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Christmas Gift Bags

November 5, 2011 By Yarnitect (Dana)

Christmas Gift Bags – Fun Gift Wrap and more!

These fun and whimsical Christmas gift bags are cute, practical and economical! Decorative gift bags at the store run between $2 and $4 each. At that price, it’s cheaper to make your own! These Christmas bags can be used time and time again – no need to worry about wrinkles like you do when reusing cheap paper gift bags.

This Christmas Gift Bag Pattern includes 4 sizes each with a unique snowflake making them the perfect gift wrapping for any winter occassion! Use them not only for gift wrapping, but for decorating at parties, at the office and at home! Stuff the small bag with candy canes and you’re ready for the holidays! The medium and large bags make fun seasonal totes or purses. The wine bag is great for gifting a little bubbly, but they’re also the perfect size for Secret Santa gifts!

Christmas Gift Bags – Snowflake Ornaments

The snowflakes in the Christmas Gift Bags pattern are fun appliques that can be sewn to any project. And this pattern includes directions for making ornaments out of them! Crocheted snowflakes instantly make life more festive. They can be hung on Christmas trees or in windows. And they make great accents to wrapped gifts.

Christmas Gift Bags – The Details

Here’s what’s included in the Christmas Gift Bag pattern:

Small Gift Bag – 3 3/4 x 3 x 5 inches
Medium Gift Bag – 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 9 inches
Large Gift Bag – 10 x 5 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
Wine Bag – 3 3/4 x 3 x 10 inches
4 snowflake patterns (depending on hook size, they measure 3 inches to 9 inches).
Directions for stiffening snowflakes
Lots of photos, gauge info, materials list, detailed instructions and more…

This pattern calls for use of medium worsted weight yarn (4) for both the bags and ornaments. Crocheted with a C hook, the ornaments range in size from 3 1/4 inches to 6 1/4 inches. With an H hook, the ornaments range in size from 4 inches to 9 inches.

Christmas Gift Bags – Available in the Store

The pattern for the Christmas Gift Bags and Snowflakes is now available in the store. Order today and you can start making some Christmas cheer right away.

Christmas Gift Bags and Snowflakes on Etsy.

Filed Under: Bags, Christmas, Crochet, Holidays & Special Occasions, Patterns for Sale, Yarnovator

Trick or Treat Bags

October 13, 2011 By Yarnovator

Trick or Treat Bags – The Monsters of the Stash

These classic monster trick or treat bags are great for sprucing up a costume and holding a sizable stash of candy. They are sure to be coveted by all the little ghouls and goblins this Halloween. And they make handy little treat bags for your home or office!

Make them friendly or little scary with the stitching of the mouth and the placement of the eyes. Though they are watching you, they won’t tell how many sweet treats you’ve eaten today!

Trick or Treat Bags – Crochet Pattern

The crochet pattern for each of these monster treat bags features a famous monster in history. Crocheted two strands at a time, these bags work up quickly for a ghoulish surprise.

Suck the candy from your friends and neighbors with a Dracula bag. Complete with a cape, bow tie, and fangs, you can count on the Count with your Halloween candy. He measures

The Frankenstein monster will keep things safe in this shaggy headed bag. Crocheted with Fun Fur, this fun treat bag will hold quite a stash.

Wrap up your treats in Mummy’s bandages. Crocheted as a solid bag, a separate crocheted bandage allows you to wrap it up tight, just the way you like it. The mummy measures 7″ tall x 6 1/2″ wide by 21″ around.

Each treat bag is crocheted as a solid unit with the facial features crocheted separately and sewn on. Each bag requires color changes. The mummy has color changes at the ends of rounds while the Frankenstein and Dracula bags have changes in the middle of rounds as well as at the ends of some rounds. Directions for changing colors is included in the pattern.

Trick or Treat Bags – Available in the Store

Friendly or scary, make these bags to fit your trick or treating style. Order your pattern from the store for a monster sized good time.

Trick or Treat Bags pattern on Etsy.

Filed Under: Child, Crochet, Halloween, Holidays & Special Occasions, Patterns for Sale, Yarnitect, Yarnovator Tagged With: candy bag, crochet, dracula, frankenstein, Halloween, mummy, pattern, treat bag, trick or treat bag

Dynamite

October 10, 2011 By Yarnitect (Dana)

Dynamite – Creating a Bang

Crochet a stick of dynamite and you’re in for a bang! These toy explosives are small enough for your pocket but they pack a big enough punch for the big jobs. Add a bit of yellow and orange string to the end of the wick and these toys are lit!

Caution: once your kids get their hands on one, they’re gonna want more!

Dynamite – FREE Crochet Pattern

Dynamite has been around since the late 1880’s. It’s been used by cowboys, miners and soldiers alike. That should light up your child’s imagination!

The finished dynamite measure 1 1/4 x 8 inches making them quick and easy to crochet. This pattern calls for crochet in the round (you can make them any length you like). Use scraps of yarn you have in your stash – a real money saving solution for the holidays!

Free Patterns Page: Download the pattern from the FREE Crochet Patterns page.
Store: Add the Dynamite Free to your cart in the Store.

Dynamite – Something for the Bigger Jobs

Check out this Hard Hat Mining Set!

Make your little bang a BIG KAPOW with the Hard Hat Mining Set! The hard hat will help keep you safe on the job and light your way. Strap a bunch of dynamite together and create a big bang with the blasting box (the handle really moves up and down!). Store all your explosives in the wooden dynamite create for later use.

Learn more about the Hard Hat Mining Set or head to the store to get your pattern now.

Hard Hat Mining Set pattern on Etsy.

Filed Under: Boy, Child, Crochet, Patterns for FREE, Toys Tagged With: crochet, dynamite, free, pattern, toys for boys

Hard Hat Mining Set

October 10, 2011 By Yarnitect (Dana)

Hard Hat Mining Set – A Blast to Play With

The hard hat and mining set is the perfect toy to create an explosion. Crochet fire on a single stick of dynamite and throw it in a hole for a little kapow. Or set off a whole stack of dynamite with a blasting box to create a BIG BANG!

Take your imagination deep within the earth building mines to reach diamonds, gold, gems and other precious metals. Or blast through layers of rock quarrying granite and other beautiful stone.

The hard hat will keep you safe as you blast your way to adventure. Stash your dynamite in the wood crate and bring it and the blasting box along for the big jobs.

Hard Hat and Mining Set – Fun for All the Kids

This is one hard hat and mining set you’re gonna love to crochet because this one pattern will work for all the kids (baby to adult women)!

The hard hat pattern is One Size Fits All because there’s an adjustable strap inside (just like real hard hats). Simply make the strap tighter (with use of a button) and it will fit anybody’s head (baby, toddler, child, tween, teen, adult women). Add the light, and your projects are immediately illuminated.

The dynamite is a breeze to whip up. Make a couple sticks to carry in your pocket or crochet a bunch and strap them together for bigger jobs. This pattern comes with instructions to make a wick for a single stick or blasting cap and wire to attach a bunch of dynamite to a blasting box.

The blasting box will help you get the big jobs done faster. The “plunger handle” really moves! You can pull up and down on the handle to simulate a big blast! The sides of the box are crocheted with a wavy pattern to simulate wood grain. There’s a strap on top so you can carry the box to your blast sight. Instructions for the wire, twistable wing nuts and blasting cap are also included.

The wood dynamite crate will help store your dynamite when you’re heading to the job site. This pattern calls for two shades of brown to really get an authentic wood grain look. Crochet a couple of hinges and some lettering to bring the box to life. Create some cord handles and you can carry your explosives anywhere.

Hard Hat and Mining Set – Available in the Store

The beauty of the hard hat and mining set is that you can start playing right away. Crochet the hard hart first and you’ll instantly feel like a miner. With just a single stick of dynamite you can immediately begin to blow things up. Add the blasting box and wood crate when time allows or when your stack of dynamite gets to be unmanageable!

The crochet pattern for the hard hat and mining set is available now in the store. You’ll get a bang out of this pattern!

Filed Under: Baby, Boy, Child, Crochet, Girl, Hat, Patterns for Sale, Toys, Yarnovator Tagged With: blasting box, construction helmet, crochet, detonator box, dynamite, dynamite box, dynamite crate, hard hat, helmet, mining hat, plunger box, toys for boys

Aviator Hat for Baby FREE Crochet Pattern

September 26, 2011 By Yarnitect (Dana)

Aviator Hat for Baby

The Aviator hat is stylish and fun. Oh, and put it on a baby and it’s just stinkin’ cute! The aviator hat is sometimes referred to as a “bomber hat” or “flying hat”. In the crochet world we have also seen it called “hat with ear flaps”, which is a pretty accurate description.

There are several elements that make the aviator hat distinctive. The original flying hat was made of a leather exterior and wool interior – a flap of the cap was tacked just above the forehead. Long ear flaps held radios at the ears. The hat was often paired with flying goggles and a scarf. We’ve simulated all of these elements with yarn!

Aviator Hat for Baby- FREE Crochet Pattern

This aviator hat is a perfect gift for your little flyer or for a much needed baby gift. The hat fits newborns and is perfect for little boys and little girls. The pattern calls for crocheting in the round. Since you crochet with two strands at once, this newborn hat will stitch up quick and easy.

Free Patterns Page: Download the pattern from the FREE Crochet Patterns page.
Store: Add the Newborn Aviator Hat Free to your cart in the Store.

Aviator Hat – Something for the Entire Family

Due to popular demand, not only have we created the Aviator Hat in multiple sizes, we’ve created accessories! Check out this high flying set. It comes with:

6 hat sizes
3 flying goggles and
3scarves

You can read about it in our post: Bomber Hat Set!
Or you can head straight to the store to order your Aviator Set today.

Aviator Set pattern on Etsy.

Filed Under: Baby, Boy, Crochet, Girl, Hat, Patterns for FREE Tagged With: aviator hat, crochet, free, hat, newborn, pattern

Bomber Hat Set

September 26, 2011 By Yarnitect (Dana)

Bomber Hat Set – High Flying Fun

The Bomber Hat Set is just the ticket for high flying family adventure. Your imaginations will soar with these warm and cozy bomber hats, adjustable goggles and long flowing scarves. You can take to the skies with Amelia Earhart and the Wright Brothers simulating flights in open-air cockpits.

The bomber hat and goggles were standard issue even after cockpits became enclosed (through World War II). So don’t let your adventures stall out…put on your flying gear and take a trip around the world!

Bomber Hat Set – Fun for the Whole Family

We have a bomber hat set for everyone in the family! We’ve got everyone’s head covered: from newborns to adults and from boys and girls to moms and dads!

The hat patterns comes in 6 sizes – newborn to adult men. The hat is modeled after the leather flying caps that had wool interiors and long ear flaps with pockets for radios.

The flying goggles come in 3 sizes – baby, child and adult. All of the goggles have adjustable straps. The pattern includes instructions on crocheting your own buckles or incorporating store bought ones.

The scarves come in 3 sizes -baby, child and adult. Each scarf is a different pattern. Mix up the colors to add even more variety.

Bomber Hat Set – Available in the Store

Let’s get these bomber hats off the printed page and on your families heads! Your crocheting fingers will fly through these patterns. The Aviator Set is available now in the store.

Aviator Set pattern available on Etsy.

Filed Under: Adult, Baby, Boy, Child, Crochet, Girl, Hat, Patterns for Sale, Scarves, Cowls & Shrugs, Toys Tagged With: aviator, bomber, bomber hat, crochet, goggles, scarf

Panda Hat for Baby

September 21, 2011 By Yarnitect (Dana)

Panda Hat For Baby

Panda hats are cute, cuddly and just plain fun….and babies look beary adorable in them! The world is infatuated with panda bears, which are currently listed as an endangered species. The black eye patches, ears, legs and shoulders make the panda distinctive looking and fun to recreate in yarn. We have done just that with our panda hat for babies.

Panda Hat for Baby – FREE Crochet Pattern

These crocheted panda hats for babies are adorable, quick and easy to make. Crocheted with two strands at once, they can usually be made in one sitting. Perfect for an expected arrival or a last minute gift, this is one special hat that will be a (panda) bear to make!

This free crochet pattern for the panda hat comes in two sizes: newborn (0 to 6 months) and Infant (6 to 12 months).

Panda Hat for Baby

Free Patterns Page: Download the pattern from the FREE Crochet Patterns page.
Store: Add the Panda Hat Free to your cart in the Store.

Love Pandas?

We do, too! We’ve got more pandas in our Panda Set.

Panda Set includes:

Learn more about the Panda Set.

Panda Set pattern available on Etsy.

Filed Under: Animals, Baby, Crochet, Hat, Patterns for FREE, Yarnovator Tagged With: baby, crochet, hat, panda, panda hat, pattern

Welcome to Yarnovations

September 14, 2011 By Yarnitect (Dana)

So glad you stopped by our website. We are thrilled to see you here. We look forward to sharing our passion for crochet and yarn crafts. We’ll have free stuff and cool stuff that’ll inspire and delight you. Hopefully you’ll agree that crochet is not an art form for just your grandmother!

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