Little Abbee

I love to make hats!  I make them for my kids, nieces, friends and my kids friends...  I have even sold a few, though I don't sell finished crochet items anymore.  With a basic hat pattern, you can make all sorts of fun and creative hats.  It is so easy! Today, I am going to share my basic crochet hat pattern with you in all of the different sizes.  There are a lot of different basic hat patterns, but I find that this is the one that I like to use the most.  This pattern is very versatile.  You can make a beanie, or you can add earflaps.  You can add crochet tassels, or braided tassels.  Or.... leave the tassels off.  Whatever your style.  As soon as you get the basic hat idea down, you can add different stitches so that your hat has texture.  Add different colors to make stripes.  The possibilities are endless.  In the next few months I will be sharing all sorts of different hat patterns with you using the basic hat pattern.  This is going to be fun!  So, here is my

This is not a complete list of crochet abbreviations, but it is a good list for beginners.  These are the abbreviations that I find that I use the most in my patterns.  I will be adding to this list as I list free crochet patterns with new abbreviations in them. ch: chain st: stitch sl st: slip stitch sc: single crochet hdc: half double crochet dc: double crochet trc: triple crochet tr: treble crochet dtr: double triple crochet yo: yarn over sp: space sk: skip fpdc: front post double crochet bpdc: back post double crochet sc2tog: single crochet two together (decrease) bl: back loop blo: back loop only Crochet abbreviations are an important part of reading a crochet pattern.  You can always come back to this as much as you need to!

  This Pattern will be emailed to you as a PDF file.   $5.00 YAY! I have been working on this pattern for months, and it is finally here!   This is a fun and adorable crochet pattern for a Classic style childrens sweater. It is sure to become a favorite! It is crocheted in one piece from the top down with the sleeves and collar added after the body is crocheted. Features a ribbed collar, and sleeves that are stretchy (knit like). It is designed to be a pullover sweater. The pattern includes instructions for short sleeves, but you could easily crochet long sleeves by adding rows. This pattern includes 10 different sizes so that you can make any childrens size: Newborn, 6 months, 12 months, 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T, 6/7, 8, and 10/12. Each size is written out seperately to make it much easier to understand. It does include a few pictures so that you can see what your sweater should look like. In the pictures, I am making the newborn size, so keep in mind that if you are