Diverse Stitch Doily

Diverse Stitches Doily 

Different color combinations give this pattern lots of versatility. 

Create placemat doilies in different colors to match your mood, or make sets to match the current Holiday.

Diverse and interesting stitches make this a fun and exciting project to crochet.

Mandala style doily works up quickly to make enough for a a large table setting in a relatively short time.

The design started as part of the Boho Granny American Flag Collection. Wanting to add Diverse Stitches to the name, and unable to stop with just red, white and blue here, I ended up with the Diverse Stitches Doily, pictured below in;

Ocean Waves, and Autumn Charm colors.

Americana Doily

 

The fun doesn't end there, with its endless possibilities. 

Incase anyone is having issues with the watermelon seeds, please visit Youtube, to see the 'how to' video.

I'm lovin' the WATERMELON one!  🍉

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Crochet Mandala Tiles

 ~ Decorative Crochet Mandalas to match Kitchen Tiles ~

 ⁕ ⁕ ⁕  Crochet Mandalas   ⁕ ⁕ ⁕

Crochet project inspired by kitchen tiles. 

These handmade tiles from the 80's have a sort of eclectic southwestern feel, and inspired me to crochet something to match.  

Hobby Lobby, "I Love This Yarn",  has these great colors that match very closely to the colors in the tiles and I couldn't be happy with how they turned out. They hang nicely on the walls in the kitchen as decoration.

This project reminds me of how you can draw inspiration from so many things around you in life.

Let me know what you think. I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas.

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Thanksgiving Snacks

🍂🍁 Happy Thanksgiving!🍁🍂

Easy fruit turkeys for a cute and tasty Thanksgiving holiday snack.

Kids will like gobbling up this colorful fruit turkey. Created with just a few ingredients. 

To make you will need; apples of varying colors cut in slices for the 'feathers', a pear for the 'body', black olive eyes, carrots shaped into 'beak and claws', and apple peal shaped for the 'wattle'.

We like these so much, we make them almost every year!

To see more cute turkey ideas, as well as other holiday food ideas, check out and follow my Pinterest board Christmas Food and my Holiday board for more Thanksgiving food and crochet ideas.

A turkey on the go with his friend :)

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🍂🍁🦃 Happy Holidays! 🦃🍁🍂

Crochet Pumpkin Leaf Pattern

 🍂Crochet Pumpkin Vine Leaf Pattern🍂

This easy crochet leaf works up very quickly and makes a great addition to lots of Fall accessories, like these cute crochet Pumpkin Cup Cozies by Okie Girl Bling n Things (pictured above and below).

Follow Doily Designs Pumpkin Leaf pattern below to create these useful little leaves to go on your latest Fall crochet accessories.

🍁Crochet Pumpkin Leaf Pattern 🍁

The following is a general guide to share this fun little leaf.  

Try different yarns and different hooks, for various size leaves. 

 

Leaf is worked on first one side of the chain, then on opposite side of this same chain.

H hook (8 - 5mm)

Size 4, worsted weight yarn

Measures approximately 2.25 inches with stem.

Graph and written pattern, in English crochet terms.

Beg:

Ch 8, Sc in 2nd ch from hook, Ch 1, 

Sl st in next ch, Ch 2, 

Hdc in same ch, Ch 2, 

Sl st in next ch, Ch 3, 

Dc in same ch, Ch 3, 

Sl st in next ch, Ch 4, 

Htr in same ch, Ch 4, 

Sl st in next ch, move tail (slip knot and 2 ch) thru and on top of working strand, crocheting over ch on the opposite side, letting the tail drop back, and working on other side of the ch,

(2nd side)

Ch 4, Htr in same ch as previous Htr but on other side, Ch 4, 

Sl st in same ch, Ch 3, 

Dc in next ch, Ch 3, 

Sl st in same ch, Ch 2, 

Hdc in next ch, Ch 2, 

Sl st in last ch.

Fasten off, weave last used strand, use 'stem' strand to attach to whatever you like (if desired) or weave this end as well.

Please, let me know if you have questions, comments or would like to share your crochet leaves.

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May you find joy and inspiration.

Happy crocheting!

Fall Cozy

These cozy pumpkin cozies were just the thing to get me in the Autumn crochet mood.

Kylee Keller has a great video and pattern shared free on Okie Girl Bling n Things blog, or support Kylee's art and purchase her pattern on Etsy. 

Grab your favorite fall colored yarn and join along in the fall inspiration!

Once you start this cute pattern, it is hard to make just one!

  Her little leaves are cute and work great, but while I was adding leaves to other things, I came up with this Pumpkin vine leaf pattern that you can find the free pattern for, right here on Doily Designs blog.

Don't you just love all the beautiful colors of Fall!  

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Crochet Autumn Loop Rug

Crochet loop rug ideas for the Holidays. 

These loop rugs are so cool and fun to make.  It is a little tricky at first, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes fun.  I love having this one around, it is so pleasant to walk on. 

The Crochet Spot has a great tutorial for the loop stitch.  

This pattern I used was Green Grass Rug on Free crochet.com

I like the flowers and copied their idea for my spring rug. 

Determine the size you want and start crocheting!

BTW….Kids LOVE them!  My son loved his race car rug! Great gifts!

All the children love the plain looped rugs...they request them in all their favorite colors :)

Here you can find this awesome race car rug by Cynthia Rae.

Best wishes!

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Owl Mug Cozy

This owl cozy is so adorable! This cute guy came to mind when I wanted to give a wonderful teacher a gift.  They are so cute it is hard to make just one.  Thanks to Kitty's Kreations for sharing this adorable pattern! I loved her colors and had extra yarn the same colors. 

You can this pattern free on Ravelry.

                        Owl Coffee/Tea Mug Cozy

                                      by Katrina Cohee

                        www.KittysKreationsBoutique.com

her owl cozy pictured below.

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Check out my Pinterest board for more crochet cats and owls and just lots of cute cats and owls!

Cali Cat all grown up above and as a kitten below with her siblings.

Crochet Mandala Earrings 

With Owls

These mandala earrings were inspired in 2011 when I first learned of crochet earrings. Loving crochet and jewelry I had to make some! I added beads, then added the dangles with beads and charm. I was very pleased with how they turned out. Great accessory for Autumn. Though I made them in 2011, I still were them quite a bit.

I made lots of them, in different colors.

My daughter was 4 at the time and I made a pair for her. 

She did not have pierced ears at the time so I crocheted a loop that could hang on her ear and she could play dress up! It actually worked pretty good. They are so light weight and the loop didn’t bother her at all around her ear. With her hair you couldn’t see the loop. She was very happy she could wear earrings like a big girl. (Sorry no pic of hers, those are mine below but they were similar to her pink ones.)

They’re so much fun! I recommend you make yourself some if you crochet.

They also make nice accessories for other things besides earrings.

If I have any requests, I can post a chart to make several of the ones pictured above!

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 Thanksgiving Crochet

Cute Tea Time Pumpkin Coasters pattern by Ira Rott, can be found free on Ravelry.

Easy crochet Pumpkin Jar Cozy made with this cute free pattern by Briana Olson. Works up quickly for a great gift or decoration for yourself.

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Crochet doily for Thanksgiving decoration.

Pattern now available right here on my blog.

Chocolate Candy Corn Doily

Happy Holidays!

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Baby praying mantises on a cattail in our pond. How cute is he!?!?

I found some really cute Thanksgiving snack ideas and food turkey ideas on Pinterest and made a super easy turkey snack for the kiddos.

Happy Turkey Day!

Crochet Pumpkins

                 Pumpkin Jar Cover

 This cute and functional Halloween and Thanksgiving decoration is sure to get your Holiday crochet mojo going. Fun and easy crochet Pumpkin Jar Cozy pattern by Briana Olson, can be found free on Ravelry. 

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