Spider man bunny

This is a costume made to fit the dress me bunny by Sharon Ojala at amigurumi to go. You will need to make the bunny before you go on to make the costume, but for the minute don't attach the arms, ears or tail. The pattern can be found here, and you can also find some other outfits for your bunny.

Difficulty:

Medium

You will need:

• Crochet hook the same size as the one you used for the bunny (I used a 3mm one)
• The same weight yarn (I used double knitting) as you used for the bunny in red, blue and black
• A darning needle for sewing up

For the head:
Make a magic loop with 6 sc (6sc)
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: sc in first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end. ch1, turn (18sc)
Row 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (12sc)
Row 4: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (15sc)
Row 5: sc in the first 4 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (18sc)
Row 6: sc in the first 5 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (21sts)
Row 7: sc in the first 13 sts, 2sc in the next st, sc in the next 7 sts. ch1, turn (22sc)
Rows 8-11: (4 rounds) sc in each st around. ch1, turn (22sc)
Fasten off

Rejoin yarn to round 2

Row 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (12sc)
Row 4: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (15sc)
Row 5: sc in the first 4 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (18sc)
Row 6: sc in the first 5 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep twice. ch1, turn (21sts)
Row 7: 2sc in the first st, sc in the next 13 sts, 2sc in the next st, sc to end. ch1, turn (23sts)
Rows 8-10: (3 rounds) sc in each st around. ch1, turn (23sc)
Row 11: sc in each st (23sc)
Round 12: sc in the first st on the next section

sc in the next 21 sts to end of section, sc in the first st of the section you started the round on, sc in the next 22 sts to end of round.(45sc)
Rounds 13-15: (3 rounds) sc in each st (45sc)
Round 16: sc in the first 13 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (42 sc)
Round 17: sc in each st (42sc)
Round 18: sc in the first 5 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (36sc)
Round 19: sc in the first 4 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (30sc)
Round 20: sc in the first 4 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (25sc)
Round 21: sc in each st (25sc)
Fasten off

Eye patches:
With white make a magic ring with 5 sc but do not join, instead ch 1 and turn (5sc)
Row 1: 2sc in each st. ch1, turn (10sc)
Row 2: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end, but change to black in the last pull though of the last loop

Ch1, turn (15sc)
Round 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end. ch1 then sc in the same st. sc 6 across the base of the semi-circle, ch2, ss into 1st sc of round
Fasten off

Make another the same until the beginning of round 3
Round 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end. ch2 then sc in the same st. sc 6 across the base of the semi-circle, ch1, ss into 1st sc of round
Fasten off

Use the tail ends to sew the patches to the head, referring to the picture below if necessary:

Next you need to sew the web onto the head.

After you've sewn these lines on sew the across bits on like you did at the front.

 It should end up looking a bit like this:

Sorry I forgot to take a picture of what it looked like in real life

For the Trousers:
For the shoes (make 2):
With red make a magic loop with 6 sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (18sc)
Round 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (24sc)
Round 4: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (30sc)
Round 5: sc in the first 9 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (33sc)
Rounds 6-7: (2 rounds) sc in each st (33sc)
Round 8: sc in the first 9 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (30sc)
Round 9: sc in each st (30sc)
Round 10: sc in first st, 2sc in next st, rep 4 times, sc in the next 15 sts (25sc)

Round 11: sc in first 3 st, 2sc in next st, rep, sc in the next 15 sts (23sc)

Round 12: sc in first 2 st, 2sc in next st, rep, sc in the next 15 sts (21sc)

Rounds 13-14: (2 rounds): sc in each st (21sc) 

Round 15: sc2tog, sc in the next 19 sts (20sc)

Change to blue yarn

Rounds 16 - 23: (8 rounds) sc in each st (20sc)

Fasten off

Before you do the next section you will need to embroider the 'web' onto the red section of the feet. 

For the upper section:

Line up the boots side by side with the toes facing forwards and sc through 5 sts in both boots at the same time

Round 1: crocheting through only one boot at a time, sc around the edge of both boots (30sc)

Rounds 2-4: (3 rounds) sc in each st (30sc)

Round 5: sc in the first 12 sts, ch6, sc into the 7th st from the hook, sc in the last 11 sts (30sts)

Round 6: sc in each st (30 sc)

Round 7: sc in the first 4 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (36sc)

Fasten off

For the sleeves:

With red make a magic ring with 6sc

Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)

Round 2: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (18sc)

Rounds 3-4: (2 rounds) sc in each st (18sc)

Round 5: sc in the first 4 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (15sc)

Rounds 6-7: (2 rounds) sc in each st (15sc)

Change to blue

Round 8: sc in each st (15sc)

Round 9: sc2tog, sc in the next 5 sts, sc2tog, sc in the next 6 sts (13sc)

Rounds 10 - 15: (6 rounds): sc in each st (13sc)

Round 16: sc in the first 7 sts (7sc)

Fasten off

Embroider the web on like you did above

Then sew the bits on in between like you did above 

For the jacket:

With blue make 40 fsc. ch1, turn (40sc)

Rows 1 - 6: (6 rows) sc in each stitch. ch1, turn (40 sc)

Row 7: sc in the first 6 sts, sc2tog, rep to end. ch1, turn (35sc)

Rows 7 - 8: sc in each st. ch1, turn (35sc)

Row 9: sc in the first 5 sts, ch6, sc into the 7th st from hook, sc in the next 7 sts, ch6, sc into the 7th st from hook, sc in the last 9 sts. Change to red in the last yo of last st and ch1, turn (35sc)

Row  10:Sc in each st (35sc)

Fasten off

For the front strip:

With red make a magic loop with 2 sc. Ch1, turn (2sc)

Row 1: 2sc in each st (4sc)

Rows 2 - 5: (4 rows) Sc in each at. ch1, then (4sc)

Row 6: sc 2 in the first st, sc in the next 2 sts, sc2 in the last st. ch1, turn (6sc)

Row 7: sc in each st

Row 8: sc 2 in the first st, sc in the next 4 sts, sc 2 in the next st (8sc)3

Row 9: sc 2 in the first st, sc in the next 6 sts, sc 2 in the next st (10sc)

Row 10: *ch 13, ss into the 2nd ch from the hook and the next 2 ch sts

sc in the next 9 ch sts, but sc into the back of the underneath of the last st. Ch1, turn

Put your hook through from the back to front of the bottom loop like this

Row 9 (this will end up going underneath the last row): sk the first st,ss into the 1st st, sc in the next 6 sts, sc into the next st, ch1, turn

Row 8: sk the 1st st, ss into the next st, sc into the next 4 sts, ss into the next st. ch1, turn

Row 7: sk the first st, ss into the next st, sc into the next 2 sts, ss into then next st.

Row 6:sk the 1st st, sc into the next 2 sts. ch1, turn

Row 5: sc2tog

Fasten off

Rejoin yarn to the other side of the front strip and rep from *

Sew this onto the jacket, as in the picture below

The small red bits should go over the arm holes

 Embroider the web on like you did above

Then add a spider motif to the centre front. I don't have a very good picture of mine (and it was rushed as I was trying to finish it to give to my cousin for Easter) but it should look kind of like this:

Sew two sets of poppers onto the back of the jacket to fasten it.

Please feel free to comment below if you're unsure about anything, or if you think something might be wrong. This pattern might be a bit difficult to follow in places sorry about that!


Please don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Personally I don't mind if you sell the finished product but technically you're not meant to as Spider-man is copyrighted. It's entirely up to you.

I hope you like the new layout of my blog and I have some exciting news! Firstly I now have a new blog, which I've been quite busy with which is why I haven't posted much on here for quite a while. You can find it here, I would love if you could check it out. I also have a facebook page, where you can post anything you've made from either of my two blogs, or really anything crafty you've made - I'd really like to see them.

Flowers for Mum

Happy Mothers day to all those mums out there! To celebrate I decided to make my mum a vase of crocheted flowers.

Difficulty:

Easy - Medium

You will need:

• dk yarn in green, yellow, white and blue (the blue is for the vase so this can be whatever colour you want it to be)
• cotton 4ply yarn in red and white
• A darning needle
• 2mm crochet hook
• 3mm crochet hook
• 2.5mm crochet hook
• 3.5mm crochet hook (E)
• 2 green pipe-cleaners
• craft wire

If you don't have all of the right sized crochet hooks you can just use the 3mm one for all of it but I like the way it looks with the different sized hooks.

For the roses:
I used this pattern:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/roses-8
and made one white and one red using the cotton yarn and 3mm hook. I would recommend making them quite a bit shorter with less leaves as the top bit is very heavy so they tend to droop a lot. Also they are too tall to fit in the vase so I had to curl the around to get them in

For the daisies:
I used this pattern:
http://beacrafter.com/crochet-daisy-applique/
with the dk yarn and the 2.5mm hook and make 2 small ones. For the stem I made an i-cord (If you don't know how to make them watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zVEObLX2qY) and  threaded a piece of wire through before sewing up the ends and attaching it to the back of the daisy. It doesn't really matter how long you make the stem but mine were about 12 cm long.

For the daffodil:
I used this pattern:
http://www.simplycrochetmag.co.uk/2015/03/05/free-pattern-crochet-daffodils-mothers-day/
with the dk yarn but this time with the 2mm hook. The stalk was made in exactly the same way as the daisy's stalks were.

For the vase:
Using the blue dk yarn and the 3mm hook make a magic loop with 6 sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: sc in the 1st st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (18sc)
Round 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (24sc)
Round 4: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (30sc)
Round 5: sc in the first 4 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (36sc)
Round 6: sc in the first 5 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (42sc)
Round 7: sc in the first 6 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (48sc)
Round 8: sc in the first 7 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (54sc)
Round 9: sc in the first 8 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (60sc)
Rounds 10-14: (5 rounds) sc in each st (60sc)
Round 15: sc in the first 13 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (56sc)
Round 16: sc in the first 12 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (52sc)
Round 17: sc in the first 11 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (48sc)
Round 18: sc in the first 10 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (44sc)
Round 19: sc in the first 9 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (40sc)
Round 20: sc in the first 8 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (36sc)
Round 21: sc in the first 7 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (32sc)
Round 22: sc in the first 6 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (28sc)
Round 23: sc in the first 5 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (24sc)
Round 24: sc in the first 4 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (20sc)
Rounds 25-30: (6 rounds) sc in each st (20sc)
ss and fasten off.

Weave the yarn tails in and arrange the flowers in the vase. Stuff lightly to give the vase more shape. After you are happy with how it looks embroider the letters onto the front of the vase. You can do this before  you put the flowers in and stuff it but I find it easier to do it afterwards, though you need to be careful and make sure that you're not sewing through the flower stems as well.



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Stegosaurus hat

The idea for this design was born when I tried to make a dragon hat. After finishing it I realised that not only was I not allowed to sell it at the craft fair I'm doing soon due to copyright, it also it bore an extreme likeness to a chicken. I then decided to take all of the copyrighted bits off the hat and change it into my own design.

(again, sorry about the terrible picture quality - I promise it does look slightly less brown in real life)

Difficulty:

Medium

You will need:

• 5mm (H) crochet hook
• Red and orange aran/ worsted weight yarn
• A darning needle for sewing
• Black yarn for the eyes

Make hat in orange with 19 sts in between the back of the two ear flaps. The pattern for the hat, which is available in sizes ranging from newborn to adult, can be found by following the link below. As I've only made this hat to fit a toddler/ pre-schooler,, I'm not sure that this size gap will work on all of the hats. If it doesn't you can alter the size of the gap and decrease in the same way as I have written below, decreasing a stitch at each end of every alternate row until you have 2 or 3 sts left, then sc2tog or sc3tog.

When making ear flaps instead of sc2tog when you reach 2 sts, sc in these two sts and then sc2tog. This makes it pointier.

http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2013/10/crochet-giraffe-hat-pattern.html

To make tail:

Hold hat upside down and with the back side (the side with 19 sts in between the earflaps) facing you and ss into the st on the right. 

Row 1: Ch1 so that there are two chains in total and dc into the same st

Row 2: Dc into the next 18 sts, ch2 turn (19 dc)

Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 15, dc2tog, ch2, turn (17 dc)

Row 3: Dc in each st

Row 4: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 13, dc2tog, ch2, turn (15 dc)

Row 5: Dc in each st

Row 6: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 11, dc2tog, ch2, turn (13 dc)

Row 7: Dc in each st

Row 8: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 9, dc2tog, ch2, turn (11 dc)

Row 9: Dc in each st

Row 10: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 7, dc2tog, ch2, turn (9 dc)

Row 11:Dc in each st

Row 12: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 5, dc2tog, ch2, turn (7 dc)

Row 13: Dc in each st

Row 14: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 3, dc2tog, ch2, turn (5 dc)

Row 16: Dc in each st

Row 17: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 1, dc2tog, ch2, turn (3 dc)

Row 18: Dc in each st

Row 19: Dc3tog
Fasten off and weave in yarn tails. 

For the head:

Magic ring ch2, 7dc in ring, ss into 1^st dc

Ch2, 2dc in same sts, 2dc in each st, ss int 1^st dc

Ch2, dc into same st, dc into each st, ss into 1^st dc

Ch2, (dc into same st, 2dc into next st) rep to end, ss into 1^st dc

Ch2, dc into same st, dc into each st, ss into 1^st dc

Ch2, (dc into next 2 sts, 2dc into next st) rep to end, ss into 1^st dc

Ch2, dc into same st, dc into each st, ss into 1^st dc

Repeat last row

For the spikes:

There are six different sized spikes, listed in order of size, plus the tail spike.

Spike 1(make 2):

Ch5

Row 1: Sc in 2^nd st from hook, sc to end, ch1, turn
Row 2: 2sc in 1^st st, sc to last st, 2sc, ch1, turn (6sc)

Row 3: Sc in each st, ch1, turn
Row 4: 2sc in 1^st st, sc to last st, 2sc, ch1, turn (8sc)

Row 5: Sc2tog, sc to last 2 sts, sc2tog (6sc)
Row 6: Sc2tog, sc to last 2 sts, sc2tog (4sc)
Row 7: Sc2tog twice (2sc)

Fow 8: Sc2tog (1sc)
Fasten off

Spike 2 (make 4):

Using red Ch 4

Row 1: Sc in 2^nd st from hook, sc to end, ch1, turn (3sc)

Row 2: 2sc in 1^st st, sc to last st, 2sc, ch1, turn (5sc)

Row 3: Sc in each, ch1, turn (5sc)

Row 4: 2sc in 1^st st, sc to last st, 2sc, ch1, turn (7sc)

Row 5: Sc2tog, sc to last 2 sts, sc2tog (5sc)
Row 6: Sc2tog, sc, sc2tog (3sc)
Row 7: Sc3tog (1sc)
Fasten off

Spike 3 (make 6):

Using red, Ch3

Row 1: Sc in 2^nd st from hook, sc to end, ch1, turn (2sc)

Row 2: 2sc in 1^st st, sc to last st, 2sc, ch1, turn (4sc)

Row 3: 2sc in 1^st st, sc to last st, 2sc, ch1, turn (6sc)

Row 4: Sc2tog, sc to last 2 sts, sc2tog (4sc)
Row 5: Sc2tog, sc, sc2tog (2sc)
Row 6: Sc2tog (1sc)
Fasten off

Spike 4 (make 6):
Make a magic loop/ adjustable ring then (dc, hdc) 5 times into the ring
Ss into the 1^st dc
Fasten off

Spike 5 (make 4):
Make a magic loop/ adjustable ring then (hdc, sc) 5 times into the ring

Ss into the 1^st hdc

Fasten off

Spike 6(make 8):
Make a magic loop/ adjustable ring then (sc, ss) 5 times into the ring

Ss into the 1^st sc
Fasten off

Tail spike (make 4):
Using red Ch6, ss into 1^st ch
Rounds 1-3: (4 rounds) Sc in each st (6sc)
Round 4: Sc2tog, sc in next 4 sts (5sc)
Round 5: Sc in each st (5sc)
Round 6: Sc2tog, sc in next 3 sts (4sc)
Round 7: Sc in each st (4sc)
Round 8: Sc2tog (3sc)
Fasten off and thread the yarn back through the remaining sts, pull tight and seccure.

For the legs:
Using orange yarn ch7
Row 1: dc in 2nd st from hook, dc in the next 5 sts, ch1, turn (6dc)
Rows 2-7: (6 rows) dc in each st, ch1, turn for 7 rows. 
You can make the legs longer or shorter if you want by changing how many rows you add in between rows 2 and 7.

For the feet:

With red yarn make a magic ring with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each
Round 2: sc in 1st st, 2sc in next st
Round 3: sc in each st
Round 4: (sc2tog, sc) twice, sc in the next 10 sts
Round 5: sc2tog 3 times, sc in the next 10 sts
Round 6: sc3tog, sc in the next 10 sts
Round 7: (sc, sc2tog) to end
Fasten off


To make up:
sew the long sides of all of the leg pieces together and then stuff and sew the feet on underneath. Sew the head to the hat on the opposite side to the tail. Line up the spikes on top of the hat in pairs, with the largest two in the centre, where you made the magic loop on the hat, and then gradually getting smaller as they get further away from the centre. The order of the spikes in their pairs from the end of the tail to the tip of the head should be spike number:

6,6,6,5,5,4,4,3,3,2,1,2,3,4,6

(I hope that makes sense if not comment below and I'll post a diagram to show)

When sewing them on thread the yarn tail of the first three sized spikes through the fabric to the cast on edge and try to pull it so that it shapes the spike slightly. With the smaller spikes you don't need to do this as the tail will already be at the base but you should turn the spike so that the right side is on the inside of the hat. This will cause it to curve inwards slightly.


You are permitted to sell finished items but I do ask that you don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Also please could you not republish these photos as your own, though I'm not sure why you would want to.

Triceratops security blanket

This design was inspired by another one that I really wanted to make but couldn't afford to buy online. I just wanted to say that this is not my idea. You can find the original pattern (which is better) here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/151447261/triceratops-lovey-pdf-crochet-pattern?ref=sr_gallery_19&ga_search_query=crochet&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=5&ga_search_type=all
However, I have decided to make it up myself and post it here. If anyone thinks that this counts as theft or is a violation of copyright please tell me and I will take it down. As I'm pretty new to blogging I don't know what's allowed and what's not but I really wanted to post this pattern because it's one of my favourites. 

Difficulty:

Easy - Medium

Materials:

• green and white aran/ worsted weight yarn
• embroidery needle for sewing up
• Cream aran/ worsted weight yarn
• Black yarn for the eyes (alternatively you could use beads but this isn't so safe if you plan to give the blanket to small children

For the blanket:
Using white yarn make a magic loop with 12dc, (change to green yarn) join with a ss into the 1st dc and ch2
Round 1: 2dc in each st, (change to white yarn) ss to 1st dc, ch2 (24dc)
Round 2: 2dc in first st, dc into next st, (change to green yarn) ss to 1st dc, ch2 (36dc)
Round 3: 2dc in first st, dc into next 2 sts, (change to white yarn) ss to 1st dc, ch2 (48dc)
Round 4: 2dc in first st, dc into next 3 sts, (change to green yarn) ss to 1st dc, ch2 (60dc)
Round 5: 2dc in first st, dc into next 4 sts, (change to white yarn) ss to 1st dc, ch2 (72dc)
Round 6: 2dc in first st, dc into next 5 sts, (change to green yarn) ss to 1st dc, ch2 (84dc)
Round 7: 2dc in first st, dc into next 6 sts, (change to white yarn) ss to 1st dc, ch2 (96dc)
Round 8: 2dc in first st, dc into next 7 sts, (change to green yarn) ss to 1st dc, ch2 (108dc)
Round 9: 2dc in first st, dc into next 8 sts,  ss to 1st dc, fasten off (120dc)
Secure loose ends and weave them in, taking care to hide them as best as you can into the fabric.

For the head:

With green make a magic ring with 4 sc

Round 1: 2sc in each st (8sc)

Round 2: Sc in each st (8sc)

Round 3: 1sc  in the first st then 2sc in the next st (12sc)

Round 4: Sc in each st (12sc)

Round 5: Sc in the first 2 sts then 2sc in the next st (16sc)

Round 6: Sc in each (16sc)

Round 7: Sc in the first 3 sts then 2sc in the next st (20sc)

Round 8: Sc in each (20sc)

Round 9: Sc in the first 4 sts then 2sc in the next st (24sc)

Round 10: Sc in each st (24sc)

Ss and fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew the head onto the frill

For the frill: 

With green make a magic ring with 6sc, join with a ss, ch1 turn

Round 1: 2 sc in each st, join with a ss, ch1, turn

Round 2: 1sc in 1^st st, 2sc in next st, rep to end, join with a ss, ch1, turn

Round 3: 1sc in 1^st 2 sts, 2sc in next st, rep to end, join with a ss, ch1, turn

Round 4: 1sc in 1^st 3 sts, 2sc in next st, rep to end, join with a ss, ch1, turn

Round 5: Sk 1^st sc, (ss in next 4 sc, pull through a loop then ch3 and pull through both loops on the hook) rep 6 times

For the horns:

Large horn (make 2):

With cream make a magic ring with 3sc

Round 1: 2sc in each st

Rounds 2-3: (2 rounds) Sc in each st

Ss and fasten off

Small horn (make 1):

With cream make a magic ring with 4sc

Rounds 1-2: (2 rounds) Sc in each st

Ss and fasten off

For the arms (make 2):

With dark brown make a magic ring with 5sc

Round 1: 2sc in each st

Round 2: Sc in each st

Change to green

There are many ways to change colours, but I think the best way to change colours here can be found if you follow this link:

http://www.lookatwhatimade.net/crafts/yarn/crochet/crochet-tutorials/crochet-invisible-join-vs-slip-stitch-join/

Rounds 3-8: (6 rounds) Sc in each st

Round 9: (Sc2tog, sc 3) rep twice

Round 10: (Sc2tog, sc 2) rep twice

Ss and fasten off

Sew the head to the frill, then sew the head/ frill to the centre of the blanket. Sew the arms on underneath and finally embroider the eyes on using the black yarn.










You are permitted to sell finished items but I do ask that you don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Also please could you not republish these photos as your own