free crochet patterns – Page 5

The end of February means many cold, windy days… What can be better than to sit inside in a cozy warm house on such a day! You only need a good movie, a good drink and good company 😉 Well, and of course you have to keep your place warm! A big, cute and cozy draught stopper will definitely help you with it!

Measure your window, choose nice colours matching your room and start to crochet! By the way, crocheting is one more way to kill long cold evenings at home 🙂

You will need:

6.00 mm crochet hook
Beige yarn recommended for the hook (I used 148 m/200 g and I needed 500 g for the windstopper)
Scissors and sewing needle
Old t-shirts, socks, towels – anything what you don’t need and what can be used as a fill
Optional: 3.5 mm hook and matching yarn of two colours (I took brown and white) for decoration, sewing needle

Abbreviations:

ch – chain
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
trc – treble crochet
at the end of every round total number of stitches is shown in brackets

The Pattern:

7 sc in magic ring
Round 1: 4 sc in next st, sc in next st, 3 sc in next st, sc in next st, 4 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st (15)
Round 2: sc in next 2 st, 4 sc in next st, sc in next 3 st, 3 sc in next st, sc in next 4 st, 4 sc in next st, sc in next 3 st (23)
Round 3: sc in next 3 st, 4 sc in next st, sc in next 6 st, 3 sc in next st, sc in next 6 st, 4 sc in next st, sc in next 5 st (32)
Round 4: sc in next 5 st, 4 sc in next st, sc in next 8 st, 3 sc in next st, sc in next 8 st, 4 sc in next st, sc in next 7 st (40)
Round 5: sc in next 7 st, 4 sc in next st, sc in next 10 st, 3 sc in next st, sc in next 11 st, 4 sc in next st, sc in next 8 st (48)
Rounds 6-100: sc in all st (48) Keep crocheting untill you reach a size of your window or door. I need it to be 1 meter long. Let’s say I made 100 rounds for that.

Round 101: sc in next 4 st together, sc in next 11 st, sc in next 3 st together, sc in next 11 st, sc in next 4 st together, sc in next 15 st (40)
Round 102: sc in next 4 st together, sc in next 9 st, sc in next 3 st together, sc in next 9 st, sc in next 4 st together, sc in next 11 st (32)
Round 103: sc in next 4 st together, sc in next 6 st, sc in next 3 st together, sc in next 6 st, sc in next 4 st together, sc in next 9 st (24)
Round 104: sc in next 4 st together, sc in next 3 st, sc in next 3 st together, sc in next 3 st, sc in next 4 st together, sc in next 7 st (16)
Round 105: sc in next 4 st together, sc in next 1 st, sc in next 3 st together, sc in next 1 st, sc in next 4 st together, sc in next 3 st (8)
Round 106: sc in next 3 st together, sc in next 2 st together, sc in next 3 st together, sl st.
Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in the end. Your draught stopper is finished, it’s time to decorate it!

Heart decoration:

Round 1: magic ring, all following stitches crochet in the magic ring: 3 ch, 3 trc, 3 dc, 1 ch, trc, 1 ch, 3 dc, 3 trc, 2 ch, sl st. Join the heart together pulling the end of the magic ring.

Round 2: 2 ch, 2 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 st, (sc + 1 ch + sc) in next st, sc in next 4 st, 2 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, 2 ch, sl st

Round 3: 3 ch, 2 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 7 st, 1 ch, sc in next 7 st, 2 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, 3 ch, sl st.

Round 4: change colour and sc in all st of the Round 3. Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing. The heart is finished! Make 5 of them, and crochet every second heart with inverse colours.

So I have three brown hearts with white frames and two white hearts with brown frames. Now I am going to sew one brown heart in the middle of the draught stopper and two more on the ends. White hearts I sew in empty spaces between the brown hearts.

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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Earwarmer for Him, Crochet with Love!

February 25, 2018February 27, 2018 Secret Crochet Box

Recently I have crocheted an earwarmer for me (the pattern is here) and my husband wanted to get one as well. We bike a lot, so the thing is pretty practical for both of us. I found it boring just to crochet one more earwarmer the exact same way so I designed another pattern for him. Well, obviously the only difference between men’s and women’s earwarmer is the size (and sometimes decorations). So by just changing size you can make the earwarmer for a woman or even a child 🙂

You will need:

5 mm and 3 mm crochet hooks
recommended for the bigger hook yarn of the main colour (I have grey) and yarn of a different colour matching the smaller hook (I took mixed colour, mostly blue)
scissors

Abbreviations:

ch – chain
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
FPtrc – front post treble crochet (US crochet terms)
exFPtrc – extended front post treble crochet (US crochet terms), this stitch is explained in the other tutorial.

The Pattern:

Start with the main colour and 5 mm hook: 99 ch, join with sl st, 2 ch.
Finish every round with sl st and start a new one with 2 ch.
Round 1: dc in all ch (99)
Rounds 2- 6: (dc in next 3 st, exFPtrc in dc under next 3 st) X 33 (99)
Take care that every second round is inverse previous round: you always crochet dc over exFPtrc and the other way around. That will live you a “chess bord” ornament.

Now we make the ears:

Note, that here we don’t make sl st and 2 ch to change a round.
Round 7: 16 sl st, sc in next st, hdc in next st, dc in next st, FPtrc in next st, exFPtrc in next 4 st, FPtrc in next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next st, sl st in next st.

Turn the earwarmer around and move to the opposite direction now.
Round 8: sc in next st, dc in next 5 st, 2 dc together in next st, dc in next 5 st, sc in next st, sl st in back loop of the next st. Fasten off, cut the yarn. The first ear is finished.
Count 28 st to the other direction from the first st of round 7. Here we start crocheting the second ear. Repeat Rounds 7-8.
The ears are finished!

Now change to the yarn of the second colour. Take the 3 mm hook and start crocheting from the first st of Round 7.
Make 2 ch to start the round.
Round 9: hdc in next 15 st, hdc in next 3 st together, hdc in next 5 st, 2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 5 st, hdc in next 3 st together, hdc in next 42 st, hdc in next 3 st together, hdc in next 5 st, 2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 5 st, hdc in next 3 st together, hdc in next 15 st, sl st (100)
Round 10: dc in next 14 st, dc in next 3 st together, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next st, 3 dc in next st together, dc in next 40 st, dc in next 3 st together, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next st, 3 dc in next st together, dc in next 14 st, sl st (102)

Now turn the earwarmer upside down. Work with the yarn of the second colour and the 3 mm hook. Insert the hook in the first st of the first round.
Rounds 11-12: 2 ch, dc in all st, sl st (99)
Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in all ends. The earwarmer 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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Cozy Earwarmer Crochet Pattern

February 15, 2018February 27, 2018 Secret Crochet Box

If you bike a lot, go to the swimming pool or just like hair buns, this pattern is for you! As most of the patterns in the blog, it is really quick. The best part is that it looks complex, but it is really easy to crochet! An earwarmer is an amazing thing, I have it only one day and I love it already, I did not even take it off when I came home after a walk!

You will need:

5 mm crochet hook
recommended for the hook black and grey yarn
scissors

Abbreviations:

ch – chain
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
exFPtrc – extended front post treble crochet (US crochet terms), this stitch is explained in the tutorial.

Let’s get started!

The Pattern:

Start with black yarn: 86 ch, join with sl st, 2 ch.
Finish every round with sl st and start a new one with 2 ch.
Round 1: dc in all ch (86)

Rounds 2- 6: (change to grey yarn) (dc in next st, exFPtrc in dc under next st) X 43 (86)

How to make exFPtrc:

Yarn over twice (Picture 1), go through the next dc (Picture 2), yarn over and pull the hook through (Picture 3), you have 4 loops on the hook now. Yarn over and pull through the first loop on the hook (Picture 4).

Then yarn over again and pull though next two yarn loops, now you have tree loops left (Picture 5), yarn over and pull again though next two yarn loops, now there are only 2 loops on the hook (Picture 6), the last step: yarn over and pull though all two loops. You just crocheted your first exFPtrc! Congratulations! Compare your result with the lower two pictures and follow the pattern further!

Round 7: (change to black yarn) hdc in all st (86)
Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in the end.
Your earwarmer is finished! Enjoy 🙂

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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Crochet Gloves, Step-by-Step Tutorial

February 10, 2018March 4, 2020 Secret Crochet Box

Earlier I thought that it is impossible to crochet good comfortable gloves. And as I never actually could knit, I just never dreamed of making gloves myself. But now there are so many cool new tricks for crocheting! One can crochet really anything and noone can say that for making socks or gloves one should learn knitting!

Last week I lost my gloves somewhere and it’s time to crochet new ones!

Materials:

3 mm crochet hook
recommended for the hook dark blue yarn (I used a yarn 50g = 125 m (1.75 oz = 137 yds) and I needed 100 g (3.5 oz) for the gloves)
white embroidery floss and a needle
scissors

Abbreviations:

ch – chain
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
inc – 2 sc in one st (used to increase the number of stitches)
dec – 2 sc together (used to decrease the number of stitches)

The Pattern

Try to crochet not too tight otherwise the gloves will be too hard. You can also take a hook one size bigger than recommended for your yarn. I wanted to make warm gloves so I didn’t use a bigger hook.

Ribbing:

It may look confusing when you start, but once you try you will see that it’s simple and very beautiful way to crochet a ribbing. I will explain now how it works and if you have more questions afterwards, you can also have a look at the tutorial.

13 ch
Round 1: hdc in all 13 ch, 2 turning ch

Rounds 2-30: hdc in all 13 st (here comes the trick: while crocheting the row, insert the hook one stitch lower than the one you would normally use. It is shown in the picture below (N 2). As you can see there, you crochet always to the front part, that’s why the ribbing looks knitted), 2 turning ch. At the end of Round 30 make only 1 ch instead of 2.

Body:
Now we join the ribbing. Insert the hook into both layers and join them with sl st in all 13 st. Turn the ribbing inside out so the sl st are not visible.
Now we can start the glove body. Continue crocheting on one side of the ribbing
Round 1: sc in 45 st. (You have to crochet sc one time into every vertical stitches row and two times between the rows, it will give you 45 sc) (45)
Rounds 2-4: sc in all 45 st (45)

Round 5: sc in next 21 st, inc, sc in next st, inc, sc in next 21 st (47)
Round 6: sc in all st (47)
Round 7: sc in next 21 st, inc, sc in next 3 st, inc, sc in next 21 st (49)
Round 8: sc in all st (49)
Round 9: sc in next 21 st, inc, sc in next 5 st, inc, sc in next 21 st (51)
Round 10: sc in all st (51)
Round 11: sc in next 21 st, inc, sc in next 7 st, inc, sc in next 21 st (53)
Rounds 12-15: sc in all st (53)
Round 16: sc in next 21 st, skip next 11 st, sc in next 21 st (42)

Rounds 17-26: sc in next 42 st (42)

Little finger:
Round 1: sc in next 6 st, 2 ch, skip next 30 st, sc in next 6 st (14)
Rounds 2-11: sc in all 14 st (14)
Round 12: (sc in next st, skip next st) X 7 (7)
Round 13: (sc in next st, skip next st) X 4 (4)
Round 14: sc in next st, skip 1 st, sl st in next st.
Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in the end.

Ring finger:

Round 1: Start crocheting the ring finger in the middle of the bottom of the little finger. Insert there the hook (as it is shown in the picture (1) below), make 1 ch, sc in next st, dec (to make the corner smooth, see picture (2) below), skip next 21 st, sc in next 5 st, 2 ch, sc in next 4, dec, sc in next st (15)

Rounds 2-15: sc in all 15 st (15)
Round 16: (sc in next st, skip next st) X 7 (7)
Round 17: (sc in next st, skip next st) X 4 (4)
Round 18: sc in next st, skip 1 st, sl st in next st.
Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in the end.

Middle finger:

Round 1: Start crocheting in the middle of the bottom of the ring finger. Insert there the hook, make 1 ch, sc in next st, dec, skip next 12 st, sc in next 5 st, 2 ch, sc in next 4, dec, sc in next st (15)

Rounds 2-18: sc in all 15 st (15)
Round 19: (sc in next st, skip next st) X 7 (7)
Round 20: (sc in next st, skip next st) X 4 (4)
Round 21: sc in next st, skip 1 st, sl st in next st.
Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in the end.

Forefinger:

Round 1: Start crocheting in the middle of the bottom of the middle finger. Insert the hook there, make 1 ch, sc in next st, dec, sc in next 11 st, dec, sc in next st (15)
Rounds 2-15: sc in all 15 st (15)
Round 16: (sc in next st, skip next st) X 7 (7)
Round 17: (sc in next st, skip next st) X 4 (4)
Round 18: sc in next st, skip 1 st, sl st in next st.
Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in the end.

Thumb:
Round 1: Start crocheting in the middle of the bottom of the forefinger. Insert there the hook, make 1 ch, sc in all st, now you don’t make dec in the corners so that the thumb points a bit to the side (16)
Rounds 2-11: sc in all 15 st (15)
Round 12: (sc in next st, skip next st) X 8 (8)
Round 13: (sc in next st, skip next st) X 4 (4)
Round 14: sc in next st, skip 1 st, sl st in next st.
Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in the end.

First glove is finished! make the second one the exact same way!

Now you can embroider something if you like or just leave them like they are! The gloves are finished! I am sure you will wear them proudly and nobody will believe that you have made them yourself!

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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Hairband, Quick and Simple Crochet Pattern

February 4, 2018February 27, 2018 Secret Crochet Box

I didn’t post anything here for a while, because right now I am crocheting gloves and as I have extremly little time for it, it takes forever. Bigger crocheting projects are sometimes difficult for me because I need a feeling that I can finish something. So every time when I crochet a bit bigger thing, I make something small at the same time. I don’t know if it is logical because then the main project takes even longer but I like it! That’s why I want to share with you a simple and quick way to make a hair band. It takes only 10-15 minutes and you can choose any colour and style you like!

Materials:

3 mm crochet hook
yarn recommended for the hook
rubber band
scissors

Abbreviations:

ch – chain
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
at the end of every round total number of stitches is shown in brackets

Only three steps and you get a perfect accessory which completes your outfit! I chose a “Milk coffee” colour, it matches my hair 🙂

Instructions:

Round 1: 31 sc in the rubber band (31). Important: the size of the hair band I made is quite small, it fits better for children. If you want a bigger hairband, just make more stitches, stretch the gummy and look if it is big enough for you. In other words, the 31 stitches is a minimal size.
Round 2: 3 dc in next 31 st (93)
Round 3: sc in all 93 st (93)

The hairband 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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