Christmas Crochet Archives

How to make an up-cycled Christmas Stocking with crochet top using left over yarn and an old plaid shirt

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019
by doraexplored

This year, more than ever, I have focused on the reuse, recycle repurpose mantra. Inspired by my year of not buying new clothes, I look at what I already have and see how it may be used in a new way.

This simple Christmas stocking project is a great way to get festive without more consumption. It’s a fun project to get all the family involved with and create something that will be used and cherished for years to come.

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Santa’s best friend: Free Crochet Dog Bandana Pattern

July 29, 2019July 20, 2019
by doraexplored

When Marie Segares of Underground Crafter invited my to join her Christmas in July Make Along, I knew immediately it would give me a chance to have a bit of out of season fun! So when I saw there was a pet category, I knew that here was my chance to go a little off piste and make something for my sister’s adorable dog, Ando.

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Dora’s Complete Crochet Christmas Hat Pattern Collection

November 12, 2018November 8, 2019
by doraexplored

I haven’t even seen the “Holidays are coming” Coca Cola add yet, but I’m ready to get festive and excited to share my complete collection of Christmas Crochet Hat Patterns with you: The Christmas Pudding, Elf help, Speedy Santa and, new for 2019, my Christmas Tree Extravaganza!

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The season for Elf-Help (Free Crochet Elf Hat Pattern)

December 18, 2017June 18, 2019
by doraexplored

Back in November, I set myself the challenge of releasing a Free Festive Pattern every Friday in the run up to Christmas. Well, by my calculations, I have one more to go! Seeing as today is exactly one week until Christmas, I decided to bring it forward a few days to make today Free Festive Monday instead. Mostly because I wanted to build in some making time for you.

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The Festive AF Crochet Christmas Wreath – An experiment in letting go of perfection and channelling the sh*t out of Christmas spirit!

December 15, 2017June 18, 2019
by doraexplored

This post contains affiliate links and expletives (well it is nearly Christmas!).

It was sometime in my 20s when my housemate at the time first introduced me to Vegetable Fuckloads. The perfect solution to those days when my body rejected anymore junk food, pasta or bread (the staples of the student life). It basically involved a wok and all the vegetables available, irrespective of what they were or whether they complemented each other, a bit of oil and some spices. To this day, whenever I feel the need for a health kick (and the desire to feel a bit of virtue) I go for Vegetable Fuckloads.

This was the precise attitude with which I approached the Festive As Fuck Wreath. It’s basically Christmas fuckloads.

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Light up your crochet (Free Light-up Crochet Christmas Tree pattern)

December 8, 2017June 18, 2019
by doraexplored

This year it seems that Christmas lights have reached a whole new level. Long gone are the days where you had to go through every single light checking they were all screwed in properly and finding that one broken bulb so you could get the whole lot to work.

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Never break the (Yarn) Chain

November 24, 2017July 17, 2019
by doraexplored

It’s the Friday after Thanksgiving. The hight street calls it Black Friday, makers are reclaiming it as Indy Friday, but I’m sticking with Festive Friday and today only you can get 10% off everything in my Etsy store using the code FESTIVE at the checkout. Below you can also see the 4th in my series of Free Festive Friday patterns.

To this day, I have vivid recollections of making paper chains to decorate the house at Christmas. Cutting up bits of coloured paper, throwing some glitter at it with dried out pritt-stick but being proud, nonetheless, of the end result!

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Here comes the Snowicorn…

November 17, 2017May 22, 2019
by doraexplored

I’ve very excited about this week’s Free Festive Friday pattern as things are a little bit special! Week one gave you the Christmas Pudding Hat and last week I shared the Twinkle Twinkle Star Decoration. Well now I’ve teamed up with Marie Segares, aka the Underground Crafter to release this week’s free pattern as a contributor post on her blog.

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Waiting for a star to fall…

November 10, 2017June 18, 2019
by doraexplored

…And carry your heart into my arms… that’s where you belong in my arms baby yeah…

Okay. I got that out of my system so lets get into the second of my festive patterns I talked about last week with the release of the Christmas Pudding Beanie Hats.

This week I introduce the Twinkle Twinkle Star.

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