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FREE Jar Cozy Pattern!

I made this mason jar cozy for a friend who likes to drink coffee out of a mason jar, BUT I think it looks SO SWEET as a candle holder!! I couldn't find a cozy pattern that really suited what I needed, so I wrote my own and you can have it FOR FREE!!! 

Materials Needed:

2 colors of medium size, worsted weight yarn (I used Red Heart Comfort and Red Heart Super Saver). You really could use any yarn for this - it doesn't take a lot so it's great for using up scraps!

Size H/5.00mm crochet hook

A mason jar

Using Color A:

R1: sc6 in a magic ring

R2: sc2 in each sc (12)

R3: *sc1, inc in next sc* repeat around

R4: *sc2, inc in next sc* repeat around

R5: *sc3, inc in next sc* repeat around

R6: sc1 in each sc around

Switch to color B (no need to cut colors when switching, we will just bring it up when needed)

R7-8: sc1 in each sc around

Switch to color B

R9-10: sc in each sc around

Alternate between two rows of color A and two rows of color B until sleeve is the desired size. Mine is a total of 18 rows of stripes.

R19: dc1 in each sc around to form a rim around the sleeve. Finish off and sew in ends.

This pattern was made to fit a mason jar that is roughly 3” in circumference. If you wanted to make this pattern to fit a different mason jar, simply keep going with the increase rounds (or do fewer increase rounds) until the flat bottom part of the sleeve is slightly larger than the bottom of your jar. You don’t want it to be too big, because ideally the sleeve should fit snuggly around the jar! :)

Enjoy!!

"Hi I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs!!!!"

I spent A LOT of time trying to find the most *authentic* looking Olaf pattern. There are lots out there, but some of them just don't look like the real deal. Thankfully, One Dog Woof has a FANTASTIC Olaf pattern, and to top it off it's 100% FREE!
I've made him twice, and the second time I made just a few minor changes. I found that he was a little wobbly when I brought the head/upper/lower body to a full close at the bottom (down to 6 single crochet), so instead I stopped the pieces a couple rounds before the pattern suggests, giving the pieces a wider hole. That way I could sew them together at the final round of each piece. I found this really helped stabilize Olaf, but if you prefer to close all the way, that works well too (maybe you'll be more successful than me).
The first Olaf was a gift for a graduate, so I opted out of the hair and instead gave him a cute little grad cap. I just kind of guessed a pattern for this, but basically I made a long strip, sewed it into a ring, and then crocheted a square and sewed it on top. I also gave him a cute tassel in my high school's colors.

Some people are worth melting for. :)

Ooooooooooooooooooooo Tannenbaaaaaaauuummm

I'm home for Christmas and I couldn't be happier to crochet and sleep and eat and do very little else. I took a small small small break from making things for other people to make myself this sweet little Christmas tree. The pattern is FREE and comes from Pops de Milk. I saw it and decided I just had to have one, especially since I have so many buttons. I added a pom-pom to the top instead of a star, mostly because I didn't have a star haha. Here's mine:

Merry Christmas!!!

My Serious Obsession (with this friggin duck)

I would be lying to you if I didn't say that I am FRIGGIN OBSESSED with this FREE duck pattern from AmigurimiBB. It produces probably the cutest most perfect thing I have ever made. I've made four. I'm going to share them all with you. Because I'm obsessed.

You'll notice I've only made the "boy" version of this duck. Most of them were for people with babies/baby showers and honestly the duck with the bow tie is just more "gender neutral" than the "girl" duck. I've never had the chance to make the pair although I would love to have a set just for me!!!

Notes about this pattern:

The pattern doesn't say to do this, but I tacked the tops of the feet to the duck's body. The pattern has them hanging, but I thought they looked like of weird hanging and I wanted him to be always sitting, so I sewed them on with one stitch in the middle. I guess it's all about personal preference, I like him better this way!

As for the hair, the author of the pattern suggests that you first crochet the hair, and then sew it on. To skip the sewing step, I just inserted my hook in about the middle of the duck's head, pulled up some yarn and crocheted right from the head. I found it made the hair more secure (and also let me skip the sewing part, which, let's be honest, is the WORST PART). 

There are lots of instructions within this pattern, so be sure to read them all!!

I just can't stress enough how obsessed I am with this duck. I can't stop looking at him. He is SO FUN to make just because watching him come together in all his cuteness is almost too much for me to handle. (I have a lot of feelings about this duck).

MORE Owlies!

I just LOVE this sweet Chubby Owl Family from KnotSewCute on Etsy.  My mamma found them on Pinterest and sent them to me and I just HAD to make them. I love that they come in three sizes, and that you can mix and match the colors and how many of each size you want, so that you can make them to match any family! I've made two sets of these so far, the first for a baby shower my mom was going to and another for a friend's niece. You'll need to pay for this one, but it's 100% worth the cash I spent on it! They worked up perfectly according to the pattern, no alterations needed. I glued the eyes on using tacky glue, but opted to sew the buttons on because I was afraid you'd see the glue through the button holes. :)

Crochet Furby pattern!

So I have this friend who has this hilarious Furby costume that she acquired when she was in like the third grade. It's like a giant sack, so when she was little it fit her whole body and now that she's grown it still fits her torso, she just has to wear pants with it now (hahaha). Her mom asked me if I could crochet her a Furby for her birthday, and of course I had to try.

Who freakin knew crochet Furby patterns even existed??? It took me a while to settle on one - some of them didn't even really look like Furbies (more like owls or weird birds???), but I figured I'd be able to draw parts from each of them to create what I was looking for. I finally chose this Furby pattern from Lori-Anne Ketola on Ravelry, with some of my own modifications of course. Here is my finished product!!

Obviously, I opted out of using the feather style yarn. I just didn't think it was necessary, and since I wanted my Furby to be black I knew that it would probably be much easier to just work with regular yarn! What I liked best about this pattern was the ears - I thought they looked the most like Furby ears, especially with the little tufts at the top!!

Since I didn't use feather yarn, I also opted to make pom-poms for the head tuft and tail rather than follow the pattern, because I knew that the regular yarn wouldn't produce the "fluff" I was looking for by just crocheting it. I use a Clover pom-pom maker, which, as I've mentioned before, I love using!

I also reworked the feet here. I tried to do the ones in the pattern but for some reason had some trouble with them (I can't remember what the problem was now!) I kind of made up my own pattern for the feet. You can find that pattern below!

My friend LOVED her gift. I cracked up when her mom asked me to make it for her because honestly it is SO HER and it's just so funny. 

Here is the pattern I made up for the feet!!

Furby feet:

Toes (make 4)

R1: Make a magic ring, SC 4 in MR

R2: Inc in each st around (8)

R3: Sc in each st around (8)

For first toe of each foot, cut yarn and fasten off. For the second toe, keep the yarn on the hook and move onto the foot

Foot (make two)

R1: With the second toe still attached to the hook, slip stitch into a stitch on the first toe. Crochet around the first toe, and then crochet around the second toe. 

R2-3: Sc in each st around

R4: *Sc2tog, sc4* repeat * 2 times, sc2tog, sc5

R5: Sc in each st around

R6: *Sc2tog, sc3* repeat * 2 times, sc2tog, sc5

R7: *Sc2tog, sc2* repeat * 2 times, sc2tog, sc3

R8: *Sc2tog, sc* repeat * 2 times, sc2tog, sc2

R9: Sc2tog 3 times, sc