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April 6, 2020October 28, 2024

Crochet Night Moves Sweater

This pattern has been one I have been thinking of for years. On Instagram and Ravelry I kept seeing all these beautiful round yoke sweaters with color work. All the patterns that go around the collar, the multitude of color options, the historical stories you hear about where they came from, the pattern symbols, and who wore them all intrigued me. But, I never saw any for crochet.

So, determined to make one for crochet I set out to find a stitch pattern that would give a great pattern for around the collar. The stitch not only needed to be able to be worked in color for a design to be created, but still needed to have a nice impact when worked in one color for the main portion of the body. Surprisingly, this was an easier task than I thought. That, or I lucked out in finding a stitch quickly.

December 13, 2019October 30, 2024

Waves of Wildflowers Crochet Scarf Pattern

For the past several years, every fall my mom and I take my daughters to a local fiber fair. We love that it is a great way to shop from local independent businesses and crafters, and that each year there always seems to be something new being showcased by someone. Of course, being at a fair ground the fair food is also good motivation to get us going.

It was during this fair that I bought yarn from Splash of Color that I used to make the Child’s Playday Cardigan. My daughter loves this sweater. I was so happy with how the colors worked up, and even more so how the yarn feels and has lasted after a child’s wear. So, when we saw Splash of Color’s booth I new I wanted to make something for me.

October 16, 2019October 30, 2024

Women’s Crochet Vacation Shoes

Every summer my husband and I take our 4 kids on week long family vacation. We always stay a few days with family, and then a few days being tourists in different cities. This year I wanted a pair of shoes that were comfortable to walk in through all the tourist site-seeing, but something that also was cute. I wanted something different than my usual running shoes.

I went shopping at different stores and quickly found out that the type of shoe I wanted either cost way more than I wanted to spend, or if they were around the price I wanted then they were by no means comfortable since there was barely anything to them.

From previously seeing that there were shoe patterns crocheted on flip flops for bases I figured I could make me a pair to be what I wanted for vacation. Luckily Dollar Tree had a large inventory of flip flops for $1, I had some Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton in my stash; so with little investment I was ready to try making me a pair of shoes.

September 26, 2019October 30, 2024

Jewel’s Crochet Flower Blanket

Earlier this month I posted Jewel’s Flower Motif pattern. The motif came out so well that ideas for other items kept coming to me. Living in Michigan we always need lap blankets, and I can never have enough. So, I started making more of these oh-so-sweet flower motifs.

Once I had 7 made I joined them together and created a boarder around them that would mimic the petals to tie it all together. The result is a dimensional and graphic blanket that measures 37″ x 38.” I was quite surprised that having the single motif be designed for a child’s toy blanket for her cat; the panels all together have nothing childish about it. Don’t get me wrong, our kids and cats still love it – just so do the grown ups.

September 9, 2019February 15, 2024

Jewel’s Crochet Flower Motif Pattern

If you follow me on Instagram you have probably seen or read about my cat, Darla. Darla is 16 years old, crabby, and my cat by her choice. The kids have always wanted to hold her, cuddle her, baby her, sleep with her, and just plain love her. Unfortunately, Darla doesn’t want any of it from them. Just from me and my mom, and a little from my husband if food is involved. Everyone else gets grunts or hisses before she runs off.

So, this spring we decided to adopt two kittens, one for each of the girls to have their own cat to spoil. We welcomed into our house a white girl kitty named Jewel, and a brown boy that was quickly named Donut. They have been perfect additions to our family.

July 26, 2019September 17, 2023

Crochet Quick Gift Scrubby

Can you believe it is 5 months until Christmas!!! With the heat wave that many of us in the US have been going through, it is hard to start thinking about Christmas being less than half a year away.

At Christmas I usually have the great idea to make handmade gifts for many people on our Christmas list, but then time runs out on me. It is the weekend before Christmas and only half of my gift list is filled. Not this year! A friend has been doing a Christmas in July Make-A-Long with other designers. 31 days of free Christmas gift patterns that will be shared this month will make my list of names for a gift for be completed earlier this year.

March 29, 2019October 30, 2024

Mama’s Got a Brand New Bag Crochet Pattern

As you all know from the Journey Bag post, I love bags. While I was making the Journey Bag the concept for this bag came to mind. I kept thinking about it, and found myself lying in bed at night thinking about how it would go together. It was then I knew it had to be made so that I could get sleep without dreaming of bags.

So, now Mama’s Got a Brand New Bag. While the bag looks like it is complicated to make since it is triangular, it really is just a rectangle that is folded on itself and strategically sewn in just 2 places. While crocheting around the edges you connect the top two points to make the strap, and the bag is complete.

March 5, 2019September 17, 2023

Crochet Journey Bag

www.CityFarmhouseStudio.com Journey Bag free crochet pattern

note: this post contains affiliate links

I am excited to share that my Journey Bag pattern has been published on Marie’s Underground Crafter website. Head over to her blog to read more about the bag and see the pattern HERE.

I really enjoyed making this bag, and now using it. It is the perfect size – big enough to hold what I need, but not so big that everything gets lost into a dark bottomless pit. It has quickly become my everyday, go anywhere tote.

Also, you can get the printable PDF version of the pattern (without ads) HERE.