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free octopus crochet pattern

Free no sew baby octopus, crochet pattern.

hey guys, welcome back. Today we have a no sew octopus pattern. Have fun!!

Materials needed:

3.5mm crochet hook

Bernat velvet color of your choice

Safety eyes x2 size 10mm

tapestry needle

Stitch markers

scissors

stuffing

Level: Beginner

ENG US terms

MC: Magic circle

Sc, single crochet

Inc: Increase

Dec: Decrease

BLO: Back loop only

FLO: Front loop only

slst: Slip Stitch

Head/body in color of your choice

R1: MC 6

R2: Inc x6 (12)

R3: (1sc, inc) x6 (18)

R4: (2sc, inc) x6 (24)

R5-R7: 24sc (24)

R8: blo (2sc, dec) x6 (18)

add the eyes on round 6, 5sts apart

R9: (1sc, dec) x6 (12)

stuff firmly

R10: dec x6 (6)

f/o close the opening

Tentacles with main color

Slst the yarn in the first front loop of round 9

*ch8, 3sc in the second ch from the hook, 3sc in each of the remaining ch, skip 2sts, slst into the 3 sts* repeat between ** 8 times.

f/o weave in the tails.

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free chunky whale crochet pattern

Free crochet chunky whale.

Welcome back to our blog, today we have a new free pattern. You will be able to make your very own no sew chunky whale!!

Materials you will need:

3.5 mm crochet hook

bernat velvet in white

bernat velvet in color of your choice

stitch marker

Tapestry needle

Stuffing

Safety eyes 10mm x2

Level: Beginner

ENG US terms

MC: Magic cirlce

Sc: single crochet

Dec: decrease

Inc: Increase

Blo: Back loop only

FLO: front loop only

f/o: fasten off

slst: Slip stitch

special stitch:

Bubble stitch: Yarn over, insert hook into stitch and pull up a loop. Yarn over, pull through two.

  1. Repeat number one in the same stitch/space until you have a total of 6 loops on your hook.

  2. Yarn over, pull through all 5 loops at once.

  3. Slip Stitch in next stitch.



Head/Body in main color of your choice

R1: MC 6

R2: Inc x6 (12)

R3: (1sc, inc) x6 (18)

R4: (2sc, inc) x6 (24)

R5: (3sc, inc) x6 (30)

R6-R8: 30sc (30) change to white on the last stitch of round 8

R9: 8sc, 2sc blo, 8sc, 2sc blo, 8sc, 2sc blo (30)

add eyes on round 8, 6sts apart

R10: (3sc, dec) x6 (24)

R11: (2sc, dec) x6 (18)

R12: (1sc, dec) x6 (12)

stuff the head/body firmly

R13: dec x6 (6)

f/o leave a tail to close the opening.

Fins x2:

Slst the yarn of the main color through the flo or round 9 on each side of the body, right beside the eyes and make a bubble stitch in the first FLO (look at the special st), f/o

back fin:

make a slst with the main color onto the front loop, make a bubble stitch on each front loop, slst in the same st. f/o weave in all the ends.


You have now a chunky whale!! happy crocheting.

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Free Chunky Frogs crochet pattern

free chunky frog crochet pattern

Hey guys welcome back to my blog. I have a new free pattern for you today, this chunky frog.

Materials Needed:

Tapestry needle

3.5mm crochet hook

Premier just chenille in lime

Premier just chenille in white

safety eyes size 10mm x2

stuffing


Level: Beginner

ENG US terms

MC: Magic Circle

SC: single crochet

R: round

Inc: Increase

Dec: Decrease

x6: the amount of times you have to do thats in ( )

F/O: Fasten Off


With Lime

Head/body

R1: MC 6

R2: Inc x6 (12)

R3: (1sc, inc) x6 (18)

R4: (2sc, inc) x6 (24)

R5: (3sc, inc) x6 (30)

R6-R9: 30sc (30)

R10: (3sc, dec) x6 (24)

R11: (2sc, dec) x6 (18)

start to stuff

R12: (1sc, dec) x6 (12)

R13: dec x6 (6)

f/o, stuff the head/body firmly. Close the opening

In white

Belly patch

R1: MC 6

R2: inc x6 (12)

R3: (1sc, inc) x6 (18)

f/o leave a tail for sewing

In lime green

Eyes x2

R: MC 6

F/O leave a tail for sewing

place the safety eyes in the magic circle, secure the eyes with the washers.


Assembly:

Sew the belly patch between round 5 and round 10

Sew the eyes on top of the head. 2sts apart.


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Soap saver pattern

Saving money and the environment with this soap saver.

This soap saver pattern is perfect for beginners. You will lean how to chain, increase, double crochet and single crochet.

Soap savers are wonderful to save on your bar of soaps. When your soap becomes too small and it is melting away under the water, place it in your soap saver to save every bit of it. The soap saver is made with cotton yarn, perfect for your skin. You can wash yourself with the soap in the cotton soap save. The soap saver is used as a washcloth.



After each use make sure to leave it in a dry area in your shower. Once the soap all use you can wash it with your towels.

Level: Beginner

Materials:

100% Cotton Yarn

5.5 mm hook

Stitch Marker

Tapestry needle

optional: scrubby yarn ( crochet the scrubby yarn with the cotton yarn if you want your soap saver to exfoliate)

ENG US Terms

Abbreviations:

ch: chain

sc: single crochet

dc: double crochet

inc: increase

x2: do it twice or what number is stated after the x

R: Row

F/O: fasten off

ST: stitch





R1: ch 10, sc in the second ch from the hook, 8sc, inc in the last st.

Working on the other side of the chain, 7sc, 3inc (3 sc in the same st) (20)

R2: Inc, 7sc, inc x2, 9sc, inc (24)

R3: Inc, 9sc, inc x2, 11sc, inc (28)

R4-R6: sc all around (28)

R7: dc all around (28)

R8-R9: sc all around (28)

R10: dc all around (28)

R11-R13: sc all around (28)

F/O

We will make the cord to be able to close the soap saver.

Ch 30

F/O

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