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You are free to use these patterns for your personal use or for charity. You are also free to sell the items you make, however, these are copyrighted patterns. You can not sell or reproduce these patterns for sale in any format without written permission from me. 

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Hedgehog Ornament

Tuck one of these little guys in a card to give as a quick gift. This is a great stash buster and easily can be sewn on clothing or made into a pin for use other than an ornament.
Supplies Needed:
Size F or 5 crochet hook (3 3/4 mm) 
Small amount of worsted weight yarn for body (any color)
Small amount of worsted weight yarn in cream or white for head
Thin ribbon for making a small bow and making the hanging loop
Black puffy fabric paint for nose and eye (or black embroidery floss to make French knot nose and eye)
Yarn needle for weaving in yarn ends
Sewing needle and thread to attach the small bow to the body (or use hot glue)
Instructions: 
With body color Chain 3
Round 1: Work 14 double crochet in 3rd chain from hook, join to beginning double crochet with a slip stitch, chain 1
Round 2: (Single crochet in first stitch, chain 5, single crochet in next stitch) do this 6 times. Leave the rest of the stitches unworked and changing to cream color,
Round 3: Chain 2, do a double crochet in each of the next 4 stitches, chain 1
Round 3: Draw up a yarn loop in each of the 4 cream double crochets, yarn over and pull through all loops.
Finish off. Weave in yarn ends.
Make a small bow and sew this on the body (or hot glue it on)
Make a ribbon loop and thread it through one of the upper spines of the body and secure it for hanging as a decoration.

Lip Balm Cozy 

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Keep your lip balm always handy by clipping it to your backpack, purse, or key chain. Give one with a new tube of Chapstick as a quick and thoughtful gift to a teacher or friend. 

Supplies need:
  • Size F or 5 crochet hook (3 3/4 mm)
  • Small amount of worsted weight yarn.
  • Metal Lobster clasp lanyard.
  • Yarn needle
  • Decorative button (optional)
Tube of lip balm (to measure and ensure you have the right length before sewing.)

Instructions:
Leave about a 6 inched tail for weaving in later and make a slip not. Put your hook through the opening in the bottom ring or rectangle of the lobster clasp, 5 single crochet around the base of the clasp. 
Rows 1-3: single crochet. chain 1, turn. [5 single crochet]
Rows 4-22: single crochet, half double crochet, single crochet, half double crochet, single crochet, chain 1, turn.  [5 stitches]
Fold the long strip of your project up over the lip balm tube. The end of you last row should go to the last row of single crochet you did at the beginning with the cap of the tube should be showing so it can be grabbed to remove it for use. If the strip you just crocheted is too long or too short, remove rows as needed. Finish off, leaving a long tail for sewing up the sides, but don't do that just yet. You'll want to sew the button on first because it's easier to sew it on before the sides.
Sew on the button so it will face front when you sew up the sides. 
Whip stitch the edges closed and weave in all the yarn ends. 
Happy Crocheting!!!

Ribbon Shawl to Knit

The items made from this pattern can be offered for sale and you are free to link to the site where you found the pattern, but the pattern itself may not be sold or distributed in any format or media without the copyright holder’s written permission. If you post pictures of your project anywhere, please provide a link back to the website where you found the pattern.

Materials:
 3 balls (1.75 oz/50 grams/ball) of Ladder Ribbon Yarn -any color that has small brilliant colors suspended between to rows of black or dark color yarn. The shawl shown is done in black with rainbow ribbon colors.
 Size 19 (15 mm) knitting needles
 Yarn needles
 Crochet hook of any decent size example: H, I, J, K (for attaching fringe)

Material note:
For this pattern, it really is the yarn and the larger needles that makes the shawl beautiful and lacy but this pattern can be adapted for other types of specialty yarns and used with or without fringe depending on the look you want. You may find it helpful to keep the stitches shoved well down on the needle until you work them. If they slide off, it is difficult to keep everything from unraveling. 

Instructions:
Cast on 3 stitches Row 1 and all subsequent rows: increase in first and last stitches of each row. Work in pattern until the shawl is the desired size triangle. This will usually take two balls to make a decent sized shawl. Weave the ends from joining the yarns together into the work and secure as needed with needle and thread. Cast off.

For fringe:
Cut strips of the 3rd ladder yarn ball for fringe. The shawl shown used 30 inch strips. Fold the strip in half and use a crochet hook to put the loop through the bottom edges of the triangle point and secure it. Do not add fringe to the top edge of the shawl.

Mug Hug Wrap

copyright by Celeste Bennett

Need a quick and easy gift or want to keep your coffee, mulled cider, or cocoa warm? This mug wrap doesn't require fumbling with buttons to stay on. A loop on each end goes over the handle to hold the wrap tight against the mug. Gift it with an inexpensive mug from the thrift or dollar store, packets of cocoa, or candies in the cup, and you have a cute, functional homemade gift. 
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Note: Because cotton yarns and the dyes used on them vary, these wraps are not recommended for use in the microwave. (It's best to slide the wrap on after your mug is removed from the microwave.)

Materials 
Cotton yarn (The kind used for dishcloths. One ball should make two mug wraps.)
F crochet Hook 
Scissors
Yarn needle
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Abbreviations 
sc= single crochet
hdc =half double crochet

Instructions
Leaving a long chain for sewing, chain 12 for the handle loop, and then chain another 15 for the wrap base. 
Row 1: sc in the third chain from the hook, hdc in the next chain, alternate sc and hdc pattern leaving the last 12 sc unworked. (you should have a sc at the beginning and the end of this first row.)
Row 2-32: chain 1. Repeat the sc and hdc alternating for 32 rows. (Each row will start and end with a sc, with hdc in the sc of the previous row and sc in the hdc of the previous row.)
After completing the 32 rows, hold the wrap around the mug to ensure it fits correctly. Adjust the number of rows as needed to get the right fit.
Chain 12 for the second loop. Cut yarn, leaving a long end for sewing.
Thread the yarn and sew the end of each loop to the other end edge to form the two loops that go around the handle.
Weave in the ends.

Note: If the wrap is too tall or too short for the mug, you can subtract or add the number of chains by 2. If the initial 12 chains for the loops are too much or not enough to fit snugly around the handle, add or subtract a chain or two. as needed to get the fit you want.

I hope you enjoy this pattern. I apologize if I have missed any steps. It has been a long time since I have taken the time to write my patterns down, but I love making these and wanted the pattern to be available so people could make a simple gift to give to teachers, co-workers, friends, and family.