Happy Halloween!

I just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Halloween!! I hope your evening is filled with jack-o-lanterns,witches flying by with a giddy hello,and candy!

Good Night!

Chibi Pumpkin Crochet Pattern

I figured while I had a little time on my hands,I would post the pattern for my Chibi Pumpkins I've been making for the craft fair this weekend. First,I want to say this before I get to the pattern.
I'm offering this pattern for free,but please respect my copyright. This image and the written pattern belong to me,and if you want to sell anything made from this pattern,please contact me first. Thank you.
Okay,now to the pattern!

Chibi Pumpkin Crochet Pattern
Materials Needed:
light worsted weight yarn in brown for the stem,green for the vine,and in color of choice for the body
of the pumpkin
size E/4,3.50mm crochet hook
stuffing
a pair of scissors
a short piece of yarn to use as a stitch marker
a yarn needle
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stitch key:
sc-single crochet
scinc-single crochet increase
scdec-single crochet decrease
ch-chain
slst-slip stitch
st-stitch
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Pattern
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Body of Pumpkin:with color of choice,
sc 6 in ring
scinc around
sc1,scinc around
sc 2,scinc around
sc 3,scinc around
sc 4,scinc around
sc around for 4 rounds
sc 4,scdec around
sc 3,scdec around
sc 2,scdec around
sc 1,scdec around-begin stuffing,and continue stuffing
scdec around-Fasten off,and cut yarn leaving a long end. Finish Stuffing,and sew up the hole.
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Stem:using brown,
sc 6 in ring
sc around through back loops only
sc around for 2 rounds-Fasten off,and cut off yarn leaving a long end. Do not stuff the stem.Sew the
stem onto the top of the pumpkin where you began the body of the pumpkin.
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Vine:using green,
slst in a st at the bottom of the stem
ch 12
slst in second ch,(skip next ch,slst in next ch),repeat the sequence in the parentheses to the end of
the base chain
slst in the same st you slst in at the beginning of the vine-Fasten off,and cut the yarn. Tie together
the two ends,and pull the two ends through the pumpkin.
Finished!

I do have on warning about these pumpkins. They are very quick to make (in my opinion), so they may start to pile up in no time! Anyway,Happy Halloween Eve!!

Spooky the Bat

Here is a bat I crocheted recently.

The pattern I used to make him is here:http://justaddawesome.tumblr.com/post/11662561812/free-amigurumi-bat-pattern
I think the pattern is very well written,and fairly quick to make. The yarns I used to make him are Lion Brand Wool-Ease in 196 Zinnia,and Caron One Pound in 0501 White. I used a size F/5,3.75mm crochet hook. The Zinnia color is more purple in real life. For the craft fair,I now have five pumpkins,and three baby monsters. I'm not sure how much more I'm going to make,but I do know I still have some stuff left over from a past craft fair,so I can sell those as well. When it comes to Halloween updates,nothing has changed since yesterday. -_- Oh,well. I guess one good thing is that my mom has finished more stuff for the craft fair as well. She also has some leftover inventory,so she will sell that along with the stuff she has finished so far. Anyway,here are the links for the yarn I used.
Lion Brand Wool-Ease:http://www.lionbrand.com/yarns/woolease.htm
Caron One Pound:http://www.caron.com/color_cards/cc_onepound.html
I have one other thing to say before I leave. Is it bad I already have a Betty and Veronica Double Digest Christmas Issue?
http://archiecomics.stores.yahoo.net/bevesu.html (I couldn't find a link to the issue I have,but it is Betty and Veronica Double Digest number 206)
Bye!

Crocheted Pumpkins & Needle Felted Animals

Here are three of the pumpkins that I have made for the craft fair.

They are made of a combination of these types of yarn:Lion Brand Wool-Ease,Lion Brand Vanna's Choice,Phentex Merit,and AcMoore Fashion Mill Ends. I have so far made four pumpkins,and three Baby Monsters. I still have to take photos of the Baby Monsters and the other pumpkin. I keep on wondering if I should make anything Christmas-like or not,but I did just think of something that might work. A Christmas colored Baby Monster? Maybe! Now for the needle felted animals.

I'm sorry the photos are so dark. Anyway,I decided to jump into the world of needle felting! I got this Dimensions needle felting kit at Michael's the other day. The kit is for a hedgehog,but I decided to make up my own owl too! I think they are cute. I still need to perfect the thickness of their bodies,though. They feel a little squishy,but they do hold together. Now,here is a Halloween update. I have a bad feeling everything will be very last minute this year. The Halloween display outside Isn't finished,we don't have all the candy for the trick-or-treaters,and I'm not entirely sure when we will be able to carve pumpkins. Oh,well. I guess we will try our best,and hopefully everything will come together in the end! Here are the links to everything.
Lion Brand Wool-Ease:http://www.lionbrand.com/yarns/woolease.htm
Lion Brand Vanna's Choice:http://www.lionbrand.com/yarns/vannaschoice.html
Phentex Merit:http://www.petersmithtrading.com/Phentex-Merit-Aran
AcMoore Fashion Mill Ends:I couldn't find a link for this yarn,but I do have a photo of the bag of it. I will put it at the end of this post.
Dimensions Hedgehog Needle Felting Kit:http://www.amazon.com/Dimensions-Needlecrafts-Needle-Character-Hedgehog/dp/B007QNVGK2
Michaels Craft Store:http://www.michaels.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-Michaels-Site/default/Default-Start
Here is the photo of the mill ends bag.

Bye,for now!

Flea Market Crocheted Finds

Last week on Sunday,my dad and I went to the Flea Market and Antiques Show,and I came away with a few crocheted finds that I'm rather pleased with. First,the doilies/hot pads.

I love how much detail went into these older doilies/hot pads! The third one is particularly detailed,with all the flowers and leaves surrounding it. We paid $1.00 each for these. And the second thing is this little crocheted doll I got from the same lady.

Unfortunately,the photo makes it look dirty. Anyway,I'm not sure how old he is,but he is rather cute! It looks like the main body of it was made in two pieces that were crocheted together. I'm not sure how they made the hat,though. The embroidered face is still fairly bright in color,and the body is made up of an off white color,and a very light pink color. We paid $3.00 for him. I do have more doilies and hot pads,but I would have to take photos first. If you want to see more details of the items in the photos,you can click on them and they will become bigger.

Halloween Kitchen

Here are a couple of photos of our Halloween lights in the kitchen. I love these blow molds,and the tree. The tree is a three foot tall pre-lit black Halloween tree,with orange lights. It's from Big Lots. The three blow molds are vintage (from the 1960's & maybe the 1950's). One of them we got for $2.99 at a local Salvation Army! The other three are a group of blow molds we got at an antiques store. My dad and I got them for about $34.00,I believe. I think that's a pretty good deal. I'm still working on stuff for the craft fair (rather miserably),and I can't keep myself from falling in love with the plushies I keep making!! I really need to stop doing that,or else I wont have anything to sell! -_-

Ah,well. Anyway,here are the links for the Halloween pre-lit tree,Salvation Army,and the antiques store.
Big Lots (Halloween pre-lit tree):http://www.biglots.com/p/lighted-black-tree-halloween
Salvation Army:http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf
We still have a long list of things to do for Halloween,and I don't know how much stuff on that list will be finished this weekend,but I do know this...I have a bag of Dum-Dum Pops waiting for me in the kitchen! Bye!

p.s. Link for the Dum-Dum Pops:http://www.dumdumpops.com/

Um...a snowman??

Yes you read that correctly. A snowman. A crocheted snowman,that is. My mom and I are heading to a craft fair on November 3rd,and I was trying to think of things to make. Being the snowman collector I am,I decided to make up a crocheted snowman. Here he is!

He isn't going to be sold,though,because he is a prototype,and in this house prototypes rarely get sold. He does have arms,but you can't really see them in the photo. I made up the pattern for him as I went along. He is made of the yarns Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Forest Heather,Lion Brand Wool-Ease Sparkle in White/Multi,Lily Sugar'n Cream in Tangerine,Red Heart Super Saver in Black,and Phentex Merit in Medium Brown (this isn't the official color name,I just made that up). That was a long list! Anyway,I used a size E/4,3.50mm crochet hook for him. The other things I'm thinking of making are these Baby Monsters I made up,plain pumpkins in a variety of colors,and possibly more Christmas items. I'm not sure how much Christmas stuff I want to make for this craft fair,though,because it is more of a fall fair. It also depends on how much time I get to make things,considering Halloween is about two weeks away! 0_0 Oh,well...I guess that is what I get for waiting. Here are the links for the yarn I used for this snowman.
Lion Brand Wool-Ease:http://www.lionbrand.com/yarns/woolease.htm It is for both types.
Lily Sugar'n Cream:http://www.sugarncream.com/product.php?LGC=sugarncream
Red Heart Super Saver:http://www.redheart.com/yarn/super-saver-economy The economy version.
and Phentex Merit:https://www.mercersmarine.com/sagro/storefront/store.php?mode=showproductdetail&product=1460 I have never bought anything from this store,but I thought their page would give more information. Now,when it comes to the Halloween decorations being put up,the majority of the inside of the house has been decorated,and part of the Halloween display has gone up outside. I still have to take a few photos of the Halloween display,though. I'm not sure if I will be able to make much more Halloween plushies this year,but you never know. I might get tired of making stuff for the craft fair.  =)  Well,I believe that is it,for now. Bye!