Crochet Baby Cocoon ~ Photo Prop: PART 2

Crochet Baby Cocoon Pattern PART 2

3 STRANDS VARIATION

What You Will Need:

*Size P Crochet Hook 

*3 skeins of yarn - I use Red Heart Yarn 

If you want to make a cocoon like this one

This is the pattern you will use:

 Use the blue hook size Q

ch 4, sl st into 1st ch to form a circle

Row 1: ch 1, 10 dc, sl st tog              {10 stitches}

Row 2: ch 1 2 dc around, sl st tog                  {20 stitches}

Row 3: ch 1, *1 dc, 1 dc, 2 dc* repeat around, sl st tog               {36 stitches}

Row 4-20: ch 1, 1 dc around, sl sl tog                               {36 stitches}

On row 20, fasten off and hide tail.  Admire your cute little cocoon!

For Matching Beanie:

ch 4, sl st into 1st ch to form a circle

Row 1: ch 1, 10 dc, sl st tog              {10 stitches}

Row 2: ch 1 2 dc around, sl st tog                  {20 stitches}

Row 3-5:  ch 1, 1 dc around, sl sl tog            {20 stitches}

On row 5, fasten off and hide tail.  Admire your cute little beanie!

To make the pom pom, see this video.

Happy Crafting :)

Crochet Baby Cocoon ~ Photo Prop: PART 1

When I was pregnant with my youngest daughter, I saw all kinds of cute crochet cocoons in friend's pictures. After several trial runs I came up with this pattern. I made a lot of them & we loved them when our baby was little because they were blankets that never fall off. It so nice not having to fuss with a blanket. I am going to have 3 separate posts with 3 different variations to this pattern.

The hooks needed for these patterns usually come together in a pack. They are the largest plastic hooks found in the crochet aisle ~ the small gray one is size P & the large blue one is size Q} Here are the 3 different variations of this pattern and the hook size needed for each that I will post.


2 strands of yarn {gray hook size P}
1 strand thick yarn {gray hook size P}
3 strands {blue hook size Q}

What You Will Need:
{2 strands variation} 

*Size P Crochet Hook 

*2 skeins of yarn - I use Red Heart Yarn 

Here are the abbreviations that you will need to understand to complete this pattern. If you want to know how to do any one of these stitches, please click here. To learn how to start the yarn on your hook, click here.

Abbreviations:

ch = chain

dc = double crochet

sl st  tog= slip stitch together

At the end of each round you'll see 'sl st tog'. You'll want to sl st into the little v that was created at the top of the 1st stitch for that round.

To start, take both yarns and tie together to start on hook like shown here.

ch 4, sl st into 1st ch to form a circle

Row 1: ch 1, 10 dc, sl st tog              {10 stitches}

Row 2: ch 1 2 dc around, sl st tog                  {20 stitches}

Row 3: ch 1, *1 dc, 2 dc* repeat around, sl st tog               {30 stitches}

Row 4: ch 1, *1 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc, 2 dc* repeat around, sl st tog            {35 stitches}

Row 5-25: ch 1, 1 dc around, sl sl tog                                 {35 stitches}

On row 25, fasten off and hide tail.  Admire your cute little cocoon!

For Matching Beanie:

ch 4, sl st into 1st ch to form a circle

Row 1: ch 1, 10 dc, sl st tog              {10 stitches}

Row 2: ch 1 2 dc around, sl st tog                  {20 stitches}

Row 3: ch 1, *1 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc 2 dc* repeat around, sl st tog               {24 stitches}

Row 4-7:  ch 1, 1 dc around, sl sl tog                                 {24 stitches}

On row 7, fasten off and hide tail.  Admire your cute little beanie!

Learn To Crochet

I have some really cool crochet patterns that I've made up & I really want to share here. First, I wanted to share where I learned to crochet. . . .

Youtube

Yep.

Actually, The Art Of Crochet by Teresa is the best I've seen. Her videos are from her view & she is really good at explaining exactly what she's doing. I'm going to post links to her videos that teach some of the most frequently used stitches. While your on her channel you can find some of her patterns & tutorials. She has the ability to take something that seems difficult {like a cupcake beanie} and make it easy enough that even someone who is just learning can do it. Most of her videos have links to show you how do it left handed as well.

Chain {ch} This is the most basic stitch you'll need to know:

Single Crochet {sc}

Half Double Crochet  {hdc}:

Double Crochet  {dc}:

Triple Crochet / Treble Crochet {trc}:

Slip Stitch {sl st/ sl st tog}: