Newsletter... And some other new things!

I just put out the first monthly newsletter!  I am super excited and totally wanted to share this with you guys!  I also just made a cocoon to match the Rebekah hat that came out last week!  I am on a roll here!  Woot Woot!

The first picture shows my "granddaughter" Katherine wearing the preemie Rebekah hat (hat pattern can be found HERE)and the new cocoon...  I did not really like how much was left on top of the ribbon and kinda thought it covered too much of baby's face (I folded it under to be able to get the bottom half of her face in the shot) so I changed it up a little bit and now the ribbon is closer to the top.  Pretty sure that I like it better this way.  What do you think?

I was thinking that I may write up a pattern for one of these to match each of the newborn hat patterns that I have coming out.  Still toying with that idea!

There was a pretty decent amount of interest in the newsletter, hopefully it is everything that was expected.  I created a section for "sponsors" and put a little blurb in there asking for businesses (from large to small, its all good) who would like to be featured in that section - It's FREE!!  If you are interested please feel free to comment or message me to let me know!

You can check out the brand new newsletter at this LINK.

Hope you are all having a great weekend!  Things are really looking up for me and I am LOVING the positive vibes that I am feeling right now!

Please follow our blog to make sure that you catch the freebie patterns as I usually release at least one size per pattern on here just for you guys!  If you like what you see feel free to share it!

Happy Crafting!

<3 Teri

Working on some more patterns!

I almost forgot to tell you that I am running a sale on Ravelry!  Use the coupon code 1DAYSALE and enjoy Buy 1 Get 1 FREE!!!  This is for the first 20 people who purchase!

I have been working on a few more patterns and perfecting the ones that I have already completed!  I have realized that I am in need of a few testers this coming weekend!  I have sizes ranging from Preemie all the way up to Adult Large (Mens) and would LOVE if any of you out there have the time and possibly a model about the size that you are interested in testing!!!   Please either leave me a comment with your email address AND the size you would like to test OR head over to my facebook page and message me your info there...  I will be sending the size out in a PDF and once it is perfected you will receive a FULL copy of the completed pattern!!  

Ben Preemie Pattern - Kate's Quilts & Crochet

There has been a lot of buzz about preemie patterns and donation pushes in the crochet world on facebook lately.  I am not sure if you noticed it or not... I know that I jumped on that bandwagon for sure!  ;)

Anyhow it is basically doing something that we love and doing it to give others a warm feeling inside.  When you are dealing with a preemie you can kinda be cut off from everything else that is happening in life...  Its almost like everything else fades away and all you can see, feel, or think is that baby (or babies!)  It is kinda nice to know that there are people out there thinking about you, praying for you...  Kinda makes you feel not so totally alone!

Anyhow... Enough of the feelings for now!  In working on the donation items I noticed that so many of the patterns available were made for specialy yarns - They all seemed to be for yarns that you would not find at your local Walmart and maybe would not necessarily find local to you at all...  This started the wheels in motion!

I have now come up with like five or six new patterns for preemies (they are being tested and released on the blog so be sure to check the "Patterns" tab once in a while) and plan to put together a free pattern pack of a couple of preemie sized patterns.  In doing this I realized that I had hardly any boyish designs!  (Those lucky little girls are sooooo much easier to design for!) 

I have to share this pattern that my friend Kate (Kate's Quilts & Crochet (fb) Crafty Kate Going Crazy (blog)) came up with!  It is super cute for a boy AND works out so well for a girl!  It would be awesome for boy/girl twins for sure!!

The best thing about this pattern is that it works up quickly using under an ounce of worsted weight yarn!  It can be worked up with just about any average yarn from Simply Soft (Kate used) to Bernat Super Saver (I used) without an issue!

Check it out!!  BEN BEANIE PREEMIE PATTERN!!

Rebekah Preemie Hat Pattern

Preemie Size

Chain 4, sl st to 1st ch to join OR Magic Circle

RND 1 - Ch1, 8 hdc in center ring, sl st to 1st hdc, ch 1 (8 st)

RND 2 - 2 hdc in each st around, sl st to 1st st to join, ch 1 (16 st)

RND 3 - 2 hdc in 1st st, *hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st* repeat around, hdc in last st, sl st to 1st st to join, ch 1 (24 st)

RND 4 - 2 hdc in 1st st, *hdc in next 2 st, 2 hdc in next st* repeat around, hdc in last 2 st, sl st to 1st st to join, ch 1 (32 st)

Body - Chain 3 counts as dc throughout.

RND 5 - Ch 3, working around dc just made, dc in st just before the 1st st in the round, *skip next st, dc in next st, working around dc just made dc in skipped st; repeat from * around to last st. sl st to ch 3 to join, sl st into next st.

RND 6 - Repeat round 5

RND 7 - Repeat round 5

RND 8 - Repeat round 5 

Edging -

RND 9 - Ch 1, hdc in each st around.

Full pattern can be purchased HERE!!