC, SC, slip stitch to join and fasten off leaving long tail.

I will work on getting a video tutorial up on my Repeat Crafter Me YouTube page soon!

Get all the Fall Crochet Squares:
Pumpkin Square
Scarecrow Square
Sunflower Square
Acorn Square (this post)

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