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16 Quick Crochet Patterns for Christmas Gifts

November 10, 2025November 10, 2025crochet1 Comment

ideas for quick crochet patterns for Christmas gifts and crochet stocking fillers

Quick Crochet Patterns for Christmas Gifts (And Stocking Fillers!)

Here are some quick and easy crochet patterns for Christmas gifts and stocking fillers. The great thing is, all of these are free crochet patterns, right here, on my blog!

We’re a week or so into November, so there is still plenty of time to work up quick crochet projects for the festive season. Perhaps you’re looking to crochet stocking fillers, or maybe make small gifts to crochet that will sit under the tree, waiting to be unwrapped on the big day. Whatever the reason, you’re sure to find some crochet inspiration here.

The following crochet patterns are all great ideas that you can get sorted well in time for Christmas. And they make great stash busters, too. Some also have links to tutorials on my crochet YouTube channel. Not all of them, but you’ll find more info in each pattern’s post.

A granny stripe hat - An easy idea for quick crochet patterns for Christmas gifts

A Granny Stripe Woolly Hat

I love this granny stripe hat pattern so much that I’ve crocheted four of them so far. The ribbing is a little time-consuming, but get into the swing of it, and you don’t notice. You could also swap it for post stitches if you were in a hurry.

Two crochet hair scrunchies made using scrap yarn

Crochet Hair Scrunchies – Super Quick Crochet!

This crochet hair scrunchie pattern is one of the quickest crochet patterns on the list. Oh, so quick to make, and they are the best stocking fillers for the long-haired person in your life.

I make a little ball of knotted scraps to make the really colourful scrunchies. Mohair yarn also looks great too.

The Barking Mad Houndstooth stitch scarf. An easy idea for a quick crochet pattern for a Christmas gift

Barking Mad – A Houndstooth Stitch Scarf

Isn’t the houndstooth stitch such a crochet classic!? I love exploring ways to use this delightful stitch. So, my Barking Mad Scarf is a scarf crocheted on the diagonal. It uses two hanks of hand-dyed yarn held with mohair, but honestly, you can make this in your favourite DK or worsted weight yarn too.

crochet christmas socks. A great idea for crochet stocking fillers

Cosy Crochet Socks – Ideal Stocking Fillers

Let’s keep going with quick crochet patterns for Christmas gifts. Find the Cosy Crochet cocks pattern here.

Not that you need to know, but I wore my grey pair of cosy crochet socks to death. I wore them every winter for four years until they wore away. All good things must come to an end, so they were replaced with the cream Christmas socks! Although, to be honest, the only thing that makes them Christmassy is the added holly leaves and red trim. Subtle, but I like it.

I used an aran weight yarn that borders on chunky yarn. Even with a finer weight of yarn, socks can be crocheted in no time and then secretly stuffed into a Christmas stocking!

crochet bows - ideas for quick crochet patterns for Christmas gifts

Easy Gingham Crochet Bows

As well as bringing festive cheer with crochet bows in deep reds and greens, they would look totally amazing, popped onto wrapped Christmas presents. Or, I can see them tied to tree branches as well. These easy-to-make gingham crochet bows would also look great as a hair accessory.

Now that I think about it, I really would love loads of crochet bows decorating my Christmas tree.

Chunky Mittens – Quick Crochet Christmas Gifts

I cannot express how quick these chunky crochet mittens are to make. It still takes me by surprise. Colour-changing yarn takes them up a ramp, too, although I do have the perfect Christmassy red pair as well.

These crochet mittens are worked from the cuff up with increases to create the thumb shaping. A few small adjustments can be made to alter the size a bit.

Crochet Totes – Crochet Patterns for Christmas Gifts

Crochet is the perfect craft for making shoppers, totes and market bags by hand. I truly love a crochet bag in any guise! Therefore, here are two crochet pattern ideas for Christmas gifts. If you have the time, line the bags with a simple lining to make them a little bit stronger.

Cotton yarn is the best for crochet bags as it has robust durability. Some yarn brands have beautiful colour ranges so you can make really bright, cheerful crochet bags.

Granny Stripe Tote pattern. I need more of these in my life.

Zigzag Tote bag pattern. I love a crochet chevron, and they look great in this cotton crochet bag.

Crochet earmuffs! Use the simple granny stitch to crochet a quick fix stocking filler

Granny Stitch Crochet Earmuffs

Stop ears from getting cold on blustery days, pop on some snuggly crochet earmuffs! This crochet idea is definitely the quickest crochet pattern in the list. You do need to buy earmuffs to cover, though.

The granny earmuff covers are removable, so feel free to make several pairs so that the wearer can change them whenever the mood strikes!

Easy Crochet Wrist Warmers!

OMG, these are the easiest crochet wrist warmers ever. There’s the teeniest bit of shaping to make sure they fit at the forearms. But there’s not even a thumb hole, so you can just enjoy working around and around. Buy self-striping yarn and you don’t even need to think about changing colour (or sew in a crazy amount of ends).

a hand drawn face wearing crochet c2c hat and cowl set. This set is a great project to work up a last minute christmas gift — https://zeensandroger.com/2018/09/27/c2c-cowl-hat-a-free-crochet-pattern/

Apres Ski C2C Hat and Cowl Set

The crocheted hat and cowl for the Apres Ski set start life the same way. A strip of simple corner-to-corner crochet work creates the chevron pattern. Then they’re joined into a cowl, or with a few additional stitches, you’ve got a warm crocheted hat.

Obviously, all of these patterns make great last-minute crochet gifts, but I really think this cosy set would be perfect as a Christmas gift for family and friends.

A crochet santa hat. A great granny pattern for a crochet christmas!

Christmas Granny Stitch Santa Hat

Super chunky yarn means crochet patterns work up in a ridiculously short amount of time. I’m not normally a fan, but this chunky Santa hat pattern is such a fun item for everyone to wear at Christmas!

Modelled by my son a few years ago, the same hat fits me. So it’s kind of a one-size-fits-all hat. The sad thing is, I don’t remember how old he is here. He’s 16 now…

Simple Crochet Shawls

I’ve saved shawls until the end, as they are probably the longest projects here. However, you may find that you have the time to work on one of these simple designs. They are all free crochet triangle shawl patterns on the blog.

Hinterland Shawl

Top left, the Hinterland shawl is an aran-weight shawl using some pretty basic stitches. However, those stitches really do sing when they’re placed together. It’s a large shawl, so perhaps a present for under the tree (I don’t think that it would fit in an Xmas stocking!).

Urban Stripe Shawl

Top middle, we have the Urban Stripe shawl, which is a basic pattern worked from end to end. Regular increases are made to the middle, then decreases are made to the end. It’s also a great beginner crochet project. A sport weight yarn works well for this design, but it’s pretty versatile, and you can switch to a different yarn weight.

Wayward Sisters Shawl

Top right is the Wayward Sisters shawl, a crochet granny shawl, but the stripes run horizontally. For ease, speed and avoiding sewing in ends, this granny stripe shawl would look amazing in one colour. Also, why not add a contrast colour for the edging to bring it to life?

Triangular Granny Shawl

Lastly, it’s another triangle granny shawl pattern. It’s a stupendous stashbuster that can be worked up lickety split. This version uses 4ply yarn scraps, but the original version (made years ago) uses DK wool.

In case you didn’t catch the pattern links as you read through, let’s list them here:

Granny Stripe Hat
Crochet Hair Scrunchies
Barking Mad Houndstooth Stitch scarf
Cosy Crochet Slipper Socks
Gingham Bows
Chunky Mittens
Granny Stripe Tote Bag
Zigzag Chevron Tote Bag
Granny Stitch Earmuffs
Self-Stripping Wrist Warmers
Apres Ski – C2C Hat & Cowl set
Granny Santa Hat
Urban Stripe Shawl
Granny Triangle Shawl – the colourful one!
Hinterland Shawl
Wayward Sisters shawl

And there we have it, lots of different ideas to help you with crochet patterns for Christmas gifts! It’s a great collection with something for everyone. Do you think you’ll crochet some of these for loved ones? Let me know!

If you like these patterns, take a look at my free crochet patterns page, as you’ll find even more ideas!

Cheers! x

quick and easy crochet patterns for christmas gifts

Granny Santa Hat

October 29, 2024November 19, 2024crochetLeave a Comment

Granny Santa Hat Pattern

Bless my sweet boy! It has been a few years since he modelled my Christmas Granny Santa Hat. He is much bigger than this now, in fact, he is taller than me and growing every day. However, I know that this Granny Santa hat still fits him as it’s a bit of a one size fits all hat.

Made from super chunky yarn, this hat is incredibly quick and easy to crochet. It’s not even Halloween yet, so you have plenty of time to crochet a Santa hat for everyone in the family this Christmas!

This is a crochet design from a few years ago and I thought it would be good to have as a festive freebie (scroll down to find the free pattern). However, you can also grab a copy of the PDF version, which also has a bonus pattern of matching crochet granny hat bunting!

The Crochet Christmas Collection

Not to confuse matters but I also created a collection of crochet patterns I thought were Christmassy, into one bundle. It’s the Christmas Crochet Collection and features: granny stitch baubles, cosy crochet slipper socks the aforementioned hat and bunting, as well as a C2C sweater with a subtle nod to Christmas.

The Christmas Crochet Collection is available to buy, or you can find the patterns for free in the following places:

christmas crochet bunting with little granny santa hats

Things you Need to Crochet a Granny Santa Hat

Granny Hat Pattern Notes:

All the pictures in this pattern are of the same chunky Christmas hat, it’s just different heads that it’s perched upon.
The hat is worked bottom up, starting with the front post/back post brim.
Finished size: When laid flat the length (excl pompom) is approx 14 inches / 36cm. The diameter is approximately 9.5 inches / 24cm.
There is an option to finish the hat a few rounds early (that way, just one ball of red can be used). See Round 17.
Whilst tension isn’t too much of an issue for a hat like this, it will affect the amount of yarn you use.
The pattern is written in UK terms and has US equivalents in brackets (see abbreviations). However, it is pretty much all one stitch – the US double crochet. As long as you use that, you’re good to go.
When “cluster” is referred to in the pattern, this means a traditional 3 stitch granny cluster. (3tr for UK and 3dc for US).

Chunky Yarn for a Crochet Santa Hat

I used Stylecraft Life Super Chunky (100g/80m per ball). You will need one ball of the Cream and two balls of the colourway, Cardinal. If you need to be a bit more conservative with the amount of yarn you use, you could finish your hat a few rounds early and then you would only need one ball in Cardinal.

The bonus garland pattern within the PDF version came about because I had to break into the second ball of the red to finish the pointy bit of the hat. I had plenty of chunky yarn left over and didn’t want it to go to waste. So the result is the garland of mini crochet Santa hats!

Note that in the US a super chunky is often in the same category as super bulky.

Don’t Forget Your Other Crochet Tools:

8mm crochet hook.
Large eye darning needle – something that will fit super chunky yarn.
Pompom maker for approx 8-9cm diameter pompom.
Scissors – you can’t break a bulky yarn with your hands unless you have some kind of magical Christmas spirit strength.

Crochet Pattern Abbreviations

Ch= chain, BPtr= back post treble (US BPdc), FPtr= front post treble (US FPdc)
Rep= repeat, St= stitch, Sl st= slip stitch, Tr= Treble crochet (US double).

Crochet Christmas granny stitch santa hat

Granny Santa Hat Pattern

With Cream, chain 54.
1: Working in back bumps of chain, 1tr in 4th ch from hook, 1tr along to end, join with a sl st to the top of ch3 to form a circle. [52 sts]
2-4: Ch3 (counts as a FPtr), *1BPtr, 1FPtr; rep from * around, finishing on BPtr, join with a sl st to top of ch3. Fasten off Cream.
5: Attach Cardinal to any st, ch3, 2tr in same st, miss 3 sts, *3tr cluster, miss 3 sts; rep from * around, join with a sl st to the top of ch3. [13 clusters]
6 -10: Ch3, 2tr in same sp, *3tr cluster in next sp; rep from * around, join with a sl st to the top of ch3. [13 clusters]
11: Ch2, 1tr in next sp (counts as a decrease), *3tr cluster in next sp; rep from * around, join with a sl st to the top of 1tr, sl st into next sp.
12: Rep 6. [12 clusters]
13: Rep 11.
14: Rep 6. [11 clu]
15: Rep 11.
16: Rep 6. [10 clu]
17: Rep 11. (This is where I ran out of the first ball of Cardinal so, for a shorter, less pointy hat, fasten off here).
18: Rep 6. [8 clu]
19: Rep 11.
20: Rep 6. [7 clu]

Finishing Off Your Santa Hat

Fasten off by using the tail to weave between clusters. Pull tight to securely close. You might want to weave the yarn in and out a few times just to be sure it’s fastened off nice and firmly. Then, sew the bottom of the brim closed with a couple of stitches (see above). Sew in all other ends.

Make and trim a beautiful, big, fluffy pompom to attach to the top of the hat. The best way to attach it is to use the tie ends of the pompom.

Hey Presto!! You now have a fabulous granny stitch hat that would make Father Christmas very proud! What do you think? I quite fancy a green and white striped version. Maybe I will make one this year.

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All three of these photos are the same hat on different people. I think it gives you a good idea of the one-size-fits-all approach.

With thanks to my old pal, Paul Courtney who took most of these pics with his fancy camera. That’s him below, a Father Christmas in the making.

Ho ho ho!

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5 Christmas Crochet Patterns

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023crochet2 Comments

What Will You Crochet For Christmas?

A couple of years ago I put together a Christmas crochet bundle of festive patterns. I did not make enough noise about it and it didn’t sell very well at all. At no point did I plan a fun publication party for it and I didn’t shout it from the rooftops. I am a silly sausage.

Essentially, I thought it would be a lovely idea to put together all of my Christmas crochet designs in one place so that there was all kinds of yuletide inspiration all in one place. Some of the patterns are available for free, you can find them in my Free Patterns page. A couple of the ideas are paid crochet patterns but in this bundle you can get them collectively for a bargain price!

Buy the Christmas Crochet bundle on Ravelry!! Or, if you don’t use Rav, you can find the bundle in my Etsy shop too. Up until the 30th of November you can receive a 25% discount with the code NOVSALE. Enter the code at the checkout.

This code applies to all of my patterns on Ravelry and Etsy at the moment, not just this bundle, so please have a look and see if there are any other crochet patterns that you fancy. Thanks!

Take a look at the Crochet Christmas collection of patterns below…

Easy Crochet Slippers Socks

A popular pattern of mine is for some very cosy crochet socks. I created a helpful “how to” video tutorial as well as the written sock pattern on the blog. The original pair weren’t festive but it is super easy to crochet a holly motif to pop onto a plain pair of winter white socks. In fact, my feet are cold right now so I think I’m going to dig these out and put them on. It’s definitely acceptable to wear Christmas socks in November, right?

Simple C2C Festive Lights Sweater

As someone decided to tell me on Pinterest recently, it’s not a very Christmassy jumper, is it?! Hmm, I know it isn’t full blown Christmas style but so what?! It’s a gentle nod to colourful Christmas lights against a snowy backdrop. I like the subtle seasonal hints of this crochet sweater design. Not everyone wants Christmas to be a punch in the face.

Plus, the PDF does have an additional Christmas themed C2C design!

Find the blog post about my C2C Christmas jumper here. You’ll find a link to the video tutorial in the same place. I have tried to cover everything in the vid to help you make your own C2C jumper!

Crochet Santa Hats!

This fun festive pattern has a real life-size granny stitch hat design alongside its mini-me version of Santa hat bunting. I love it and the bunting is festooned upon our walls every year. These lil crochet Santa hats don’t have to be a garland, take a peek at my tree in the corner of the photo above and you can see a hat hanging from the spruce’s branches.

Is it too early to start making paper chains yet? They look so lovely with the hat bunting!

The life-size version of my granny stitch Santa hat was modelled by my baby (who does not look this young anymore!). This Christmas crochet hat fits most grown up heads too, not just kids. It has been a few years since I designed this chunky hat for festive heads and it is still going strong. We fight over who gets to wear it to which Christmas party! Perhaps I should make more….?

Christmas Crochet Baubles

I think these granny stitch baubles are my favourite! They are easy and very fast to make. Before you know it, you will have made a treeful! Every year I am tempted to make more crochet Christmas baubles but I resist. I really don’t need more, we have loads! How many would you make?

As well as being part of the bundle, these colourful decorations are also a Christmas Bauble video tutorial.

5 Christmas Crochet Ideas

What do you think? Hopefully you like these Christmas craft ideas as much as I do. Fingers crossed, you also think that having them as a bundle is a good idea too, so let’s have an overview…

I’ve thrown together a collection of my favourite festive crochet designs all in one document. A Festive collection of Christmas Crochet patterns. In this bundle you will find:
● Cosy Slipper Socks in 3 sizes
● Chunky Granny Santa Hat
● Mini Santa Hat Bunting
● Colourful Baubles
● Christmas C2C Sweater in 9 different sizes

As well as the written patterns, there are also video tutorials for the C2C jumper, colourful baubles and cosy slipper socks, which can also be found for free on my blog. The Granny Hat and hat bunting are only available elsewhere as a paid pattern. It is bargain bundle for quick Christmas makes!

Don’t forget to check out my other Free Patterns, plus I have even more patterns in my Ravelry store. And if you’re not a Rav user, then I also have an Etsy shop (Oh, gosh, and Lovecrafts and Ribblr, I have all the fingers in all the pies!)

Ho Ho Ho, Merry Crochet Christmas!

Last Minute Pattern: Crochet Granny Christmas Hats

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017crochet7 Comments

Oh, how I wish I’d thought of these designs a wee bit earlier. There is literally just one week to go before Christmas Day for goodness’ sake! Better late than never I suppose and now they’re here, they’re here forever!

It was this big boy that popped into my head first (a couple of days ago). I didn’t like my other crochet Christmas hat very much as I’d not made much of an effort in the design stakes (see me talk about that disaster Here). Instead of fiddly fine fluffy mohair (yeah, that’s the other hat) I decided to go for a rush job and choose the chunkiest yarn my LYS had. In the last two days I’ve made three versions to get the result I’m really happy with (the first two I was quite chilled about frogging; this hat takes no time to work up!). Yesterday we had a lovely Christmassy lunch at a pub with friends and I sat there and worked on the mini versions!

The big hat uses just over one ball of the red and left me with about half a ball of cream. I felt bad at abandoning all those leftovers and mild to moderate guilt resulted in this collection of mini jobs. They are pretty cute in my opinion and perhaps, deserving of being called “modern” (although, does that make me sound old and clueless? Hope not).

Regarding the biggun, one size fits all. We tested it on our after-lunch walk yesterday. It fits beautifully on all heads, in different kinds of ways. The boy has it so that it is slightly oversize-in-a-good-way, it fits me like a normal hat, and it perches snuggly on a giant nut, like the one my mate’s got (cheers Paul!).

The minis can be tree decs or a garland thingy. I love both (which surprises me as I’m not a bunting person), so versatile!! Today I’ve typed up the patterns for both hat sizes as a 2 for 1 thing. The pdf is available as a download from Ravelry. More technical talk is over there so do please pop over and whilst you’re there, maybe you’ll be tempted to buy a copy! There is still time, honest!

Anyway, I hope to see you here at least one more time before Christmas as I’m hoping to record a vlogcast on Thursday (see YouTube Here). I didn’t think I’d have anything to talk about but actually, it turns out that I do. Fancy that!

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The Craft Blogger’s Seasonal Nightmare.

November 30, 2016crafty, crochet, felt18 Comments

All old crochet blankets (and I don’t mean really old, they’re all this year’s but they’re just not mega recent – I renewed my Etsy listings yesterday and I’ve chosen to show these as they’re all on there waiting for someone to love them). What else can I do at this time of year?! Everything else that’s going on right now will be a Christmas present and I can’t show those. It’s a serious dilemma for a crafty blogger, I’ve got nuffink to talk about! Actually, I have managed to scrape a few bits together…

I enjoyed last Saturday at the local school Christmas craft fayre. Not exactly a money spinner but it still counted as a success in my eyes. Plus it gave me an excuse to make things and making things is what I Iike best! (The owls are my new favourite).

I won’t blather on, I did that last week. Needless to say, I’ve got enough Christmas felt designs to write a book! (I even looked into that the other day but I’m still not entirely sure how it works. I’m too much of a chicken to ask the experts all the stupid questions that have arisen in me noggin).

Anyway, Christmas came early for one person (sort of). I took part in my first (of three) secret santa type sign ups. It turns out that these things are absolutely brilliant. You get exactly the very best presents! Why wouldn’t you when like-minded crafty people are doing the buying and making? It’s great!

This crazy dolphin/reindeer was the present I made for my Colour Pop Craft Swap person. This swap was arranged by Miki at Set Free My Gypsy Soul. In my head it was the stuff of Legend: A Grand Stag of Epic Proportions! It ended up more cutesy and feeble than I’d envisaged, but do you know what? The recipient loved it and that’s what counts.

I used a pattern I’d found in a magazine from a couple of years ago. It’s also on Ravelry as Little Deer Toy. I designed the antlers and made two pairs, which I stitched together for a bit of stability. I also made up a little sparkly star to jazz up his rump.

I felt the need to compensate somewhat (I had rushed my deer and he didn’t turn out as expertly crafted as I wanted). Into the parcel, I also popped a few cotton coasters and a little toadstool brooch. I love these coasters, so so quick to knock up; I bet every crocheter has had a go at making these at some point.

These are my Christmas spoils. They arrived beautifully packaged, from the Netherlands. I was so happy to receive this fabulous bundle. I can tell you that the cat has had her eye on the spangly jangly stars. She pounced on them this morning and I’ve had to put them out of reach. I’ve been wearing my wrist warmers ( I changed to mittens this morning cos it was -2) and I absolutely love my Father Christmas. He is super awesome! Mirjam from Stin’s Place is the creator behind all these marvels.

The last few days have been focussed on getting my winter set of cosy things ready. The patterns need typing up and some photographs need sorting. Then I can hopefully have a pattern for sale. This will probably take longer than I want because I’ll be making it up as I go along (when am I not?)! I’m aiming to work on it all day on Friday and I think that should get me a good way into it. Given more time and more energy, I’d make a whole other set in different colours. I really like it all would love to see it in a different guise. What I need now is a need a name!

Well, I haven’t done too badly with this blog post. This time of year is definitely a struggle. I’ll be scraping the bottom of the barrel next time. Crikey, what’ll I do!? Anyone else suffering from the same problem? At least there will be plenty to talk about in January!

End of November Crafty Catch up.

November 23, 2016crafty, crochet, felt13 Comments

Since November started it feels like I’ve hardly had any time for making things but looking at my photos, it turns out that isn’t true. I actually appear to have been quite busy. I’ve been sewing instead of doing my crochet.

I’ve got the school’s PTA Craft Fayre on Saturday so these decorations will hopefully be sold to lots of jolly holly people. I’ve mostly used designs from previous years. There are a few new ones too. This year I designed a bunch of mistletoe, a bell, some stars and a Christmas pudding. There are three or four other designs I came up with that haven’t made the cut and some old ones that I didn’t bother with either. They’re more complex in their construction and they’d end up costing more. One day I’ll make the whole collection, I’ve got quite a few now. I really really want to turn them into sellable patterns but first I need to work out how to transfer rough, scribbly templates into professional printable patterns.

I’ve made these baubles too. Get yourself to Wilko’s to grab the naked set. £2.50 for 12. I’ve used various cotton DK’s. I’ve used mostly used Drops Muskat, Stylecraft Classique and Paintbox Yarns. My favourite is the Drops. It’s hands down, the best of the bunch (although there’s nothing wrong with the others either). The pattern is a mix of existing ones. I’ve got the book Boho Crochet which has a bauble pattern for giants. I used that as a base and took out lots of rows. I saw on Kaleidoscope City a pattern which slip stitched the two halves to the bauble and that created a lovely finish.

I went into Exeter a couple of weeks ago (and actually did some Christmas shopping!). Whilst there I popped into The Works because they now have an awesome selection of craft things. A lot of it isn’t my cup of tea but if you’re into all things crafty then there’s a shed load of treasure waiting for you. I always head for the books. I bought four because when the most expensive is four quid, why the blazes would you leave any behind? I’ve since discovered that these are new publications. New! Why are they being sold in a cheapy shop for £3 or £4??! Does it get sales figures up or something? Whatevs, I’m well pleased.

This has been one of my only crochet projects over the last few weeks. I’m making myself a scarf out of some Paintbox aran. It’s the stuff that Emma from Potter & Bloom sent me for when I tested her Geoffrey scarf. I caved and bought more colours (here, that’s the blue and green).

Ok, I made this too. Since doing the Take Care Mohair review I’ve been on a mission to find a cheaper alternative. I feel quite guilty actually (not that I’m under any obligation) but I cannot afford to buy the Wool and the Gang stuff for experiments and pattern workings. I’m using Drops Melody instead, which is nice but not super fancy. Now that I think I have a pattern sorted I might get some of the real deal. Comparatively, it is much silkier and has a thicker halo on it. I really like the designs I’ve come up with, however, I’ve been looking at and working with mohair for two months. Do I want to buy the posh stuff when the excitement is waning? Hmm.

This picture is not a good representation as the one on the left has more stitches. But it is the Take Care Mohair and you can see that it does come out thicker and it’s a nicer pink too. Not that I have any reason to favour it other than personal preference.

Laying side by side there is not much difference in yarn thickness. I think it must be the halo that adds body to the yarn. I’m trying to decide if I can recommend both yarns in the pattern I write. There might be a considerable difference in the finished product. Gah, it’s mini stumbling blocks like this that make things so much trickier than they need to be. Things I didn’t think would be important but actually are if you want to be a designer. Boo. Anyway, it is my hope that I can write a pattern for a hat and scarf combo that I can sell. I’m miles off because the Paintbox scarf has taken my attention (I think I want to write up the pattern for that too). Maybe have some wrist warmers to go with? I say this all the time yet I still only have one pattern for sale! I’m easily distracted by new pretties, that’s my problem!

Lastly, there’s this jumble of crazy. Funny that the thing I should have finished first is the thing that I’ve left until last! Must do this today. I must also remember to take pictures of it complete!

Oky doky, I must go. Got lots to do and time is not on my side. xx