Beginners Guide to Crochet a Fingerless Gloves

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

Worst weighted yarn.[Golden,purple,deep yellow,soft grey]
Crochet hook 4mm.

SKILLS REQUIRED

Double Crochet.
Single Crochet.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

Beginner.

ABBREVATIONS USED:

Rnd=Round.
ch=chain.
St=stitch.
Dbl st=double stitch.
Sn st=single stitch.

TUTORIAL

Rnd 1: Beginning with a slip stitch chain 30. Join the ends.Now here the length of the chain vary greatly and depend completely on the width of your hand. If you have big hands then chain of 30 wont be ideal for you.
      How would i know how many stitches do i require?
         Simple as you have made a chain wrap it around your palm to see it fits and accordingly add or remove stitches.

Rnd 2: Ch 2, make first dbl st in 30th stitch of underlying chain.
Dbl St in each Stitch of the chain.

Rnd 3-7: Ch 2, Dbl st in hole of the below dbl st and not in the chain itself. Stitching in each stitch makes prominent rows whereas crocheting in each hole makes a holey texture.

THUMB

Rnd 8: Ch 2, continue as above rows up to 26 stitches. Ch 12, Join the end of this chain to the first stitch of this row. 
You will find a hole for your thumb created, this can be subjected to the size of your hand. Hence may be increased or decreased accordingly by increasing or decreasing stitches.

Note: When joining the 2 ends of a circle use the chain and not the hole to make invisible seam and that includes both the loops of the stitch and not just one.

Rnd 9-11: Ch 2, dbl st in each hole.

Rnd 12-14: Ch 2, dbl st in each hole and dec 6 sts evenly.

Rnd 15-20: ch 2, dbl st in each hole.

Make a round of Dbl st over the circumference of the thumb.
Now make a round of sn st's at both the ends of the gloves to make the ends secure.
you will have total of 22 rows.
Fasten off.


FLOWER:
Crochet 2 sets of puff flowers of purple,deep yellow and purple colors for each hand.
Sew them to gloves.

Happy crocheting.
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How I Crocheted my Slouchy Beanie in 5 Easy Steps..

I find myself strangely hooked to crocheting this season and i'm seriously doing nothing else. All my other craft ideas have to hang there in my mind till i'm over this crochet obsession of mine.


Today's post is all about slouchy beanies: Tutorial, Tips and Tricks on how you can get it done rightly.

The Slouchy beanie or cap you see here is unisex.

MEASUREMENTS:

For a perfect beanie perfect measurement is necessary.

Measurement for crown of a beanie: 7.5 inches for adult.

Lengthwise measurement for beanie: 9 inches.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

1) Worsted weight yarn of two different colours
      I used Oswal teal green and Oswal jet black yarn
2) 1 thick crochet hook and 1 smaller hook.
      I used 9 mm and 4 mm hooks respectively.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

Double Crochet Stitch.
Single Crochet Stitch.
Half Double Crochet Stitch.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL:

Easy/Beginner

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS TUTORIAL:

Dbl st=Double stitch.
Sn st=single stitch.
inc=increase.
dec=decrease.
Ch=chain

TUTORIAL:

STEP 1: INC ROUNDS.

Using thicker hook.

Rnd 1: Make magic ring. Ch 2. 11 Dbl st's in magic ring.(stitches including ch 2).

Rnd 2: ch 2. 2 Dbl st's in each stitch.(24 stitches).

Rnd 3: Ch 2. 2 Dbl st's in each stitch.(48 stitches).

Rnd 4: Ch 2. 3 Dbl st's. In 4th stitch make 2 dbl st's. Repeat.(56 stitches).

Rnd 5: Ch 2. 4 Dbl st's. In 5th stitch make 2 dbl st's. Repeat.(67 stitches).

Rnd 7: Ch 2. 6 Dbl st's. In 7th stitch make 2 dbl st's. Repeat.(76 stitches).

Rnd 8: Ch 2. 8 Dbl st's. In 9th stitch make 2 dbl st's. Repeat.(84 stitches).

Rnd 9: Ch 2. 20 Dbl st's. In 21st stitch make 2 dbl st's. Repeat.(88 stitches).

Tip:Measure the crown of your beanie, it should be 7-7.5 inches.

I'm specifying measurements in case some of you may want to use a differently weighted yarn whose stitches may not match to that of my own.

STEP 2: FIXING THE LENGTH.

Rnd 10-21: ch 2. Dbl st in each st(84 stitches).

Tip:By now the length of the beanie must be 8 inches. You can inc or dec rows accordingly to make it more or less slouchier.

STEP 3: DEC ROUNDS.

we have to decrease 10 stitches evenly so as to have a tighter circumference of the cap so that it will not fall off.
Tip:Average circumference of head:62-65 cms.

Rnd 22: Dec 4 stitches evenly. That makes it after every 20th stitch, dec 21st and 22nd stitch into one.(84 stitches)

STEP 4: CHANGE COLORS.

Rnd 23:Change color. I used half double crochet stitch for this round and decreased 6 stitches evenly. That makes it after every 14th stitch.(78 stitches).

Rnd 24: change color(green). make a round of Dbl st's.

STEP 5: BRIM

Using smaller hook.

Rnd 25-28: Change color(Black). Make sn st in each st.
Fasten off.

That's your beanie completed.

Why I used 2 hooks?
Bigger hook made my beanie soft,quickly and more flexible.
Smaller hook made the brim tighter so that it may not fall off.

I couldn't take more photos of this beanies it was taken from me as soon as I finished it.

DIY: Crochet Fingerless Gloves

Its too cold outside to let my pretty hands freeze, but i still want to use my phone, after all its internet addiction ;) Am i the only one who is addicted?

Hey, I'm Bella again with a new crochet project. The very easy, very cozy and very cute crochet fingerless gloves. You can see whole of the internet flooded with different designs and patterns used from ages by old and young BUT this is my version the thing!

Its lovely and i can use my phone too.

Alright pick up your hooks and begin.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

Worst weighted yarn.
Crochet hook 4mm.
Beads.

SKILLS REQUIRED

Double Crochet.
Treble crochet.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

Beginner.

ABBREVATIONS USED:

Rnd=Round.
ch=chain.
St=stitch.
Dbl st=double stitch.
Sn st=single stitch.
Trbl st=treble stitch.

TUTORIAL

Rnd 1: Beginning with a slip stitch chain 30. Now here the length of the chain vary greatly and depend completely on the width of your hand. If you have big hands then chain of 30 wont be ideal for you.
      How would i know how many stitches do i require?
         Simple as you have made a chain wrap it around your palm to see it fits and accordingly add or remove stitches.

Rnd 2: My chain is 30 stitches long. Ch 2[this makes the chain 32 stitches long] , Rev the direction, make first dbl st in 30th stitch of the chain.
Dbl St in each Stitch of the chain.

Rnd 3-6: Ch 2, Dbl st in hole of the below dbl st and not in the chain itself. This will create a different texture.

THUMB
Rnd 7: Ch 12, [not 2, we are going to make some space for thumb.] Again check for your size.
Join the end of this chain to the other end of the 6th row making a circle.
Ch 2 and start dbl crocheting as before.

Note: When joining the 2 ends of a circle use the chain and not the hole to make invisible seam.

Rnd 8-9: Ch 2, dbl st in each hole.

Rnd 10-12: Ch 2, dbl st in each hole and dec 6 sts evenly.

Rnd 13-14: ch 2, dbl st in each hole.

Sew the free ends of the palm that are yet to be sewed.
And make around of single st over the circumference of the thumb.

TRIM
Rnd 15: Take a different color yarn, join it to the gloves where you finished off the round 14 and ch 2.
In same stitch make 3 trbl st and 1 dbl st. making overall 5 stitches in same stitch including ch 2 at the beginning. Thus makes a semicircle.
Next st: make 1 sn st.

In next stitch you dont chain 2 but make a dbl st first
i.e 1 dbl st, 3 trbl sts, 1 dbl st[ in same stitch].
Continue the process for whole of the circumference of the gloves.

Rnd 16: Make a round of chain stitch joining the tops of all the semicircles.

ADDING BEADS:
Either make a long chain or take a strand of yarn pull through the top of each semicircle and add bead after each semicircle. See the picture below.
join the ends.

There are other ways to add beads but i choose this one for this very pattern.

 Seems lot of work? well it is not.

FLOWER:
The flower used in this pattern is called puff flower.

I find myself wearing it all the time.
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