Since this past Tuesday was the first official day of Spring, I thought I would do a Crochet Corner post on my Spring Bunnies! I’m hoping the weather will be Spring-like, but we’re known to have unexpected blasts of winter where I live *fingers crossed*. It was also exactly one year ago when…
Pattern: Snuggles the Penguin
Who can resist Snuggles the Penguin with his sweet face all bundled up in his removable scarf? Crochet your very own and he’ll make a great friend every season of the year!
Let me give you the background story of how Snuggles the Penguin came to be! Back when we were researching cute images of dragons for Chinese New Year, we immediately fell in love with this adorable drawing:
I couldn’t find the source of this image, but I went ahead and crocheted my…
Do you all remember the Minion we made back in October? Well, I have some exciting news for you all: Kevin the Minion has actually moved to London, England and he’s even started a blog documenting his adventures and plans to take over the world! Check out “A Minion Life” to keep up-to-date with Kevin’s shenanigans and to see more cute pics of him in action :) It was sad having to part with Kevin after we made him, but we’re so happy to see he’s doing well over in the U.K!
And did you hear that “Despicable Me 2” is coming out on July 3? SO EXCITED! Check out the trailer here. We just might have to crochet some more Minions and bring them to see the new movie with us too! See the making of Kevin the Minion here and make your own Minion with our free pattern here!
***Note: Step-by-step blog post and free pattern for “Snuggles the Penguin” have been postponed due to my computer crashing! My computer is currently in the shop, so I’m waiting for it to come back in order to access my photos and the typed-up pattern of Snuggles. Thanks for your patience, everyone!
Easy & Fun Headphone Tutorial:
-super easy tutorial to make your everyday headphones so adorable. (this does use a lot of string so make sure you have at least 3 things of string!)
- To start, just tie a normal knot at the base of the headphones (where you plug it in at)
- Now with your string, tie a basic friendship knot over the cord of the headphones.
- Continue until you run out of string, (which you will) & to start the other string just repeat steps 1 & 2!
- When you get to where the cord splits for the earphones, just repeat steps 1-3 until you are finished with both sides & your done!!!
want more? go here
Materials:
A strip of fabric about 3”x8”
Thread + a needle
A hairpin
Beads
How To:
1. Fold fabric in half, do a loose running stitch down the length. Pull the fabric tight to cinch.
2. Sew the ends together.
3. Sew the flower to the hair pin. Do multiple loops around it so it stays tight.
4. Sew beads to the center of the flower.
DIY Dinosaur Easter Eggs. Why haven’t I done these? They are the easiest thing ever to do. How-to at Four Letter Life here, more detailed tutorial at barefoot kitchen witch here.
