Crocheted shorts pattern – OMG I found one!

Posted on June 5, 2016 by CrochetByDarleenHopkins

A while back I posted about men in crocheted pants. That post has become quite a hit-obviously, who wouldn’t want to see men in crocheted pants! I get a lot of emails asking where to get the patterns. And I have always had to respond “Sorry, I don’t know.” Until now.

Pattern and photo by Kirstie Adamson with EcoCreate. Photo used with permission.

These amazing crocheted shorts can now be made with the awesome pattern by Kirstie Adamson. I haven’t tried the pattern…yet. I’m envisioning a pair of capris in blues and greens. I have the perfect yarn. I just need to find the time, and the guts, to go for it. If you decide to make a pair of these shorts, please let me know. I’d love to see them!!! The link for the pattern is here: Crochet Shorts Pattern by Kirstie Adamson. While you are there, check out the website and blog for some great upcycling ideas and tips.

Stash Bust Update, Mid-December 2015

Posted on December 10, 2015 by CrochetByDarleenHopkins

Final Count for 2015 Stash Bust Challenge??

I finished what will likely be my last charitable project for 2015, the Melo Hat by ACCROchet. It’s a super cute hat. I had to adjust the pattern a little as my yarn was much thinner than the suggested yarn. I ended up adding an additional pattern repeat and working a lot of extras rows. It’s super slouchy with a removable pom-pom. I hope a young teen will enjoy it. I’m super happy I was able to complete this during the Gift-A-Long on Ravelry. There is a slim chance I’ll have time to finish another hat before 2016 starts. But if not, I’m pleased with the results to date!

The hat weighs over 4.25 ounces.

Total hats made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 12

Total bears made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 6

Total blankets made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 2

Total weight of yarn used in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 5 pounds, 5 ounces!

The 2015 Gift-A-Long is almost here!

Posted on November 18, 2015 by CrochetByDarleenHopkins

The 2015 Gift-A-Long (GAL) is almost here!

This is the third year for the Indie Designer Gift-A-Long and I’m so excited for it to begin. Every year has been a lot of fun and this year, it is bigger than ever and guaranteed not to disappoint.

What is Gift-A-Long? It’s a multi-designer promotion to help you kick your holiday gift-making into high gear!

Basically, 335 indie designers of knit and crochet patterns, have banded together to support each other and help everyone get their holiday to-do list done while having a lot of fun and possibly winning patterns and yarn and kits and lots of other fiber finds.

There is an amazing stats page you can find here: Indie GAL Stats!
In a nutshell there are:
335 designers from 30 countries.
Over 150 donated physical prizes, and more coming in…
Over 2,300 digital prizes (patterns!)

There are almost 16,000 patterns to knit or crochet that will make you eligible to win one (or more) of the fabulous prizes. Of the almost 16,000 patterns, 5,065 of them will be on SALE for 25% off! Yup! Big Savings so stock up on your favorites. The sale runs from Thursday, November 19th at 8:00 pm US EST to Friday, November 27, 2015 at 11:59 pm US EST.

There will be Pinterest boards and Ravelry Bundles available to peruse for all the sale patterns. Each designer has at least 5 and up to 20 patterns on sale. Once you get your sale pattern, check out the other patterns the designer offers. All patterns are eligible for the KAL/CAL threads and all paid for patterns (self, or third party published) are eligible for prizes. Did I mention the prizes??? Tons and tons of prizes but you gotta’ be in it to win!

Check the Ravelry group for more information. And be sure to check my Facebook page as I will be featuring a GAL Crochet Pattern of the day, every day of the Gift-A-Long!

You can find all my GAL eligible patterns here: Crochet by Darleen Hopkins on Ravelry

Hot pad crochet pattern. Christmas candy, gingerbread man and snowman

Summer 2015 Wrap Up

Posted on November 1, 2015 by CrochetByDarleenHopkins

Better late than never…

Wow, you know you are a little behind in posting blogs when you find one from -3 MONTHS AGO-that was never finalized and posted. Well, here it is, a little late and a little out of season. I’ll try to be a little more timely with the next one!!

August 2, 2015
It seems so odd to me to be thinking that summer is almost over on August 2, but it is; summer vacation anyway. I’ve lived in Georgia 18 years now and I still haven’t gotten used to kids starting school in early August. But we have open house tomorrow and the first day of school starts on Thursday. My oldest has already started his high school marching band practices (Nov. 1 UPDATE: one football game left in the season) and I’ve had my youngest “training” for middle school cross-country all summer. The first meet is just 3 weeks from tomorrow! (Nov. 1 UPDATE: He has completed his cross-country season and won the Coach’s award for being a good example and having a positive attitude! So proud of him!) Our summer has been busy with a nice family vacation, some friends over for sleepover parties, a camp here and there, getting wisdom teeth removed for one child and the other getting braces, and teaching the oldest to drive (wow!). With all this, I did manage to squeeze in a little crochet time.

In May the Peppermint Pals Hot Pad set was released and I was very excited to complete my charity lapghan for donation to the local nursing home in May as well.

June was a little quiet while I worked on a hat for Halos of Hope but July was BUSY! The Owl Always Love You amigurumi pattern was released in July as was my 4th shawl, Moxie. In addition, the Shells of Love baby blanket pattern was updated. Phew! July was a busy, busy month.

Yesterday, August 1, I posted a holiday stocking pattern for testing and hope to have it available by September 1. (Nov. 1 UPDATE: It is now available!) It is hard to think of Christmas when the summer bugs are still singing but the holidays will be here in just a few short months.

The two months of no school and my adjusted work schedule have been nice but I am looking forward to the routines that the school year brings us. I’m always sad when the summer bugs (the singing ones, not the biting ones) go away. I love listening to them while I crochet on my back porch.

Some of my designs

Posted on August 2, 2015 by CrochetByDarleenHopkins

Pattern by Darleen Hopkins
August 2016
Photo by ILikeCrochet.com

Winter Sky Cowl, crochet pattern by Darleen Hopkins #CbyDH

Pattern by Darleen Hopkins
February 2017
Photo by ILikeCrochet.com

Pattern by Darleen Hopkins
April 2017
Photo by ILikeCrochet.com

Spiced Cider Set; hat and button-up scarf, crochet pattern by Darleen Hopkins #CbyDH

Pattern by Darleen Hopkins
October 2016
Photo by ILikeCrochet.com

Pattern by Darleen Hopkins
August 2016
Photo by ILikeCrochet.com

Blue Rivers crochet hat pattern by Darleen Hopkins, photo by ILikeCrochet.com

Pattern by Darleen Hopkins
December 2015
Photo by ILikeCrochet.com

Lime and Lemonade coasters crochet pattern by Darleen Hopkins #CbyDH

Pattern by Darleen Hopkins
August 2015
Photo by ILikeCrochet.com

Tuxedo Bib crochet pattern by Darleen Hopkins #CbyDH, photo by ILikeCrochet.com

Pattern by Darleen Hopkins
June 2015
Photo by ILikeCrochet.com

Sunny Days Baby Mobile crochet pattern by Darleen Hopkins #CbyDH

Pattern by Darleen Hopkins
April 2015
Photo by ILikeCrochet.com

Owl Always Love You crochet pattern by Darleen Hopkins #CbyDH

Pattern by Darleen Hopkins
February 2015
Photo by ILikeCrochet.com

Pepermint Pals Hot Pad set pattern by Darleen Hopkins #CbyDH photo by ILikeCrochet.com

Pattern by Darleen Hopkins
November 2014
Photo by ILikeCrochet.com

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2015 Stash Bust for Charity, June Update

Posted on June 19, 2015 by CrochetByDarleenHopkins

A Birthday Hat for Halos of Hope

Pat with 12 Months = 24 Hats is so sweet. My birthday was last month and she surprised me with a gift pattern, The Countryside Slouchy. This hat has a unique style and is one I had not yet made. It is always fun to try something new and I enjoyed making this hat. Thanks Pat!!!!

Click on the hat and it will bring you to my Ravelry project page to see more photos.

This hat weighs 3.25 ounces.

Total hats made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 10

Total bears made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 6

Total weight of yarn used in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 3 pounds, 12.5 ounces!

Lapghan crocheted with scraps made for donation #CbyDH

2015 Stash Bust for Charity, May Update

Posted on May 22, 2015 by CrochetByDarleenHopkins

Scrap Lapghan!

Each November the local Wal-Mart hosts a couple giving trees for charitable organizations that support local kids in need as well as seniors living in the local assisted living center. Paper ornaments are hung with holiday wishes of the individuals served by the organizations. Every year I fulfill a child’s wish and purchase something from the store for them. And every year I notice a senior wishing for a warm lapghan and I think to myself, “Darn it, I don’t have time to make one.” So this year I was determined to plan ahead and make a lapghan or two in advance. This is my first and it will be donated this coming November.

While doing research for the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle series, I came across a new-to-me concept for using up small scraps called Magic Balls. I thought this was a fantastic idea. I gathered up a number of unused squares and scraps from when I designed the Patchwork Kitty Blanket and made three magic balls with the smaller scraps. Working in the left-over squares with a version of the Nighty Night Baby Blanket I was able to finish a 30″ X 36″ lapghan. Phew, that was a lot of ends to work in!!

The blanket weighs 1 pound, 3 ounces.

The scraps before!!! What a mess 🙂

Magic balls of yarn made with yarn scraps.

Total hats made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 9

Total bears made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 6

Total lapghans made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 1

Total weight of yarn used in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 3 pounds, 9.25 ounces!

2015 Stash Bust for Charity, Sneaking in One More for April

Posted on April 30, 2015 by CrochetByDarleenHopkins

One more for April, 2015!

Purple Fuzz chemo hat for donation, Halos of Hope

While gathering up my collection of hats to mail to Halos of Hope I found this hat that was 90% done. I had started it in February while I worked up the pattern for the orange furry wig. I didn’t have enough yarn so I had to turn it into a beanie. At some point I set it aside and completely forgot about it. It is a whole ‘lotta Purple Fuzz! The furry wig pattern is still on my to-do list and I have more furry yarn in stash to work with.

This hat weighs 3.25 ounces.

Total hats made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 10

Total bears made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 6

Total weight of yarn used in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 2 pounds, 6.25 ounces!

15 hats ready to mail to Halos of Hope

2015 Stash Bust for Charity, End of April Update

Posted on April 29, 2015 by CrochetByDarleenHopkins

Three More Hats for Halos of Hope

Halos of Hope chemo hat for donation, crochet Pat with 12 Months = 24 Hats challenged me this past month with who could make the most hats during the month. The winner gets 2 skeins of cotton yarn. I started out strong and completed 2 hats in the first week. But the month became busier for me and I was only able to complete 3 more in last couple of weeks. Overall, 5 hats in one month is pretty great and I’m pleased with my progress. I’m anxious to see how many Pat completed and if she’ll be sending me yarn or if I’ll be sending some to her! Of course, the real winner is Halos of Hope as all hats will be donated to them.

The first hat is a pattern from the April issue of ILikeCrochet.com. It is the Darling Baby Hat made in the largest size. I used some organic cotton yarn I have had for a while and love it. The flower is attached with a safety-pin so it can be moved or removed for washing.

The next hat is a Big Kahuna made with Bernat Handicrafter CottonTwists. I LOVE the bright pinks!

Beanie crocheted by Darleen Hopkins for Halos of Hope donation, chemo hat The last hat is a random striped basic beanie. I didn’t follow a pattern. I just grouped together some small balls of leftover cotton/acrylic blend yarn that I thought looked nice together and started crocheting. I like the way it turned out but it was A LOT of ends to work in.

It was a lot of fun to “compete” with Pat this month. I can’t wait to see how many she finished!! Did she beat 5???

These three hats weigh 8.75 ounces.

Total hats made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 9

Total bears made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 6

Total weight of yarn used in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 2 pounds, 3 ounces!

2015 Stash Bust for Charity, Mid April Update

Posted on April 17, 2015 by CrochetByDarleenHopkins

More Crocheted Bears

6 Wee Bears for Team Lewis ready to mail!

Three more bears for Team Lewis. The striped matching bears are made with alternating rows of Sugar ‘n Cream ombre and a solid lavender. This yarn was given to me by very generous crocheter (Read more!) The pink striped bear was made as the sibling to the blue striped bear I posted last week. I used a couple different brands of cotton/acrylic blend yarn for her and she is super soft!

The bears are a lot of fun to make. I’m honored to be able to help out this group and I hope the bears can bring some comfort to those who are going through the worst thing imaginable. The three bears weigh 5.75 ounces-before stuffing!

Team Lewis is a sweet organization, please check it out.

Total hats made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 6

Total bears made in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 6

Total weight of yarn used in the 2015 Stash Bust Challenge to date: 1 pound, 10.25 ounces!

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Crocheted shorts pattern – OMG I found one!

Stash Bust Update, Mid-December 2015

Final Count for 2015 Stash Bust Challenge??

The 2015 Gift-A-Long is almost here!

The 2015 Gift-A-Long (GAL) is almost here!

Summer 2015 Wrap Up

Some of my designs

2015 Stash Bust for Charity, June Update

A Birthday Hat for Halos of Hope

2015 Stash Bust for Charity, May Update

Scrap Lapghan!

2015 Stash Bust for Charity, Sneaking in One More for April

One more for April, 2015!

2015 Stash Bust for Charity, End of April Update

Three More Hats for Halos of Hope

2015 Stash Bust for Charity, Mid April Update

More Crocheted Bears