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Crochet Smart Cookie

Crochet Smart Cookie The Crochet Smart Cookie is an adorable and quick project that makes for a great graduation gift complete with its own mini-graduation cap and diploma! 😁 Of course, you can make this cookie project without those details and gift it to someone who you are proud of. I love using velvet yarn to create little stuffed crochet projects with cutesie eyes and other fun embellishments. The velvet yarn makes the finished project very soft and adds great[Read more]

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Crochet Shamrock

Crochet Shamrock This Crochet Shamrock is quick and easy to make with a small amount of velvet yarn! I love the color green and couldn’t resist picking up the Emerald color of Premier Yarn’s “Just Chenille” yarn – it’s so pretty! In the fall I created a similar project using velvet yarn and safety eyes, the “Easy Crochet Leaf” and thought it would be fun to have a shamrock with eyes and a smile, too! (This post includes affiliate links.[Read more]

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Crochet Heart Projects

Crochet Heart Projects These Crochet Heart Projects span over 10+ years of designing and include a wide variety of cute and creative crochet patterns that are fun to make for Valentine’s Day or any time of the year! The popular and famous heart shape is one of my favorite objects to design and crochet. There are many different ways to create a heart using crochet stitches – I love the endless possibilities and that you can add a heart to[Read more]

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Crochet Animal Ears

Crochet Animal Ears These Crochet Animal Ears work up fast and are fun to wear no matter how old you are! They are also very lightweight and use simple stitches. These crochet ears could be the perfect addition to this year’s trick or treat costume or a favorite accessory for imaginary play. I love how they fit a variety of sizes and always make the people around you smile! (This post includes affiliate links. To read our full disclosure policy,[Read more]

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Easy Crochet Leaf

Easy Crochet Leaf The Easy Crochet Leaf is fun and quick to make! This project uses basic crochet stitches and a small amount of velvet yarn. I love the colors of fall and thought this pretty orange yarn was perfect for this leaf. Plus, once you add some safety eyes and a little mouth, the leaf becomes even cuter! (This post includes affiliate links. To read our full disclosure policy, click here) Fall Decorations or a Quick Gift I decided[Read more]

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Velvet Celtic Heart Scarf

Velvet Celtic Heart Scarf This Velvet Celtic Heart Scarf is easy to crochet with a fun one-row repeat stitch pattern!  Have you ever crocheted a “V-stitch”? A “V-stitch” is a classic crochet stitch that can come in many forms and variations.  It is basically 2 or more tall stitches separated by chain stitches (usually 1, 2 or 3) in the middle.  This creates the look of the letter “V”. For this crochet scarf pattern you’ll be making a V-stitch with[Read more]

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Crochet Pumpkin Pie Garland

Crochet Pumpkin Pie Garland I love how this crochet Pumpkin Pie Garland turned out! I love crochet garlands and I love pumpkin pie so I thought this would make a unique Thanksgiving decoration that almost looks good enough to eat. Except this version won’t add anything to your waist line – it is totally calorie free! 😉 Yarn Used for this Thanksgiving Crochet Garland As you may have noticed, I LOVE this “Pumpkin” color of the Velvety Smooth yarn by[Read more]

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Crochet Granny Square Softie

Crochet Granny Square Softie This Crochet Granny Square Softie is sure to make you smile! Granny Squares are very popular right now with their nostalgic look and colorful symmetry. Granny square patterns and projects are popping up everywhere! Their design is genius and simple – the perfect project for taking on the go, working on while watching TV and using up yarn scraps from your stash. The iconic “Granny Square” is crochet ALL. THE. WAY. and at its best so[Read more]

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Crochet Carrot Softie

Crochet Carrot Softie – FREE pattern This Crochet Carrot Softie pattern is cute and quick to make! I thought making a plush carrot around Easter-time would be fun. This project is made with velvet yarn like last week’s, Easter Egg Softie. I love the color of this orange yarn – I found it on Amazon! (see the link to purchase below) I’ve been enjoying making these softies and adding eyes to an inanimate object/food – it’s unexpected and makes everyone[Read more]

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Crochet Easter Egg Softie

Crochet Easter Egg Softie Easter will be here soon and this crochet Easter egg softie is a great project to make as a gift or to be a part of your Easter decor! I think any child would love to get one of these softies in their Easter basket – they are so cute and will definitely make them smile. 🙂 Softies with Velvet Yarn I love crocheting softies with velvet yarn – the yarn feels great between your fingers[Read more]

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Crochet Pumpkin Pie Pattern

Crochet Pumpkin Pie Piece made with orange velvet yarn and has a cute face on it

Crochet Pumpkin Pie Pattern This Crochet Pumpkin Pie Pattern is perfect for decorating for Thanksgiving! I LOVE to decorate for fall and when it gets to November I enjoy adding Thanksgiving-themed pieces to my autumn decor so I decided to come up with this crochet pumpkin pie pattern. This cute little Crochet Pumpkin Pie is going front and center for sure! I think when you add eyes to any project, it makes you smile; plus, the cutsie eyes on this[Read more]

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Cute Crochet Animals

Small and cute crochet animal with a mushroom top made with red and white velvet yarn

Cute Crochet Animals Have you ever made any cute crochet animals? I highly recommend it! It is fun to create something that is quick, easy and super cute. It is also a lot of fun to give these types of projects as gifts – when you present them to someone, they always smile and claim that the cuteness brightens their day. 🙂 Here is an easy and FREE crochet pattern for you that I’m calling the “Mushroom Cuties”. Crochet Mushrooms[Read more]

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Easy Crochet Scrunchie

Easy Crochet Scrunchie This week’s FREE pattern is a Velvet Scarf Scrunchie! It works up super fast – I was able to make mine in less than a half an hour and it makes for a great gift. I have A LOT of velvet yarn from various manufacturers and thought it would be fun to use it again for this project because it gives great volume and looks so luxurious. But if you don’t have velvet yarn (or would prefer[Read more]

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Coffee Cup Cozy

Coffee Cup Cozy Nothing like a cool crisp fall morning to make you want to have a hot cup of coffee (or hot cocoa)! Keep your hands protected with this easy coffee cup cozy made with the super soft velvet yarn. I promised another fall pattern using this wonderful pumpkin color of Yarn Bee’s Velvety Smooth yarn and here it is – the Velvet Coffee Cup Cozy! This project is perfect for beginners because it is made with a simple[Read more]

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Crochet Headband

Crochet Headband Here’s another fun fall project for you using the wonderful Velvet yarn – The Velvet Headband! This is a simple and quick crochet headband. The stitch used in this I also incorporated into the Textured Trebles Pocket Shawl and the Recycle Crochet Floor Pillow (see these FREE patterns here and here) – I love how this stitch looks with thick yarn and I LOVE that it is easy to create with just a 2-row repeat! If you saw[Read more]

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Velvet Crochet Pumpkins

Crochet Pumpkins! It’s time to crochet pumpkins! Pumpkins are a great decoration and super fun to crochet. There are so many variations of crochet pumpkins that you can make. When I saw the beautiful “Pumpkin” velvet yarn at my local Hobby Lobby, I just had to design a fall crochet decoration with it! Plus, velvet yarns are back in style now 🙂 They are so fun to design and crochet with! If you haven’t crocheted with them yet, I highly[Read more]

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Easy Cute Baby Hat

When my daughters were babies I loved putting them in hats. Not only did it keep them warm during the cold months but it made them even cuter and always made me smile. Now you can find many hats and hoods with animal ears added on top which just kicks up the cuteness factor by 10-fold! So, I thought it would be fun to create a hat design using one of my favorite textured stitches (it’s so easy and simple[Read more]

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Soft & Snuggly Mini-Shawl

Have you crocheted with velvet yarn yet? . . .If not, you should definitely try it! I have several free patterns here on the blog using the velvet yarn (Mini-Puppy Rose, Easy Velvety Infinity Scarf and the Red Rose Pin) and am working on posting more. But let’s talk about today’s NEW pattern – the Soft & Snuggly Mini-Shawl. (Be sure to read all the way through to the bottom of this post for a fun extra pattern BONUS!) Bernat’s[Read more]

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Mini Puppy Rose

Mini-Puppy Rose For a couple of months now I have been having fun experimenting with velvet yarn. Some of the projects I have made with this yarn are posted here on the blog: Red Rose Pin and the Easy Velvety Infinity Scarf. Have you tried crocheting with velvet yarn yet? – Sometimes it is called “chenille” and can come in various thicknesses. I love how it is soft and thick and gives a lot of dimension to your crocheted projects.[Read more]

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Easy Velvety Infinity Scarf

Easy Velvety Scarf This Easy Velvety Scarf is fun to crochet and wear! Bernat’s Velvet Yarn (by Yarnspirations) is sooooo soft and easy to crochet with. I love how it feels while crocheting and how it feels around my neck. This yarn comes in some beautiful colors and in large skeins which is plenty to make this project. I ❤ velvet yarn so much that I have created several projects with it that you can see here. (This post includes[Read more]