Patterns

Hi there! Here you will find some of my free patterns. I'd love you to try them, enjoy them, but respect my ownership of them. If you want to share them please give me full credit. All patterns use UK terms.


   Daffodils for Marie Curie

Spring is in the air... even though it's freezing! Late Feb means daffodils are popping their brave beautiful blooms out of the ground. And on that note, here is a cute little free pattern for you all. The reason for this daffy make is to help raise money for the Marie Curie charity, which offers end of life  care and support. A charity close to many of our hearts I'm sure.

So, have a go at this daff if you like! Make it, share it,  if you raise funds for charity through it then that would just be totally brilliant!!

Here's the pattern; it may be a little rough around the edges as I've been trying to test it and cook a curry at the same time... daffodil flavoured curry anyone?! Let me know if you find errors... happy hooking and happy Spring everyone xxx

Use any dk yarn in yellow and white, and a 4mm hook.

Make a magic ring with yellow yarn (or ch4 and join to make ring if you prefer).

Round 1  Ch1, 12 dc into ring, ss into first dc to join. Fasten off yarn.

Round 2  Attach white yarn into any dc. *Ch5, dc in 2nd ch from hook, dc in each of next 3 ch, skip next dc on ring, ss into next dc on ring; rep from * 5 more times. NB the 6 ‘skipped’ dc will be used to make the centre of the daffodil later.

Round 3  *Work up the side of each petal thus: dc in each of first 2 sts, 2htr in each of next 2 sts. Ch3, ss into 1st ch made to make little picot-pointy tip to petal. Work down other side of petal thus: 2htr in each of next 2 sts, dc in each of final 2 sts on side. Ss into ss from prev round; rep from * around to end. Fasten off white yarn.

Round 4  Attach yellow yarn into any of the ‘skipped’ 6 dc made in Round 1- these dc can be found at the base of each petal. Dc in same st, ch1, *dc in next ‘skipped’ dc, ch1: rep from * to end. Do not join.

Round 5  2dc in each dc around to end (skip every ch-1 sp from prev round). Ss into first dc to join.

Round 6  *Ch2, skip next dc, ss in next dc; rep from * to end. Fasten off yarn.

Sew a little safety pin onto back of your daff and it’s ready to go!

Sedge Stitch - surely the most scrummy stitch in the whole world!Here's how to...

I'm sure many of you already know the joys of this gorgeous 'sedge stitch'! It makes the most beautiful squishy bobbly texture, and is SO EASY too. Here's a quick tutorial of my preferred version if you need this stitch in your life! I'm using up odds and ends of DK yarn with a 5mm hook:

Make a chain to a multiple of 3 to make any kind of throw/cosy blanket. But to practice, let's start with a chain of 18. 
Row 1: Skip first 2 ch near hook. Make 2tr (UK terms) into 3rd ch from hook. Skip 2 ch. *(1dc, 2tr) in next ch, skip next 2 ch; repeat from * to end of row, finishing with 1dc in final ch. Turn work.
Row 2: 2ch, 2tr in final dc from prev row. Skip next 2 sts. *(1dc, 2tr) in next dc from prev row. Skip next 2 sts; repeat from * to end, finishing with 1dc in top of 2ch from start of prev row. Turn work.
Now just repeat row 2! It's that simple! And bobbly!! And fun! And if you change colour every 2 rows you'll get this lovely stripey effect.

Go on, have a go, I'd love to know how you get on.




      Hexie Love Forever!

Along with the granny square, I'd say my love for the crochet hexagon will never fade. I just love making these simple and beautiful shapes. They are astonishing in their funkiness with such a small effort involved! My kind of crochet!

So, I thought I'd share my simple little pattern. I tend to use a 5mm hook as it gives a decent size hexie.

First, chain 5 and join to make a ring. Chain 3 (to count as your first tr) and make one tr into ring. Ch 2. *2 tr into ring. Ch 2.* Repeat * 4 more times. You should have 6 '2 tr' spokes and 6 'ch 2' spaces. Join with sl st into top of ch 3 from beginning of round. 

Ok, now round 2. Ch 3 to count as your first tr. Into top of next tr, make a tr. *You will now be at a 'ch 2' gap. Into this gap, make the following: (1 tr, ch 2, 1 tr). Make 1 tr into the top of each of the next 2 tr*.  Repeat * around, finishing with the (1 tr, ch 2, 1 tr) into the final 'ch 2' gap. Join with sl st into top of ch 3 from beginning of round.

Ok? How we doing? Almost there now! Round 3 is the final round yay!! So, this round is made up of htrs, not trs. Ch 2 to make your first 'htr'. Make 1 htr into top of next 2 trs from prev round. *Into the 'ch 2' gap make the following: (1 htr, ch 2, 1 htr). Make 1 htr into top of next 4 trs *. Repeat * around, making your final (1 htr, ch 2, 1 htr) into final 'ch 2' gap, then make sure you remember to make 1 htr into top of  final tr before you join with sl st into top of ch 2 from the beginning of the round. 

There, you should now have a lovely hexagon. Make a few, stitch them together, have fun creating beautiful hexie blankets, placemats, scarves, anything goes!