As the weather warms and wool and leggings are being replaced by short sleeves and skirts, Emerson's home made wardrobe was missing a few staples. I wanted a few t-shirts to mix and match with her skirts and shorts, but I didn't want too bright prints, lots of glitter and graffiti or lots of pink. A hard ask when looking at the girls department. I did find some sweet tops at Target with crochet embellishments on them for $18, which inspired this little homemade version. I picked up this plain T-shirt for $4 and had the acrylic yarn in my stash.
A little hooking and stitching later and Emerson has a sweet, thrifty new t-shirt and a happy Mama!
A little hooking and stitching later and Emerson has a sweet, thrifty new t-shirt and a happy Mama!
Simple, quick, cute and thrifty! I crocheted up these little flowers, making them up as I went, then played with the arrangement and stitched them on. I wrote the patterns down for you too. I think these little flowers would be just as sweet on hair clips, cardigans or hair ties.
5 Petal Crochet Flower
8 ply 3.5mm hook
Chain 4, Slip stitch to join - creating a loop
Chain 1, 8 Single Crochet in to hole, join
Chain 3, 2 Double Crochet in to next stitch, slip stitch in to next stitch, 3 Double Crochet in to next stitch, continue until last stitch, slip stich, cut thread and pull though loop to finish.
Weave in ends.
Chain 4, Slip stitch to join - creating a loop
Chain 1, 8 Single Crochet in to hole, join
Chain 3, 2 Double Crochet in to next stitch, slip stitch in to next stitch, 3 Double Crochet in to next stitch
Continue until last stitch, slip stich, cut thread and pull though loop to finish.
4 Petal Flower
8 ply 2.5mm hook
Chain 4, slip stitch to create a loop
Chain 3, 2 Double Crochet in to hole, slip stitch, 3 Double Crochet, SS, 3 DC, SS, 3 DC, SS, cut thread and pull tail through loop to finish.
Weave in ends.
Chain 4, slip stitch to create a loop
Chain 3, 2 Double Crochet in to hole, slip stitch, 3 Double Crochet, SS, 3 DC, SS, 3 DC, SS
Cut thread and pull tail through loop to finish.
Let me know if that doesn't make sense!
If you make some flowers I'd love to see them - leave a link in the comments. :)
