Two Beautiful Crop Top Patterns

Look how cute, I love them so much! Let's just get straight into it, I'm too excited.

In the first picture, I am wearing the Tuskfin Crop Top by Amanda Luisa who, by the way, has a couple more patterns that are to die for! You can find it right here: Free Tuskfin Crop Top Pattern. I finished this project in a matter of hours so it is really quick. If you try this, I would suggest watching the youtube video that accompanies it where she gives you a step by step tutorial.. That will be linked on her page. It's super comfortable, I could sleep in it (probably will, let's be honest). I loved this pattern and if you make it, be sure to post on social media and tag her to show off your work.

In the second picture, I am wearing the Bea Crop Top by Girlie's crochet which you can find here: Free Bea Crop Top Pattern. I find it super cute and an added plus- they have another version of this as a bikini top. They have step by step instructions with pictures so the pattern is super easy to follow! My favorite part is the lace, so pretty.

Y'all, these are free. You have no excuse not to make them, you know you want to. They are both cute and customizable to fit pretty much any size. You'll love making them! Good Luck, lovelies!

My Pattern Pouch

Okay, okay, I know what y'all are thinking- it's about time I post something new. You got me there. So here it is:
I made this a year ago so I don't have a step by step pattern for you guys, sorry. But I can tell you what I remember. To begin this pouch, I used a Turkish cast-on. The Turkish cast-on is in the round so in order to achieve the stockinette stitch, all I had to do was knit for a few rows. I did one by one ribbing on the inside so the edge wouldn't curl when I cast off and continued with the knit stitch on the outside. Then, I cast off the ribbed side to create the opening and left the other side on my needles. Now I'm knitting a flat piece. I continued with the knit stitch on both the right and the wrong side which, as you all know, creates a different look.
To make the button-hole, I simply put half of the stitches on a stitch holder and knit the other half. When that was at a good length, I worked on the other side and then knit them together. The sides aren't straight but, hey, it's functional.
I finished sewing the button and tying in loose ends. I apologize for the complicated instructions, please comment with questions because I'm sure you'll have them! Good luck!

Adult Sweater

I'm so excited! I made myself a sweater! It's about time. I used this pattern by Clare Lee: Brick Sweater.

The only difference was that I made it in a top-down raglan style because that's what I'm comfortable with. It was really easy to make it top-down raglan- when you do your original cast on for the neckline, join in the round. I found this pattern super easy and super fun! It comes with directions for several different sizes, Enjoy!

Lightweight Poncho Crochet Pattern

There are many poncho patterns out there but most of them are made to keep you warm. Coming from a place where it is hot most of the year, that isn't very useful. So, I found a poncho pattern that I really liked that was also lightweight. But The problem was you need to work it in the round which proved to be hard for me. Every time I tried to join the two ends, my chain would twist and it would make me so mad! After an hour or two of attempting this pattern, I decided it just wasn't going to work. So this pattern is worked in as a single "panel". As you would make a blanket. I thought that I might as well make this poncho 100% mine and create a whole knew pattern.

First, you chain an odd number of stitches. It doesn't matter exactly how many, you can completely customize this pattern.
Row 1- 2 sc in second ch from hook and in each ch across until last ch, 2 sc in final ch
Row 2-5- ch 1, 2 sc in next st and in each st across until last st, 2 sc in last stitch.
Row 6- *ch 5, skip one st, sc in next* repeat from * across
Row 7- *ch 5, sc in middle ch of the next gap* repeat from * across.

Repeat those seven rows until desired length and sc five final rows.
Before you cut the yarn,  fold the poncho in half and slip st the sides together. When slip stitching insert hook into the two sides at once and continue until you have seamed the whole project together. Flip inside out.

If you have any questions, be sure to ask me because I would love to answer them. Let me know how yours turns out!

Knit Baby Sweaters

I have always wanted to make a sweater but was too scared because it looked too complicated. I didn't want to deal with the stress of it not working so that I had to keep starting over and over again. But after a while, I figured that a baby sweater would be a good place to start because they are small and if I messed up, it wouldn't be so bad to start over. Also, I had just bought a circular needle set so I was ready to break in those bad boys.

As you could guess, once I discovered the top- down raglan technique through YouTube, I figured it didn't have to be as complicated as I thought. This technique involves no sewing- just a simple pattern of increases and holding stitches for later. I wanted to find a baby sweater pattern at this point but every one of them looked a bit too complicated with pockets and buttons and hoodies and all that good stuff. I wanted to start small and simple and ease my way into this stuff. It may be cute, but its hard.

Then I found a sweater pattern generator- Sweater Pattern. All you have to do is enter the needle size you'll be using, your gauge, a chest measurement, and the type of fit that you need- snug, comfortable, or loose. Then you press submit and the whole pattern generates for you. Here was the data I put in:

Needle Size- US 6

Gauge- 23 stitches per four inches and 29 rows per four inches

Chest Measurement- 24 inches

Fit- comfortable

The pictures above show how they turned out. For my first sweaters, I'd say I'm pretty proud. The pink one is supposed to be a sweater dress for my soon-to-be niece. I think they are so cute and turned out pretty well! I really can't wait to see them on my niece!

If you try this, tell me how it goes!

Knit Socks

I finished these socks a while ago and I forgot to post about them. These were my first socks... and I didn't use a pattern. Which might have been a mistake but they turned out pretty good. I just looked up how to do a short row heel and did it but I screwed up and just started winging it from there.

I used worsted weight yarn as most people suggest for your first pair of socks. Sorry that I don't have a pattern for these because I was kind of just experimenting.

Crochet Christmas Trees!

I love these trees! I think the yarn that my mom picked out looks great for this project because the little shimmery bits look like ice on the branches. Although this pattern is by Red Heart (Red Heart Tree), I used  I Love This Yarn in three different colors that seemed the most Christmas-y. You can also find the altered pattern, that I used, on Crochet Crowd where he makes the trees look more ruffled and random: Crochet Crowd Tree. In the pattern, it tells you to put a bead in the top with a straight pin, but I decided not to. I think it looks good the way it is. Also, I had to hot glue the tops onto the trees so they wouldn't fall off and I think something like that is mentioned in the pattern. I really do love these trees because Christmas is probably my favorite time of year! Tell me how it goes if you make them!