Piney The Sprout - Free Amigurumi Pattern

Hello all!

I am so excited to share with you all the first amigurumi pattern for 2024. It's been quite the adventure into toy making, and one I am having an absolute blast with. 

These patterns will be free to access on the blog, but if you would like a PDF option, that will be available for a small fee over on my Ko-Fi account. It's a great way to help support me if you have a few extra dollars, or if you want a more portable pattern option that can be printed. 

Purchase the PDF here

Piney is a fun and adorable little sprout dude, with fancy pants. He stands 20cm tall and about 15cm wide when made using similar weight yarn. I used 4 Seasons Marvel 8ply from Spotlight for my Piney but if your hook size is adjusted, you can use any acrylic or cotton yarn you like.

Piney The Sprout

For this pattern you will need:

3.5mm hook

8ply/DK/Light worsted weight yarn in a light green, dark green and brown. 

2 x 14mm safety eyes

Needle for sewing

Small amount of stuffing

Bphdc - Back post half double crochet. There is a good video here if you are unfamiliar with this stitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBHBRdxlfn8

Inc - 2sc in the same stitch

Pieces are made in continuous rounds. Place a marker at the end of each round to keep your place.

Arms - Make 2 with main green

Rnd 1: 4sc in a magic ring - 4

Rnd 2: inc in each st - 8

Rnds 3-10: sc in each st - 8

Lightly stuff the hand section of the arm. Fold the opening of the arm flat and make 4 sc across the top of the arm, catching stitches from both the front and back sides to close the opening.

*Alternative finish* If you do not want to close the arm using sc press the opening flat and stitch closed with the yarn tail.

Leave a long tail for sewing the arm to the body. 

Legs - Using brown, make 1 to end at round 5. 

First leg: 

Rnd 1: 6sc in magic ring - 6

Rnd 2: inc in each st - 12

Rnd 3: sc in each st - 12

Rnd 4: *sc, inc*, repeat around - 18

Rnd 5: sc in each st - 18

End off for the first leg. 

Second leg:

Repeat rounds 1 through 5, do not end off.

Rnd 6: ch2, join to the first leg with a sc, continue around with 17 more sc, sc in each of the 2 chains, sc 18 around the second leg, sc in each of the chain stitches. Place your marker here as the new round start. - 40

Rnd 7: *sc9, inc* x 4 - 44

Rnd 8: sc in each st - 44

Rnd 9: *sc10, inc* x 4 - 48

Rnd 10-13: sc in each st - 48

Rnd 14: *sc10, dec* x 4 - 44

Rnd 15: sc in each st - 44

Rnd 16: sc in each st, front loop only - 44 

NOTE: Place a marker in the first unworked back loop of this round. You’ll need this to join the body colour.

Slst to the next stitch and ch1

Rnd17: Bphdc around, join to the first hdc and end the brown. - 44 Start stuffing legs here.

Continue for body

Rnd18: Join the main green to the marked stitch from round 16 with a sc, sc in all back loops around - 44

Rnd 19: sc in each st - 44

Rnd 20: *sc9, dec* x 4 - 40

Rnd 21: *sc3, dec* x 8 - 32

Rnd 22: *sc2, dec* x 8 - 24

Rnd 23-24: sc in each st - 24

Rnd 25: *sc, dec* x 8 - 16 Add more stuffing here.

Rnd 26: In the front loops only, inc in every st - 32

Rnd 27: *sc3, inc* x 8 - 40

Rnd 28: *sc4, inc* x 8 - 48

Rnd 29: *sc5, inc* x 8 - 56

Rnd 30: sc in each st - 56

Rnd 31: *sc6, inc* x 8 - 64

Rnd 32-38: sc in each st - 64

Place eyes between rounds 33 and 34, with 13 to 14 visible sc between the eyes. Stuff the body.

Rnd 39: *sc6, dec* x 8 - 56

Rnd 40: *sc5, dec* x 8 - 48

Rnd 41: *sc4, dec* x 8 - 40

Rnd 42: *sc3, dec* x 8 - 32

Rnd 43: *sc2, dec* x 8 - 24

Stuff the head.

Rnd 44: *sc, dec* x 8 - 16

Rnd 45: dec x 8 - 8

End off and use the tail to gather the opening closed. Add more stuffing before closing if you feel like it needs more.

Leaves - Make 3 in dark green.

Rnd1: 4sc in a magic ring - 4

Rnd 2: *sc, inc* x2 - 6

Rnd 3: sc in each st - 6

Rnd 4: *sc2, inc* x 2 - 8

Rnd 5: *sc3, inc* x 2 - 10

Rnd 6: *sc4, inc* x 2 - 12

Rnd 7: *sc2, inc* x 4 - 16

Rnd 8: *sc3, inc* x 4 - 20

Rnd 9: *sc4, inc* x 4 - 24

Rnd 10-13: sc in each st - 24

Rnd 14: *sc2, dec* x 6 - 18

Rnd 15: *sc, dec* x 6 - 12

Rnd 16: dec x 6 - 6

End off. Very lightly stuff the wider section of the leaf leaving the tip unstuffed, and push the leaf flat. 

Assembly. 

Pin pieces to the body to ensure they do not move while sewing them on. Arms should be attached at the sides of the body at rounds 23/24

Sew the central leaf on the head first, it should sit directly on top of the gathered close for the head. Sew the 2 remaining leaves on, one on each side of the central leaf, so that they are close enough to be touching.

Weave in all tails and Piney is complete! 

This pattern cannot be sold or redistributed in any form. You can sell the finished toy made from this pattern.
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Happy crocheting! 

How to crochet lavender - A simple tutorial.

 

Hi peeps! 

Hot dang, it's been a moment hasn't it. 2 years since my last pattern.

But that's ok. Sometimes you need a break to find your crojo, and my gosh, mine has come flying on back lately!

I've decided I need to take a break from designing preemie items for a bit. Honestly, my heart and my head were just so overwhelmed, and it burnt me out pretty badly. The positive side to that is, I've spent some time exploring other types of crochet and boy do I have some fun stuff to share with you all!

Today, I want to show you how to crochet lavender! I've been making flower bouquets lately and I really wanted to include some. I tried a couple of patterns but I couldn't find something that worked the way I wanted it to, so in typical me style, I tossed the lot and came up with my own pattern. I wasn't going to bother much with sharing this one but there was quite a lot of interest in a fantastic crochet group I'm in so here it is for everyone that wants to have a crack at making it themselves. 

Not that it's much of a pattern, it's only 3 rows, if you count the chains! I'll include some pictures of construction but honestly these are super simple. They take no time at all to whip up. Let's go make some!

Supplies

• Wooden Skewers
• Florist Tape in green
• Scissors
• Glue - I use clear dry quick set fabric glue but a hot glue gun would work fine too.
• 3.5mm hook
• Purple yarn in either worsted/10ply or dk/8ply weight

To make your stem: Wrap the florist tape around a wooden skewer. 

To make the lavender:

1. Chain 60
2. sc in the second ch from hook and each ch across
3. ch3, turn, dc in the next stitch *ch3, slst in the 3rd ch from hook, dc in the next stitch* repeat across until you reach the end. End off. This will be the row that faces outwards as the stitches look nicer once wrapped.
   

You can choose to weave in your ends or you can glue them down when you attach the flower to the stem. I glue them, I like the way it looks at the base of the flower piece. 

So now you need to take your skewer and glue. Make sure you have the first row at the bottom and that the 3rd row is facing so that it will be the outside when you wrap, and run a bead of glue along the edge of the dc on the end of the piece. 

Place your skewer on the glue, fold the yarn piece slightly and hold in place until the glue is dry enough to keep it there. Run a few cm of glue down your stem and start wrapping the flower piece around and down the skewer. Keep adding small runs of glue and wrapping your flower around the stem. When you get to the end you can either wrap the tail of the yarn around the base of the flower a few times with some glue or you can wait for your flower to dry and then weave the end back through the flower. 

And that is it lovelies, I told you it was simple! Different thicknesses of yarn will give you different looking lavender. The dark purple I used was worsted weight (Red Heart SS), the 2 thin lighter coloured lavender was made with DK (Moda Vera/ 4 Seasons, Marvel) and the middle purple was a mystery yarn from my stash that I'd rate as an 8ply/DK but it was thicker than Marvel. 

You can also change the overall length of your lavender simply by chaining more or less, and if you wanted to get really fancy, you could absolutely make it 2 toned by doing either the 3rd row with an alternate colour, OR you could do part of the 3rd row with an alternate colour so just the tip is different. Have fun with it!  

Picot Edge Heart - Day 30 IBGHD 2020

 

Good morning all!

Well, this month has really flown by hasn't it! It seems like only yesterday I was posting the first pattern for the month, and here we are on the last already. 

I hope everyone has thoroughly enjoyed making hearts instead of hats this year. It's been different, but a good different. 

As we wrap everything up, I want to take a moment to thank you all for joining in, and making such a huge impact in the lives of so many people. Truly, you are all such amazing people. The amount of love and support your hearts will bring those who are breaking will be incredible. Thankyou. 

So I guess lets get onto the last pattern, and at the bottom of the page here I'll add in all the charities and their postal details again so you can find them easily. Here we go!

Picot Edge Heart

You will need to colours of yarn for this heart, one for the heart itself and one for the edge. 

1: Ch5, join to the first ch to make a ring

2: Into the ring, ch3, dc, ch4, 2dc, ch4, 2dc, ch4, 2dc, ch4, join to the top of the starting ch3

3: Ch1, sc in the same st, sc in the next st, in the ch4 space (2sc, ch2, 2sc), *sc in the next 2 sts, in the next ch4 space (2sc, ch2, 2sc)*, repeat *to* twice more, join to the first sc.

4: Slst in the first 4 sts, slst in the ch2 space, sk the next 3 sts and in between the 3rd and 4th st make 10 trc, slst in the next ch2 space, sk 3 sts, between the 3rd and 4th sts make 10 trc, slst into the next ch2, end off.

5: With a contrasting colour, join in the slst between the top of the heart humps, sc in the next st, *ch3, slst into the first ch, sc in the next 2 sts*, repeat around, sc to last st, join with a slst to the starting join. End off and weave in tails.

Size Notes:
3.5mm hook + 8ply = 10cm heart
2.0mm hook + 4ply = 7cm heart

What next?

Over the next few days we'll spend time finishing up our hearts, weaving in edges and reflecting.
On October 15th, international pregnancy and infant loss day, we remember all the babies and post our hearts to one of the organisations listed below. Its ok if you can't post on the 15th and do it earlier or later, given how difficult it is right now with the pandemic situation, we all know timelines are a bit out the window. That is totally ok. 

This year I will be asking everyone to send me a tally and any photos for a round up video using email and THIS FORM HERE so please have a look :) Even if you don't want to send photos, please fill in the form, this is how we are keeping tally of the heart numbers this year. 

Again, thankyou for joining in. I hope everyone enjoyed the drive this year, and I look forward to next year and whatever it brings for the next IBGHD. <3 

Australia

Chance's Clothes Project

c/- Cowra Neighbourhood Centre

15 Vaux St

Cowra NSW 2794

  Chance's Clothes Project Facebook Page

Europe

Sleeping Beauties 

29 chilton avenue 

Sittingbourne 

Kent

ME10 4TB

Sleeping Beauties Facebook Group

United States

Anencephaly Hope

304 N E Street

Louisiana, Missouri

63353

USA

Anencephaly Hope Facebook Group

Project Robby

P.O. Box 783 

Goddard, KS 67052

USA

Project Robby Facebook page

💜💛💚💙🤎🧡

In honour of the babies we did not get to hold, those we got to hold but couldn't keep and those that only got to stay for a short while. 

Frankie, Alice, Robin, Sasha, Jesse, Nora. 

Forever loved.

Puff Heart

 

Hello lovelies!

Today's pattern is an adaptation of the flay lay heart from earlier in the month. By making 2 hearts, and adding a new edge, we can put 2 flat lays together with some stuffing to make a more puffy 3D heart! How cute!

Like all heart patterns, you are free to pick your own yarn weight and hook size for these, but being stuffed, I suggest a smaller hook so stuffing doesn't peak through. 

Puff Heart

1: Ch2, sc in the 1st ch

2: Ch1, turn, 2sc in the st - 2

3: Ch1, turn, 2sc in each st - 4

4: Ch1, turn, 2sc in the first st, sc in the next 2 sts, 2sc in the last st - 6

5: Ch1, turn, 2sc in the first st, sc in the next 4 sts, 2sc in the last st - 8

6: Ch1, turn, sc in each st across - 8

7: Ch1, turn, 2sc in the first st, sc in the next 6 sts, 2sc in the last st - 10

8: Ch1, turn, sc in each st across - 10

9: Ch1, turn, sk the first 2 sts, 6dc in the next st, sk 1 st, slst in the next st, sk 1 st, 6dc in the next st, sk the next 2 sts, slst in the last st. End off.

Make a total of 4 hearts to sew together.

Place 2 hearts together, wrong sides facing. All stitches in this round will be made through both hearts.

10: Using a contrasting colour, join the yarn at the bottom point of the heart with a slst, (sc, ch3, sc) in the same st to make the bottom point of the heart, sc evenly up the side of the heart for 8 sc, when you reach the dc section of the heart, sc in the first st, 2sc in the next 2 sts, sc in the next 2 sts, slst in the next 4 sts, sc in the next 2 sts, 2sc in the next 2 sts, * stop here and lightly stuff your heart*, sc in the next 8 st, join to the first sc.

Little Blanket Edge Felt Heart

 Morning all!

Today I have another little felt heart project for you. This one is just adorable, being that the finished hearts are only 1.5 inches.

For these hearts you'll need to download the template which is available for download HERE

Follow along with these super easy steps to make your own! I've found this heart looks best when you use a high contrast colour for the thread. 

You could also embroider small flowers into the front piece of felt prior to sewing.

You Will Need:

The template from the link above, cut out the 1.5 inch heart

A sewing needle

Some thread

A small amount of stuffing

A small amount of felt

1: Cut out 4 1.5 inch hearts from the felt.

2: Place 2 hearts together and blanket stitch around the outside edge, when you have a small opening left, be sure to push some stuffing inside (a pencil helps here) before you finish sewing.

That's it! It really only has the 2 steps! I told you it was easy. The beauty about these little hearts is they are so easy to customise with colour choice or adding on embellishments like tiny flowers or bows. How creative can you make them? 

This pattern is also a great one to introduce children to hand sewing, as the hearts are small enough that they wont need a super long thread to get tangled and can be finished fast, giving them some quick gratification for a job done. 

Flat Lay Heart

Hello!

Today's pattern is for a basic flat lay heart. This is one of my favourites this year, as it's so easy to memories and take in the car :) You can use any yarn and corresponding hook size to really customise the size of your heart. 

Flat Lay Heart

1: Ch2, sc in the 1st ch

2: Ch1, turn, 2sc in the st - 2

3: Ch1, turn, 2sc in each st - 4

4: Ch1, turn, 2sc in the first st, sc in the next 2 sts, 2sc in the last st - 6

5: Ch1, turn, 2sc in the first st, sc in the next 4 sts, 2sc in the last st - 8

6: Ch1, turn, sc in each st across - 8

7: Ch1, turn, 2sc in the first st, sc in the next 6 sts, 2sc in the last st - 10

8: Ch1, turn, sc in each st across - 10

9: Ch1, turn, sk the first 2 sts, 6dc in the next st, sk 1 st, slst in the next st, sk 1 st, 6dc in the next st, sk the next 2 sts, slst in the last st.

10: Ch1, do not turn, sc evenly down the side of the heart for 7 sc, in the initial starting ch from round 1 (the bottom point of the heart) do (sc, ch3, sc) sc evenly up the next side of the heart for 8 sc, when you reach the dc section of the heart, sc in the first st, 2sc in the next 2 sts, sc in the next 2 sts, slst in the next 4 sts, sc in the next 2 sts, 2sc in the next 2 sts, sc in the next st, slst to join.

Size Notes:
3.5mm hook + DK Weight/8ply yarn = 7.5cm
2.0mm hook + Fingering/4ply yarn = 5.5cm
2.5mm hook + Fingering/4ply yarn = 6cm

Flat Sheared Heart

Good morning all!

Today's heart is another little sewn number, and it's even easier than the last one!

These hearts are super easy, require no turning and use minimal fabric. Perfect for using up the odds and ends in the sewing draws.

Follow the instructions below to make a pair. 

Flat Sheared Heart

For one pair, you will need:

The template, that you can download and print HERE

2 small rectangles of felt to use as the wadding

4 small rectangles of fabric for the outer pieces. These can be the same fabric for all 4, or you can have the front and back of the heart in different prints.

A pair of pinking shears to trim the edges and stop fraying. (Note, you can use regular scissors but you will need to use outer fabrics that do not fray)

1: Starting with the template, cut out the 3 inch heart.

2: Make a sandwich with your fabrics. Lay one printed piece face down, then the felt in the middle, and the front fabric face up. Place the heart on top and put a pin through all 4 layers to hold it in place. 

3: With your sewing machine (or if you prefer to hand stitch) sew around the outer edge of the heart, being careful not to catch the paper template with the sewing needle. 

4: When you have gone around the entire heart take the pin out, remove the template and cut around the outer edge of the stitch line with the pinking shears.

5: Make a second heart in the same way so you have a matching pair! 

That's it lovelies, like I said, this one is very simple, and a great little project for anyone new to using a sewing machine.

You could easily make this with the 2.5 or 2 inch heart templates also if you have a smaller piece of fabric to use. 

Tiny 2 Round Heart

 

Good morning all! 

Today's heart pattern is so easy that t only has 2 rounds, and uses less that 2 meters of yarn! 

These tiny hearts are prefect for the smallest bereavement packs from CCP, but they also make fantastic appliques for other projects.

 

Tiny 2 Round Heart

1: ch2, hdc 6 times into the 1st ch from hook, join to the first hdc.

2: ch3, dc three times in the same st at the starting ch, 2hdc in the next st, (2sc, ch2, 2sc) in the next st, 2hdc in the next st, 3dc in the next st, ch3 and slst into the same st as the 3dc, sk the next st and slst to the base of the starting ch3, end off.

Weave in tails to finish.

Size Notes:
2.0mm hook + size 10 thread = 2.5cm across heart
2.0mm hook + fingering weight/4ply = 3cm across heart
3.5mm hook + DK weight/8ply = 4cm across heart
4.0mm hook + DK weight/8ply = 5cm across heart

Bethany Heart

 

Good morning all!

To round out week 1 for this years IBGDH I have another new crochet heart pattern! This heart is worked in the round, and is so fast to make you can whip up a pair in under 30 minutes! It's a very simple pattern to memorise too, making it a great handbag project for waiting rooms and car trips. 

Bethany Heart

NOTE: trc = triple crochet. If you need instructions on how to do this stitch check the top of this pattern HERE

1: Ch5, join to the first ch to make a ring

2: Into the ring, ch3, dc, ch4, 2dc, ch4, 2dc, ch4, 2dc, ch4, join to the top of the starting ch3

3: Ch1, sc in the same st, sc in the next st, in the ch4 space (2sc, ch2, 2sc), *sc in the next 2 sts, in the next ch4 space (2sc, ch2, 2sc)*, repeat *to* twice more, join to the first sc.

4: Slst in the first 4 sts, slst in the ch2 space, sk the next 3 sts and in between the 3rd and 4th st make 10 trc, slst in the next ch2 space, sk 3 sts, between the 3rd and 4th sts make 10 trc, slst into the next ch2 end off.

Size Notes:
2.0mm hook + Size 10 thread = 4.5cm heart
3.5mm hook + DK weight/8ply yarn = 8cm heart

Double Love Felt Heart

 

Good morning all!

Today I have something a little different to share with you all for the IBGHD. This is for all of you who wanted to join in but don't know how to knit or crochet. 

This little felt heart is fast to make, simple, and uses no fancy stitches, yay!  I have a couple of sewing patterns to release this month so keep an eye out for them.

You Will Need:

Felt in 2 colours

A sewing needle

Thread, cotton or thin yarn to sew with

The pattern

The pattern/template for the Double Love Heart can be found here you will need the 2.5 inch and 1 inch hearts. 

Step 1: Print out the pattern. Be sure that the 1 inch test box is 1 inch. There are multiple sizes on the one sheet (because we have more patterns later in the month) but for this one, you will need the 2.5 and 1 inch heart templates.

Step 2: Cut out 4 of the 2.5 inch hearts and 2 of the 1 inch hearts

Step 3: Sew the small hearts onto the front of a large heart. Make sure both front pieces are positioned the same. 

Step 4: Sew the front and back pieces of the heart together, when you have one side left stuff lightly before continuing to the end.

You could easily change this one up by using a blanket stitch or a more contrasting thread.