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I am sure all of your friends know about your passion for crochet! So Christmas is coming closer and closer and you realize that they are expecting creative crocheted gifts from you! Have no time for making toys, hats and mittens? Well, leave it for grandmas and let’s see what we can do!

1 Mug Cosy

Although the idea is not that new anymore, mug cosy is still something cool, alternative and unique! Go for it, for sure! Everybody needs it. For cosy winter mornings with a cup of coffee, for warm evenings with a blanket and a huge cacao cup, and of course for enjoying mulled wine at Christmas Markets! Here I offer you my mug cosy pattern.

2 Key Ring

This is a great option for group of friends. It takes only about two hours (maximum!) to make one key ring, and you can make individual ones for everyone. For example, go for a sushi key ring if one of your friends is crazy about sushi or make a heart for someone you love 🙂 Also a good idea would be to make a Christmas figure like a Tree, Santa’s Hat or the Gingerbread Man.

3 Storage Basket

The storage basket is something practical and everyone can find use for it! At the same time you can decorate it in many different ways turning a regular basket into a special Xmas gift.

4. Egg Cosy

Egg Cosy is a brilliant thing: small, useful, unique and quick to crochet! It is also a sweet gift, and I am sure it would make anyone happy and surprised!

Well, no matter what you go for, remember: there is nothing better than a handmade gift made with a lot of love! Happy crocheting and enjoy your preparation for the Christmas! Ho Ho Ho!

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Halloween Decoration Ghost Light – Free Crochet Pattern

September 18, 2018September 23, 2018 Secret Crochet Box

Halloween, night, darkness…
It’s time for ghosts to come out! Creat a special atmospere at home and decorate rooms or maybe a garden or an enterence door yourself!
Simple pattern, basic crochet skills, creativity and a bit of yarn – this is what you need today!

You will need:

3.00 mm crochet hook
white and black yarn recommended for the hook
Scissors and sewing needle
a jar (I took jars of baby food, smaller one is 7 cm in height, the bigger one is 11 cm)

Abbreviations:

ch – chain
st – stitch
sc – single crochet
dec – 2 sc in one st (used to decrease the number of stitches)
rev sc – reverse sc (note: reverse sc is a regular sc but in the opposite direction)
dc – double crochet
dinc – 2 dc in one st (used to decrease the number of stitches)
X N – repeat N times
at the end of every round total number of stitches is shown in brackets

Instructions:

Note: every round (2-9) starts with 3 ch (which is counted as a first dc in the pattern) and ends with sl st.

Work with the white yarn.
Round 1: 40 ch, sl st (40)
Round 2: sc in all st (40)
Round 3: (dc in next 7 st, dinc) X 5 (45)
Rounds 4-7: dc in all st (45). Note: If you are working with the bigger jar, crochet 6 more rounds like that!

Round 8: (dc in next 4 st, dinc) X 9 (54)
Round 9: (dc in next 5 st, dinc) X 9 (63)
Round 10: 1 ch, rev sc in all st, sl st (63)

Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in both ends.

Ghost face:

Here I give you some options for ghost face expressions, combine them in the way you like or think of your own ideas! Crochet the face using black yarn.

Standard eyes (make two):

4 ch, 3 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook, sc in next ch, 3 sc in next ch, continue crocheting around: sc in next st, sl st. Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing.

Evil eyes (make two):

Round 1: 6 sc in Magic ring
Round 2: sc in next st, 2 ch, turn the eye and continue crocheting in the opposite direction
Round 3: sc in next 2 st, sl st in next 2 st, sc in next st. Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing.

Howling mouth:

9 ch, turn and crochet around the chain
Round 1: sc in next 3 st, dec, sc in next 2 st, 3 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st, 3 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next st
Round 2: 2 sc in next st, sc in next st, dec, dec, sc in next st, 3 sc in next st, sc in next 4 st, 3 sc in next st, sc in next 3 st, sl st in the back loop of the next st, sl st in the back loop of the next st. Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing.

Smile:

Round 1: 6 sc in Magic ring, 1 ch (6), don’t join the circle as shown below

Crochet to the other direction and change direction after every round:
Round 2: sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next st, 1 ch, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st, 1 ch (9)
Round 3: sc in next 4 st, 2 sc in next st, 1 ch, 2 sc in the same st, sc in next 4 st, 1 ch (13)
Round 4: 2 sc in next st, sc in next 6 st, 1 ch, sc in the same st, sc in next 5 st, 2 sc in next st, 1 ch (17)
Continue crocheting in the same direction:
Round 5: sc in the same st, sc in next 2 st, sc in magic ring, sc in next 3 st, sl st (7)
Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing.

Now sew the face to the ghost’s body and the work is done!

Think about crocheting a small basket for sweets? You can use this pattern for it, just take orange and/or black yarn instead of the packing twin!

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Crochet Halloween Decoration Spider in less than an hour!

September 10, 2018 Secret Crochet Box

Winter is coming! But first comes Halloween!
Perfect opportunity to show some creativity and crochet a scaaaring deco! Or maybe scaring and sweet, or just sweet!
Little spiders for your mailbox will scare all your neighbours and contribute into the special atmoshere on the Halloween days!
The most important: the pattern is quick and easy and you don’t have to invest a lot of time into it!
Don’t forget to buy some sweets! I am sure, kids will be attracted by the little cute spiders!

You will need:

5.00 mm crochet hook
black yarn matching the hook, white thiner yarn
googly eyes
scissors and a sewing needle
fiberfill

Abbreviations:

ch – chain
st – stitch
sc – single crochet
inc – 2 sc in the same st
dec – 2 sc together
X 6 – repeat 6 times
at the end of every round total number of stitches is shown in brackets

Instructions:

Spider body:
Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6 )
Round 2: inc X 6 (12)
Round 3: (sc in next st, inc) X 6 (18)

Round 4-5: sc in all st (18)
At this point you can make a spider net: just insert the white yarn in the body through the magic ring, make a knot with the end of the black yarn inside the spider body (see pictures below).

Round 6: (sc in next st, dec) X 6 (12)
Stuff the body but not full (so there is some space left for inserting the legs).
Round 7: dec X 6 (6)
Close the body with a sewing needle.

Spider legs:
Make a chain 25 ch and cut the ends as short as possible. This is one pair of legs. As you know, we need 8 legs so make 3 more pairs.

Insert the hook through the body and pull one of the chains through in the way that its two ends have the same length (as shown on the picture below). Do the same for other 3 chains.

Stick the eyes on the body and the spider is finished! It did’t take long, right? Now you can attach it to your mailbox or enterance. Or you can crochet more spiders and decorate a room! This will look scaring! Have fun on Halloween!

Think about crocheting a small basket for sweets? You can use this pattern for it, just take orange and/or black yarn instead of the packing twin!

Did you like to crochet with the tutorial? Check out my other patterns here!

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Crochet Key Ring Sushi

September 8, 2018September 9, 2018 Secret Crochet Box

We moved into a new flat 3 months ago and my husband still has a key ring of a person before! It would be ok, but it is a big pink band with PETRA written on it. So I decided that it’s time to change it! We are huge sushi fans so I just thought: why don’t I crochet a sushi instead of being annoyed about the PETRA key ring? 🙂

The pattern is really easy, you should be able to make only the basic single crochet stitch. It will not cost you a lot of time but the result is quite impressive and you will get an unique key ring or an interesting idea for a present!

You will need:

a crochet hook
pink/salmon colour, green, light yellow, white and black yarn
carabiner keyring (it’s optional, just make the total thing look fancier)
fiberfill
scissors and a sewing needle

Important to note: you can use a hook of any size (depending on desired size of the key ring), but it should match to the yarn size and that all yarns have the same thickness! Crochet the key ring tightly and try to weave in all the ends carefully – the key ring will be always in use and it should be durable!

Abbreviations:

ch – chain
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
inc – 2 sc in the same st
X 6 – repeat 6 times
at the end of every round total number of stitches is shown in brackets

Instructions:

Front part:
Work with pink, yellow and green yarn. Start with pink yarn.
Round 1: start making magic ring, crochet 2 sc in it, change to yellow yarn, crochet 2 sc in the same magic ring, change to green yarn, make two 2 sc (6 )
Round 2: change back to the pink yarn, inc X 2 (take care that you crochet in the pink st), change to the yellow yarn, inc X 2, change to the green yarn, inc X 2 (12)

Round 3: change to white yarn (sc in next st, inc) X 6 (18)
Round 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) X 6 (24)
Round 5: change to black yarn (sc in next 3 st, inc) X 6 (30)
Cut all the yarns leaving a tail (black yarn) for sewing.
Follow the instructions again to crochet the second side of the sushi, but use green yarn after pink, and only then yellow! On the picture below the sides look exactly that same and it was my mistake, so not repeat it! 🙂

Side of the sushi:

Make 30 + 1 ch, turn to the other direction
Round 1: sc in all st, 1 ch
Round 2: sc in all st
Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Now you should think of the way you want to attach the sushi to the key. I will make a chain loop to attach the carabiner keyring. Crochet 20 ch, insert in the carabiner and pull both ends of the chain through the side part of the sushi. Connect the ends on the other side and do that really good!

Sew the front parts to the side (take care that the colours on both sides match!) aaaaand … the Sushi key ring is finished!!!

Was it fun to crochet with this tutorial? Have a look at my other patterns, maybe you will find something you like there!

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Ponytail Hat Crochet Pattern

March 18, 2018 Secret Crochet Box

I made the hat as an addition to the fingerless gloves. The pattern is basically the same and it is explained with many details and pictures in the tutorial for the gloves (as I made them first). If you want to make only the hat and have a question, take a brief look at the gloves tutorial. The hat is very stylish, I really love it!

Materials:

3.5 mm crochet hook
recommended for the hook light pink and turquoise yarn (I used 100% cotton 115 m = 50 g)
scissors

Abbreviations:

First of all I want to warn you to not get scared by the abbreviations you don’t know! The “difficult” or better to say new stitches are explained here! I am sure, after finishing this pattern you will be full of inspiration and you will want to use your new skills more and more, and maybe even design your own patterns!

ch – chain
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
ddec – in this case: double crochet next 2 st together
FPtrc – front post treble crochet (US crochet terms)
exFPtrc – extended front post treble crochet (US crochet terms)
(…) X 5 – repeat “…” 5 times

Ribbling (work with turquoise yarn)

8 ch + 1 turning ch
Round 1-101: sc in all st, 1 ch (8)
Fold the ribbling together, crochet through both the first and the last rows.
Round 102: sl st in all st (8)

Now we turn the ribbling inside out so that the sl st row is not visible.

The rest of the hat:

Round 1: sc in all st (one sc in every row of the ribbling, see the picture below), sl st (101)

Round 2: change to light pink yarn. 3 ch, dc in back loops in all st, sl st (101)

Round 3: 3 ch, dc in next st, (exFPtrc in next 4 dc, dc in next 7 st, exFPtrc in next 2 dc, dc in next 7 st) X 5, sl st (101)

Round 4: 3 ch, dc in next st, (skip 2 st, exFPtrc in the 3rd st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the next st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the first skipped st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the second skipped st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), dc in next 7 st, exFPtrc in next 2 dc, dc in next 7 st) X 5, sl st (101)

Round 5: 3 ch, dc in next st,FPtrc in the next 2 st (though the upper loop of the exFPtrc of the previous round), FPtrc in the next 2 st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), dc in next 7 st, exFPtrc in next 2 st, dc in next 7 st) X 5, sl st (101)

Round 6: repeat Round 4 (101)

Round 7: change to the turquoise yarn. 3 ch, dc in the back loop of the next st, (dc in back loops of the next 11 st, ddec, dc in next 7 st) X 5, sl st (96)

Round 8: change to the light pink yarn, 3 ch, dc in next st, (exFPtrc in next 4 dc, dc in next 7 st, ddec, dc in next 6 st) X 5, sl st (91)

Round 9: 3 ch, dc in next st, (skip 2 st, exFPtrc in the 3rd st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the next st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the first skipped st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the second skipped st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), dc in next 6 st, ddec, dc in next 6 st) X 5, sl st (86)

Round 10: 3 ch, dc in next st, FPtrc in the next 2 st (though the upper loop of the exFPtrc of the previous round), FPtrc in the next 2 st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), dc in next 5 st, ddec, dc in next 6 st) X 5, sl st (81)

Round 11: 3 ch, dc in next st, (skip 2 st, exFPtrc in the 3rd st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the next st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the first skipped st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the second skipped st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), dc in next 5 st, ddec, dc in next 5 st) X 5, sl st (76)

Round 12: 3 ch, dc in next st, FPtrc in the next 2 st (though the upper loop of the exFPtrc of the previous round), FPtrc in the next 2 st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), dc in next 5 st, ddec, dc in next 4 st) X 5, sl st (71)

Round 13: 3 ch, dc in next st, (skip 2 st, exFPtrc in the 3rd st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the next st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the first skipped st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the second skipped st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), dc in next 4 st, ddec, dc in next 4 st) X 5, sl st (66)

Round 14: 3 ch, dc in next st, FPtrc in the next 2 st (though the upper loop of the exFPtrc of the previous round), FPtrc in the next 2 st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), dc in next 3 st, ddec, dc in next 4 st) X 5, sl st (61)

Round 15: 3 ch, dc in next st, (skip 2 st, exFPtrc in the 3rd st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the next st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the first skipped st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), exFPtrc in the second skipped st (though the exFPtrc of the previous round), dc in next 3 st, ddec, dc in next 3 st) X 5, sl st (56)

Round 16: change to the turquoise yarn, 3 ch, dc in next st, (dc in next 3 st, ddec) X 11, sl st (45)

Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in the end. The hat is finished!

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