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Saturday, August 10, 2019

Dachshund, video pattern

Dachshund
the pattern by Elena Belova,
https://www.instagram.com/elenabelova2702/
the video by Tatjana Kucherova
Note: see step-by-step photos in the russian version:
  1. High -17 см, the compressed doll’s length from the nose to the tail -32 см.
Yarn: acrylic  (300m/100g), a hook 1,25 mm.


ch- chain stitch
sl st- slip st
sc- single crochet
dec- (decrease) crochet 2 next stitch together
inc- (increase)- crochet 2 sc in the same st.


2. Head (video part 1)




Monday, July 8, 2019

Cricket, free crochet pattern



I would like to share with you this pattern created by Russian designer Elena Belova.
https://www.instagram.com/elenabelova2702/ 
 This Cricket is a character of the children's book about Pinocchio.
The presented video pattern was created by another Russian-speaker crocheter (it seems that she lives in the USA). But since that video is presented only in Russian (even without English subtitles), I add the English-language pattern.
I want to thank Louise Carstens from South Africa, who worked a lot on the translation. Of course, she used the written pattern and the Google Translate (and you know, this is not easy work!) But she have translated almost everything, except for some specific Russian words and expressions. So I helped her and found that video version of the pattern. The doll above, by the way, is the result of my testing this pattern.
I hope this video and our addition will help you to make your Cricket.

video part 1 - Head, Eyes, Eyelid, Torso, Leg
video part 2 - Shoe, Hand, Tailcoat

My pattern store on Ravelry


Thursday, May 23, 2019

Monday, May 20, 2019

Domovoy, part 1 - Legs

Today, I suggest you to crochet such a gnome (the Russians call him "DOMOVOY"). I will work using video tutorial in Russian. For each part of the video, I will add the text of the pattern in English.



The author crocheted the doll of 2 types of yarn: the head and body of fluffy white one; legs, hands, nose, ears are made of usual beige yarn.
Since I don't like crocheting the fluffy yarn, I plan to make the head and body of white homemade yarn. I will change the beige yarn to yellow one. My yellow yarn is thinner than my white yarn. Therefore, perhaps I will change the pattern a little. But, of course, I will give you the text of the original pattern.

Since this is not my design, then ( I am sorry) I cannot add this pattern to my Ravelry store as a pdf-file for downloading (but there you will find a lot of my free patterns). Therefore, watch the video on YOUTube, add your likes to the author, she will be pleased.
At the end of each part you will find a link to the next part.

So, start!
Part 1: Legs

 The original video pattern in Russian

The pattern in English