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Pickle Rick Crochet Pattern

Rick and Morty is one of my guilty pleasures. The first episode I ever saw was the Pickle Rick one where Rick becomes a pickle and can still do amazing things. Rick is so arrogant that it’s weird to say how fun his character is to watch.

As with a lot of cartoon characters, I had the thought – as many crocheters do – that I could crochet Pickle Rick. So here is the pattern to make your own Pickle Rick.

Need: dark green yarn, worsted weight

Hook size: 4mm or whatever size works best with your yarn

Suggestions for Rick’s facial features:

You can either use black eyes you can paint white and add the black dot for a pupil, or a small amount of white and black yarn to make them out of yarn.

Blue felt or blue roving(very small piece for eyebrows or a small amount of light blue yarn, or thread)

Pickle Rick Crochet Pattern

Start with Magic Ring(MR) and chain(ch) 2

Rnd 1: In MR, Single Crochet(SC) 6 into MR. (6)

Rnd 2: SC into first SC from previous round then add another SC for an increase(INC) in the same SC. Perform an INC(2 SCs into one SC from previous round) into the remaining five SCs. (12)

Rnd 3: SC into next SC, INC into next SC. Repeat until the end of round (18)

Rnd 4: SC into the next 2 SCs, INC into next SC. Repeat until the end of the round (24)

Rnd 5: SC into the next 5 SCs, INC into the next SC. Repeat until the end of the round. (28)

Rnd 6 – 27: SC into each SC in the round (28)

Rnd 28: SC into the next 5 SCs, perform a decrease(DEC) over the next two SCs. Repeat until the end of the round. (24)

Rnd 29: SC into the next 2 SC, DEC over the next two SC. Repeat until the end of the round.(18)

Add Stuffing

Rnd 30: SC into the next SC, DEC over the next two SC. Repeat until the end of the round. (12)

Rnd 31: DEC over the next 2 SC. Repeat until the end of the round (6)

Yarn off leaving a tail to sew the remaining opening closed.

Eyes – place eyes between rounds 9 and 10, one stitch apart

Eyebrows – place eyebrows on round 9

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Temperature Project Update for 2022

For 2022, I wanted to do a temperature scarf by taking the high temperature from each day in 2022 and then knitting a row in a certain color to represent that temperature range. The first roadblock is that I’m not a knitter but thought this might be a good opportunity to learn. The second road block was that I live in Texas and maybe need a scarf at most seven days in a year. So there just wasn’t much motivation to do this project. But I did keep track of the temperatures and since I have all that data I have pivoted it to make a snake.

I changed out the yarn I’m using from Bamboo Pop to Hobby Lobby mini maker since it comes in such vibrant colors. I’m also making a small snake similar to these in size:

Crocheted Snakes hanging out on the back of the couch — Crocheted Snakes

Here is my color key chart I will be using:

I broke out the 90s temps since there are so many days that are above 90. The bottom section is a key for which temperature is set to which color. Purple covers about 20 or so degrees and will be used very little. I did this table because I’m using a spreadsheet function called VLOOKUP to automatically fill in the color into the spreadsheet when I type in the high temperature.

I added the row of colors by hand although I might have done a VLOOKUP for that row as well.

I haven’t started just yet on the snake but plan to just freehand the pattern as I did for the snakes in the picture. I’m thinking of going either 18-24 stitches in the round so not very large and hope to display it on a bookshelf.

More updates to come!

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Cow Snowball

For Christmas, I made several plain crocheted snowballs adding safety eyes and a little orange nose to make adorable snowmen. One niece loves cows, so I took that plain crocheted snowball and did a few freehand modifications to come up with a cow snowball. They made a perfect little Christmas happy.

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Cord Wrangler

It doesn’t take long for charging cords to become a tangled mess. I got tired of digging through a mountain of cords and unraveling them all to find the one I needed. In the past, I had used a piece of yarn to keep cords together but decided to upgrade that idea with something that was easier to re-use.

Simple Charging Cord Wrangler Pattern

Needed: Small amount of worsted yarn weighted 3. I used cotton yarn.
Hook: 3mm
Optional: one bead that you can string onto the yarn

String the bead onto the yarn.
Chain 30.
Slip stitch into 2nd chain from hook after the bead placement.
Slip sitch into the next 26 leaving the last two chains.
Chain two then slip stitch into last stich making a small hole for the bead to slip through when using the cord. You may want to check the size of the hole to make the sure the bead slips through easily. if not then you may need to adjust the hole size.
Finish off by cutting the yarn and bring the yarn through the chain on the hook. Weave in the ends if desired.

The bead is mainly a way to make it easier to thread one end of the yarn into the hole. If you don’t have a bead then you can just use the end of the yarn.

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Purple Cows

Now that I’ve been back home for a few weeks, I’m slowly going through everything that I wanted to share of Christmas projects. One of my nieces loves the color purple and her favorite animal is a cow. When I came across this cute cow pattern, I immediately bought it thinking this would be a big hit with her. I was right! I made her one for Christmas. Usually, the first project I make from a pattern is a learning experience since crocheters crochet differently as far as tension and other factors. I used a thicker yarn since I was looking for a certain purple hue.

After my niece received it, I learned another niece loves the color purple and cows. Luckily, this isn’t my first rodeo, and I had bought enough purple yarn to make a second cow. I was able to whip it up faster since I was now familiar with the pattern. I did a tail a little differently and ‘branded’ this one with my niece’s initial.

I made both of these while traveling for the holidays, so I had to buy some supplies on the road like polyfill. Because of low supply issues, I bought some batting instead of polyfill which was challenging. It’s not as fluffy so the cows aren’t stuffed as much as I would have liked.

The third cow should be smaller – hopefully. I used a larger hook than the pattern called for. The third one will be for me so I will have to decide what color I want. I love this pattern as I learned a few techniques that will make future amigurumi so much easier.

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Quickie Cat Bed with Chunky Yarn

For the past couple of years, I’ve been trying to de-stash as much yarn as possible. I find that part of the enjoyment of making a project is buying the yarn, so I am working towards not having much yarn on hand.

Every once in a while I find chunky yarn on sale and buy it. Did you know it takes a lot of skeins to make a blanket with chunky yarn? I never buy enough to really do any projects with and wind up with these huge yarn balls that take up a lot of space.

We have a cat that loves to knead and especially loves fleece. To use some of the chunky yarn, I had the idea of making a small cat bed. My plan was that even if it wasn’t a very big bed he would use it to knead on.

Hook size: p/15 mm

Yarn: one skein of chunky(jumbo) yarn (weight 7)

chain (ch) 20

Row 1: Insert hook into 2nd chain from hook and do half double crochet(HDC) stitch. Do an HDC into the 17 remaining chain stitches. ch 2 and turn.

Row 2-13: HDC into each HDC from the previous row (18)

Cat bed measures 13 inches by 11 inches. It has a nice weight to it.

We’ll see if the cat actually uses it. If anything at least it takes up less space as a cat bed than a skein.

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Temperature Scarf

It’s a new year and one project that I have been wanting to do is a temperature blanket. The basic idea behind the temperature blanket is that you create a color legend for a range of temperatures assigning a certain color for each one. Then you track the temperature each day for a year and crochet one row in the color that represents the range that the temperature falls into.

Since a blanket is a large project and – quite honestly – we have enough blankets, I decided to modify it to a scarf. And as an added level of complexity, I plan to knit it. I’ve knitted a dishcloth before and that’s about it, so this will be a fun project to get some knitting practice.

My yarn of choice is Bamboo Pop because I love how soft it is. I also wanted to use a thinner yarn since I am not making a blanket. Bamboo Pop is a blend of cotton and bamboo.

I am keeping track of the high temperature in a spreadsheet since I plan to knit the rows once a month. I created a table that matches the temperature with the yarn color. Using the spreadsheet function VLOOKUP I made a formula that will auto-populate the color with the high temp.

Here is the color key for the temperature scarf –

Temperature Scarf Key using Bamboo Pop yarn colors

Here are the yarn colors for each temperature range –

0-10 degrees	purple
11-20 degrees	grape
21-30 degrees	ocean
31-40 degrees	turquoise
41-50 degrees	blue whisper
51-60 degrees	lime green
61-70 degrees	sunny
71-80 degrees	marmalade
81-90 degrees	super pink
91-100 degrees	Rose
101-110 degrees	true red

Table with Bamboo Pop yarn names

A monthly update will happen on the first Friday of the month.

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Ice Cream Cozy

This may not be the healthiest of traditions but sometimes we partake in ‘Ice Cream Thursday.’ We go buy us each a pint of ice cream and enjoy it to the last spoonful. I have the biggest sweet tooth so I just can’t stop after a few bites and holding that pint for so long numbs my hands from the cold.

Enter my solution – a crocheted ice cream cozy.

Since I have trouble stopping, I have recently discovered these tiny cups of my favorite ice cream that are an actual serving – so I’m guessing about one-fourth of the size of a pint. It’s enough ice cream for the joy of it while still not killing the daily calorie count.

I’ve written up the pattern for the pint-sized cozy.

Ice Cream Cozy

Needed: 50g of worsted weight yarn

Hook: 4mm

Other: Stitch marker, yarn needle, tape measure

Abbreviations: CH â€“ Chain, SC â€“ Single Crochet

Terms: Finish off â€“ to perform a slip stitch into the first SC of the previous round. Then cut the yarn leaving a tail to weave in.

Round 1: CH 2, then 6 SC into first chain. (6)

Round 2: 2 SC into the first SC from the previous round followed by 2 SC into each SC from round one. (12)

Round 3: 2 SC into first SC from previous round followed by SC into next SC. *2 SC into next SC, then SC into following SC* *Repeat until you reach the end of the round. (18)

Round 4: 2 SC into first SC from previous round followed by SC over the next two SC. *2 SC into next SC, then SC over the next two SC* *Repeat until you reach the end of the round. (24)

Round 5: 2 SC into first SC from previous round followed by SC over the next three SC. *2 SC into next SC, then SC over the next three SC* *Repeat until you reach the end of the round. (30)

Round 6: 2 SC into first SC from previous round followed by SC over the next four SC. *2 SC into next SC, then SC over the next four SC* *Repeat until you reach the end of the round. (36)

**measure your circle. If it is 3 inches across then you can stop increasing. If not do round 7.

***If measuring is not an option, stop increasing when the crocheted circle covers the bottom of the container.

Round 7: 2 SC into first SC from previous round followed by SC over the next five SC. *2 SC into next SC, then SC over the next five SC* *Repeat until you reach the end of the round. (42)

Round 8 -21: SC into each SC from previous round. (42)

Round 22: Sc into each SC from previous round. Finish off.

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Cupcake Candle Money Holder

It’s so nice to crochet a little something that makes a money gift special. My daughter has hit the age where she is extremely hard to buy for and so are her friends. When she was invited to a birthday party, I knew the go-to-gift would be money but wanted to present it in a fun way. I found a free cupcake pattern since cupcakes were a theme of the party and just added a candle on top to hold the money. Quick and easy and so adorably cute.

Cupcake Money Holder Yarn Candle

Yarn needed: any color for candle, yellow and orange for the flame.

Hook: Use the same size used for the cupcake pattern (cupcake pattern not provided)

Candle:

Start with magic ring or alternatively, chain two

2. SC 6 into a magic ring or SC 6 into the second chain from hook (if starting with chain two method)

2. SC in the round until you reach the desired candle height. I did mine so the money would be noticeable.

Flame:

With orange yarn, start with a magic ring and SC 4 into it. Switch to yellow yarn. Alternatively, you can start with a CH 2 and SC 4 into the second chain from the hook.

2. In the round, 2sc into the next stitch, 2hdc into the next stitch, picot stitch(chain 4, slip stitch into the first chain), 2 hdc into the next stitch, 2sc into the next stitch. Sl stitch, cut, and finish off.

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On the Hook

What has been on the crochet hook this week? Absolutely nothing! It makes me sad to realize that I haven’t crocheted anything in this past week. Just today I was thinking that I need to plan my Christmas crochet projects as some I have started and need to finish. So I might be working on some Christmas gifts this weekend.

I still have a lot of crochet octopuses to make for Halloween. I’m still a long way from my 100 goal.

I have started bullet journaling again but this time I’m doing it more with a purpose and understanding of the goal for me. Crochet will have to take up a page in the journal so I don’t forget about it as it is easy to do with everything else that goes on during the day.

Next week’s report will hopefully have more content.

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