Available for download at the Crochet Spot Store, this visor is great for the summer! Keep the sun out of your eyes, without over heating your head. In fact, the visor band is great for absorbing sweat like a sweat band. This visor is adjustable, with a crocheted button closure in the back, to fit any adult or child. Use this pattern to crochet visors for the whole family!

Skill Level:

Finished Size: 22” (56 cm) circumference, band is adjustable to fit adults and children

Materials: Medium Weight Yarn (approximately 100 yards) Crochet Hook I (5.50 mm) and J (6.00 mm) Yarn Needle

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To celebrate Stacey Trock’s new book Cuddly Crochet: Adorable Toys, Hats, and More, I received an autographed copy of the book to give away free to a Crochet Spot reader! You have a maximum of 3 entries, one time in each of the listed methods below. A winner will be chosen at random and informed via email. Giveaway ends Wednesday, Apirl 21, 2010 at 12:00 midnight EST. Here are 3 different ways to enter:

1. Comment. Take a sneak peaks of the book here: Cuddly Crochet: Adorable Toys, Hats, and More. Then leave a comment on this post telling me which pattern you like the best! (please, only leave one comment on this post, multiple comments will be deleted)
2. Subscribe to the Crochet Spot Newsletter. (Use the orange box at the top right hand side of this page) If you are already subscribed, then you are already entered via this method.
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   If you are already a member, then you are already entered via this method.

You may enter in each of the 3 methods listed above to increase your chances of winning!

Good luck everyone 🙂

ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED! Thanks for participating. Find out the winner here: Cuddly Crochet Giveaway Winner

A Guest Post by Sue M.

SIBOL is an online knitting and crocheting group with members all across the world. We make ‘Sunshine Blankets’ out of knitted and crocheted squares for the elderly in the UK.

The elderly are sometimes forgotten about often sitting lonely in nursing homes and hospitals as families tend to have very busy lives with limited time to visit. We are hoping that a gift of a handmade blanket will be like ‘a ray of sunshine’ when an elderly person receives one. Sending love and warmth knowing that someone cares about them and that the blanket will bring a smile to their face!

‘Sunshine Blankets’ are to be donated to nursing homes, hospitals and charities in the UK.

If you would like to learn more, or get involved in making squares please visit the SIBOL blog .

‘Lets send some sunshine!’.

If you like to eat cupcakes, why not crochet one (or several)? Use this cupcake applique pattern to embellish items as you desire. Sew it to your purse, scarf, blanket, or even use it as a pin or a fridgie (refrigerator magnet). Have fun crocheting this simple cupcake applique! Skill Level: Finished Size: 2″ (5 cm) wide, 2 3/4″ (7 cm) tall with cherry Materials: Medium Weight Yarn (small amount of light brown, pink and red) Crochet Hook H (5.00 mm) Yarn Needle (optional)

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I’ve always wanted to say that “crocheting is like riding a bike”, but never actually knew how to ride a bike. This weekend I finally learned! Well, sort of. I’m not a pro bike rider just yet and still have a lot of practicing to do. I’m sure I fell off 100 times. Being that I’m no long a 5 year old kid, it was fun to do something that most people learn at a young age. It sort of makes me feel like a kid again! From my experience it really does feel like riding a bike is just like crocheting.

Crocheting is like riding a bike because in both cases…

• Even if you mess up, you just try again.
• Sometimes it’s frustrating, but if you keep working at it, eventually you’ll get it!
• Once you learn, there’s no going back.
• You can learn at any age!
• There’s no right or wrong way to learn, everyone can do it differently and still be successful.
• They are fun to do, with friends and family, or by yourself.
• They are healthy hobbies and activities.

Do you think crocheting is like riding a bike?

A Guest Post by Stacey Trock.

When making amigurumi and other crocheted toys, one thing you’re going to have to do is sew pieces together, such as attach a leg to a body. Here’s how I do it, step-by-step.

First, you will crochet the pieces according to the instructions in the pattern. I’ve crocheted a little blue head and a yellow beak. As instructed, I left a long tail when I fastened off the beak, and I’m going to use this yarn to attach the beak to the head. To attach pieces, you’re also going to need a tapestry needle, also known as a yarn needle.

Thread the tapestry needle with the long tail of the piece that you want to attach. The first thing I do is I pull the tail through the next stitch on the beak, as pictured below. Doing this isn’t necessary, but it helps to hide the little knot that you get from fastening off.

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Recently I received Stacey Trock’s Cuddly Crochet book in the mail for review. As much as I like to talk about fluffy rainbows and sunshines, below is my complete and honest review of the book, telling you the good, the bad, and the ugly. I have to say that the Cuddly Crochet book has one of the most unique concepts for baby crochet patterns. The book features 10 baby toys, with each toy having either a blanket, hat, or bib to match! That’s a total of 20 crochet patterns. The book is themed around cute stuffed animals: teddy bear, pig, mouse, bunny, and penguin, to name a few. At the end of the book there’s mysterious toy truck. Maybe this is for all the boy babies?

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In the Crochet Spot Store, these juggling balls are fun to crochet and play with! Crochet more and more juggling balls as your juggling skills increase. Ability to change colors in crochet is needed, however, no sewing is required! Skill Level: Finished Size: 2 3/4” (7 cm) diameter

Materials: Medium Weight Yarn (approximately 50 yards of each color) Crochet Hook F (3.75 mm) Stuffing beads or pellets

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Crocheted edgings are very pretty, whether they are on blankets, skirts, bags, or anything you can thing of! The item you add a crocheted edging to doesn’t even have to be crocheted. In fact, here is a very simple edging pattern that you can sew onto the border of your items. Sometimes it’s difficult for beginners to crochet evenly around an item, so this method of creating an edging and sewing it on, can simplify the process.

Skill Level:

Note: it may be tricky for beginners to keep track of all the stitches if your foundation chain is long. Be careful counting your stitches!

Finished Size: each shell is 3/4″ (2 cm) tall, but edging can be as long as you want it to be
Use the instructions at the beginning of the pattern to make the edging fit your item.
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Now that the weather is getting warmer, I’m sure you want to spend more time outside rather than being cooped up in your house. Crocheting is known way too much for being the hobby that’s done on your couch in front of the TV, but it doesn’t have to be. Why not take your crochet with you wherever you go? Carry it along in a convenient bag or container and find an enjoyable place to crochet outside. Here are ideas of places to go to crochet and enjoy the beautiful nature of the outdoors.

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