LK Crochets

This is just a blog where I post what I make and let you know how I did it!

[lkcrochets]

Writing this on a blog I forgot about and no one I know follows specifically to say idk why my brain thought general anxiety was a good thing to have before bed but I am asking politely for it to knock it off!!!! Quit it!!! I hate it here!!!!

[ironychan]

Thousands of years ago, somebody looked at a flock of sheep and went, “well, they aren’t cold.”

[ekjohnston]

Guys. Guys.

It’s so much better than that.

So once upon a time, goats and sheep were essentially the same animal, and all of them had hair. Now, you can do some stuff with hair, but you can’t do a lot, so mostly sheep/goats were kept for meat and milk.

Except then a mutation showed up, and some of the sheep/goats had WOOL instead. And someone realized that 1. you could spin that shit, and 2. then you could WEAVE that shit, and 3. IT GREW BACK.

Generations of selective breeding ensued. Two visibly discrete species emerged, one primarily for meat and milk, and the other primarily for wool. They also have different behavioural characteristics, because independence was not helpful in a sheep, so it was bred out of them. Sheep remain one of the few non-draft animals that we farm even though they are not delicious.

The most similar part of sheep and goats that remains today is their skeleton. On an archaeological dig, you find THOUSANDS of bones and bone fragments that can only be identified as “sheep/goat”. It’s incredibly frustrating, but also kind of hilarious after you’ve spent enough time in the sun.

ANYWAY, human beings have always been smart and surprisingly good at changing nature because they want a sweater.

[darthmelyanna]

The entire knitting community needs to hear this.

[tessie-the-bee]

Oh man I’m so glad I can add this to my arsenal of responses to people who say all GMOs are made of poison.

[jangojips]

In zooarchaeology, sheep/goat is a valid category and no one will press you further on the issue.

[modoru-mono]

@historia-vitae-magistras

[fineillsignup]

Huh, I wonder if this is part of why Chinese only has one word for sheep/goat (羊). You can distinguish as 绵羊 “wool-sheepgoat” for sheep vs 山羊 “mountain-sheepgoat” for goat.

[idkyourhonor]

Here is a lovey I designed for a friend’s baby shower, since I couldn’t find one I liked!

the pattern:

For the baseball:

1: MC 6

2: increase around (12)

3: 1 sc 1 increase (18)

4: 2 sc 1 increase (24)

5-7: Sc around (24)

8: 2 sc 1 decrease (18)

9: 1 sc 1 decrease (12)

close up and sew closed, with a tail for sewing on to square. Add red stitching evenly around to make red stitching

The square: 

Start with a MC and do one chain three, then 3 DC. then do 2 chains, 3 DC, 2 chains, 3 DC, 2 chains, 3 DC. Slip sitch to the top of the chain three, and this should form the base of your square. chain three, DC in each stitch, DC once in the corner, chain 2, then DC again in the same corner, and go all the way around for each row. Do this in green for 8 rows, switch to tan for two rows, switch to white for two rows, one row of tan, and one row of green to finish out. Then do 3 DC 12 Magic circles, and one TC 18 magic circle, and sew on to form the bases. All done!

Materials used:

for baseball: G 3.5 mm clover hook, and white and red I love this yarn from hobby lobby.

For field: H 5.00mm Boye ergonomic hook, and lime green, tan, and white yarn from I love this yarn from hobby lobby.

For any additional questions or concerns feel free to message me! 

[idkyourhonor]

Here are some Kansas state themed items for a newborn! (I swear the hat and the KS are purple I just took the photos in bad lighting and tried my best with the insta filter 😂😂

I used a miss-mash of patterns to make this one possible, so:

for the hat:

http://www.dailycrochet.com/free-pattern-by-far-the-easiest-and-fastest-newborn-hat/

The football appliqué:

https://speckledfrogcrochet.blogspot.com/p/free-patterns.html

and the football was part of a big blanket pattern, but it was the size I needed so here that is:

http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/young-athlete-blanket-rattles

I used yarn from I love this yarn from hobby lobby in different colors! For more questions feel free to drop me an ask!

[lkcrochets]

Here are some pillows I made for my mom’s couch! 

Pattern is available for free from joann here:

https://www.joann.com/cozy-crochet-pillows/3565881P60.html

and I used Lionsbrand USA yarn in Aspen tweed for the yarn, and a plastic q crochet hook from the crochet dude. For more info or for help on the pattern, feel free to shoot me a message!

[lkcrochets]

These were made using the following basic pattern: https://www.google.com/amp/s/lefthandedcrocheter.com/2016/08/16/octopus-frenzy/amp/ For more details on yarn used, hook used, or any other things, just send me a message and I’ll be happy to help!

[lkcrochets]

I already posted the pattern but here’s a family of elephants I’m dying they’re so cute

[argonauticae]

Things That People Have Said To Me Since I Started Working In A Yarn Shop

“i need more of the rowan felted tweed, i’m making some first-world-war balaclavas and i’ve run out”

“i’m making my husband an x-files themed jumper for christmas and i can’t find a good colour for the spaceship”

“do you have any wool/acrylic blends on sale, i’m making hats for the seamen’s mission to give to sailors and i know they say to use acrylics because they’re cheap but it gets awfully cold at sea and i worry”

“i need some black wool for gloves, but it has to be flame-proof because i’m making them for the beltane fire-jugglers”

“could you see if you have another copy of this pattern for a baby shawl, i’ve knitted it in different colours for all of my six children and twelve grandchildren but it’s started to fall apart a bit"

[from a blond, six-foot surfer dude] “yeah, do you have any really light needles, i’m going backpacking around argentina and i want to do some socks while i’m on the coach but there isn’t much room in my rucksack”

“which of these colours do you think would be best for a knitted corgi”

“do you have any patterns for dog hats”

[argonauticae]

like honestly you don’t even understand how happy this makes me, like half the time these women are really self-deprecating about it - “oh this is probably a really silly question”, “you’re going to think this is really weird but -” - and i’m just like no!! this is amazing!!! yes, we do have patterns for dog hats!!! please tell me all about why you’re knitting a dog hat!!!! 

and i mean, some of the stuff they make is unbelievable. there’s one lady who knits wedding-ring shawls, these enormous lace shawls they do on shetland that’re about six feet across and made out of yarn that’s basically thread, which you can pull through a wedding ring because they’re so fine. and there’s another lady who knits dolls about three inches tall and she’s like eighty and she’s done maybe two thousand of them and i found this out yesterday when she came in for a pattern for an entire knitted nativity scene, including the animals and the star. and there’s all the ladies who knit clothes to donate to the refugees and tiny, tiny clothes for premature or stillborn babies at the maternity unit and hats for the seamen’s mission and jumpers for the homeless, and all the ladies making this incredible stuff for their friends or their relatives or just because they feel like it, and it’s just, they’re my favourite, every single one of these people is my favourite

[lkcrochets]

This little lovey is going to my baby cousin who was just born a few weeks ago!

His nursery is farm themed, and I couldn’t find a single pattern that fit was I was looking for, so I made my own! 

I used black, white, and dark heather gray yarn from Red Heart’s “Made with Love” line, so it would be extra soft, and a clover armor ergonomic E hook. For further questions on what I used, send me an ask! 

Pattern:

Ears:

(One in Black and one in white)

Round 1: 6sc in magic ring (6)

Round 2: 6inc around (12)

Round 3-8: 12sc (12)

close with tail to attach

Horns:

(2 in gray)

Round 1: 4sc in a magic ring (4)

Round 2: 4inc around (8)

Round 3: 8sc (8)

close with tail to attach

Nose:

(In Black)

Round 1: 6sc in Magic Ring (6)

Round 2: 6inc (12)

Round 3: (1in, 1sc) x 6 (18)

Round 4: (1in, 2sc) x 6 (24)

Rounds 5 & 6: 24sc (24)

close with tail to attach

Head:

Round 1: 6sc in Magic Ring (6)

Round 2: {1inc} x 6 (12)

Round 3: {1sc, 1inc} x 6 (18)

Round 4: {2sc, 1inc} x 6 (24)

Round 5: {3sc, 1inc} x 6 (30)

Round 6: {4sc, 1inc} x 6 (36)

Round 7: {5sc, 1inc} x 6 (42)

Rounds 8-14: 42sc (42)

Round 15: {5sc, 1dec} x 6 (36)

Round 16: {4sc, 1dec} x 6  (30)

Round 17: {3sc, 1dec} x 6 (24)

Round 18: {2sc,1dec} (18)

Round 19: {1sc, 1dec} (12)

Stuff head, leave tail to attach

spot:

12dc into a magic ring

Sew all of these together until you have a cow head, and then leave it to the side

The blanket it just a big granny square, done in 13 rows with a sc border! I started in white and did two rows of that (including the starter), then three rows of black, three rows of gray, three of white, 2 black, and then one of gray sc for edging.

For info on how to make a granny square, feel free to send me an ask. Otherwise, happy hooking!

[lkcrochets]

I made this little bud using one of my favorite pattern maker’s:

http://www.thefriendlyredfox.com/2016/06/crochet-amigurumi-bear-pattern.html

He’s also going to a children’s hospital soon, but I wanted to show him here!

I use yarn in a lot of my projects instead of safety eyes so that they’re safe even for babies, should the eye come out or the toy be thrown around. He measures out at a little over a foot, and I’m sure some little one will love him and cuddle him in the near future!

I used yarn from Hobby Lobby crafter’s secret for this one, in light taupe!

For questions on what I’m making or how I’m making it, feel free to drop me an ask!

[lkcrochets]

Gerald here is going to a Children’s Hospital soon to give some love to some really strong kiddos! The pattern I used for him can be found here:

https://flourishandtots.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/giraffe-amigurumi-free-pattern/

The yarn I used was antique teal and arctic ice, from I love this yarn!

For more info on what I did or how I did it, or general crochet questions, feel free to drop by my ask box!

[lkcrochets]

This little pal was made using this pattern:

https://amigurumi.today/unicorn-pony-crochet-pattern-free/

just so everyone knows, the finished unicorn will be about 10 inches across (minus the tail) and be a lot bigger than palm sized, the normal size of amigurimi

I made it for my best friend who loves pastels, so I used some baby pink cotton yarn from hobby lobby with little sparkles in it, some plain white, and some pale yellow and pale lavender! I would tell you where to find them, but they were all gifts from a friend who decided to hang up her needles (boo!) her loss is my and my friend’s gain, and this little bud has been named “Sleeping Uni” and hangs out on Bailey’s desk!

For more info on what I used, or how I did anything, feel free to shoot me an ask! I can try my best to answer any questions! Happy hooking!

[lkcrochets]

This little cutie was made using this pattern:

http://www.allaboutami.com/elephantpattern/

I used:

mainstays basic yarn in medium gray heather from Walmart (only 2 dollars! college kid bargain shopper)

The clover E hook (I learned awhile back that it was better to have the more expensive hook and save my fingers) 

some safety eyes from amazon 

and some fabric also from Walmart for about a dollar!

I’ve named her Ellie and she’s going to be keeping the pillows on my bed company! For any questions about how to make it or anything else I haven’t covered, come chill with me in my inbox!