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Crochet Christmas Ornaments - with links to the free crochet patterns used

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These small ornaments were part of the Christmas gifts I have made ​​for my son's kindergarten best friends. I wanted to make something small and cute that they can hang in the Christmas tree or even on their backpack. *Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. 

Christmas Challenge Winners

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Dear challengers, I want to thank you all for participating  in this Christmas Crochet Challenge! It was such a joy to see so many wonderful creations! At the same time you made me have a hard time deciding which projects I like the most, because I really love them all. For this reason I wanted to make you all a surprise posting all the projects in the challenge with a link to the FB Business Page of each challenger. See all the submitted projects with their FB Page link in this  BLOG POST .  But now let's see our Top 3 favourites! There are 2 tops, one with my favourites, one with our FB follower favourites! Congratulations to all of you!  Top 3 of my Favourites : 1)First place goes to "Martha" Vitez . Martha is a special needs cat with Cerebellar Hypoplasia, and her human 'mum' crochets to help Fundraisers, mostly Fundraisers for animals with special needs. They live in Belgrade (Serbia), Martha's human mum is civil (constructio...

Crochet Projects submitted for the Christmas Challenge 2013, My Hobby is Crochet

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Here are the projects submitted by our crocheters to the Christmas Challenge 2013 on MY HOBBY IS CROCHET , presented in a random order . Check out the links to free patterns used below!   Click on the pictures below to open the page with the free pattern used for each project!   After the pictures are presented the challengers with a link to their Facebook Pages. by Oana Nicula by Vanessa Lynn G.-Sarmiento by Alicia Lucy by Barbara A. Harper by Diana Craddocks by Faye Broughton by Gloria Vitos by Kathleen Colegrove by Kristi Kallaste by Leslie Isaac by San by Martha Vitez by Nanette Cornish by Barbara A. Harper by Ramona Saintandres by Raquel Silvas by Rebekah Greaves by Rebekah Greeves by Alicia Lucy by Andrea Gail All these projects were made using my Free patterns found in this PATTERN GALLERY ON RAVELRY . The Challengers and thei...

Doris Infinity Scarf - Free Crochet Pattern - Written Instructions and Chart

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Featuring a beautiful stitch pattern, the Doris Infinity Scarf it's very easy and fast to crochet! To make this scarf, you will only need to know basic crochet stitches, such as chain, single crochet, half double crochet and double crochet stitches! This makes it perfect for beginner crocheters also!

Tip Toe Slippers - Free Crochet Pattern: Written Instructions and Chart

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This is the toddler size of my Little Elf Slippers pattern. (Check out the tutorial for the color change and heel decrease in the children size pattern)! At the end of this post you'll find the charted pattern. *Disclaimer: This post includes affiliate links and at no additional cost to you, I might earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through these links. Thank you! The yarn was provided by Red Heart Yarns. You can crochet these adorable slippers in the colors of your choice! Pick one, 2 or 3 colors for a different look! Tip Toe Slippers ~ Add this pattern to your Ravelry Queues and Favorites! ~ ~ Pin it here! ~ SIZE : The slippers will fit a 2 - 3 years old toddler. 16 cm length 17.5 cm circumference around the foot. (If you use a thicker yarn and/or a bigger hook than specified in the pattern, you will obtain a larger size!) Check your gauge also! GAUGE: in the pattern stitch (sedge stitch):  4 groups of (1sc, 1hdc, 1dc) = 5 cm and  ...

Christmas Crochet Challenge, My Hobby is Crochet

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My Hobby is Crochet  is running a great Christmas Challenge you wouldn't want to miss! Top 3 winners will be chosen by Myhobbyiscrochet and featured on this blog and on MYHOBBYISCROCHET FACEBOOK PAGE , linking to your page, blog or shop! This will be a great exposure for you to almost 350.000 Myhobbyiscrochet Facebook fans ! Here are the rules for the contest: 1) Pick any Free pattern/combination of my patterns (example of combination: a hat with a flower) from RAVELRY ; 2) Make your project in Christmas colors ; 3) Post your photo in the comment boxes under THIS PICTURE on Facebook to qualify; 4) Upload your picture(s) to RAVELRY and link to the pattern(s) used.  If you are new to Ravelry and you don't know how to add a project to Ravelry, you can learn from this great TUTORIAL of Rhondda from Oombawka Design .  5) By joining the challenge, you are giving me permission to share your projects on  PINTEREST , TWITTER and FACE...