Simple Cowl Crochet Pattern

About a week ago, I showed my Wednesday WIP and today it is finished. I now have a pattern for a crocheted cowl written and available to you! It is a great cowl pattern for beginners and will make a quick crochet project for experienced crocheters. 

You can find the cowl crochet pattern and finished crochet cowls (for those of you that want one, but don't want to make one) in my Etsy shop, Sunshine Makings, along with a few other new additions.

Some quick details:

The simple crochet cowl is made with chunky/bulky yarn.

It is easy enough for beginners and will work up very quickly for experienced crocheters.

I hope you like it and would love to hear any feedback from you if you decide to make one.

If you prefer patterns that are free, click here to find some in my collection of free patterns.

If you do decide to visit Sunshine Makings and purchase anything, please use this coupon code to receive a 10% discount: SSBLOG

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Playful Petals Flower: Free Crochet Pattern

**Click here to access my Playful Petals Flower Crochet Pattern**

I don't have much to say other than that I made a new free flower crochet pattern! It is my free Playful Petals Flower (skip to bottom for free pattern link) that is on the bamboo baby hats that are currently for sale in my Etsy shop.

And since last month was my birthday month, I'm giving the pattern to the entire world for free.

The playful petals flower is easy to crochet, works up very quickly, and looks adorable on crochet baby hats! It's also a great way to use up scraps left over from other crochet projects.

You could use the crocheted flower to decorate anything that your heart desires.

**Click here to access my Playful Petals Flower Crochet Pattern**

If you make a flower with the free flower crochet pattern, I'd love any feedback, good or bad. 

Enjoy!

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Blue Ripple Crochet Mug Cozy - Free Pattern

**Click here to access the Blue Ripple Mug Cozy Free Crochet Pattern**

One of my obsessions this year have been mug and cup cozies. If you follow along, you've seen quite a few, including my recycled denim mug cozy and the variety of cup sleeves that my mom (Kay from Jerry and Kay) and I sell in our Etsy shop. Well, today, I'd like to share with you one of my latest creations - a crochet pattern for this lovely blue ripple crochet mug cozy. It is a great project for crocheters of all levels and if you don't crochet, you can find one here in my Etsy shop. I love wrapping it around my mug in the morning, knowing it will keep my coffee warm for those few minutes more.

If you're interested in learning how I covered my button with crochet, please visit my blog soon as I'm going to have a short tutorial about it soon!

**Click here to access the Blue Ripple Mug Cozy Free Crochet Pattern**

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I'm linking up to some of these fabulous parties.

I'm participating in The Crochet Challenge on JJCrochet. This mug cozy is my second accomplishment for the challenge. Have a look at her blog for more info...and a free pattern!

Recycled Denim Mug Cozy - free crochet pattern

**Click here to access the Recycled Denim Mug Cozy Free Crochet Pattern**

Here is my latest crochet mug cozy design. I used the recycled denim yarn I had originally intended for King Damascus's hat that failed.

I couldn't find any mug cozy crochet patterns online that I loved and I wanted this mug cozy to be more masculine since it was for a guy...my guy.

So, I made my own mug cozy pattern and it's also a free mug cozy crochet pattern for you!

If you'd like to make this mug cozy, click the link below. I'd love to hear how it turns out and please let me know if you have any questions.

**Click here to access**

**the Recycled Denim Mug Cozy Free Crochet Pattern**

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I'm linking up to these fabulous parties!

I'm participating in The Crochet Challenge on JJCrochet. This mug cozy is my second accomplishment for the challenge. Have a look at her blog for more info...and a free pattern!

Infinity Scarf

This is my newly finished infinity scarf. It's really warm and cozy. I want to wear it all the time.

I crocheted the infinity scarf using a stitch from my new Crochet Stitch Bible that I got in my stocking at Christmas ...Thanks, Mom!

I love the book, although I'm not a huge fan of the name. I really don't think any other book should be called a bible except for the Bible! Anyway, the book is fabulous, full of tips, great pictures, and best of all, full of over 200 crochet stitches.

It goes along perfectly with my new goal of writing my own patterns (check out The Crochet Challenge on JJCrochet). Hopefully, I'll have this infinity scarf pattern written soon...and free for you just like the slouchy ribbed hat crochet pattern.

* UPDATE: This infinity scarf is now available in my shop, Sunshine Makings. Click here to see it. *

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Slouchy Hat Crochet Pattern

**Click here to access the Slouchy Hat Free Crochet Pattern**

I'm a little nervous writing this post because I'm about to do something that I've never done before: share a crochet pattern that I wrote. It's a free crochet pattern for a slouchy hat. Do you want to know the story behind it? If not, skip to the bottom where you'll find a link to the free pattern. If so, read on... 

My cousin-in-law came to visit us in England on his way back to California for Christmas. While he was here, we did our little family Christmas, gave gifts to the kids and each other. Well, before Evan came, I thought I'd crochet a hat to give him at our family's Christmas celebration. Then, as usual, I ran out of time. So I wrapped up a ball of yarn and gave him that instead with the promise of crocheting a hat from the yarn. Since the hat was no longer a surprise, he got to choose the style and chose a slouchy hat. I found a really nice one by cocoknits on Ravelry, bought the yarn and when I sat down to make it, I realized (1) I did not have enough yarn and (2) the pattern was for a knit slouchy hat!! I was clearly preoccupied with other things (Christmas, California, etc) when I was getting organized for this project. Ugh.

The struggle did not end there. I loved the knit slouchy hat and decided to simply convert the knit slouchy hat pattern to a crochet slouchy hat pattern. How hard could it be? I found a 'how-to' that looked good and wrote down all kinds of notes and scribbles. By now, a few days had passed and we were flying to California. However, we were there for 10 days...plenty of time to make a silly old hat. How did I forget that there is no free time during Christmas??? At some point the busy-ness slowed down and I was finally able to crochet the slouchy hat using my new conversions. I finished it. It was HUGE! Where did I go wrong? I still have no idea, but it was somewhere in my conversion from knit to crochet. I'll solve that problem another day. 

For now, I'll skip all the other troublesome happenings I encountered along the way of crocheting this slouchy hat and go straight to the end result so that you don't get too bored. I crocheted this slouchy hat at least four times before I got it right. It was worth it. I really like it. I hope Evan likes it. If he doesn't like it, I hope he can find someone to give it to who likes it.

AND...I hope you like it! 

If you do, you can make your own with my free pdf pattern.

**Click here to access the Slouchy Hat Free Crochet Pattern**

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Update: I originally forgot to mention that  I'm participating in The Crochet Challenge on JJCrochet. This slouchy hat pattern is my first accomplishment for the challenge and a great way to start the new year. Have a look at her blog for more info...and a free pattern!