Sara Kay Hartmann designed the Crochet Cutie Baby Cardigan, which is published on the Red Heart website. I made up this pattern for our nephew’s first birthday, which is a few weeks away. The Crochet Cutie Baby Cardigan is quite versatile, as it is written for several sizes, from 6 months to 24 months. I chose […]
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DIY: Crochet Banded Hat and Free Pattern
I designed this crochet banded hat because many of our readers loved the wool felt hat Tomiko wore when modelling our Giant Snowball Cowl. That one was purchased at Holt Renfrew, but if people liked the look of it, I wanted to create a pattern in crochet. The crochet banded hat and the decorative flower […]
DIY: Crochet Tam O’Shanter and Free Pattern
Traditional tam o’shanters are knitted from wool, but others are made from tartan; this is my version, a crochet tam o’shanter. I first heard the word ‘tam o’shanter,’ which is named after the hero from one of Robert Burns’ poems, when I watched the animated Beatrix Potter Collection as a kid. The first episode has […]
DIY: Crochet Cross Creek Hat by Marlaina “Marly” Bird
The crochet Cross Creek Hat is from this book Cold Weather Crochet by Marlaina “Marly” Bird. There are many lattice pattern crochet hats, but this one caught my eye because of the interesting crown and how the top is finished. The author recommends using one skein (about 230 m) of DK weight yarn, so I used […]
DIY: Crochet Knit Stitch Beanie with Ribbing and Free Pattern
This crochet knit stitch beanie is made with a fingering weight wool and made to look like knitting. I bought two beautiful colours of Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 170 from the nearby Ewe Knit shop and decided to make a finely crocheted hat. Since the hat is made of single crochet knit stitches, the hat fabric […]