My Top 7 Valentine's Day Crochet Patterns

Hands up if you are one of those people who like to DIY things on last minute. Don't worry you are not alone. :D I've come up with this list of easy crocheted valentines gifts just in case you need one too. I've done number 1 and 7 before, they are both very cute and has easy pattern to follow. I am sure you can finish it on time.

By the way, just in case you don't have the right yarn color on your stash, we have a clearance sale going on our little online shop. Check it out, we might have what you are looking for. Here's direct link to *sale*. We still have Red Heart Super Saver in Really Red and White, perfect yarn if you want to make the no. 1 on the list. ;) Alright dears, got to go now.  I hope you find a perfect gift for your love ones on my list. Advance Happy Valentines to you. 

1. Here's my Heart Gift Bag by Red Heart 

2. Crochet Valentine Heart Earflap Hat by Classy Crochet

3. Heart Stitch Leg Warmers by Chelsie Brady

4. A Hat with Love by My Hobby is Crochet

5. {CROCHET} HEART BOUQUET FOR MOTHER’S DAY by Simply Tale

6. The Romantic Dog Sweater by Lion Brand

7. Crochet Heart Headband for Valentine’s Day by Maybe Matilda

Happy Crocheting and God Bless!

Love, 

Jho

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Summer Lapghan

I've had this afghan for a long time now which is  the longest WIP I've ever had. This was a project last summer by The Crochet Crowd community where they call it  Stitchcation Summer Challenge. I didn't finish it on time and instead of an afghan I have a lapghan. Not bad at all right? At least, I can close this chapter and move on to my next project. :)

Materials: Red Heart Super Saver          

If you have a work in progress that's been in that state for a long time now, let me give you a friendly advise. Pick up your hook and work on it again. There's no better feeling than to have this sense of fulfillment and  see your project come to life. You'll then realize why you started that project after all. :)

                                       

Before I end this post, I would like to share this almost done WIP I've been working on for the last 2 months. Can you guess what it is? Talk to you soon dears. :)

                                                            

Happy Crocheting  may we finish more crochet projects before 2015 ends. God bless you more!

Love,

Jho

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His & Her Striped Bonnet

“A very simple bonnet perfect for any outfit”

Yarn: Gantsilyo Guru Milk Cotton (Red Rouge & Clay)

Hook: 4.00 mm

Measurements of Circumference: Her: 22 in His: 23 in

Pattern Notes:

•  Beginning Ch2 is not included in counting
• Cut the yarn and weave ends before changing color
• When joining each round, slip stitch on first double crochet or shallow back post double crochet

Special stitch:

sBPDC (Shallow Back Post Double Crochet) – I found *this* tutorial by Moogly very helpful.

Steps for Her:

Color A

Start with Magic Circle

R1: Ch2, 12 DC slip st on first DC. (12DC)

R2: Ch2, *2DC* on ea st, slip st on first DC. (24DC)

R3: Ch2, *DC, 2 DC* x 12, slip st on first DC. (36DC)

Color B

R4: Ch2, *sBPDC, sBPDC, 2 sBPDC* x 12, slip st on first DC. (48sBPDC)

R5: Ch2, *DC, DC, DC, 2DC* x 12, slip st on first DC. (60DC)

R6: Ch2, *DC, DC, DC, DC, 2DC* x 12, slip st on first DC. (72DC)

Color A

R7: Ch2, *sBPDC, sBPDC, sBPDC, sBPDC, sBPDC, 2 sBPDC* x 12, slip st on first DC. (84sBPDC)

R8: Ch2, DC on ea st. (84DC)

Color B

R9: Ch2, sBPDC on ea st. (84sBPDC)

R10 – R11: Rep R8

Color A

R12: Rep R9

R13: Rep R8

Color B

R14: Rep R9

R15: Rep R8

Color A (Ribbing)

R16: Rep R9

R17-R18: Ch2, *BPDC, FPDC* x 42, sl st on first BPDC. (42BPDC, 42FPDC)

My friend Abelle is wearing the girl version of Striped Bonnet. 

Steps for Him:

Start with Magic Circle.

Color B

Start with Magic Circle

R1: Ch2, 12 DC slip st on first DC. (12DC)

R2: Ch2, *2DC* on ea st, slip st on first DC. (24DC)

R3: Ch2, *DC, 2 DC* x 12, slip st on first DC. (36DC)

Color A

R4: Ch2, *sBPDC, sBPDC, 2 sBPDC* x 12, slip st on first DC. (48sBPDC)

R5: Ch2, *DC, DC, DC, 2DC* x 12, slip st on first DC. (60DC)

R6: Ch2, *DC, DC, DC, DC, 2DC* x 12, slip st on first DC. (72DC)

Color B

R7: Ch2, *sBPDC, sBPDC, sBPDC, sBPDC, sBPDC, 2 sBPDC* x 12, slip st on first DC. (84sBPDC)

R8: Ch2, *DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, DC, 2 sBPDC* x 12, slip st on first DC. (96DC)

R9: Ch2, DC on ea st around, slip st on first DC. (96DC)

Color A

R10: Ch2, sBPDC on ea st, slip st on first sBPDC (96 sBPDC)

R11: Repeat R9

Color B

R12: Rep R10

R13 – R14: Rep R9

Color A

R15: Rep R10

R16: Rep R9

Color B (Ribbing)

R16: Rep R10

R17-R18: Ch2, *FPDC, BPDC* x 42, sl st on first FPDC. (42FPDC, 42BPDC)


Happy Crocheting! God bless you. 

Love,
Jho

The Butterfly (Written Pattern)

Hello Dears! Thank you for sending me your warm regards and taking the time to follow my blog & fb posts. You just made me feel so special. :) For the past weeks, I've been getting requests to write a pattern for this cute creature. So I guess it's the right time.

I've written them down below and added some pics as well. I hope you like them. If you have any question, please drop me a message on my facebook page and I'll be happy to help. By the way here's the link to the graph pattern.

Materials:
No 8 Monaco Mercerized Cotton Thread (175m)

Monaco Mercerized Cotton Thread in Yellow (BUT25)

Monaco Mercerized Cotton Thread in Light Pink (B31)

Monaco Mercerized Cotton Thread in Iced Gems (BSLMS555)

Crochet steel hook no 2 or 1.95 mm
Magnets 1.5 cm (optional)

Special stitches:

Beginning Shell: (ch3, 2dc, ch3, 3dc)

Shell: (3dc, ch3, 3dc)

Few Simple Tips:

Use 2 strands of crochet thread throughout the rounds.

Cut yarn after each round

On each beginning round, I usually tie the new thread on the last ch3-space of the previous round

Steps:

R1: Chain 12, slip st in first ch

R2: Ch3, 2dc, ch3, (3dc, ch3) x 2, (dc, ch3, dc, ch3), (3dc, ch3) x 3, (dc, ch3, dc, ch3), slip st on beginning ch3.

R3: Beg Shell on ch3 sp, 3 Shells on next ch3 spaces, skip ch3 sp, 4 shells on next ch3 spaces, slip st on beg chain.

R4: Beg Shell on ch3 sp, [*(ch1, dc on 3^rd st, ch1)*, Shell] x 7 rep*to*, slip st on beg chain 3.  

Fold the motif in half (follow the broken line on the pic). 

For the Antenna: Using the color used on the last round, ch 20 with 2 strands held together. Tie the end of last chain. The excess thread on both ends is about half an inch. You may want to add magnets to help them stick on magnetic surface aka refrigerator. :)

I only used Elmer's All purpose glue, wait for it to settle a bit then put them on both wings. 

That's our ref with our water bill. hehe

Happy Crocheting & God bless! 

Love,

Jho

Coco, the Yorkie

Hello Dears! It's been a long time since I dropped by and write a blog. I hope you are all doing well and happy with your life. :) Summer is almost here in Manila and each day is getting hotter. But who cares? This is the best time to go to the beach and have a good time with family and friends! Right? ;)

Last month one of my close friend, Aby decided to work abroad and as a parting gift, I gave her something cute to keep her company. You are right, that is Coco, the Yorkie. Before she bought Bruno, she planned to have a Yorkie. But I guess everything really happens for a reason. :)

The pattern originally came from a Japanese pattern. Thankfully, Crochet Parfait translated this to an English pattern which you can found here. I only use 1 type of yarn which is Red Heart Crochet & Hand knitting Yarn 120m in white, black & warm brown. Though the yarn is classified as size 4, this is a bit thinner and softer compared to Red Heart Super Saver, so I decided to use hook size 2.5 mm. 

The pattern is very much easy to follow but if this is your first time to make an ami, I suggest you watch Amigurumi to go's video on how to attach the parts. Believe me, it is very helpful. ;) Plus, their ami's are cute and free! 

Dears, I wish you all have a meaningful and happy Summer! God bless and Happy Crocheting! 

Love,
Jho

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Name Tag

Red Heart Yarn Reflective from CMB; 5.00 mm hook

One of my dream is to have my name printed on a shirt or sweater, like that of the coveted GAP trademark. :) Well thanks to Tamara Kelly of Moogly for making my dream come true. If you go to her site you can see so many free pattern to choose from, one of which is the Moogly Alphabet which I was dreading to make for a long time now. The pattern is composed of graphs and written patterns for each alphabet that is so easy to follow.

I only crocheted 3 letters which are J-H-O. The letters J & O were the exact copy from the pattern, while H which should be place on the middle was divided in to 2. If you scroll down, you’ll find the pattern for these letters including the modification I made on H.

Letter J

Row 1: Ch 4, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in remaining 2 ch. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 2 – 11: Ch 1, sc in each st. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 12: Ch 1, sc in 1st st, hdc in next st, dc in last st. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 13: Ch 2, dc in 1st st, hdc in next st, sc in last st. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 14 – 15: Repeat Rows 12 – 13.

Row 16 – 18: Repeat Row 2.

Row 19: Repeat Row 13.

Row 20: Repeat Row 12.

Row 21 – 22: Repeat Rows 19 – 20.

Row 23: Ch 1, sc in each st. Break yarn and finish off.

Letter H

(make 2)

Chain 16

Row 1: Sc on the 2nd ch from hook, sc on the next 14 chains (14sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, sc on the same st, sc on the next 14 sts (14sc)

Row 3: Rep Step 2

Row 4: Ch 1, sl st on the next st x 6, ch 1, sc on the same st, sc on the next 4 st (5sc)

Row 5: Ch 1, turn, sc on the same st, sc on the next 4 st (5sc)

Row 6: Ch 1, turn, slip st on the next st x 4, sl st on each row, slip st on the sc on row 3 times 5. Fasten off. Just flip the other side of letter H below to get the pic above.

Letter O

Row 1: Ch 4, sc in the 2nd ch from hook, sc in remaining 2 ch. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 2 – 5: Ch 1, sc in ea st. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 6: Ch 1, sc in the 1st st, hdc in the 2nd st, dc in the last st. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 7: Ch 2, dc in the 1st st, hdc in the 2nd st, sc in the last st. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 8 – 9: Repeat Rows 6 – 7.

Row 10 – 12: Repeat Row 2.

Row 13: Repeat Row 7.

Row 14: Repeat Row 6.

Row 15 – 16: Repeat Rows 13 – 14.

Row 17 – 21: Repeat Row 2.

Row 22 – 25: Repeat Rows 6 – 7.

Row 26 – 28: Repeat Row 2.

Row 29 – 32: Repeat Rows 13 – 14. Break yarn and use end to stitch Rows 32 and 1 together. Finish off.

Check out her pattern for lower case alphabet too!

Happy Crocheting! God bless!

Love,
Jho

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A Collection of 7 Beautiful Crocheted Heart Afghans

Hello Dears! I would like to share with you this 7 beautiful afghans perfect this Valentine's season. I carefully handpicked each one of them and yes they are all FREE patterns! All you need to do is click on their title to go directly to the free pattern page. I hope you find this collection useful. :) I'll probably make more of this collection in the future for personal reference as well. Let me share with you one of many beautiful quotes from the Bible and one of my favorite. 

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7New International Version (NIV)

Be my Valentine Throw by  Roseanna Beck

Pattern is in Dutch but if you scroll down you can find the chart.
Small Hearts Afghan

Aran Hearts Throw by Bonnie Baker

Circle of Love Afghan by Moogly

Hearts & Diamonds by Marilyn Coleman

Heart Strings Afghan by Delores Spagnuolo

Love my Valentine Throw by Katherine Eng

Advance Happy Valentines! Happy Crocheting & God Bless!

Love,

Jho

Graceful Shell Shawl

Last year, I plan of making crocheted gift as early as September. It was all plan out, yarns were ordered by mid August. I thought I had all the time in the world but I was wrong. I started crocheting them by October finished by August and planned to took pictures by December. The picture I was planning to make of this particular project would be beautiful and romantic as the sample picture on the pattern, but all I got was this picture.. 

Sorry for the blurred picture. I'll do better next time. :D I hope you can still see the beautiful color and stitches used. For the yarn, I used 2 Caron in Plum Perfect I ordered from Gantsilyo Guru. (This yarn changes color to brown depending on the lighting :) ) The easy and beautiful free pattern is from Red heart called Graceful Shell Shawl created by Tammy Hildebrand. (Posted below)

Picture Courtesy by Red Heart

Cheers to more crafty projects this year with beautiful pictures. :) God bless you dears! Happy Crocheting!

Love,
Jho

Falling in love with Amis

Jolly Ele & Sleepy Pan

Hello Dears! I hope you are all doing great! :) I've been very busy these past few months and totally neglected this blog. But pity me not because I never forgot my yarn and hook. :D In fact I tried something that I feared for a very long time until now. It's making Amigurumi! 

If not because of a request of a client I wouldn't have tried it this year. Good thing I didn't gave in to that fear and bravely accepted the challenge! And now, I am totally in love with these cute creatures. Plus, I had a very friendly yarn to work with. :) With all the unraveling here and there, this Red Heart Super Saver didn't lose it's form resulting to a better looking ami (very far from what I expected!). I've added their solo pic below, included link to pattern and the store where I got the yarns. 

Pink Pony & Baby Ele

Pattern by Red Heart 
Red Heart Soft in Lilac from Coats Manila Bay

Pattern by Red Heart
Red Heart SS in Pretty in Pink & White from Coats Manila Bay

Pattern by Sharon of Amigurumitogo
Red Heart SS in White & Hot Red from Coats Manila Bay

Pattern by Sharon of Amigurumitogo
Red Heart SS in Pretty n Pink & White from Coats Manila Bay

If you haven't tried amis yet, I encourage you to try it. :) Yes, it's scary at first but you will overcome it on the way. Happy Crocheting and God bless! 

Love,
Jho

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