Ribbon Scrunchy - Free Beginner Crochet Pattern

 Skill level: Beginner

Ribbon Scrunchy - Free Beginner Pattern

This scrunchie is very simple to make, but the satiny ribbon makes it special. Single crochets are spread around the entire band. Make several in cheerful, bright colors for a different look.

Materials

2 spools Offray Ribbon, 1/8” wide, 10 yds each spool - 20 yds total ribbon. Substitute any yarn

1 Elastic round Hair band -about 2” in diameter 

Crochet Hook- size F/ 5 (3.75mm)

Instructions

Rnd 1: Attach ribbon to band with s s, ch 1, work sc around band, making sure entire band is covered, s s to first sc.

Rnd 2: Ch 1, work 2 sc in each sc around, attach with s s to first sc. 

Rnd 3: Ch 1, work 2 sc in each sc, but work 3 sc in every 4th sc, as follows:

2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, etc.

Attach with s s to beg sc, end off.

Knit Look Free Crochet Cowl Pattern

Knit Look Beginner
Free Crochet Cowl Pattern
By
May Jane Hall

Description 

This is a beginner project that's quick and easy. If you'd rather have a long scarf that's not circular like an infinity scarf, just work enough chains at the beginning to the length you want your scarf to be, then work the entire scarf in rows (not rounds) turning each row to get the ridged effect. Don't forget to work all rows in the back loop only. You will be working all half double crochet stitches (hdc) after your beginning chain, and in my opinion working a hdc in the blo is what makes this stitch look like knitting. 

Tip - you can use a smaller hook than size M, but keep in mind if you do use a smaller hook, your scarf will not be as drapeable and will be stiffer. The loser you crochet with a larger hook, the softer your scarf will be.

Finished Size - I made this for a friend and didn't measure it because at the time I didn't know I was going to offer the cowl as a free pattern. 

Materials

Vannas Choice yarn: #4, worsted wt yarn in color: Barley

Note: any worsted (or Aran) wt yarn can be used for this pattern. You can use a smaller yarn and smaller hook, such as #2 sport wt, #3 DK wt, but keep in mind that you'll need to crochet more foundation stitches at the beginning to make it longer if you do this. You could even use a bulky yarn but would need to make less foundation sts. 

Crochet Hook: size M/13 (9mm)

Gauge: I made this as a gift for a friend and did not measure the gauge before I gave it to her. Even though your gauge is very important when making garments, it's not all that important when making a scarf. That is, unless you want it to look identical to the one the pattern was written for. Something to keep in mind is that I always use a larger hook than what the company suggests on the yarn label. You do not want your crochet items to be hard and stiff unless it's a purse or a molded hat. 

Stitches used: Chain (ch), slip stitch (sl st), half double crochet (hdc)

Abbreviations: 

Blo - back loop only

Ch - chain

Hdc - half double crochet

Rep - repeat

Rnd - round

Sl st - slip stitch

St - stitch

Pattern notes: all rounds are worked in the blo (back loop only) to get the ridged effect. You will be slip stitching the last st to the first st on each end. (Unless you make 1 long scarf that's not in the round). Then you'll turn each round. If you don't turn the rnds, you won't get the ridged effect. Ch 2 at the beginning of each round.

Knit Look Crochet Cowl 
Free Beginner Pattern by
Mary Jane Hal

Instructions

Foundation row: Ch 144 , being careful not to twist ch, sl st to 1st ch (circle made)

Rnd 1: ch 2, work hdc in blo of each ch, sl st to first st, turn- 144 hdc

Note: in order to make the raised ridges, you have to turn each round/row, and work in the back loop only (blo) of each stitch (hdc), otherwise your stitches will all be flat.

Rnds 2 - ___: Rep rnd 1 until you get the desired width of the cowl. (Sorry I did not count these rows either, before I gave this cowl to my friend!)

End off yarn and weave in all loose ends. 

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS!

Important: Remember, if you want your friends to know about this pattern or post about it, you'll need to post a link on your blog to have them come to this blog. You're not allowed to copy the text and put the pattern on your blog. Because if you post my pattern on your blog it's considered stealing. Please follow the copyright laws. One of the reasons to offer free patterns is so I can promote my crochet books that are sold on Amazon. I still receive royalties from the sale of my books and this is part of the way I make my living. So posting my patterns on your blog or anywhere else takes away from my income.  

Bohemian Style Purse - Free Crochet Patten

Bohemian Style Purse
Free Crochet Pattern by
Mary Jane Hall

This Bohemian Style Shoulderbag (see pattern below) is another one of the patterns I created for Hobby Lobby a few years ago. These  were given as a free pattern to customers, hoping they would purchase the Hobby Lobby yarn I used to create the design. Really, you could use just about any yarn to make this purse, but keep in mind,  if you are a beginner, using a smaller weight yarn than this bulky yarn I used would make a smaller purse. Or if you want a larger bag than this, you could use extra bulky yarn or even work the pattern with 2 strands of yarn together.

This is a super easy beginner pattern, and the tassels make it fun! Actually it reminds me of the purses from the 70's. Or if you want to make it look more like a colorful "Hippie Bag", it would be cool to crochet each row (or round) in a different vibrant color!

I probably would not have chosen a fuzzy yarn for this, but I had to come up with designs using  yarns Hobby Lobby headquarters sent me. Most of the yarn they sent was furry or fuzzy. I figured they wanted to showcase yarns that weren't selling as well.

I did 7 designs for their tear sheets and at one time Hobby Lobby had all the free patterns online, but they no longer have those posted. So that's why I am adding the free pattern here. The bag is worked in the round, having less seams to sew. Hopefully you will
be able to print this pattern. 

This pattern is copyrighted, so please do not sell the pattern. You are welcome to sell your projects made from this pattern.

Emoji Coffee Sleeve II - Free Crochet Pattern

This Emoji Coffee Sleeve pattern is made different than the first one. The Smily faced one uses hdc stitches and has a Picot border, but this one is all sc rows, making it easier than the first one. It does not have the picot border. 

Coffee Sleeve with Laughing Emoji Patch - Free Crochet Pattern by Mary Jane Hall

I have at least 22 patterns for Coffee Sleeves and Coffee Cozies that I want to share with you. They will be free and all I ask is that you do not sell my patterns. If you share them please make sure you give me credit as the designer.  It's perfectly fine if you want to make any of my patterns and sell the item.
The written patterns are not very long and these should be a perfect project for a beginner.  I let other things get in the way of posting these patterns but I promise I will try to add one every few days.

Coffee Sleeves can also be considered a Coffee Cozy as far as the name, but the Sleeve is more like something you put on a paper cup such as one from Starbucks or McDonalds. You slip it on at the bottom of the paper cup.
But if you want a cozy for a mug, that's a little different. You can't put a Coffee Sleeve on a mug that has a handle. So I have different patterns for what I call a "Mug Cozy".
This pattern is a Coffee Sleeve that slips on the bottom of a paper coffee cup.

Light Teal Coffee Sleeve with Emoji Patch

Materials
Hook Size
US- G/6
UK - 8
Metric - 4.00mm

Yarn
Red Heart Soft Yarn
Color - teal or any other #4 worsted weight yarn. If using a thicker yarn you will have less stitches in each round. If using thinner yarn you will have more stitches in each round.
Emoji Patch or Applique (can be bought at Hobby Lobby or ordered from eBay, etsy or Amazon)
Starbucks paper cup

Note: if sleeve is too loose after the first round or 2, you may have to chain less at the beginning (28 instead of 30) or you can use a smaller hook. 

Instructions
All rows are sc (single crochet)
You will need to slip the Sleeve onto the cup after the second row to see how it fits. You may crochet tighter or loser than I do so that's why you need to try it on. This is easy enough for a beginner and it's not difficult to tighten up your stitches or use a smaller hook if the cozy is too loose on the cup. It's better to make it a little tight, because it will probably stretch from use.

Chain 28
Round 1: Sc in 2nd chain from hook and in each chain to the end - 27 sc
Being careful not to twist chain, slip stitch into first stitch forming a ring. Do not turn. You will continue working in the round.

Note: put the sleeve on the cup to make sure it's not too loose. Do this after every coupler of rows.
Rounds 2-11: sc in first sc of round and in each sc around, slip stitch to first sc - 27 sc
Note: by the end of the 2nd or 3rd round you should be able to keep working without joining with a slip stitch.
After last round, end off, making sure the yarn is long enough to weave in.

Emoji Coffee Sleeve 1 - Free Crochet Pattern

This is a cute, quick little crochet project for a beginner! It would be a nice gift. You can find patches (or appliques) at craft stores or places like eBay, etsy and Amazon. The possibilities are endless!

Smily Face Emoji Coffee Sleeve with Picor Edging- free pattern by Mary Jane Hall

Materials
Hook Size (for pink hdc rnds)
US- H/8
UK - 6
Metric - 5.00
Hook Size (for black picot edging)
Us - B/1
UK - 13
Metric - 2.25

Yarn
(A) Impecable Loops and Threads Yarn by Michael's
Color - Rich Orchid, color # 01404, or any other #4 worsted weight yarn. If using a thicker yarn you will have less stitches in each round. If using thinner yarn you will have more stitches in each round.
(B) Black Picot Trim - #3 crochet cotton thread by Aunt Lydias

Smiley Face patch (or applique). Link to several patches on eBay. You can also find patches at craft stores like Hobby Lobby.
Starbucks paper coffee cup

Picot- ch 2,  sl st in first chain

Note: if sleeve is too loose after the first round or 2, you may have to chain less at the beginning (28 instead of 30) or you can use a smaller hook. 

Instructions
Chain 30, being careful not to twist chain, join with slip stitch to first chain. Do not turn work. 
Rnd 1: hdc in same sp as join, and in each chain around, slip stitch to first hdc. 
Rnd 2: hdc in same space as join and in each hdc around,  join to first hdc with sl st. Put piece onto paper coffee cup to see if it will be too tight or too lose. If not, continue. It's better to be a little tight than loose, because it will stretch with use.
Rnds 2-9: continue working hdc rounds, putting sleeve on cup after every few rows, making sure it's not too loose. By the 2nd or 3rd rnd  you can continue to work rows without joining the end of each rnd. Just work right over top of the last join. Doing it this way with make it looks much better because it will be seamless. 
After rnd 9, end off yarn. 

Picot Edging
Attach black thread to any hdc with slip knot. Chain 1, sc in first hdc, work Picot, (see above); continue working (sc, Picot) in each remaining hdc, join with sl st to first sc, end off yarn and repeat this on other edge. 
Weave in ends. 

Fringed Leg Warmers - Free Crochet Pattern

I just can't believe I have not posted the pattern for these Fringed Leg Warmers before now. I designed them years ago and they were published in Crochet! Magazine in 2006. But they are very stylish today, since you see fringe everywhere!

©Fringed Leg Warmers by
Mary Jane Hall

The publisher put the pattern on the web, free to the public, but it disappeared, so I am going to post it here. The pattern is a beginner level. 

The free pattern is below.

Copyright - you have permission to make the leg warmers and even sell your products, but do not had permission to copy and share this pattern as your own. Most people are honest and respect the copyright laws, but I have to say this because there have been a few people who have copied my patterns and sold them as their own. Some have even taken pictures of the patterns in my books ands posted them for free on their blog or website. That is illegal and my publisher has dealt with them.
If you do make projects and sell them on etsy, or at a craft show, it would really be nice if you mention me as the designer. Enjoy the pattern!

Coffee Sleeve with Fur Trim - Free Crochet Beginner Pattern

I have at least 22 patterns for Coffee Sleeves and Coffee Cozies that I want to share with you. They will be free and all I ask is that you do not sell my patterns. If you share them please make sure you give me credit as the designer.  It's perfectly fine if you want to make any of my patterns and sell the item.
The written patterns are not very long and these should be a perfect project for a beginner.  I let other things get in the way of posting these patterns but I promise I will try to add one every few days.

Coffee Sleeve with Fun Fur Trim - free crochet beginner pattern
by Mary Jane Hall

Coffee Sleeves can also be considered a Coffee Cozy as far as the name, but the Sleeve is more like something you put on a paper cup such as one from Starbucks or McDonalds. You slip it on at the bottom of the paper cup.
But if you want a cozy for a mug, that's a little different. You can't put a Coffee Sleeve on a mug that has a handle. So I have different patterns for what I call a "Mug Cozy".
This first pattern is a Coffee Sleeve that slips on the bottom of a paper coffee cup.

Purple Coffee Sleeve with Fur Trim

Materials
Hook Size
US- G/6
UK - 8
Metric - 4.00mm

Yarn
(A) Red Heart Soft Yarn
Color -purple, or any other #4 worsted weight yarn. If using a thicker yarn you will have less stitches in each round. If using thinner yarn you will have more stitches in each round.
(B) Fun Fur or Eyelash yarn - purple

Starbucks paper cup

Instructions
All rows are sc (single crochet)
You will need to slip the Sleeve onto the cup after the second row to see how it fits. You may crochet tighter or loser than I do so that's why you need to try it on. Sorry I didn't write down a gauge with this pattern before I sold it at the craft fair! But this is easy enough for a beginner and it's not difficult to tighten up your stitches or use a smaller hook if the cozy is too loose on the cup. It's better to make it a little tight, because it will probably stretch from use.

Chain 28
Round 1: with yarn (A), Sc in 2nd chain from hook and in each chain to the end - 27 sc
Being careful not to twist chain, slip stitch into first stitch forming a ring. Do not turn. You will continue working in the round.
Rounds 2-11: sc in first sc of round and in each sc around, slip stitch to first sc - 27 sc
Note: by the end of the 2nd or 3rd round you should be able to keep working without the slip stitch.
After last round, end off, making sure the yarn is long enough to weave in.

Trim (B)
Make a slip knot and attach fun fur to any sc at top edge of sleeve. Sc in same space and in each sc around. Slip stitch to first sc, end off and weave in ends.

Peek A Boo Crochet Shrug and Hat

My Peek  Boo Shrug Design published in Kim Werker's Book, Get Hooked Again.
See link to FREE hat pattern below.

Many of you have probably heard of Kim Werker, who actually started the famous blog she called "Crochet Me". There are  many free patterns  posted, as well as paid patterns and all kinds of info about

crochet. After a few years she retired from that blog and it is now run by Interweave Crochet. 

 But years before she retired, Kim wrote her book Let's Get Hooked, which was geared 
more for young women. The designs would actually appeal more to teenagers. Then later, she decided to do Get Hooked Again! and she opened it up to other designers. So I submitted this shrug and skull cap and she accepted both for the book. There wasn't enough room in the book for the hat, so the free pattern  for my hat is Here

Free Crochet Pattern
Peek A Boo Hat by 
Mary Jane Hall

Zig Zag Striped Scarf - Free Crochet Pattern

Zig Zag Striped Scarf by Mary Jane Hall - Free Crochet Pattern

Back in 2006, not long after I had started designing professionally, a rep from Hobby Lobby contacted me, asking if I'd be interested in coming up with some original designs, using their yarn. The patterns would be in the form of "tear sheets". These are the free patterns you see in their stores. They offer them hoping you will use their yarn, which, by the way, is wonderful and high quality at an affortable price.  Other stores, such as Michaels and JoAnn Fabrics, do the same thing.  Of course I was thrilled and honored they considered me for this job.

I ended up doing a total of 7 designs using their beautiful yarns. That was such a fun time, as they would send me large boxes of different types of yarn, in many colors. Even though these were fun projects for me to do, many times I wished I could just go to the store and pick out other yarns with their "Yarn Bee" label, that I wanted to work with.

My patterns in the form of tear sheets are no longer in their 400+ stores across the nation, but for years you could find them there and on their website. I am not even sure if my patterns are at their site anymore, but I  found this one and will share it with you here.
You can substitute the yarn I used with any yarn of your choice. The yarn weight, your gauge and hook size do not matter when you're making a scarf. You can make it bulky or light weight and delicate. And if you want to make a "wrap" from this pattern, all you have to do is keep adding rows.

I hope you enjoy my pattern! If you share it, please link it back to me here, also giving me credit as the designer! Mary Jane Hall

Zig Zag Striped Scarf by Mary Jane Hall - Free Crochet Pattern

Wine Crochet Shrug - FREE Pattern by Mary Jane Hall

This easy crochet shrug is so cozy with the soft yarn that is used. It was originally published in a book called Top It Off! which is a book of designs by several different designers. I was fortunate enough to get my 2 designs on the front cover! That's always an honor. This pattern is now being offered as a FREE pattern HERE. I am really sorry the pattern for this shrug is no longer posted at that link. I will try to add my own personal pattern of this shrug here when I have the time. Please contact me if you want the pattern.

Wine Shrug by Mary Jsne Hall - Free Crochet Pattern

The pattern is basicslly a rectangle, so it's pretty quick and easy. This shrug would be a nice addition to your wardrobe for those cool nights and days. 

See the ways below this shrug can be worn. It can be turned into a scarf and a wrap too!

Free Crochet Sock Pattern for Beginners

Free Beginner Crochet Sock Pattern by Mary Jane Hall

Update: please see my notes at the end of this post before making the socks. It is very important.

The sock pattern I have written is for women's sizes 4-12 (shoe size) and men's shoe sizes 6-14. There are several pages to this pattern because I wanted to explain my Graduated Stitch Method of making shaped garments and accessories without using increases or decreases. I talk about how I introduced this method in Crochet That Fits and give lots of tips and have several photos as well, making the pattern easy to undrstand. Don't allow the number of pages to scare you! This is a beginner pattern and I want to be clear on the instructions. I think it will be pretty awesome for those who have always thought socks would be way too difficult to do.  I'm excited to hear your feedback and by all means please post a photo of your finished socks on Ravelry and connect to me as the designer.

Gorgeous Silk Yarn - Panda Silk by Crystal Palace

Important Notes you need to know before making the socks

Ignore the numbers at the end of row 1 (after it says "turn". That is not another row. I'm simply stating how many stitches you should have on that row. I should have just stated "155 total stitches on Row 1" or whatever the number is. It's been confusing to some people. I can only find my PDF copy and can't edit that, so have been looking for my original pattern for the socks. In the meantime just ignore the numbers at the end of each row and everything should be ok. Sorry if it confused anyone. I was really trying to make it easier for beginners, but it ended up confusing even more experienced crocheters. Just a note for in the future - when there is a dash and numbers at the end of a row (with any crochet pattern) that is the "total" number of stitches in that row.

I will also remind everyone that I am giving you permission to make and sell your finished product, but if you do sell anything of mine on etsy, craftsy, ebay, revelry, your blog, or any other place, you need to mention my name as the designer, so I will get the credit. Mentioning my name helps to promote me and my designs/books, therefore helping my income. There are people at the moment selling projects from my designs and have not mentioned my name, which makes it look like they are the designer. This is hurtful and just not right.

Also, remember that it is illegal to post my written pattern on the internet, so please be mindful of this. People have found my entire written patterns that are in my books, posted on websites in other countries and the publisher has had to contact them. This takes away sales from the book and has been a problem for other designers as well.

Thank you all for understanding and for being patient!

The downloadable pattern in PDF form is here.