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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Halloween Spider Candy Dish-Pumpkin Free Pattern©

Halloween Spider Candy Dish-Pumpkin Free Pattern©
Free Pattern by Connie Hughes Designs©
"This Pattern Has Been Revised"
 

Free Halloween Spider Candy Dish-Pumpkin Pattern©
This pattern is great for a beginner!

Materials For The Spider:
Red Heart Yarn in Black
Red Heart Yarn in White
Sewing Needle & Black Thread
Red Embroidery Thread 
9mm Safety Eyes
Poly-Fil-for eyes
8 Chenille stems
 

Materials For The Pumpkin:
Red Heart Pumpkin Orange Yarn
Red Heart Spring Green Yarn
Red Heart Black Yarn
Needle & Matching Thread
Sm. Amount of Poly-Fil
Sm. Piece of Felt


Abbreviations Used in both patterns:
sc-single crochet
BLO-back loops only
sl, st-slip stitch
FO-fasten off
hdc-half double crochet
dc-double crochet
ch-chain
wk-work
sts-stitches
dec-decrease


Hooks
4.5, G

This pattern is crocheted in the round.
With a 4.5mm Hook

For the bowl

Ch 2
Row 1. Wk 6 sc in the second st from the hook-6sts
Row 2. 2 sc in each st around-12
Row 3. 1 sc in 2 sts, 2 sc in the next st, all the way around-18sts
Row 4. 1 sc in 2 sts, 2 in the next st, all the way around-24sts
Row 5. 1 sc in 3 sts, 2 in the next, all the way around-30sts
Row 6. 1 sc in 4 sts, 2 in the next st all the way around-36sts
Row 7. 1 sc in 5 sts, 2 in the next st all the way around-42sts
Row 8. 1 sc in 6 sts, 2 in the next st all the way around-48sts
Row 9. 1 in 7 sts, 2 in the next st all the way around-54sts
Row 10. 1 sc st in the BLO all the way around-54sts
Rows 11 & 18. 1 sc in each st around-54sts

Row 19. ch1 & turn, wk 1sc in the FLO all the way around, join & ch1
Rows 20-27. repeat rows 11-18

  
 



Fold 9 rows down inside the like in the picture.
You can crochet a separate piece to make a bottom and put a piece of card board or plastic canvas in between. This will make it sturdy.
If you want to make a bottom just do rows 1 through 8 or 9 of the bowl.


For the legs Make 8
With a G Hook
Ch 2
Row 1. Wk 5 sc in the second ch from hook.
Row 2. 1 sc in 5 sts, repeat until your leg measures 5” or 6” long FO.

Fold your chenille stem in half, push it through the opened end
of your spider leg and cut off excess. Sew closed and sew the leg to the side of the bowl, like in the picture.

Place 4 legs on each side of bowl. Fold the legs like a spider



 

For the Eyes Make 2

With a G Hook

Ch 2
Repeat rows 1 through 3 of the bowl, 18sts
After row 3 put safety eyes in the center of each eye and secure.

Rows 4 through 7 repeat with 1 sc in each st around-18sts

Row 8. 1 sc in next st, dec next 2 sts, stuff with ploy-fil and close.

With 2 or 3 strands of red embroidery floss make the
veins in the eyes. Attach eyes to front side of bowl.

The little pumpkin can be made the same way, just make the
sides a little taller.

With 4.5mm Hook and Pumpkin Orange

To make the handle ch 2 wk 5 sc in the second ch from the hook.

Repeat until it’s the desired length.
 
To make the round balls on the bottom of the pumpkin;

With a G Hook and Spring Green Yarn
Row 1. ch 2, wk 6 sc in the second ch from the hook-6sts
Row 2. 2 sc in each st around-12sts
Row 3. 1 sc in next st, 2 sc in the next all the way around-18
Stuff and dec sts until closed. I made a bottom piece and put
plastic canvas between the two.

For the leaves

I made 3 with a G Hook and Spring Green Yarn

Ch 6 wk 1 sl st, 1 sc, 1hdc, 1 dc, 6 dc in the last st, working on the other side do 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 1 sl st and FO. Sew in place at the bottom of the handle.
To make the eyes and nose use a G Hook
With black yarn make 3

Ch 5, 1 sl st, 1 sc, 1hdc, 1 dc and FO. Sew in place.

I cut red lips out of felt and sewed them on.

Halloween Spider Candy Dish-Pumpkin Free Pattern©
 Free Pattern by Connie Hughes Designs©
This pattern is for personal use.
I hope you enjoy making this Pattern &
Who you’re making it for enjoys it even more!

Do no sell this pattern it is Copyright Protected.
All Rights Reserved.

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Unusual Halloween Candy Dishes

It's Almost Halloween and time to
make something cute for that special
trick or treater in your life!

I made these three candy dishes...each one a little different!

The little sign my green guy is carrying took
me forever to make...and when I finally got it where I was at
least happy with it...my husband sits down and says you
miss spelled it...his joke didn't go over to well...he
was very close to looking like my little green guy!
This is what happens when you stay up to late!

 
 



Monday, September 30, 2013

Infinity Scarf and the Bane Insired Hat from Batman

"Infinity scarf"
I just finished this for my daughter
she wanted a tan colored one to match a coat she has!
She wanted one just like the blue one I made!
It's always special when you make something for
the people you love...and these two (soon to be 3) are such a joy for me!
This yarn is called Loops & Threads Charisma, the color is Taupe.
 You can find this yarn at Michael's Craft Store and the pattern
is on my blog in a post titled My First Infinity Scarf Pattern!

The Bane inspired Hat from Batman

My son-in-law sent me a picture of this hat and asked
me if I could make him one...well with some real
trial and error I finally finished it tonight!

I hope he likes it...he has such a fun spirit and he has
so much fun wearing these hats...I love
making them for him.





Sunday, September 22, 2013

Halloween Door Accents and How Too!

Halloween Door Accents
I was at the craft store the other day
and saw some of these little door accents...
I really liked them but they were $6 to $7 dollars a piece...
and I thought I could make some of
these with yarn, ribbon and felt.
So I did and this was really inexpensive...
I bought some fun Halloween ribbon,
I had the yarn and batting in my
stock pile at home...
I printed out some free pumpkin
craving templates on my computer.
So this is what I did...
I sc a front and back panel,
big enough to hold my cut-out...
I pinned my cut-out
to my felt and cut that out...
after sealing and stuffing the
two pieces together,
I stitched it to my crochet piece!
If your kids were like mine...
they can never agree on which
decorations to buy...
and buying several gets expensive...
so this way they each can pick out
their very own door hanger
and even help with the making...
its so fun to get them involved and
Halloween is a day kids just love!

The pattern for the orange one
with the Raven on it is
2dc in the 1st st,
ch 2 wk one sc in the 2nd ch st
sk one, wk 2 dc in the next st, repeat
all the way around!

My ribbon was at
"Michael's Craft Store"
(get a 40% off coupon at the link below)
Happy Crafting!!
Connie



Thursday, September 19, 2013

Here's My Free Infinity Scarf Pattern©

My First Free Infinity Scarf Pattern©
By Connie Hughes Designs©

This scarf is so easy and fun to make!
I Chained 151, I can wrap my scarf around my head loosely
twice, you can make your chain longer if you want a longer scarf!
 
Hook size 8mm
Yarn is Loops & Threads Charisma
I used 2 skeins Electric Blue

Ch 151
Row 1
1 sc in each stitch across, ch 2 and turn-150
Row 2
Now this is stitch I couldn't find the name of, but what you do is 1dc side ways like you would a post stitch, but this is worked into two sc stitches.
Like in the photo below, dc just like you normally would.
This will make that thick ridge, it's perfect
if you really want a thick winter scarf. 



You just repeat rows 1 and 2 until it's the width you want, I made mine exactly 5 inches wide.
Fasten off, leave a long tail and whip stitch together!
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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Spongebob's and Friends Blanket

I just finished my
Spongebob and Friends Blanket
Spongebob and his side kick Patrick

I made it to go with these two guys!

I tried to really make it feel like
you are really in
Spongebob's world or sea!
I tried to put some of the details that you
see in the cartoon...like the seashells,
life preserver and of course the
green sea weed!
 Mr. Krabs and sand castle!

 
 


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