Easy Socks/Slippers

Here are some super easy slippers you can whip up in about an hour. Probably less for most people, I have an almost one year old to multi-task and play with. These make for great last minute gift ideas. Also, the featured slippers are made for a small footed woman. To make them for larger sizes, I'll indicate where you should continue on. You may also note that the back looks funny and as though your wee footums couldn't get in there. Trust me, it'll round out with maybe two uses. Jazzing these babies up is also a breeze!

What You'll Need:

A J crochet hook, and the color 

yarn that you prefer in medium

worsted weight. I'm using 

Red Heart's Coffee.

1. Chain 3 and slip stitch to join to

form a ring.

2. Chain 3 and add in 11 more

double crochet (13 total)

3. Chain up 3, double crochet in the 

chain 3 space, 2 double crochet

in every stitch around, slip stitch

to join. (24 in total)

4. Chain up 3, in the next stitch add 

2 double crochet, 1 double crochet

in the next, repeat till the end of the

row, slip stitch to join (36 in total)

5. Chain up 3 and double crochet

into every stitch around, slip stitch

to join. Repeat for 5 rows. On most

feet this will com up to just about

the beginning of the toes. You can

easily keep going for more coverage.

6. Chain up 3, Double crochet

into the next 20 stitches, chain

3, turn, skip the first stitch, and

double crochet in every stitch.

Keep on going until you've reached

the length you need. Aim a little bit 

shy of your heel since you do

require some tightness in order

too keep it on. You may also

add stitches to make the 

bottom piece wider.

7. Now that  you have achieved the

length that you needed, pinch together

the two ends of the slipper. Get your 

hook under both of the top stitches

and pull your yarn through both of

those stitches and slip stitch. Go all

the way down and fasten off, my loves.

And there you have it! Easy, peasy slippers!

Hope you enjoyed the pattern, and as always,

Happy Hooking!

Crochet Charger Cover

Let us first begin with something obvious: I will not take responsibility for any one who burns down their dwelling space because they crocheted a flammable material over frayed wiring or too close to an outlet. Please, for the love of all that is common sensical, do not crochet over exposed wires and at least four inches away from both ends.

Aside from the a fore mentioned warning, this is a very simple pattern you can use to jazz up your charger and make easy to find. I am constantly misplacing mine or mixing it up with others. Of course, being the proud American that I am, I made it a patriotic red, white and blue.

What you'll need:

3 colors of yarn, a G crochet hook, and a charger cord.

I used Red Heart's red. white, and blue and a Susan Bates hook.

1. Make a slip knot in your yarn and put it over your

charger cord a bit loosely. Tuck your hook in, draw up a loop, 

and let that slip knot tighten. We're all set start now!

2. Now we're going to single crochet around the cord.

With your hook go around and behind the cord, grab

your yarn with your hook and bring it to the front

of your cord, yarn over and pull through both

loops like you would for a normal single crochet.

Go along till you've reached the length you need.

3. Now push you stitches together so that

there aren't any open spaces. This is

optional, but I liked the scrunchy look.

4. Now attach your second color, in this case white.

To do so, slip your hook into the top of

your first color's slip knot. Now put your slip knot

in your second color of choice on your

hook and pull it through. Chain up 1.

5. Now single crochet along your initial color.

6. Now attach your third color. 

7. We'll be crocheting the following in sequence:

Single crochet, half double crochet,

double crochet, triple crochet,  double

crochet, half double crochet, single crochet down 

the length of our work.

And all the way back down.

8. Now slip stitch into the next stitch into

the next stitch and continue along your

merry little way.

And there you go. Make sure you push your work several inches away from the connective ends of the cord (Clearly, I didn't do this in the depicted photo because I wasn't completely finished.). I do not recommend this pattern for any one with small children. Why, might you ask? Because it draws attention to your outlets! So watch out, Mommies! Enjoy, and happy hooking. 

Crochet Anna Flower

Here's another great flower! It looks to me like a blooming flame with some attitude! It's adorable the way the petals lay flat, but the bobble stitches give it a slight raise for subtle three dimensional look. Very sassy, indeed. This flower pattern is slightly more advanced as it requires bobble stitches and the double triple stitch. It sounds like the computer jargon aliens would come up with at first to beginners, but I promise you that is incredibly easy!

Here's what you'll need:

A ball of yarn and an H or 5.00 mm hook.

I used Caron's Simply Soft in "Garnet" 

and Susan Bates Hooks.

1. Chain 12 and slip stitch in the 

first chain to form a ring.

2. Bobble stitch and chain 3 seven times.

Don't know how to bobble? Hakunah 

Matata, I'll break it down for you. 

Scroll down for a super quick 

description of the bobble.

3. In the first chain 3 space between 

the bobbles, we're going to do as 

follows: Single crochet, half double

crochet, double crochet, triple 

crochet, double triple crochet, 

triple crochet, double crochet, half

double crochet, single crochet. Yes,

it all fits in there, and yes, you and I

are going to do this photo by photo

together.

4. Half double crochet in the 

chain 3 space.

5. Double crochet in the 

chain 3 space.

6. Triple crochet in the 

chain 3 space.

7. Double triple crochet in the 

chain 3 space. (Wrap 3 times, and

pull through 2 loops at a  time)

8. Now just work the same concept

backwards. After the double triple,

add in a triple, a double, a half

double and a single. Do this for

every chain 3 space between the

bobble stitches.

And there you have have it! The Anna Flower. I most recently made this for a hair clip for myself. (Rare to crochet for myself!) Hope every one enjoys, and as always, happy hooking!

(Keep scrolling for a quick bubble tutorial/description.)

Thought I forgot and wouldn't keep good on my promise, didn'tcha? Well, ha, fooled ya! That bobble is extremely simple once you Lay-Man-Ize it.

All the bobble stitch is is a serious of incomplete double crochets. So, yarn over, and pull up a loop through the chain. We now have three loops chillin' on our hook. now, yarn over and pull through two loops like you would with a double crochet, but STOP THERE! Like I said, it's a series of incomplete double crochet, so each time, you should be left with another loop added to the collection on your hook. Eventually, you'll have six loops snuggled together on your hook. At that point, yarn over and draw through all them bad boys. Still sound weird? It is at first, but here are some pictures to help guide you.

See how they're all just hanging around, waiting for the hook to pull through? 

They really do look like little unfinished double crochet.

And there it is, all tidily finished. 

That wasn't so tough, was it!?

Happy Hooking!