Easter Goodies

by Donna

I'm always looking for holiday goodies to crochet. I found some for Easter and I thought I would share. I found this basket and decided to try it. It is very simple. It uses a cool whip bowl for the inside of the basket. After I made this one I started thinking of other uses for this basket. If you left the handle off you could use it to put a plant pot in, you could put potpourri in it, use it in the bathroom to put bath oil beads in or decorative soaps. You can find the pattern here.

The pattern for the blue egg with the cross is here. The other eggs I made without a written pattern. Someday I will write down what I did and post them here on our blog.

Here is a link to a web site that has lots of Easter patterns. I'm sure you can find something you would like to try.

Here is a link to an e-book with Easter crafts.

You still have a few days til Easter. Make something colorful!

Christmas Ornaments

I'm sure everyone knows by now that my favorite thing to crochet is Christmas ornaments. I make ornaments in both thread and yarn. This hot air balloon is one of my favorites. I have crocheted around a satin ball, added a basket, and there is even a little Santa in the basket. Here are some others: a clothespin angel, an angel, a rose, a butterfly, a ball and a bell. I make lots of snowflakes. I also make things out of yarn such as: a snowflake, a wreath, a snowman. These are just a few of the things I crochet.

I know a lot of people find crocheting with thread a bit overwhelming but as you can see you can also make ornaments with yarn. Click here for the pattern for Sweetie Snowflake pictured above. Maybe you would like to make a stocking. Click here for the pattern for the stocking pictured below. Or maybe you would like to try a wreath.

Click here for the pattern for the wreath pictured below. Or how about these darling snowman faces in a star. Click here for the pattern.

There are loads of free patterns out there on the internet. Check them out and make a Christmas ornament.