5 Little Monsters: 2024

Christmas Tree Plush

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Today I am participating in the Giftstavaganza Blog Hop with Underground Crafter. For 33 days from the beginning of November through the beginning of December we will take turns sharing 33 free crochet patterns for handmade holiday ideas fitting the theme of the week. Each pattern will be available free on a blog but you will also be able to get the PDF free for 24 hours! There are also fun prizes to be won as part of the crochet along. Visit Underground Crafter to get all of the details.

Little Ghost Treat Bags

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I cannot believe it is already almost Halloween! I feel like October has just flown by for me. This time of year always does though. Once we hit October I feel like the months just start to fly by. We have Halloween in October so we are busy with preparing costumes and going to halloween activities and fall festivals at schools, church, and with family. Then we head straight into Thanksgiving and Christmas and all of the activities and parties and events that go along with those holidays.

Juniper Scarf

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Today I am excited to be joining the Holiday Stashdown Crochet Along. I have participated in this crochet along a few times now and I think it is a really fun one. It is an opportunity to get a start on some holiday projects and gifts, while hopefully being able to use up some yarn you already have in your stash. Each Monday and Thursday from September 30-December 12, 2024 there will be a new crochet pattern shared as part of the crochet along. Each pattern will be a one-skein or scrappy stash buster project, something that can be used as a holiday gift, decor, or wrap. In addition to all of the new holiday patterns, you can also win some really awesome prizes. Click on the link above or the picture below for all of the details on how you can participate, to find links to all of the patterns, and enter to win prizes.

Pumpkin Spice Hat

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It is finally fall, although it doesn't yet feel like it where I live, but that means it is time to start making all of the cold weather crochet projects. Hats, scarves, blankets, etc. Of all of those different projects hats are probably my favorite, although I do enjoy making all of them.

Floret Stitch Crocheted Washcloth

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I have not posted a new dishcloth/washcloth pattern for a long time, but I have been working on a few bigger projects that have been taking some time to finish and I wanted to make something small that I could finish quickly. A dishcloth is always a great project when I am looking for a quick finish, so I decided to make a set.

Plaid Pumpkins

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Although it is technically still summer I am very ready for fall. Once my kids head back to school I am ready to make that transition to all things pumpkins and fall leaves. And I wouldn't mind temperatures to match. I love fall, it is my favorite season of the year.

Little Pterry- Little Dinos Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 12

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It is Day 12, the final day of the Little Dinos Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. The last little dino in the crochet along is a little Pterodactyl.

Little Ank- Little Dinos Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 11

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It is the second to last day of the Little Dinos Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. Today is Day 11 of 12. Today's little dino is an Ankylosaurus.

Little Hatchling- Little Dinos Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 10

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Today is Day 10 of the Little Dinos Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. Today's Little Dino is a little bit different than the others in the series because this one is not a specific type of dinosaur. The pattern for today is a tiny little hatching dinosaur.

Little Lophie- Little Dinos Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 9

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We are now three-quarters of the way through the Little Dinos Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. Today is Day 9 of the crochet along and the Little Dino for today is Little Lophie the Parasaurolophus.

Little T-Rex- Little Dinos Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 8

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Today is Day 8 of the Little Dinos Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along and today's little dino is one that was an absolute must to include, because you can't have a set of dinosaurs without one of the most well known dinosaurs of all time, the Tyrannosaurus Rex. So for today's pattern meet Little T-Rex.

Little Palm- Little Dinos Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 7

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Today is the first day of the second week of the Little Dinos Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. Day 7 brings us the second non-dinosaur mini amigurumi of the series, a Little Palm Tree.

Little Three-Horn- Little Dino Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 6

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Today marks the halfway point of the Little Dinos Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. The pattern for today is Little Three-Horn, a tiny Triceratops.

Little Plesi- Little Dinos Crochet Along Day 5

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We are nearing the halfway point of the Little Dinos Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along with today being Day 5. For today we have a mini water dinosaur- Little Plesi the Plesiosaur.

Little Pachy- Little Dinos Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 4

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It is Day 4 of the Little Dinos Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. Today's Little Dino is a little Pachycephalosaurus, the hard headed, head-butting dinosaur.

Little Volcano- Little Dinos Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 3

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Today is Day 3 of the Little Dinos Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along, and today is the first day that is not a dinosaur. The majority of the patterns included in this set will be dinosaurs, but there are a couple that are kind of dinosaur adjacent, but not dinosaurs, and that is the case today with the Little Volcano.

Little Longneck- Little Dinos Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 2

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It is Day 2 of the Little Dinos Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along, and today's dinosaur is a Little Longneck.

Little Steggie- Little Dinos Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 1

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Today is the day! The first day of the Summer 2024 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. This day has been a long time coming, I have had to push back the start a couple of times due to life stuff, being out of town, and just needing a little extra time to get the patterns all ready, so I am excited to finally get started. In case you missed the announcement, the theme for this crochet along is little dinosaurs.

School Subject Notebook Labels

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I can hardly believe that it is almost time for school to start again, I have even seen some people saying school has already started for them. My kids go back in a couple of weeks. As a result the last few weeks have included some back to school prep, registration, back to school shopping, school supplies, and all of that stuff.

Little Dinos Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along

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It is time for another Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along, the Summer 2024 Mini Amiguurmi Crochet Along. I had planned to do a poll again to let people vote on the theme like I did for the spring crochet along, as well as last year's summer crochet along, but honestly I just kind of ran out of time. I reached a point where I needed to get started designing the patterns in order to have everything ready in time so I just had to decide on a theme. I had a few options I was considering so I had my family help me decide and they choose...

Flags of the World Banner

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I love international sporting events, like I never really pay attention to soccer but I love following the World Cup or the Copa America and Euro Cup type tournaments. Not to the point where I actually watch the games, but I like to follow along with how each country is doing. And the Olympics are the biggest international competition of them all so I always get excited when the Olympics come around, doesn't matter if it is winter or summer. And again, I don't watch all of the events but I love following along with the medal counts and watching some of the events throughout the games, even the ones I know nothing about like curling.

Simple Patchwork Christmas Pillow

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Today I am excited to be participating in the Christmas in July Make Along with Underground Crafter. The make along runs the whole month of July, so we are already into week 4, and each week has a different theme of handmade holiday projects, including knitting, crochet, and sewing projects. The theme for each week are:

Week 1 (July 1-7): Babies, Kids, and Teens
Week 2 (July 8-14): Women
Week 3 (July 15-21): Gifts for Anyone
Week 4 (July 22-28): Home
Week 5 (July 29-31): Pets

Old Glory Patchwork Pillow

The 4th of July is just around the corner so I thought it would be fun to make a patriotic pillow to decorate my living room. I had a red, white, and blue charm pack, Old Glory, that I ordered a couple of months ago from Missouri Star Quilt Co. with this project in mind when I got it.

10 Years of 5 Little Monsters- Top Posts of the Last Decade

I cannot believe it has been 10 years since I started this blog, but today is my 10 year blog anniversary. That first post 10 years ago was pretty much just a "Hi, I'm starting a blog" post, and it was a few weeks before I actually shared a project that I made, but I'm still counting it as day one.

Fun in the Sun Zipper Pouch

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Summer is in full swing here and life has been a bit crazy with all of the summer activities. I have not been posting as much as I had hoped to the past couple of months. Every year as the school year winds down I think that this year will be different and I will actually be organized enough to get all of the projects I have planned done and posted despite every other part of my life being super busy. And then May arrives and there are a million end of the school year activities and then summer comes and everything that comes along with that, having kids home, trips, camps, running kids to all of their activities, and I find myself realizing that it has been almost a month since I last posted and in fact this year was not different than other and I am just as behind on getting posts up as I am every other year.

Trinity Stripe Crocheted Hat

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Last week I shared a new scarf pattern, the Trinity Stripe Cowl, and today I have the matching hat, the Trinity Stripe Hat. Both patterns are part of the Scarf and Hat or the month put on by Oombawka Design and the Stitching Mommy. Each month they both share new hat and scarf designs, as well as having a guest designer, which this month is me!

Trinity Stripe Crocheted Cowl

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It may seem like sort of a weird time to be posting a new hat and scarf pattern since here we are finishing up our last week of school before summer break and changing out clothes from hoodies and jeans to shorts and t-shirts. But this month I am joining Oombawka Design and the Stitching Mommy as the guest designer for their Scarf of the Month Club (and Hat of the Month Club next week).

Crocheted Parasaurolophus

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A few years ago I made a crocheted dinosaur softie as part of a softie crochet-a-long. It was just a super generic dinosaur, not any specific kind, but after that I decided I wanted to make a whole set of dinosaurs of different kinds. It has been on my to-do/idea list for a long time now. After a couple of years I finally got around to making a Triceratops as the first variation, but I still had plans for more.

Gift Card Holder Tags

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May is always such a crazy month. It is the end of the school year so there are always lots of activities, banquets, award ceremonies, performances, etc. Then you throw on top of that the fact that kids, at least in our district, have state and end of the year testing going on, and plans are being made for summer. It just gets crazy busy.

Kid's Craft- Painted Pencil Cups for Teacher Appreciation

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My kids are always asking to paint stuff. It is one of their favorite crafty things to do. I typically have a little stash of stuff that can be painted in my craft supplies, unfinished wood stuff, canvases, etc., and they love looking through it to find stuff they can paint.

Double Grid Market Bag

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As we start getting closer to summer I always find myself gravitating towards crochet projects made with cotton yarn. There is just something about working with cotton yarn that feels summery to me. I think part of it is the fact that it isn't really a yarn you use for warmth so it isn't used as much for cold weather accessories and winter projects.

Mossy Blocks Blanket

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Often making one project ends up being the thing that inspires another project. Sometimes it is something like making a stuffed animal and thinking about how I could change something simple like the ear shape to turn it into another animal. Other times it is something like is the case with this project where the stitch pattern that I use in a project makes me want to try it in another project.

Small Snail- Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 12

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This is the last day of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along, Day 12. I feel like these 2 weeks have flown by, and I can't believe this is the final pond pal. For the last animal I decided to make a little Small Snail.

Little Ladybug- Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 11

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Today is Day 11 of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. Crazy that tomorrow is already the last day. Today's mini animal is a Little Ladybug.

Bitty Bluebird- Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 10

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We are almost to the end of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along, we are already to Day 10, only two more days to go after today. Day 10 is another little bird, the last bird of the set, this time a little Bitty Bluebird.

Friendly Frog- Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 9

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It is Day 9 of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. Three quarters of the way done, only 3 more days to go. The animal that joins the Pond Pals today is a little Friendly Frog.

Beautiful Butterfly- Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 8

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It is Day 8 of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along, and for today's animal we have a Beautiful Butterfly.

Mini Mallard- Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day

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Today we start the second week of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. It is Day 7 of the 12 days of the crochet along. Today is also the second bird of the series, a Mini Mallard.

Bumbling Bee- Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 6

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Today is Day 6 of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. That means we are already halfway through and today finishes up week 1 of the 2 week long crochet along. Today is another little bug, this time a Bumbling Bee.

Teensy Turtle- Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 5

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We are all the way to day 5 of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. I can't believe we are already almost done with the first week. Tomorrow is the halfway point. Today's animal is a little Teensy Turtle.

Wiggly Worm- Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 4

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We are to Day 4 of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along, more than halfway through the first week. So far we have 2 bugs and 1 bird, and today we add a Wiggly Worm.

Happy Hummingbird- Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day3

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Today is Day 3 of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. That means we are already a quarter of the way through, and today is not a bug! The first bird in the series is a little Happy Hummingbird.

Adorable Ant- Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 2

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It is Day 2 of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. Yesterday was a dragonfly and today an adorable little ant joins the pond pals.