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Taking Crocheting to the Future

So I’m somewhat, okay a lot of, a nerd. For those of you who arn’t or maybe didn’t know, there’s a little convention called Comic Con, and last Thursday through Sunday all the lucky people of New York had their 6th annual Comic Con. Unluckily for me I live in California, and I’m also broke 🙂 but to commemorate this event and kinda commemorate Halloween, which is just around the corner, I decided to make a nerd based crocheted item (the first of many more). For those of you who don’t know, this is known as a Brain Slug from the show Futurama. It attaches to someone’s (or something’s) head and controls them, kinda making them into a zombie like state. Any how, you can see a video of the episode with these guys here.

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Here are some photo’s of the finished product:



Materials:
–Lion Brand Cotton Ease Lime Green
-Size US-G/4.00 mm Crochet Hook
-White Felt
-Small (about 1/4-1/2″) Black Button
-A little bit of stuffing

*First make a tiny ball of yarn separate from the main ball for the antennae.

Pattern:
Ch 2 (DON’T TURN)
Rnd 1: sc 6 in 2nd ch from the hook
Rnd 2: sc 2 in each st (12)
Rnd 3: sc in next st, inc in next st, Repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: sc in next 2 st, inc in next st, Repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 5: sc in next 3 st, inc in next st, Repeat 6 times (30)
Rnd 6: sc in each st (30)
Rnd 7: sc in next 4 st, inc in next st, Repeat 6 times (36)
Rnd 8-17: sc in each st (36)
Rnd 18: (on outer stitches only) [stitches separated by commas] dc 1 tc 1 dc 1, sl.st, dc 1 tc 1 dc 1, sl.st, sl.st, sl.st, dc1 tc 2, tc 2 dc 1, sl.st, sl.st, dc 1 tc1 dc 1, sl.st, sl.st, dc 1 tc 1, tc 1 dc 1, sl.st, sl.st, dc 3, sl.st, dc 1 tc 1 dc 1, sl.st, sl.st, sl.st, dc 1 tc 2, tc 2 dc 1, sl.st, sl.st, dc 1 tc 1, tc 1 dc 1, sl.st, sl.st, dc 3, sl.st, dc 1 tc1, tc 1 dc 1, sl.st.
Wait…
Now you should find two spots on the head, where the antennae will go, make them equal distance. Choose a spot on the head and insert hook, tie a slip knot and pull it through, then insert hook in next spot directly below the first and loop over and pull through creating a ch. Now stick the hook back in the second spot and pull the rest of the yarn through the spot but not through the first ch. Then ch 10 more. Sl.st in second ch from hook and then in each ch to the bottom, tie off and pull the rest of the yarn into the middle of the body to hide the yarn. Do this twice for each antennae and curl the end a bit.

Now cut a circle out of the felt, and sew the button on before sewing the entire eye onto the body.

Now back to the body..
Rnd 19: (on inner stitches of Rnd 17) sc in next st, dec in next st (24)
*STUFF*
Rnd 20: dec all around (12)
Rnd 21: dec all around (6)
Rnd 22: keep dec around untill closed up.

You can sew on a hair clip or onto a headband to keep it in your hair, but other then that, your brain slug is done and can happily suck out all the grey brain matter it can get it’s slime on!

I make a great zombie slave

You can buy this guy here!

Bat Hair Accessory



Just in time for Halloween comes a new addition to the Etsy shop. You might have seen the little bats here, but bigger is always better. These bat hair accessories are perfect for a last minute Halloween Etsy shopping spree, and are actually a runoff to the free simple body/wing pattern I posted last month! If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s a link.


These bat hair accessories are available on a hair clip, or headband and come in two different colors.




You can get buy these here, or learn to make them here!

Happy Halloween!

All Treat, No trick

So Halloween is basically here, so I figure, it’s time for a new, Halloween themed pattern.

I was searching online for a pattern for an easy bat, but I really couldn’t find any, so I figured, why not make one? So I did, and I think it turned out really nicely. You might recognize this bat sewn onto the girls Halloween hat (left) available here.

These pins are available to buy here.

So here are some photos of what you can make!
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Final Product:

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Materials:
Lion Brand Cotton/Lily Sugar’n Cream
/Lion Brand Cotton-Ease
(basically any 100% cotton works)
–Crochet Hook-Size G6 4.00mm
–Needle to sew in ends with

Abbreviations:

-SL.ST = Slip Stitch
-SC = Single Crochet
-HDC = Half Double Crochet
-DC = Double Crochet
-Ch = Chain
-M.P. = Mini Picot (ch 2, sl.st in first ch)
*probably not called a mini picot, but i didn’t have a name for it, if anyone knows what this is called, please leave a comment 🙂

Pattern:
Ch 16
Rnd 1: Hdc 1 in 2nd ch from hook, m.p, hdc 2, m.p, sc 2, m.p, sc 3, m.p, sc2, m.p, hdc 2, m.p, hdc 1, sl.st 1 in same as last. Turn upside down and ch 2
Rnd 2: *On backside. (In where you put the last hdc and sl.st) dc 1, hdc 2, sc3, m.p, sc1, m.p, sc4, hdc 2, dc 1 in first 2 ch.
Sew on some eyes and a mouth and tweak the wings a bit, and you have a cute little bat!
You can also sew on a pin or some bobby pins to attach it to some clothes or put in your hair.

And that’s all, simple, quick, and you’re ready to go out and show some Halloween spirit!

Check out some bigger bats and how to make them here.

Happy Halloween everyone!





How to Crochet: Wings

Man, I got some good puns.

So I recently bought myself a new camera to commemorate the blogs popularity (obviously that’s a lie haha), and to commemorate my new camera, I made a new pattern!

When I was making my bat hat, I looked around for a pattern for wings, but couldn’t find anything that really worked, so I made some and thought of some other uses for them, and thus came the owl and snitch!

Without further ado here it is!

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Note: This pattern is for the wings and main body only, the entire pattern for the owl is coming soon, so check back.

Final Product:
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Materials:
Lion Brand Cotton/Lily Sugar’n Cream
/Lion Brand Cotton-Ease
(basically any 100% cotton works)
–Crochet Hook-Size G6 4.00mm
–Needle to sew in ends with

Abbreviations:

-SL.ST = Slip Stitch
-SC = Single Crochet
-HDC = Half Double Crochet
-Ch = Chain

Wings:
Ch 4 (leave longish end for sewing)
Rnd 1: skip first ch, sc 1 in each ch (3 total), ch 2, turn
Rnd 2: skip first ch, sc 1 in next ch, sc 3 in next 3 sc (4 total), ch 1, turn
Rnd 3: sc 1 in each (4 total), ch 4, turn
Rnd 4: sc in each (not in ch’s, 4 total), ch 1, turn
Rnd 5: sc in each (4 total), ch 1, turn
Rnd 6: repeat Rnd 3
Rnd 7: repeat Rnd 4
Rnd 8: sc in each (4 total), Dont ch, turn
Rnd 9: skip first sc, sc in each (3 total), ch 1, turn
Rnd 10: sc in each (3 total), Dont ch, turn
Rnd 11: skip first sc, sc in each (2total), ch 1, turn
Rnd 12: sc in each (2 total), Dont ch, turn
Rnd 13: skip first sc, sc in next (1 total), Dont ch, Dont turn
Rnd 14: in spots along bridge (see below), sl 1, sc 5, hdc 3, sc 3
Fasten off leaving long end for sewing. Wings reach approximately 3 inches in length

Spots along bridge:

Mouse over to view spots

Simple body:
Ch 2
Rnd 1: sc 6 in first ch (6 total), Do not join Rnds, Mark end of each Rnd.
Rnd 2: sc 2 in each around (12 total)
Rnd 3: sc 1 in first, 2 in next, repeat 6 times (18 total)
Rnd 4: sc 1 in first 2, 2 in next, repeat 6 times (24 total)
Rnd 5: sc 1 in first 3, 2 in next, repeat 6 times (30 total)
Fasten off and stitch end in

Stitch Wings onto body to make a simple Harry Potter snitch!

You can purchase the owl here, the snitch here, and the bat hat here.