Christmas Countdown Crochet Challenge #9 - Sweet Angel Granny Square Ornament

Sweet Angel Granny Square. There's lot of version online on crocheting angels into a granny square but this is the most realistic looking angel. 

Donna Wolfe of naztazia.com video's is easy to follow even if you are a beginner in crocheting. 

Instead the usual white use your favorite color to crochet this granny square. You can even use it as an ornament on your Christmas tree. Click here to watch video. 

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Christmas Countdown Crochet Challenge #8 - Elf

Another granny square pattern from Maria's Blue Crayon, a cute elf applique. 

It's been only a week after I started my Christmas crochet challenge. Can‘t wait for Christmas!

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Christmas Countdown Crochet Challenge #7 - Santa's Hat

A week passed from the day I started my daily Christmas Granny Square challenge. The challenge is to search for patterns available for free online and crochet daily before Christmas! At the end of the challenge I'll be compiling all the pattern and maybe for future make  a blanket out of all the pattern.

My 7th day granny square is Santa's hat from Wiam's Crafts.

Pattern will guide you to crochet hat then the granny square by attaching yarn to the bottom finished hat. Add pom-pom on top of hat and you're done. 

Get pattern here, Santa's hat Crochet Granny Square.

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Christmas Countdown Crochet Challenge #6 - Christmas Candy

Pattern of this Christmas Candy granny square is supposedly a treat bag by Sonya from Blackstone Design. 

Crochet this adorable candy applique and attach to a granny square instead. Or, you can make a Christmas treat bag for children on your Christmas party.

Here's how to make the candy applique:

INSTRUCTIONS:
*applique is worked in round with no joins or chains

1. With White: Magic ring, ch 1, 6 sc in ring (9)

2. *1 sc white, 1 sc red* in each st arnd (12)

3. *1 sc white, 2 sc red* arnd (18)

4. *2 sc white, 1 sc red x 2* arnd (24)

5. *2 sc white, 1 sc white, 1 sc red x 2* arnd, sl st to 1st sc; Fasten. (30)

Enjoy.

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Christmas Countdown Crochet Challenge #5 - Christmas Tree

Fifth day of Christmas countdown crochet challenge. This christmas tree granny square pattern is from mariasbluecrayon.com.

Isn't that just the cutest Christmas tree?

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Christmas Countdown Crochet Challenge #4 - Magic Poinsettia Granny

Fourth day of christmas countdown crochet challenge. Today's pattern is poinsettia granny square. The flower's pattern is from a crochet christmas wreath design by Vendula Medurska from Magic with Hook and Needles. 

Here's another pattern Link by Laura from bakingoutsidethebox.com for the poinsettia.

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Christmas Countdown Crochet Challenge #3 - La Navidad Con Un Granny (Christmas Granny)

It's my third day and my third granny square. This Santa Claus granny square  should be easy for those who can read diagram even though the blog, rincondepaqui.blogspot.my where this pattern from is in spanish.

Have fun!

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Christmas Countdown Crochet Challenge #2 - Christmas Wreath Granny Square

It's my second day of daily crocheting christmas granny square challenge before Christmas. It's 31 days before Christmas. So I still have 31 more different granny square to crochet.

This is Christmas wreath granny square from Carol Wijma. I've compiled random free tutorial of Christmas-inspired granny square in the Internet. But this is the cutest granny square I can find! 

Although I think the wreath can be much puffier than this. You are supposed to make puff stitch around the wreath but I guess it wasn't puffy enough. Some of the pattern can be quite tricky for beginner but for intermediate and onward crocheter, it shouldn't be a problem.

Enjoy. 

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Christmas Countdown Crochet Challenge #1 - Snowflake Granny Square

I decided to do a challenge of daily crocheting christmas-inspired granny square before Christmas. There will be 32 days before Christmas so this is my first granny square. I haven't decided on yet on what to do with the granny squares once done.

Here's the link for this snowflake granny square. 

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DIY Project from Popsicle Stick

Make this simple and super cheap home storage/deco/hexagon wall art with using only popsicle sticks. I got this colorful popsicle stick from Mr. DIY, my favorite store to look for affordable craft supplies. 1 packet of 51 pieces of popsicle stick costs only RM3.90. You'll be needing 2 packets for this project. 

Materials

Popsicle stick

Glue Gun

Instruction

The idea is to arrange the popsicle sticks in a hexagon so it's best if you draw a hexagon shape on a piece of paper to get the right angles and arrange the foundation in that template.

But I'm just going to eyeball the shape here. Glue the end with a glue gun. 

 Layer the sticks. 

Continue stacking and glueing until your hexagon shelf is as deep as you would like it to be. 

With about 100 sticks you'll get as deep as this photo here.

Find the space to place this cute wall art. 

Enjoy making yours today!

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Easy Tapestry Crochet

I've been crocheting from 2012. Crochet is a handicraft in which is made up into a patterned fabric by looping yarn with a hooked needle. In the beginning, babies item are my favorite to crochet. From baby booties/shoes, dresses, hats and sweaters.

Upon stumbling on tapestry crochet, I found the whole new meaning of crochet. Tapestry crochet is fairly new in the world of crochet even in western countries. Only in recent years tapestry crochet suddenly become a craze because the outcome of this type of technique looks so intricate and beautiful when in fact it is so easy to make (if you have the basic of crocheting that is).

But I'm not in no way an expert of this technique. The above photo is my first tapestry crochet purse. 

Read an introduction of tapestry crochet from Carol Venture who discovered the technique in Guatemala. Check out her Ravelry page here. 

Get the above pattern tutorial from The Spruce. I would say this is the easier pattern to start learning tapestry crochet. 

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Crochet Baby girl dress

Little baby dresses are so adorable and to even make one is satisfying as the parent who receive it. This design is from a Chinese crochet book. It will require about an intermediate skill level as you will only be referring to the diagram (if you can't read Mandarin that is).

The bodice starts at the top using lace as the foundation. If you are a crocheter and interested in this design, I'll be gladly to share you this design. 

Leave a message too if you are interested to order this dress for babies. 

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