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Movember (No Shave November)

Have you guys heard of this thing called Movember? It’s basically a fundraising campain where you grow a mustache to “raise funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer” (us.movember.com). I think it’s awesome, but what about those who either, can’t grow a mustache, or aren’t comfortable with their facial hair growing abilities (like myself)? Well have I got a solution for you!

Many of you have seen my previous pattern for a mustache that I put up a while back, well now get ready for the new mustache of the season….

HorseShoe Mustache!

Bam!

Many famous people have sported these bad boys throughout the years, like Hulk Hogan, John Lenon, and Seth Rogen, and now, you too!!

Along with this bad boy comes these sweet sideburns that can be attached to glasses, you may have seen them on the Early November Giveaway I did a while back.

I know it may be a little late, but better then never, here’s the pattern for the Horseshoe Mustache and Sideburns!
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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

-Rnd = Round

Mustache
Ch 31
Rnd 1: skip 1st ch, sl.st 1, sc 8, sc 2 in next ch, hdc 2, dc 1, sc 1, ch 1 around next ch (see the bottom of the page here for photos), sc 1, hdc 1, dc 1, hdc 2, sc 2 in next ch, sc 8, sl.st 1.
Fasten off and sew ends in the mustache.

Sideburns
Make two
Ch 10
Rnd 1: skip 2, hdc one in each (8)
Rnd 2: ch 2, hdc one in each (8)
Rnd 3: ch 1, skip first hdc, hdc one in each (7)
Rnd 4: ch 2, hdc one in each (7)
Rnd 5: ch 1, skip first hdc, hdc one in each (6)
Rnd 6: ch 2, hdc one in each (6)
Rnd 7: ch 2, hdc one in each (6)
Rnd 8: ch 3, skip first hdc, dc 1, ch 1 and skip next hdc, dc 1, ch 1 and skip next hdc, dc 1, tie off and sew in.

To attach it to glasses, weave in the temples (things that hold on to your ears) in and out of the dc’s from the last row.

Put a little bit of tape onto the insides of the mustache to keep it on your face!

Make sure you check out the Movember website here, and donate!

You can buy these mustaches here.

Halloween Costume

So Halloween was Monday and I was a Dungeon Master (my girlfriends idea). It’s a variation of the Christmas Hat, but with stars, and button on ears. Oh, and a cool beard that connects to my glasses! All of which are coming soon in either pattern or buy able form, or both!

I’m selling these wizard hats here, but not the beards just yet (still needs to be perfected)!

So here’s a few more photos and a pattern for the little stars on the hat, because, why not?

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Some photos:

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Here’s a photo of the final product:
Materials:
-Lion Brand Cotton/Lily Sugar’n Cream Yarn/Lion Brand Cotton-Ease Yarns (basically any 100% cotton works)
-Size US-G/4.00 mm Crochet Hook

Abbreviations:

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

-Ch = Chain

Pattern:
Ch 2 DON’T TURN
Rnd 1: sc 5 in 2nd ch from the hook (5) Don’t turn.
Rnd 2: sl.st in first sc, [ch 4, sl.st. in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next, hdc in next, sl.st in next sc] repeat 5 times. (to end)
cut and pull yarn through, sew in end.

Really easy and quick pattern.

By the way. I know I’m basically giving away one of the answers in the November Giveaway, but there’s also somewhat of a hint for another answer!

Lastly, these ears and hats are available for sale here, and I’ve got some great ideas for these ears so keep in touch by Facebook or email!

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!

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.

How to Crochet: A Mustache

How punny do you think I am?

That’s a double pun right there. Okay, so mustaches are pretty popular now, and all I can grow is a dirty little fuzz-stache. So I made a pattern for me and everyone else who lack the necessary hormones to grow a great mustache! Here’s a few photos of some different colors and my cousin posing with the finished 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

-Rnd = Round

Ch 19
Rnd 1: sl.st 2, sc 1, hdc 2, dc 1, hdc 1, sc 1, ch 1 around next ch (see below for photos), sc 1, hdc 1, dc 1, hdc 2, sc 1, sl.st 3
Fasten off, tie ends together and sew them into the mustache. Tweak the ends up a little for a handle bar effect.