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♥ Amigurumi Gnome Face

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Hey Lovelies!!

So, somewhere at the end of last year, my grandpa asked me if I could make something for him and handed me a scribble at a small piece of paper. I was like, ‘what’s this’. I was a bit confused but stated how I should make it.. sorta xD. It’s supposed to be a Gnome head/face.

Here is his scribble:

Well, okay, I will try to make something out of it. I only need to know what colors he wanted. He said Yellow and Green. Not sure why he wanted those colors. Not something I would choose, but hé, it’s his party!

So after having the scribble for a while, I should finally make it, and give it to him. (I had a bunch of other stuff that had priority, so my grandpa had to wait). And when I finished them I loved them more as I thought I would. So, I thought why not share the pattern with you all! Are you ready?!

For this DIY you’ll need.
♥  Yarn in 2 colors of green and beige. (I used cotton thread.)
♥  Crochet hook.
♥  Stitch marker.
♥  Yarn needle.
♥  Scissors.
♥  Fiber Fill
♥  2 Safety eyes. (about 7mm)

Stitches used:
CH = Chain.
SC = Single Crochet.
HDC = Half Double Crochet.
DC = Double Crochet.
Foundation SC.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
Slst = Slip Stitch.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

♥ Pattern

So I made the versions of the hat. By accident. I just didn’t count right. To be honest I like my mistake more as the ‘good’ one haha. So I thought why not give both.

Hat version1 (straight point, ‘good’one)

1: 4SC in magic ring. [4]
2: (1SC, inc), 2 times. [6]
3: (2SC, inc), 2 times. [8]
4: (3SC, inc), 2 times. [10]
5: (4SC, inc), 2 times. [12]
6: (5SC, inc), 2 times. [14]
7: (6SC, inc), 2 times. [16]
8: (7SC, inc), 2 times. [18]
9: (5SC, inc), 3 times. [21]
10: SC in each st around. [21]
11: SC in each st around. [21]
12: 2SC, 1HDC, 7DC, 1HDC, 10 SC. [21]
Fasten off and leave long tail for sewing.

Hat version2 (Curved hat, Mistake one)

1: 4SC in magic ring. [4]
2: (1SC, inc), 2 times. [6]
3: (2SC, inc), 2 times. [8]
4: 7SC, inc. [9]
5: 4SC, inc, 4SC. [10]
6: inc, 5SC, inc, 4SC. [13]
7: 1SC, inc, 6SC, inc, 3SC. [14]
8: 3SC, inc, 7SC, inc, 2SC. [16]
9: (5SC, inc) 2 times, 4SC. [18]
10: (5SC, inc), 3 times. [21]
11: SC in each st around. [21]
12: SC in each st around. [21]
13: 2SC, 1HDC, 7DC, 1HDC, 10 SC. [21]
Fasten off and leave long tail for sewing.

Head:

1: 6SC in magic ring. [6]
2: Inc in each st around. [12]
3: (1SC, inc), 6 times. [18]
4: (5SC, inc), 3 times. [21]
5: SC in each st around. [21]
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8: SC in each st around. [21]
9: (5SC, dec), 3 times. [18]
10: (1SC, dec), 6 times. [12] Stuff the head lightly.
11: Dec in each st around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.
Note: in between row 5 and 6 you wanna add the safety eyes.

Scarf:

1: Make 40 foundation SC. [40]
2: CH1, turn, 40SC. [40]
Fasten off and weave in tails.

Ears:

Chain2, insert in 2nd chain from hook, 1SC. Fasten off and leave long tail for sewing.

Assembling

Put the head inside the hat, and sew them together. Form the scarf the way you like and sew it to the head as well. Add the ears to both sides of the face and you are done! isn’t it cute?!

I hope you enjoyed making this one! Have a lovely day all!

Love
Danielle

 

♥ Crochet Plant Pots, Ivy Part 4

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Hey Lovelies!

The last on of our plant pot series! today we will crochet some Ivy! I actually wanted to do a 2 colored one, but wasn’t sure how to do that, so I just made it in one color! Cute as well.

Plant pot can be found here.
Sanseviera Plant can be found here.
Senecio rowleyanus Plant can be found here.

Are you ready to crochet some Ivy?!

For this DIY you’ll need.
♥  Wool, in Green and Brown
♥  Crochet hook.
♥  Stitch marker.
♥  Yarn needle.
♥  Scissors.
♥  Fiber Fill
♥  Toilet roll tube. (optional)

Stitches used:
CH = Chain.
SC = Single Crochet.
HDC = Half Double Crochet.
DC = Double Crochet.
TR = Treble Crochet.
Picot
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
Slst = Slip Stitch.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Pattern:

Soil/ground:
in Brown.

1: 1: 6SC in magic ring. [6]
2: SC in each ST around. [12]
3: (1SC, inc), 6 times. [18]
4: (2SC, inc), 6 times. [24]
5: SC in each st around. [24]
Fasten off and leave long tail for sewing.

Ivy leaf small: (15)
In Green.

1: 6SC in magic ring. [6]
2: Crochet in the first st, 1SC, 1HDC, picot. In the second st you make 1SC, 1DC, picot, 1HDC. In the third st you make, 1DC, 1TR, picot. In the fourth st, 1TR, 1DC. In the fifth st 1HDC, Picot, 1DC, 1SC, picot. In the sixths st make 1HDC, 1SC and finish off with a slst. [14]
Now weave in the tail and set aside..

Ivy leaf Big: (5)
In Green

1: 6SC in magic ring. [6]
2: SC in each st around. [12]
3: Crochet in the first st, 2SC. In the second st you make 1HDC, 1DC, Picot. In the third st you make, 1SC, 1HDC. In the fourth st, 1DC, Picot, 1DC, 1HDC. In the fifth st, 1SC, 1HDC. In the sixths st make, 1DC, 1TR, Picot. In the seventh st, 1TR, 1DC. In the eighth st, 1HDC, 1SC. In the Ninth st, 1HDC, 1DC, Picot, 1DC. In the Tenth st, 1HDC, 1SC Picot. In the 11th, 1DC, 1HDC. And in the last st, 2SC and finish off with a slst. [26]
Now weave in the tail and set aside.

Assembling

To make the strings with leaves you have to crochet some chains and connect the leaves with an SC. I did about 5-6 CH in between each leave.
So, for example, CH5, add a big leave with an SC, CH6, add a small leave with a SC, CH6, add a small leave with an SC and fasten off and weave in tail. I made 3 of these.
I also made one with 2 small leaves. One with 1 big leave and 3 small leaves. One with 1 big leave and 4 small leaves.
Sew all of the Leave strings one by one to the soil/ground. I spaced them kinda evenly in the middle, but you can do it however you like them best.
Cut down your toilet roll tube to about 4 cm long, and place this inside you plant pot. I did this, so the pot will keep it’s shape. This is optional, you don’t have to do it.
Now sew in your soil/ground just above the toilet roll tube, or if you didn’t use it, just a bit under the edge of the pot. Make Sure to stuff the pot lightly before you entirly closed it with the soil/ground.

And you are done with your adorable plant pot with ivy! And this was the last one of these tiny series. Next week something different! You will see~.

Have a lovely day everyone

Love
Danielle

♥ Crochet Plant Pots, Senecio rowleyanus part 3

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Hey Lovelies!

A new week for a new DIY! For this weeks DIY I will continue the plant pots! We will make a Senecio rowleyanus plant! I always loved these succulents, but I thought I never would own a real one. Never saw one in our stores.. until, some time ago! I bought a tiny plant, it will grow bigger soon I hope! haha I just love these! Anyway I wanted to crochet one as well so here we go!

Oh BTW, before we start, here you can find how to make the plant pot itself, and here you can find how to make a Sanseviera Plant.

For this DIY you’ll need.
♥  Wool, in Green and Brown.
♥  Crochet hook.
♥  Stitch marker.
♥  Yarn needle.
♥  Scissors.
♥  Toilet roll tube. (optional)

Stitches used:
CH = Chain.
SC = Single Crochet.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
Slst = Slip Stitch.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Pattern:

Soil/ground:
in Brown.

1: 1: 6SC in magic ring. [6]
2: SC in each ST around. [12]
3: (1SC, inc), 6 times. [18]
4: (2SC, inc), 6 times. [24]
5: SC in each st around. [24]
Fasten off and leave long tail for sewing.

Senecio rowleyanus small chain: (5)
In Green.

1: Chain 20
2: Insert hook in 2nd chain, 4SC, insert hook in 1st ST. [4]
3: Inc in each ST around. [8]
4: SC in each ST around. [8]
5: Dec all around. [4]
Fasten Off and weave in tail. Now, repeat row 2-5, two more times. Space them evenly on the chain. I did them in about every 5th chain. You will end up with 3 balls/leaves on the chain.

To make different lengths of the leave chains. I have used a count of 25CH and 35CH. For the 25CH I have 4 balls/leaves, make these 4 times. For the 35CH I have 6 balls/leaves, make these 3 times.

Assembling

Cut down your toilet roll tube to about 4 cm long, and place this inside you plant pot. I did this, so the pot will keep it’s shape. This is optional, you don’t have to do it.
Sew all of the Leave chains one by one to the soil/ground. I spaced them kinda evenly in the middle, but you can do it however you like them best.
Now sew in your soil/ground just above the toilet roll tube, or if you didn’t use it, just a bit under the edge of the pot. Make Sure to stuff the pot lightly before you entirly closed it with the soil/ground.

And you are done with your adorable plant pot with plant. Next week I will teach you how to make another plant, the last one. After we are done with the plant pots I will come up with something new! ^-^ And don’t forget to share your Senecio rowleyanus plant with the #DelinleaDIY

Have a nice day everyone!

Love
Danielle

 

♥ Valentines DIY: Bear Sock Plush

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Hey Lovelies!

If you didn’t notice yet, wednesday, next week, it’s valentines day! Okay, I have nothing with that day, I won’t even celebrate.. forever alone day hahaha. But I thought let’s make a DIY for those who will celebrate and have no clue yet what to give~. So, why not make a sock pluch, that’s easy to make, yet cute! Sounds good, right?! Well let’s make a cute little bear with a balloon.

For this diy you’ll need:
♥ A fluffy sock in a color of choise. (I used pink, you can use 2 socks if you feel you don’t have enough of 1).
♥ A (scrap piece of a) white fluffy sock (or other fabric).
♥ Felt in Black and Pink.
♥ Needle and thread.
♥ Scissors.
♥ Marker.
♥ Glue (optional).
♥ 2 Beads.
♥ Wire.
♥ Heart shaped balloon.

Tutorial:

Body

Turn your sock, that you wanna use for the body, inside out. Now draw out the legs as shown in the picture (keep the heel in the middle). I used a black marker to make the lines, so you can see better, but use whatever color you feel comfortable with (black can show through). Now, sew along those lines with a matching color of thread.

When you are done sewing the legs, cut around the lines. BUT not on the lines, don’t cut your just sewn lines haha.
Now draw a half circle on the heel and cut this out, keeping both sides of the heel together, so you’ll end up with a circle, you will use this part for his tail. Put this aside, I’ll come back about it later.
Turn the body inside out and stuff it. Make sure you stuff the legs slightly more as the body it self, so you’ll get a bone shaped body.
It’s time to close up the hole in the body, use a straight stitch along the edge of the hole, and pull tight. (try to push the edges inside when pulling it tight.) For now we are done with the body, put aside until later.

Ears

Get the toe part of the sock, which you cutted off earlier and draw 2 ear shapes on the open side. Don’t make them to big, cause the rest of the toe part you will use for the head. Sew along the the lines and cut them out.

Head

The rest of the toe part you will use for the head. Cut the opening straight and turn inside out. Sew with a Straight stitch along the edge. Pull the thread slightly and stuff. When you are done stuffing, pull the thread completly~ and finish off.

Tail

Find the circle you cutted out from the heel. Sew along the edge with a straight stitch. Pull the thread slightly and stuff the tail a bit. Now pull the thread completly and tie it off.

Assembling.

Sew the head to the front part of the body and the tail on it’s butt. Place the ears with safety pins on the head so you can position them well. When you are happy with the position, sew them on.
Now cut out a oval from a white fluffy sock, this will be the mouth, with safety pins, I placed it on the head and sew it on. Now draw a heart shape on black felt, this will be the nose. Cut it out and glue it on if you are laze like me (okay I’m not really lazy, my arm hurts >_<) or you can sew it on of course. Mark the position for the eyes with a marker. And with needle and thread you’ll gonna sew the eyes (beads) on.
Now cut out an additional heart out of pink felt and glue this on his butt.

Attach some wire around his body, leave about 10cm standing up and finish it with a circle. Blow up the balloon and put it inside the circle of wire. And you are done with you cute Valentines gift!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! I know I had fun and I have made this cutie for myself haha. Why not tread yourself, right?!

Happy early Valentines day everyone!

Love
Danielle

 

♥ Crochet Plant Pots, Sanseviera part 2

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Hey Lovelies!

Last week I gave you a pattern of adorable crochet plant pots! You could make 3 versions, and leave them as they are.

But as promised I will teach you to make a fake plant for them! The best thing is that when you finish it, you don’t have to care for it at all, and it will stay as pretty as it is! Awesome, right?!

So, I decided to make a Sanseviera today. It’s a pretty easy plant to crochet but looks still cute. I made it with pastel colors but you are free to change it up to your likings! ^-^

For this DIY you’ll need.
♥  Wool, in Pastel Green and Pastel Yellow and Brown
♥  Crochet hook.
♥  Stitch marker.
♥  Yarn needle.
♥  Scissors.
♥  Toilet roll tube. (optional)

Stitches used:
SC = Single Crochet.
DC = Double Crochet.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
Slst = Slip Stitch.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Pattern:

Soil/ground:
in Brown.

1: 1: 6SC in magic ring. [6]
2: SC in each ST around. [12]
3: (1SC, inc), 6 times. [18]
4: (2SC, inc), 6 times. [24]
5: SC in each st around. [24]
Fasten off and leave long tail for sewing.

Sanseviera leave small: (3)
Start with Pastel Green.

1: Chain 6, insert in 3rd chain from hook, 4DC, Turn. [5]
2: Chain 2 (this will count as the first DC), 4DC, Turn. [5]
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4: Chain 2, 4DC, Turn. [5]
5: Chain 2, 2DC, Dec, Turn. [4]
6: Chain 2, 1DC, Dec, Turn. [3]
7: Chain 2, Dec,  [2]
Fasten Off and leave long tail for sewing.
Now, crochet with Pastel Yellow, SC around the 2 long sides of the leave, Fasten off and weave in tail.

Sanseviera leave large: (3)
Start with Pastel Green.

1: Chain 6, insert in 3rd chain from hook, 4DC, Turn. [5]
2: Chain 2 (this will count as the first DC), 4DC, Turn. [5]
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6: Chain 2, 4DC, Turn. [5]
7: Chain 2, 2DC, Dec, Turn. [4]
8: Chain 2, 1DC, Dec, Turn. [3]
9: Chain 2, Dec,  [2]
Fasten Off and leave long tail for sewing.
Now, crochet with Pastel Yellow, SC around the 2 long sides of the leave, Fasten off and weave in tail.

Assembling

Cut down your toilet roll tube to about 4 cm long, and place this inside you plant pot. I did this, so the pot will keep it’s shape. This is optional, you don’t have to do it.
Now sew in your soil/ground just above the toilet roll tube, or if you didn’t use it, just a bit under the edge of the pot. Make Sure to stuff the pot lightly before you entirly closed it with the soil/ground.
Get your 3 small leave and sew those together, you only have to sew the short side of the leaves together. Now sew your 3 large leaves around the 3 small ones.
When all the leaves are sewn together to your likings, then sew them to the soil/ground. You can also use (hot) Glue if you are lazy haha.

And you are done with your adorable plant pot with plant. Next week I will teach you how to make another plant, or maybe the week after, since Valentines day is coming up as well, maybe I’ll do a DIY for that.

Until then, and stay Healthy and Safe!

Love
Danielle
Bonus picture, my cat didn’t give me the plant back anymore, Dangerous xD.