Crochet dog barrettes for the holidays

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If you've ever priced hair decorations for your favorite pooch, you probably were shocked by the high prices. I've designed eight doggy barrettes using hair clips from the drug store, acrylic gem stones, tinsel pom-poms , scrap yarn and simple crochet stitches. Fido will look so chic in his new doo-dads and they will have cost you just a fraction of what the groomer charges.

Size: 2"x2" and 1"x2"

Materials: 8 Goody Brand contourclips #06572

Small amounts of 4 ply worsted weigh yarn in light blue, red., green, pink, purple,

pastel variegated, black

Boye Brand steel hook size 0 or Susan Bates Aluminum Hook size C (2.75mm)

Acrylic gems: 3/4" red heart, 3/4" round pink,

1/2" round amber, 3/4" aqua teardrop

1/2 inch tinsel pompoms in light blue, green, yellow , red , white, blue

Hot glue and glue gun. Make sure you only glue the top of the barrette, otherwise you might glue the clip shut.

Gauge: 5 sc =1 inch

There are close up photos of each barette at the end of the pattern.

Instructions:

Covered Clip

Yarn color will be determined by pattern.

Rnd1: Open clip, with wider end of clip .pointing to right, attach yarn with a sc, work 17 more sc around clip perimeter, being careful not to work over back spring,. Fasten off. Weave in yarn tails. (18 sc)

Star

Rnd 1: With light blue yarn , Ch 2, 5 sc in 2nd ch from the hook, (5)

Rnd.2: 2 sc in each st, (10).

Rnd 3: *sl st in next st, ch 4, sl st in 2nd ch from the hook, sc in next ch, hdc in next ch, sl st in next. Rep from * around, ( 5 points). Fasten off,

Using light blue yarn, work a covered clip.

Hot glue light blue tinsel pompom to center of star. Hot glue star to center of clip.

Heart

Rnd 1: With red yarn ,ch 5, join with a sl st to form ring, In ring worK, ( ch3, 4 tr, 3dc, 1 tr,

Ch 1, 4tr_, ch3_, sl st ). Fasten off.

Using red yarn, work a covered clip.

Hot glue red heart gem stone to center of heart. Hot glue

heart to center of covered clip

Shamrock

Rnd 1: With green yarn ,ch 4, join with a sl st to first ch to form a ring, ( ch 4, dc, hdc, dc_, ch 4,

sl st in ring) 3 times, ch 6, hdc in 3^rd ch from hook, ch2, sl st in same sp_, sl st in each rem ch.

Fasten off.

Using green yarn, work a covered clip

Hot Glue green tinsel pompom to center of shamrock

Hot Glue Shamrock to center of covered clip.

Bow

Row 1: With pink yarn ,ch 12, dc in 2nd ch from the hook, dc in next ch, hdc in

each of next 2 chs, sl st in each of next 2 chs, hdc in each of next 2 chs,

dc in each rem 2 chs, ch 2 ,turn.

Row 2: Working in back loop only, dc in each of the next 2 dc, hdc ineach of the next 2 hdcs,

sl st in each .of the next 2 s sts_, hdc in each of the next 2 hds, dc in each rem 2 dcs, ch 2, turn.

Row 3; Repeat for 2. Fasten off.

Using pink yarn, work a covered clip.

Hot Glue 1/4 " pink gem stone to center of bow. Hot glue bow to clip.

Butterfly

Rnd 1: With pastel variegated, ch 5, join with a sl st to form a ring, [ ch4, 2 tr in ring, ch 4, sl st in rng) 4 times.(4 wings). Fasten off.

With a 4" length of black yarn, tie around body with a double knot, keeping the free ends of the yarn at the top to form antenna. Trim antenna.

Work a covered clip in variegated pastel

Hot glue aqua tear shaped gem to center of body.

Hot glue butterfly to center of covered clip

Poinsettia

With red yarn, ch 6, join with a sl st to form ring, ( ch 4, 3 tr in ring, ch 4_, sl st in ring) 5 times, (5 petals). Fasten off.

With red work a covered clip.

Hot glue yellow tinsel pompom to center of flower. Hot glue flower to center of covered clip.

Mardi Gras or Halloween

With purple., work a covered clip.

Hot glue 2 yellow tinsel pompoms on center of covered clip with about 1/4"

space between. Hot glue round amber gem

stone to top of pompoms.

Patriotic

With red work a covered clip.

Arrange a red, a white and a blue tinsel pompom on top of

clip Hot glue each pompom in place.

 

Crochet First Holy Communion Cape in the Wheat Stitch

The wheat spray, a symbol for The Bread of Life or Communion is interpreted in a fancy crochet stitch. A First Holy Communion is a special event in a Christian girl's life. Here is a beautiful cape design with wheat sprays that you can crochet and that will serve to remind the recipient that when bread is broken and shared, it bonds us together as human beings.

I designed this cape using less than a skein of easily available worsted weight yarn. It will fit girls between the ages of 7-12.

At the end of the pattern is a photo tutorial that I made to help you complete the project

Materials:

- 5 ounces of worsted weight yarn (#4). I used Bernat Super Value. It's a 7 ounce skein so ypul' have 2 ounces left.
- An aluminum crochet hook size I/5.5mm
- Gauge: 3 sc in a row = 1 inch

Special Stitch:

3 tr cl: Treble cluster-Yarn over twice, insert hook in indicated stitch and draw up a loop, [yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook] twice (2 loops on hook); *yarn over twice, insert hook in same stitch and draw up a loop, [yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook] twice; repeat from * once more; yarn over and draw through all 4 loops on hook. ( in other words, holding back on hook last loop of each tr, tr in next 3 tr, yarn over and draw through all 4 loops on hook [cluster made] )

Instructions:

Row 1: Starting at the neckline, 58 to measure about 15 inches.

Sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across (57 sc). Ch 1, turn.

Row 2: Sc in each sc across. Ch 1, turn.

Row 3 A: (Short Row) Sc in each of next 2 sc, tr in next sc, sc in each of next 2 sc ch 1 turn;

Row 3 B: (Short Row) sc in each of next 5 sts (this forms the tab for button on at left side edge of cape). Ch 1, turn;

Row 3 C: (Long Row) sc in each of next 5 sc, ch 3, skip 3 sc; in next sc make (tr, ch 3,tr)-- V-st made; * ch 3, skip 3 sc, tr in next sc; ch 3, skip 3 sc, V-st in next sc. Repeat from * to last 8 sc, ch 3, skip 3 sc, tr in each of last 5 sc to begin border . 6 V-stitches with a tr in between and 5 tr for the border. Turn

Row 4: Sl st in first tr, ch 4 to count as first tr, tr in each of next 4 tr (border); ch 3, make V-st in next V-st, * ch 3; in next tr make ( 3 tr, ch 3, 1 tr, ch 3, and 3 tr )--wheat spray started; ch 3, V-st in next V-st. Repeat from * 4 times more, (5 wheat sprays); ch 3, tr in each of next 5 sc (border). turn.

Row 5: Sl st in first tr, ch 4 to count as first tr, tr in each of next 4 tr (border); ch 3, V-st in V-st, * ch 3; 3 tr cl over next 3 tr---leaf; ch 3, start wheat spray in the single tr_; ch 3, 3 tr cl over next 3 tr---leaf; ch 3, V-st in next V-st. Repeat from * across, ch 3, tr in each of next 4 tr, tr in top of ch-4 (border).turn.

Rows 6 through 11: Repeat Row 5. Be careful to work the spray in the single tr and do the clusters over the 3 trs. Sometimes it's easy to miss the 2^nd cluster, so, again be careful.

Row 12: This is the row that will close the wheat stalk. Sl st in first tr, ch 4 to count as first tr, tr in each of next 4 tr (border); ch 3, in next V-st make V-st, ch 3 and tr (double V-st made); * ch 3, cluster over next 3 tr; ch 5, 3 tr in single tr; ch 5, cluster over next 3 tr; ch 3, in next V-st make Double V. Repeat from * across, ending with double V-st in last V-st, ch 3, work border. Turn.

Row 13: Work border, ch 3, V-st in each sp of double V-st; * ch 3, tr in sp beyond cluster; ch 3, cluster over next 3 tr; ch 3, tr in next sp; ch 3, V-st in each sp of double V-st; Repeat from * across, ending with ch 3, V-st in each sp of double V-st. Ch 3, work border. Turn.

Row 14: Work border ; (ch 3, V-st in V-st) twice; * ch 3, V-st in single tr_; ch 3, skip cluster, V-st in next single tr; ch 3, (ch 3, V-st in V-st) twice; ch 3 Repeat from * across, ending with ch 3, V-st in last V-st, ch 3, work border. Turn. 22 V-stitches

Row 15: Work border; ch 3, 5 tr in next V-st (shell made); * ch 3, V-st in next V-st; ch 3, shell in next V-st. Repeat from * across (11 shells); ch 3, work border. Turn.

Row 16: Work border; ch 4, * ch 3, sc in next V-st_; ch 3, sc in next 5 tr in shell. Repeat from * across, ending with ch 4, work border. Ch 1, turn.

Row 17: Sc in each st across of next 5 tr, ch 4, *sc in each of next 5 tr, in next ch-3 loop work (sc, ch 3, sc in 3^rd ch from the hook, sc in same loop), sc in next sc, in next ch-3 loop work (sc, ch 3, sc in 3^rd ch from the hook, sc in same loop), rep from * across to the border, in the last ch-4 work (sc, ch 3, sc in 3^rd ch from the hook, sc in same loop),ch 4, sc in each tr. We will now work an edging up the border to the neckline

Edging:

With Border facing up, ch 1, sc in last sc of row 18, * working around the post of the next tr, (sc, ch 3, sc in 3^rd ch from the hook, sc in same loop), ch 1, rep from * across to neck line, working a sc in each of last 5 rows.

Ch 1, sc in same st, sc in each sc across, in last work (sc, ch 1, sc).

Now working up the opp side, sc in each of next 2 sc, * working around the post of the next tr, (sc, ch 3, sc in 3^rd ch from the hook, sc in same loop), ch 1, rep from * across, ch 1, sc in sp of first sc, sl st in first sc. Ch 10 for button hole loop, sl st to first ch. Fasten off

Button:

Row 1:You will be working on the tr of row 3A. Insert hook under the post or stem of the tr, sl st around the stitch, ch 1, work 6 sc. Ch 1 turn.

Row 2: 3 sc in each sc , pull first and last sc together, sl st in first sc to form a circle. Fasten off.