Archive for the ‘free to be crafty’ Category

Free to Be Crafty: Sasquatch! Agh!

Who wouldn’t love this sasquatch? From his face to his cute little bellybutton, he is a sasquatch to be hugged. Averyg created this beauty, inspired by her love of cryptozoology, and the cryptozoology swap. She was very generous in sharing her pattern on Craftster, and now you can make one, too! It would be [...]

Free to Be Crafty: A Fun Mini Fauxhawk Hat

This week on Free to Be Crafty we have an adorable fauxhawk hat for the little ones. This hilarious hat will keep your favorite kid’s head warm and stylin’ while cracking up any adults that he or she encounters. This could be done in any combination of colors, for a variety of effects. Click here [...]

Free to Be Crafty: How to Crochet a Sweater for Your Pup

This week on Free to Be Crafty, DIY Sara shares her pattern for this utterly darling dog sweater. If your pooch gets a little chilly on those early walks, here’s a stylish solution! For more details please click here. Thank you, DIY Sara, for writing up this pattern for us! Woof!

Free to Be Crafty: How to Knit a Slouchy Hat

We just love this slouchy mermaid hat by how_German. It’s a cozy shape that looks like it wouldn’t cause a terrible case of hat hair, and the scale-like design is pretty and unusual. We can picture this in so many color combinations! For all you knitters, it’s your lucky day: how_German has very [...]

Free to Be Crafty: How to Knit a Sweater with Cabled Wings

This beautiful sweater with wings is perfect for the holiday season. With its deep, elegant neckline it could be worn alone or layered, and the cabled wings add a very special touch that really make it unique. Our talented member,Canarysanctuary, designed this sweater as a way to learn to chart cables, and she very generously [...]

Free to be Crafty: How to knit a Mario scarf!

If you love Mario and you want the world to know, is there any more awesome way than with this adorable Mario scarf? It would also make a great gift for the retro gamer in your life! Peeloutyourface designed this amazing scarf, and was kind enough to share her charts with us so you [...]

Free to be Crafty: How to Make a Cabled Knit Headband (free pattern)

This lovely cabled headband/earwarmer is a cabletastic twist on the popular calorimetry pattern from Knitty. The original has been popular since winter 2006 and it’s still going strong. If you are ready for a change, try this cabled version to bring some new life to your cold weather knits! Thanks, Natalex, for sharing your [...]

Free to Be Crafty: How to Knit a Slouchy, Stripey Hat

This adorable slouchy hat with its fun stripes is perfect for cooler weather. It would look great in literally hundreds (thousands?) of possible color combos, and keep you in style no matter what you wear. Thank you *so* much to whiterabbit for generously providing the pattern for this sweet, sweet hat!

Free to Be Crafty: How to Make an Owl Handlebar Bag

This week’s free pattern is a knitting chart for this adorable owly handlebar bag. Spiff up your bike, or use it to make a pretty pillow, purse, or sweater! It was shared by he very talented Teriyakimoto. Thanks, Teriyakimoto, and Happy knitting!

Free to Be Crafty: How to Make a Convertible Hat

This week’s free pattern is an adorable, practical, and easy convertible striped hat pattern, posted by AprilDraven. Tie the strings and it’s a cozy hat, untie them and it’s a cowl you can wear indoors or out! You will want to make one to go with every outfit! Thanks so much to AprilDraven for generously [...]

Free to Be Crafty: How to Make Tiny Crochet Apples

With Autumn coming fast it’s time for apples here in much of the Northern hemisphere. If you are in a seasonal mood, or just love apples, whip up a bushel of these tiny beauties to satisfy your craving. They look adorable as jewelry, in a basket, on a wreath, strung as a garland, scattered [...]

Free to Be Crafty: How to Crochet Lime Earrings

If you are looking for a cute crochet project to work on while sipping a mojito (or limeade!) in the dwindling days of summer, look no further! These adorable little lime earrings from I eat art are just the thing! They would also make adorable pendants, or beads for a fruit cocktail bracelet! Thanks, [...]

Free to Be Crafty: Crochet Half-Shell Handbag

For our free pattern this week we have this lovely half shell bag from almondeyes121. This versatile pattern could be used to make a fun everyday bag or a glamorous evening bag, depending on the yarn choice. I just love the classic shape and feminine pattern, and the size is just right for the essentials. [...]

Free to Be Crafty: How to Make a Sea Turtle Soap Saver

This week’s free pattern comes to us courtesy of Myloveasdeep, who created this utterly adorable sea turtle soap saver. If you have never showered with a sea turtle you are going to want to after you see this sweet project! Thank you Myloveasdeep for taking the time to write up the pattern, and for [...]

Free to Be Crafty: How to Crochet an Amigurumi Platypus

This adorable tiny platypus from beavisfreakis this week’s free pattern. Isn’t he sweet? Beavisfreak very kindly wrote out the pattern in her post, so you can crochet your own platypus, or even a platypus army! If you make one, be sure to share it, so we can all enjoy your work! Thanks, Beavisfreak, for [...]