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Quetzal Hood

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In the earlier days of my design ambitions I experimented with several kinds of aesthetics, from basic crochet garment staples like armwarmers and simple hats to the dippy-est of hippie drips 😉 I still draw inspiration from many places, but it’s fair to say my niche is in everything mythical and magical. Something just feels very right to me about making crochet garments that would belong in a fairy tale.

I think that’s because all my life I’ve struggled with mood disorders, and escaping into the realm of fantasy has always been my way of coping. Occasionally I’ll receive a message from someone with whom my designs strike that same chord, saying that they’ve found some peace or relief in my artwork. Each time this happens I am overjoyed and humbled – to lift someone’s spirits, to improve lives through creativity even in the smallest way – that is exactly the reason I dubbed this thing Morale Fiber 13 years ago. So without further sap, I am grateful to be able to release my latest fantastical pattern design today!

The Quetzal Hood full length PDF crochet pattern is available now in my Ravelry Store, Ko-Fi Shop, and Etsy Shop! Read on for more info about the new design or follow the links to buy the PDF – thank you in advance as paid pattern purchases are my primary source of income and allow me to keep creating! 🙂

The Quetzal Hood is a deep, dramatic, fully-scaled hood which comes to a tapered point at the back and drapes beautifully over the shoulders in the front. This stunner is perfect for festival wear and costuming and addictive to make in any number of gradient #4 weight yarn colorways!

The construction of the hood utilizes a few simple tweaks to a basic croc stitch triangle, making this a must-have accessory due to its unique and regal shape. I took a lot of time making adjustments so that this free-standing hood could be worn on its own or easily attached to another garment. The tapered pointed back and the partial rows on the front balance this hood for optimum wear.

This PDF pattern includes detailed, stitch-by-stitch written instructions with lots of tutorial photos, as well as a bonus PDF download Crocodile Stitch Primer tutorial that introduces this unique stitch and how to make it for those who have not worked with it before.

Materials Needed:

5.5 mm “I” Hook (or size needed to obtain gauge)
Lion Brand Landscapes (#4, 100 g / 147 yd, 100% Acrylic) 5 skeins*
* Yarn note: This project BARELY cracked 5 skeins, and so it’s possible to do it with 4 skeins if you skip a full row toward the end- this is discussed more in the pattern notes!
Scissors, Tapestry Needle
Optional: 8-9” tall hardback book for fringe making AND/OR 1.5” – 2” button for fastening.

Finished Measurements (One Size):
Depth: 15” from tip to front opening
Front Opening Height: 22” top of brim to tassel
Back Seam Height: ~12”

Language: English
Terminology: US crochet terminology
All of my designs come with permission for the artist to sell the finished product that they made from my pattern, as long as I am credited/linked.

Speaking of credits, in this photoshoot I am wearing one of my very favorite pieces from the Etsy shop Elven Forest!

I hope this new design is carried with you into the best of magical realms – I know I’ll need to make several more just for my own troop of mages 😉 I can’t wait to choose the next colorway!

If you love crocodile stitch as much as I do, check out these other designs available from Morale Fiber:

Sylphie Hat

Oak Sprite Hat

Mermaid Mitts & Sandals

Feather & Scale Halter

And as always, thank you thank you thank you for making art with me 🙂
-MF

Ushanka & Trapper Pattern Pack

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Ok, so by now we’ve all witnessed the inexplicable return of the 90’s style bucket hat to the fashion scene – but have you yet encountered the FUR bucket hat trend? As soon as I saw it I knew I’d have to make one for myself.

You can get the Trapper’s Bucket Hat, the Ushanka Hat, and the Vintage Muff crochet pattern designs all in ONE single PDF now in my Ravelry Store, Etsy Shop, or Ko-Fi Shop. Get it on SALE exclusively at the Ko-Fi Shop for 5.99 ($2-3 dollars off the original price) until the end of October! Keep reading for more details about these designs or visit my Free Patterns Page to see everything I offer free of charge.

The Lion Brand Go For Faux Thick & Quick I had stockpiled in my yarn shelves was originally from making Ushanka Hats, a free pattern on the blog from a few years ago. Since then I’d picked up a few skeins here and there when they were on sale or when I found a neat new color. Well, wouldn’t leopard print just be perfect for a retro chapeau such as this? The colorway is actually called “Fawn” but I think it looks like cheetah fur 😉

This new spin on my faux fur hat design came at the perfect time, since I’d been wanting to convert the free version of my Ushanka & Muff set into a PDF pattern anyway. So now to celebrate the debut of the Trapper’s Bucket Hat, I’m gathering these designs all into one PDF! Read on for the details of what’s included & what you need to make ’em.

Ushanka Hat Pack

This super fuzzy and super fun hat design pack features a Jumbo weight faux fur yarn and a “P” size hook to make several designs which work up in a flash!

The Ushanka Hat is modeled after the traditional Siberian garment, a circular fur cap with earflaps that can hang down or tie up on top of the head. With this pattern you can create your own Ushanka with OR without earflaps as the first two design options.

Top off your traditional warm & fuzzy look with a vintage style muff, a super easy and quick accessory designed for keeping hands warm in freezing temps – the vintage muff design in this pattern pack uses can be made with just 1 skein of the recommended yarn.

Or create the funky, trendy fur bucket hat look for yourself in whatever color you please – the Trapper’s Bucket Hat just might be my favorite statement piece right now, with its 90’s throwback silhouette and opulent texture!

Materials:
11.5 mm “P” hook, or size needed to obtain
gauge
Lion Brand Go For Faux Thick & Quick (#7 Jumbo
weight, 120 g / 24 yd, 100% Polyester)

  • 1-2 skeins for Muff
  • 4 skeins for Ushanka w/ Earflaps
  • 3 skeins for Trapper Bucket Hat or
    earflap-less Ushanka
    3 lengths of 21-24” of ribbon or ribbon yarn
    (about 2 yards) – 2 lengths for Ushanka, 1
    doubled length for Muff OR 2 1-inch buttons
    Scissors, large-eyed yarn needle, 4 stitch
    markers

Finished Measurements (approximate):
Ushanka Hat: 24″ brim, 7″ tall from brim to
crown, 5″ long earflaps
Trapper Bucket Hat: 24” brim, 7” depth of
crown, 3” flared brim
Arm Muff: 7″ x 11″ for the finished tube

Pattern is written in US crochet terminology.
Language: English

That teapot purse was one of my best ever thrift store finds!

-MF

Mandala Tam Re-release

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Or is it a re-re-release? Since I drafted the written pattern for this design in 2015 as a paid pattern, the Mandala Tam has been through several iterations and edits, but I’m so pleased with the latest version. Having offered it for free since 2017, it’s time this favorite design of mine returned to PDF availability!

You can grab the PDF crochet pattern for the Mandala Tam in my pattern stores via Ravelry, Etsy, or Ko-fi! There’s a special introductory price on my Ko-Fi platform exclusively, so head there to get $2 off the price until August 15. You can also get the same instructions for FREE by following this link to my original free pattern blog post. 🙂

[I’m pictured here wearing a pendant wire-wrapped by my good friend @paliquinn, check out his work on Instagram]

It’s the perfect time of year for it too, as I always return to this style of hat around late summer and early autumn – for good reason. Slouchy style hats are so perfect for tucking hair into to escape muggy, frizz-inducing heat or early morning chill on damp tresses, two primary features of the season. I also used to wear these kinds of hats often to classes when I was at college, since they were so practical and kept my hair out of the shoulder straps of my bags! Here’s the info on the latest update to this project:

The Mandala Tam pattern includes two different sizes of hat, a Small netted cap for those with less hair, and a Large mesh tam that can fit quite a lot of locks inside! This is an easy project with a quick finishing time that makes a really useful and pretty little accessory. The button & strap decoration is optional, if you leave it off you won’t need the 6.50 size hook listed in the materials.

Materials: 5.00 mm hook, 6.50 mm hook – (If not making the optional button & strap decoration at the brim, 6.5 mm hook is not needed)

Yarn: Any #4 weight yarn, around 200 yards –Recommended yarn is Red Heart Unforgettable (#4, 100 g / 270 yds, 100% acrylic). Lion Brand Landscapes is also an excellent choice!

Main Gauge: 3 ½” in diameter (edge to edge measured across the center) at the end of Rnd 3
Post Stitch Gauge: 6 sts = 2” in FPDC/BPDC pattern
Make sure to check your gauge and use hook size needed to obtain gauge listed.

Sizes & Finished Measurements:
This hat design has a Small size and a Large size! The brim size is the same, but the length of the back of the hat is different depending on how much hair you’d like to tuck in there
Small (Somewhat Slouchy): 22” brim, 8-9” depth, 8” diameter laid flat.
Large (Very slouchy): 22” brim, 11-12” depth, 10.5” diameter laid flat.

I have a number of other similar hat designs that are slouchy and generally tam or beret shaped – here’s a peek! First is the Leafy Tam, free or PDF <3

There’s the super-cute Mori Beret, paid PDF, with a bunch of foresty customization options <3

The Filigree Lace Cap is a really elegant mesh style cap with more delicate netting, featuring my popular Lotus Mandala for the center motif!

One of my most challenging themed hats, the Oak Sprite Acorn Cap, is available for FREE with full video instructions, or as a paid PDF!

If you’ve made it this far into my obligatory self-promotion, be rewarded with news of yet ANOTHER sale! If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you may have seen me feature my Yggdrasil Poncho recently – the PDF for this unique design is currently (through the end of August) also $2 off exclusively on my Ko-Fi Shop platform!

I’ve been offering more sales via Ko-Fi as an encouragement to purchase through this great website, which allows me to pay a small reasonable annual fee in order to make sales of my patterns without paying commission fees to the website for each individual sale. This results in a better profit for me, which is great because as an online artist, just about everyone gets a cut and all those little fees add up fast 🙂

This is a great time to say another big THANK YOU to all the amazing fiber artists out there who work my designs and share their beautiful skill with the world! Keep tagging me on Insta, I love love love seeing all your amazing work and tagging me in your projects definitely helps keep sales and views up! <3

-MF

Fortune Teller’s Shawl

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Even though the original idea was a very straightforward and simple openwork shawl, I pulled in a lot of unconventional design elements to create my newest full length premium pattern! Inspired by a love song from one of my favorite albums, the Fortune Teller’s Shawl is a versatile crochet project that contains plenty of hidden surprises.

You can get this premium design in a portable, printable, ad-free PDF through my Ravelry Store, Ko-Fi Shop, or Etsy Shop now <3 Keep reading for the full details on this project!

[Above – Lyrics from Robert Plant & Alison Krauss’s “Fortune Teller” on the album Raising Sand]

Fortune Teller’s Shawl

The Fortune Teller’s Shawl is constructed in double crochet and chain mesh with a stitch structure that flows and drapes beautifully, especially in soft multi-strand cotton blend sport weight. This design contains something for every skill level with size options from cute triangle kerchief headband to full size dramatic evening shawl. Larger shawl projects have the option of including the gorgeous vintage rose graphic, a modified take on traditional filet crochet that creates a subtle vision of romance.

Crocheted bottom-up and with 4 different size options outlined in the instructions, this PDF pattern has all the photographs, charts, and detailed written instructions typical of my premium patterns. For those who have never tried filet crochet, the first 6 rows of the optional filet graph design are written out step-by-step so crocheters can easily learn to read the chart!

Materials:
3.25 mm hook (or size needed to obtain gauge)
Hobbii Azalea ( #2 weight, 200 g / 7.0 oz, 874 yds, 52% cotton 48% acrylic): 1 skein for all smaller sizes, 2 skeins for the Full size with fringe or Simple size with fringe
Locking stitch markers (at least 3)
Scissors and Tapestry needle
Width of cardboard for making fringe or tassels (optional)

Finished Measurements (approximate, from smallest to largest, pictured below in order)
Bandana Size: 22 rows total or until length reaches 10” tall tip to flat top, 18” across top side.
Triangle Bandana Scarf Size: 39 rows total or until length reaches 20” tall tip to flat top, 36” across top side.
Mini Shawl Size: 60 rows total or until length reaches 30” tall tip to flat top, 52” across top side.
Simple Shawl Size: 82 rows total or until length reaches 35” tall tip to flat top, 80” across top side.
Full Shawl: 42” from point to top flat edge, 95” corner to corner across the top flat edge

Thanks a million to my beautiful model Daisey Denson (in the teal) – believe it or not this elegant lady produces a bunch of awesome Clown Girl content and Twitch streams video games in themed clowncore looks. She’s a talented artist too – she made that floral crown she’s wearing specially for this shoot and designs embroidery as well. Check her out at @DandyFlowerTrash on Instagram 🙂

The dress Daisey is wearing for this shoot is an original refashion design of mine – I dyed, cut, and resewed a bunch of different garments to create an original shabby romantic gown, and you can read more about that project on my blog post here.

Special thanks to the Etsy shop where I scored the amazing vintage Gunne Sax dresses in the pink themed & black themed shawl pictures, I highly recommend Sage Thyme Vintage!

Thank you so much as always for the incredible words of encouragement and the support of my art <3 I think I see another free blog pattern in the near future? Fear not… I have another design in the works already! Until morale improves, the crocheting will continue 😀

-MF

Lotus Duster Update & Sale

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Ahhh, the Lotus Duster. In a lot of ways I consider this design my “breakthrough” – when it was first published for free on my blog it was what really got people noticing Morale Fiber, and it was also a huge lesson for me in how to write, grade, and lay out written patterns. 6 years, 150 tutorial photographs, a hood, 2 1/2 hours of video tutorial, and 750K+ page views later, I still love to make these as much as ever – and I hope you do too! 🌱



That’s why as I updated my new contact info to this design’s PDF I decided to also add ALL the tutorial photos contained within the file to the free blog version of the pattern. Originally, when the Lotus Duster got its first overhaul and purchasable PDF copy, I was worried about not having enough storage space for all the images. However, in the years since I’ve continued to blog and had to upgrade my image hosting anyway – so it was time to finally add those tutorial images to the free version! ✨



You can access this and tons of other free crochet patterns on my Free Patterns page here, or get the portable, printable, ad-free copy in my shops! Oh, and one more thing – this design just hit the shelves in my Ko-Fi Shop, and is on sale for only $5 until Aug 15! 🦋🌙

Most of my posts recently have been about updating the contact info in my PDF patterns, tweaking them, and giving them another home in my new Ko-Fi Shop – which is a huge job! I’m aiming to get all the PDFs updated to the new contact info (regina@moralefiber.blog) by the end of the year. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t got brand new exciting things happening hush-hush style at headquarters 😉 I’m slow but I’m steady, at least!

-MF

Filigree Lace Cap Update

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Ah April! When the unpredictable (but sometimes actually nice) weather and the hope of longer, warmer days makes us all feel a little like fools, hopefully in a good way. For me, April usually marks the turning point of my business focus when I transition from winter projects to summer ones – and the first thing I needed this spring season was a stylish way to keep my hair out of my face without being too warm.

A mesh style hat is perfect for that, and I have a few designs already that are inspired by the “snood” style medieval fashion of keeping the hair gathered in intricate lace nets at the back of the head. The more casual of these two designs is the Mandala Tam, a free pattern you can find here. The fancier style is one of my older written crochet pattern PDFs, the Filigree Lace Cap, and that’s the one we’re updating today!

You can get the newly checked and updated PDF crochet pattern in my Etsy or Ravelry stores as usual, but I’m also offering this design on SALE for only $5 through my new Ko-Fi Shop for the entire month of April 🙂 Unlike Etsy, Ko-Fi doesn’t charge me a transaction fee, so I’m offering this discounted price to encourage people to check out the new shop front because I have fun plans for it in the future 🙂 Don’t worry though, all the same designs will remain available through Etsy and Ravelry too. Read on for more details about the pattern…

The Filigree Lace Cap is the only member of the “Lotus Mandala” family of designs that doesn’t bear the Lotus name in the title – but that’s whats at the center of this intricate-looking lace cap, glittering prettily in Vanna’s Choice Glamor, the yarn it was originally designed with. I’m pretty sure that yarn is not available anymore, but I happened to find two whole skeins of it in a de-stash of yarn that was gifted to me by a friend. I knew when I saw it I had to make another Filigree Cap with it. The yarn is #2 weight with a strand of glittery tinsel running through for just the right amount of sparkle in the finished yarn. Unfortunately you can’t see the sparkle too well because of how bright and sunny it was, but it’s there.

The great thing about updating this pattern PDF file was that since the central motif is the first 9 rounds of the Lotus Mandala, I was able to link the how-to videos for the Duster so that there are extra resources available for those who haven’t worked the other Lotus designs and need tutorial examples. The other great thing about this design is that if you HAVE worked the Lotus Mandala before, this hat is a cinch to make 😉

Filigree Lace Cap

An elegant, feminine cap perfect for gathering wayward locks away from one’s face in warm weather; or work it in fine wool to keep damp hair covered during freezing temperatures.

This pattern uses 1 skein of Lion Brand Vanna’s Glamour, a #2 weight acrylic yarn, to create a dainty floral-motif lace hat that can be worn as a renaissance-style snood (for covering hair) or as a perfect slouchy beanie for summer. This unique hat is versatile, useful, and so darn cute!

Hook Size: 3.25 mm
Yarn Weight: #2
Yardage: About 150 yds (less than 1 skein LB Vanna’s Glamour)
Pattern written in US terminology.
Language: ENGLISH

I have a lot of special things going on for this photoshoot so I want to cover that with some links! The vintage prairie dress I am wearing comes from the Etsy seller Sage Thyme Vintage – I have a growing collection of dresses from her shop and she’s an amazing seller with excellent customer service 🙂 The macrame moon earrings are from Etsy seller Adida Handmade (BEAUTIFUL quality jewelry) and the crescent moon pendant is from Cosmic Joke Jewelry on Etsy. My body artwork (tattoo and septum piercing) are done by the artists at Fox & Crow Evansville

The boots are vintage thrifted, still part of my photoshoots after a decade of service, bless them.

That’s about it for this little project! One funny thing I always face in my artwork is the fact that in order to prepare for the NEXT season coming, I’m usually battling the elements to get my photoshoots in. And by that I mean – wearing thick heavy coats and sweaters out to photograph them on 85 degree days (plus humidity), or as in the case of this Filigree Cap, wearing veil-thin cotton sleeveless dresses outside when it’s BELOW FREEZING 😀 Nothing’s sure in life but death, taxes, and trading in comfort for the pursuit of your passion 😉

-MF

P.S – If you look closely at my arms you can see the goosebumps from HOW COLD I AM

Flower Child Video Tutorial

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I’ve been working away here at headquarters preparing this special video tutorial for the shaping and joining portion of the Flower Child Pullover crochet pattern; this post features some brand new photos, discussion of how to expand the size of the design, and full step-by-step video instructions for the shaping and joining rounds (keep scrolling – videos are at the bottom)!

First off, all the resources in this post are SUPPLEMENTAL to the written pattern, which is available for purchase in my Etsy Shop or Ravelry Pattern store – or click here to read the original post with all the info about this design 🙂 You need the written pattern for the full instructions – this video is just a walkthrough of Rounds 8-12 of this pattern.

I wanted to get those specific rounds being worked on video because I had a lot of questions so far this season about the joining round for this project – much like the free Mandala Top crochet pattern, the Flower Child utilizes two circular shapes for the garment which are attached using a back-and-forth stitch and chain technique which is a bit complicated to get through in just written format.

The new video tutorials go through the joining portion step by step, reading along with the pattern and explaining and demonstrating as I go. I shot this footage after making several pullovers from this pattern, and I tried to include a few tips and tricks as I went without overloading on extra info.

One of the modifications I made on my practice pieces were to experiment with ways of creating larger sizes for this design. The written pattern includes sizes Small, Medium, and Large but I’ve had many inquiries on how to get larger/plus sizes for it. While I’d love to rewrite this whole pattern to expand the sizing options, these tips are the best I can do at the moment – please let me know if you have any questions 🙂

Some Tips on Sizing UP

As mentioned in the notes of the pattern, some expansion of sizing can be done by making an extra repeat Round 8 of the pattern. This can be done on any size at least once, and on the Large potentially two extra repeats of this round may be made. In the video, I work one extra Round 8 on this Medium size pullover before moving on to the shaping & joining rounds.

Fair warning, though, extra rounds cause the garment to be LONGER as well as WIDER so you’ll have to take that into consideration! If your piece ends up longer than you want, you can always skip a bottom edge row in order to compensate for that, which is what I did on this example.

On the first few examples I made, I was so enthused about starting the project that I forgot to check my gauge, and I was using a different kind of hook than the one I originally used when I wrote the pattern. And so that’s how I accidentally did another method for sizing up – changing my gauge! If you want a garment that is just a bit looser, sizing up your hook to get a different gauge is a great way to help expand this garment. I believe my gauge was 7″ at Round 4 for this looser example instead of 6″ in diameter as given in the pattern – shown below is Size Medium with the larger gauge.

It’s also possible to extend the size of the armholes – sleeve yokes and be difficult to fit to each individual even when creating a garment which is specifically graded for size! For the Flower Child, the sleeve yoke (aka the arm-hole) can be expanded by making extra chain stitches on the joining round, which is mentioned in the video but not fully demonstrated – this will change the number of repeats in the sleeve portion of the pattern, but a savvy crocheter will be able to navigate that pretty easily if familiar with the design.

Video Tutorials

I hope these instructions were helpful! I started making these latest sweater dresses for the tutorial video and found the color therapy to be really effective – I chose colors inspired by my succulent plants for the blue, green, and neutral toned ones 🙂

This design was pretty much born to be a scrapbuster, and the original written pattern comes with detailed lengths approximated for each color change so you don’t have as much guesswork to do.

Ahhhhhh! I had so much fun revisiting this design. It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 5 years since I released the pattern! I’m constantly torn between updating older designs and creating whole new ones – I usually opt for a little of both. If there’s something you’d like to see, be sure to drop a comment! 🙂 I love hearing from ya!

-MF

Mermaid Mitts & Sandals Update

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I have some good news and some bad news! Let’s start with the good news:

The Mermaid Mitts & Sandals crochet pattern has been given a major update, which includes fixing some errors in the written pattern but also adding a bunch of bright, fresh new tutorial photography 🙂 As a pattern designer, I’m constantly backtracking to check that my paid patterns are up to my current standard – I started publishing my designs in 2015 and I’m always learning as I go, so sometimes the older patterns just look flimsy compared to what I can do now. The Mermaid Mitts & Sandals pattern is the latest PDF crochet pattern to get a nice makeover.

Keep reading for all the details on this design or go directly to my Etsy Shop, Ko-Fi Shop, or Ravelry Store to purchase this premium crochet pattern (But you might want to keep reading because I’m offering a SALE on Ravelry, discussed below)!

So that’s the good news, here’s the bad news: This design was supposed to debut today as both a paid PDF pattern file update AND a FREE pattern re-release including a new video tutorial. Another thing I like to do with my older paid patterns as I update them is consider whether they would be good choices for offering a free version here on my blog – just like I did with the Rhiannon Cowl, the Mandala Tam, the Winter Poncho, and the Mandala Top. Free versions of patterns help both me and you, since I get more site traffic which leads to more sales, and people who can’t afford a ton of paid patterns get access to quality content they can enjoy and recommend to others 🙂

But this is the bad news part, because I can’t offer the pattern on the blog or as a video today. For about two weeks now, my laptop computer has been inexplicably slow. It took me days to format the pattern update, and my computer has been so laggy and malfunctioning that it’s been very difficult to get any work done at all. I had scheduled the re-release of the Mermaid Mitts in updated PDF form, free blog pattern form, and free YouTube tutorial video form… but I’m nowhere near completing those last two items because my computer is SO FREAKING SLOW right now. 🙁

SOOOOO here’s my temporary solution – A SALE! Buy any other crochet pattern from my Ravelry Store, get the Mermaid Mitts & Sandals PDF pattern file for free! You don’t need a coupon code, just drop the Mermaid pattern in your cart with any other pattern and go to checkout where the discount will be taken 🙂 I’ll still be uploading this pattern for free and with a video tutorial in the future, once I fix whatever ailment is afflicting my technology. In the meantime, PDF pattern purchases are my main source of income and it would really help me out with the new technology costs if you took advantage of this deal – or, if you don’t need any more PDF patterns but still want to support my business, consider leaving a Tip in the Tip Jar! You can enter any amount of $1 increments to leave a tip in my secure, WordPress-backed payment system there. Any amount will be extra appreciated right now as technology is expensive but I can’t provide patterns without it <3

Anyway, here’s all the details about the Mermaid Mitts & Sandals pattern, which is one I’m very proud of and I think you’ll love! <3

Mermaid Mitts & Sandals

This fanciful beaded crochet accessory set is suitable for any mermaids, undines, or sirens that might journey onto land in search of a mortal to ensnare.
This is a two-in-one pattern that makes one pair of scaly armwarmers (wrist OR elbow length) and one pair of beaded barefoot sandals!

I love the unique design of the mitts, which feature the crocodile stitches only on the back of the hand, not surrounding the palm, for more practical wear. The barefoot sandals are a mystical twist on traditional crochet foot accessories! Includes tutorial photography to accompany the written instructions and separate tutorials for crocodile stitches and the beading technique used in this pattern.

Suitable not only for mermaids, undines, and naiads, but also dryads, nymphs, sylphs, and all other manner of fae and little folk!

Materials:
3.50 hook (or size needed to obtain gauge)
Lion Brand Coboo (#3 weight, 100 g / 232 yd, 50% cotton 50% Bamboo rayon) – about ½ skein (this is the recommended yarn but this pattern looks GREAT with lots of different yarns, including many #4 weight and #3 weight substitutes such as Lion Brand Mandala or Red Heart Unforgettable)
32 6/0 seed beads (optional)
beading needle (optional)
tapestry needle
Gauge: 1 croc stitch scale = 1.5” measured across top

Pattern written in US crochet terminology.
Language: ENGLISH

I drew inspiration from a lot of places for this design but one that always stuck with me was a faerie-like croc stitch barefoot sandal that had bells at the tip of each croc scale – I adored them and I still plan on doing a bell version of the sandals soon <3

As always, and despite the sometimes struggle-y nature of being a one-woman art business, I’m so full of gratitude. The online crochet community has been my home for over a decade now and it just gets better and better. It takes all of us to make it that way, sharing our creativity, ideas, inspiration, and encouragement to keep the passion of our tradition alive <3 Thank you!

-MF