Crochet Christmas Ornaments - with links to the free crochet patterns used

These small ornaments were part of the Christmas gifts I have made ​​for my son's kindergarten best friends. I wanted to make something small and cute that they can hang in the Christmas tree or even on their backpack.

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Christmas Challenge Winners

Dear challengers, I want to thank you all for participating  in this Christmas Crochet Challenge!

It was such a joy to see so many wonderful creations! At the same time you made me have a hard time deciding which projects I like the most, because I really love them all.

For this reason I wanted to make you all a surprise posting all the projects in the challenge with a link to the FB Business Page of each challenger. See all the submitted projects with their FB Page link in this BLOG POST. 

But now let's see our Top 3 favourites! There are 2 tops, one with my favourites, one with our FB follower favourites!

Congratulations to all of you! 

Top 3 of my Favourites:

1)First place goes to "Martha" Vitez.

Martha is a special needs cat with Cerebellar Hypoplasia, and her human 'mum' crochets to help Fundraisers, mostly Fundraisers for animals with special needs. They live in Belgrade (Serbia), Martha's human mum is civil (construction) engineer who loves crocheting and has great interest in patterns.

To see all her wonderful projects, visit her FB Page 

MARTHA'S WORLD OF CROCHETED CRITTERS.

2) Second place goes to Alicia Lucy, a stay at home mom of 3, who loves to crochet. She also sells some of her crochet projects so that she can stay home and homeschool her girls. You can find her beautiful creations on her FB Page LUCY'S LOOPS.

3) Third place goes to Nannete Cornish, a mom and  a US Navy wife, currently stationed in Japan. Busy being a mom and crocheting things for her girls, also crocheting for donation to the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society as well as hat’s for new babies of the Naval Hospital!

To see other beautiful projects, visit her FB Page YARNLV.

Here is the Top 3 Follower Favourites! I took in count all the likes and shares for each project on my FB Page.

1) Follower's most favourite is the beautiful hat handmade by Rebekah Greaves. I love what she made with my pattern! You can see more of her pretty projects in her BEK'S CROCHET & KNIT.

2) Second place goes to Oana Nicula who crocheted the wonderful Dahlia Pillow. To see other lovely projects, visit her FB Page CROCHET BY OANA.

3) Third place goes to Kristi Kallaste for the lovely christmassy slippers. 
Kristi's FB Page is KIKU'S HANDARBETE- KIKU KÄSITÖÖD.

Congratulations once again and thank you all for taking part in this challenge!
Happy Holidays!
Kinga

Crochet Projects submitted for the Christmas Challenge 2013, My Hobby is Crochet

Here are the projects submitted by our crocheters to the Christmas Challenge 2013 on MY HOBBY IS CROCHET, presented in a random order. Check out the links to free patterns used below!

 Click on the pictures below to open the page with the free pattern used for each project! 

After the pictures are presented the challengers with a link to their Facebook Pages.

by Oana Nicula	by Vanessa Lynn G.-Sarmiento	by Alicia Lucy
by Barbara A. Harper	by Diana Craddocks	by Faye Broughton
by Gloria Vitos	by Kathleen Colegrove	by Kristi Kallaste
by Leslie Isaac	by San	by Martha Vitez
by Nanette Cornish	by Barbara A. Harper	by Ramona Saintandres
by Raquel Silvas	by Rebekah Greaves	by Rebekah Greeves
by Alicia Lucy	by Andrea Gail

All these projects were made using my Free patterns found in this PATTERN GALLERY ON RAVELRY.

The Challengers and their FB Pages:

1) Oana Nicula from the FB page Crochet by Oana

2)Vanessa Lynn Gomez-Sarmiento from the FB page Bella's Yarn Creations

3) Alicia Lucy from the FB page Lucy's Loops

4) Barbara A. Harper from the FB page Knead to Crochet

5) Diana Craddocks from the FB page Mystitchescount

6) Faye Broughton from the FB page Fayes'sCrochet

7) Gloria Vitos

8) Kathleen Colegrove from the FB page Chain Reaction Crochet

9) Kristi Kallaste from the FB page Kiku'shandarbete- Kiku käsitööd

10) Leslie Isaac from the FB page Tickle Trunk Crochet

11) San from the FB page Loopsan

12) Martha Vitez from the FB page Martha's World of Crocheted Critters

13) Nanette Cornish from the FB page Yarnlv

14) Ramona Saintandres

15) Raquel Silvas from the FB page Raqueli

16) Rebekah Greaves from the FB page Bek's Crochet & Knit

17) Andrea Gail from the FB Group Living, Loving, Laughing...a group of like-minded people

Thank you very much dear challengers!  I really love all the projects, they are all so pretty! Good luck to you all!

Want to know who won the challenge? Check out in this BLOG POST.

Doris Infinity Scarf - Free Crochet Pattern - Written Instructions and Chart

Featuring a beautiful stitch pattern, the Doris Infinity Scarf it's very easy and fast to crochet!
To make this scarf, you will only need to know basic crochet stitches, such as chain, single crochet, half double crochet and double crochet stitches! This makes it perfect for beginner crocheters also!

Tip Toe Slippers - Free Crochet Pattern: Written Instructions and Chart

This is the toddler size of my Little Elf Slippers pattern. (Check out the tutorial for the color change and heel decrease in the children size pattern)!

At the end of this post you'll find the charted pattern.

*Disclaimer: This post includes affiliate links and at no additional cost to you, I might earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through these links. Thank you! The yarn was provided by Red Heart Yarns.

You can crochet these adorable slippers in the colors of your choice! Pick one, 2 or 3 colors for a different look!

Tip Toe Slippers

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SIZE: The slippers will fit a 2 - 3 years old toddler.
16 cm length
17.5 cm circumference around the foot. (If you use a thicker yarn and/or a bigger hook than specified in the pattern, you will obtain a larger size!) Check your gauge also!

GAUGE: in the pattern stitch (sedge stitch):

 4 groups of (1sc, 1hdc, 1dc) = 5 cm and  7 rounds = 5 cm

SUPPLIES:
- worsted(9 wpi)weight yarn in 3 colors. I have used Red Heart Shimmer - fuchsia, white and green - discontinued at the time. You can replace it with other yarn having the same weight!)

- E/3.5 mm crochet hook;

- 1 stitch marker or a piece of yarn;

- tapestry needle to sew in the ends.

STICHES AND ABBREVIATIONS (US TERMS):
- sl st: slip stitch
- sc: single crochet
- hdc: half double crochet

- dc: double crochet

- standing single crochet: See the Tutorial by Mrs Micawber

- sc3tog: single crochet 3 together, video tutorial by Crochetnmore on Youtube

- st: stitch

- sk: skip

- group: (1sc, 1 hdc, 1dc) worked in same stitch

NOTES: If you use 3 colors, change colors after each 3rd round/row.

INSTRUCTIONS: (make 2 Slippers):

A) Working in rounds starting at toe.
With fuchsia make a magic ring.

Round 1: Work 10 sc into the magic ring, sl st into the top of first sc. (10 sts)

Round 2: ch2 (does not count as a stitch), 2 dc in same stitch and 2 dc in each stitch around, sl st into the top of the first dc. (20 sts)

Round 3: ch2 (does not count as a stitch), 1dc into same st, 2dc in next st, (1dc in next st, 2dc in next st) x 9 times, sl st into the top of the first dc. (30 sts)
Cut yarn. Fasten off invisibly inserting the tapestry needle from back to front in the second dc of the round, then in between the top loops of the last stitch of round. Be sure not to count the ch2 as a stitch to not add an extra stitch! You should have 30 sts in the next round)

Round 4: With white make a standing sc into the top of a dc stitch of the previous round, work (1 hdc and 1 dc) into same stitch as the standing single crochet, sk 2 sts, *(1sc, 1hdc, 1 dc) in next st, sk 2 sts *, repeat from * to * 9 times, sl st into the top of the first sc. (10 groups)

Rounds 5 - 6 : ch1, (1sc, 1hdc, 1dc) into same st, sk (1hdc, 1dc), work *(1sc, 1hdc, 1dc) into next sc, sk (1hdc, 1dc) *, repeat from * to * 9 times, sl st into the top of first sc. ( 10 groups). Cut yarn. Fasten off.

From now on work in rows, turning the piece at the end of each row.
Do not cut yarn, carry color not in use from row to row, working over it at the end of the current row and at the beginning of the next row.

For the color change, work the last sc of the row until it is half completed, having two loops on hook, join other color yarn with a sl st and pull through the 2 loops on hook.

Row 1: Sl st with pink into the top of a sc stitch on the right side of the slipper.
Ch1, work (1hdc, 1dc) into same st, *sk next (hdc and dc), work (1sc, 1hdc, 1dc) into next sc *, repeat from * to * till the end of the row, sk the last (hdc and dc), 1sc into same st as the first group at the beginning of the row, ch1 and turn. (10 groups)

Row 2: (1hdc, 1dc) into first st, *sk next (1dc, 1hdc) and work (1 sc, 1hdc, 1dc) into next sc*, repeat from * to *, sk last (dc and hdc), 1 sc into the ch1 of previous row, ch1 and turn.

Row 3: same as row 2, but with color change at the end of the row like this: work the last sc half way; having 2 loops on hook attach green yarn and finish the sc with green, ch1 and turn.

Rows 4 - 6: continue with green the same as row 2. Change to white at the end of row 6. ch1 and turn.

Rows 7 - 9: continue with white the same as row 2. Change to fuchsia at the end of row 9. ch1 and turn.

Rows 10 - 12: continue with fuchsia the same as row 2. Change to green at the end of row 12. ch1 and turn.

Rows 13 and 14: continue with green the same as row 2. ch1 and turn.

Row 15: The heel decrease
Fold the slipper into half and place stitch marker into the top of the sc stitch of the 5th group from right to left (in the the middle of the piece).

Note: The sc sts before the marked st, the marked st and the sc after the marked st will be worked together, skipping the hd and dc sts in between; the heel decrease. (See the photo collage in the Child size slipper)

Row 15: (1hdc, 1dc) into first st, *sk next (1dc, 1hds) and work (1 sc, 1hdc, 1dc) into next sc*, repeat from * to * 3 times total; skipping the dc and hdc stitches in between work sc3tog TIGHT, (1hc, 1dc) in same st, *sk next (1dc, 1hds) and work (1 sc, 1hdc, 1dc) into next sc*, repeat from * to * till end of the row, sk last (dc and hdc), 1 sc into the ch1, changing color to white. ch1 and turn.

Row 16: (1hdc, 1dc) into first st, *sk next (1dc, 1hdc) and work (1 sc, 1hdc, 1dc) into next sc*, repeat from * to *, sk last (dc and hdc), 1 sc into the ch1 of previous row. (8 groups)

JONING BACK OF HEEL:
Turn the slipper inside out and fold it in half, matching first and last sts of Row 16. Working through both top loops sl st across to join the back of the slipper (back seam). Cut yarn. Fasten off.

EDGING:

Round 1: Join fuchsia yarn with a sl st at the top of the back seam and work a round of slip stitches loosely around the foot opening.

Round 2: work 1 sl st back loops only loosely in each st around. Cut yarn. Fasten off. Sew in the lose ends.

CHARTED PATTERN:

Note: To see the second chart more clearly you can download it and use the zoom function.

In the next picture you'll see the toddler and the child size slippers, The child size can be found here. Working the child size with a larger hook and thicker yarn you will make an adult woman size of the slipper.

I have also made a free crochet baby booties pattern, the Blooming Strawberry Baby Booties size 0-6 months, using the same stitch pattern! They also have a matching earflap hat!

I hope you enjoy this pattern!
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Tip Toe Slippers - Written Instructions and Pictures Copyright © 2013 Kinga Erdem  
This pattern is free for your personal use, you can sell the products of your work, a link back to my blog would be appreciated. Do not use my photos for selling purposes or modify them in any way.
Please don't repost the pattern itself to any other sites, but please share the link to the pattern if you want to share the pattern with your friends. You may not give away copies of this pattern.
Do not make video tutorials or translate my pattern in other languages without my written consent!
Thank you,
Kinga

Christmas Crochet Challenge, My Hobby is Crochet

My Hobby is Crochet  is running a great Christmas Challenge you wouldn't want to miss!

Top 3 winners will be chosen by Myhobbyiscrochet and featured on this blog and on MYHOBBYISCROCHET FACEBOOK PAGE, linking to your page, blog or shop!

This will be a great exposure for you to almost 350.000 Myhobbyiscrochet Facebook fans!

Here are the rules for the contest:

1) Pick any Free pattern/combination of my patterns (example of combination: a hat with a flower) from RAVELRY;

2) Make your project in Christmas colors;

3) Post your photo in the comment boxes under THIS PICTURE on Facebook to qualify;

4) Upload your picture(s) to RAVELRY and link to the pattern(s) used. 
If you are new to Ravelry and you don't know how to add a project to Ravelry, you can learn from this great TUTORIAL of Rhondda from Oombawka Design. 

5) By joining the challenge, you are giving me permission to share your projects on PINTEREST, TWITTER and FACEBOOK and to upload your pictures on the blog (giving you credit for your work and pictures).

Entries must be submitted by 11:59PM Central European Time (UTC + 1) December 15!

The three winners will be chosen and announced on December 16.

I hope to see many wonderful Christmas projects made using my patterns!

Good luck everyone!

Kinga

PS: Thank you The Crochet Lounge™ for giving me the idea to start this challenge!