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Bear of the Month Crochet Along- a 2026 Monthly Amigurumi Crochet Along

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My last crochet along was the Bewitching Bears Crochet Along which included 6 little Halloween Bears. Since then I have also announced the Bitty Blizzard Crochet Along that will be starting in a couple of weeks, but I also have another crochet along announcement to make that starts soon! This one is a little different than the others I have done, and it was inspired by the Bewitching Bears Crochet Along. So without further ado let me tell you about the...

Friday Five: 5 Crocheted Christmas Ornaments


It is Friday again, which means time for another Friday Five. Since Christmas is less than a week away this will be the last Friday Five that will be Christmas themed. I had actually planned this theme for last week but I ended up getting sick and not getting the post up, but I think it is actually a really good last minute Christmas theme since they are all small projects that don't require a lot of time to make. The theme for the final Christmas themed Friday Five is Crocheted Christmas Ornaments.  

Painted Gingerbread Ornaments

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I have made some crocheted iced gingerbread ornaments, and some Cricut felt and iron on gingerbread ornaments so I figured it was time to make some painted wooden gingerbread ornaments. 

Crossed Doubles Christmas Ornaments

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I recently shared a pattern for some crocheted ornaments that fit over a Christmas ball ornament. I had gotten a big box of the ornaments and after I made the last ones, using the trinity stitch, I had several ideas for other ornaments that I could make using different stitches. I decided to make a second set with a different stitch. Since Christmas is coming up fast I probably won't make anymore for this year, but there are more stitch designs I want to try so there will likely be more next year.  

Friday Five: 5 Christmas Decor Projects

  

Today is Friday, which means it is time for another Friday Five. This is one of those times that I kind of regret doing the Friday Five theme with only 5 projects, because I have way more than 5 projects that fit in this theme and it was really hard to choose which ones to include on this list. I wished I could either add more than 5 to the list or have more weeks until Christmas so I could break it into multiple weeks either by craft or by project type, but Christmas will be here in just a few week and I don't have time for that.

Bitty Blizzard Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along

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After I finished my last crochet along, the Bewitching Bears Crochet Along, I posted a poll on social media for you to vote on the next crochet along theme. I had 4 options for a Christmas/Winter themed crochet along, 2 were very much Christmas themed, 2 were more just winter themed. I shared the poll in a few different places to give as many people possible a chance to vote on their favorite theme. The first time I counted up the votes in order to pick the winner the top three picks were separated by one vote each, so I was worried that having people vote to choose the theme may not have been the most effective option. I decided to wait a few days and add the votes up again and that time, although they were all still close, one theme did rise to the top with more votes than the others. The theme that ended up in first place is...

Trinity Stitch Christmas Ornaments

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Last year I bought a big box of clear ball Christmas ornaments with a few different projects in mind, and I made a few of them, but I had every intention of using some of them to make some crochet covered ornaments but with other projects I was working on it didn't happen last year. So this year I pulled out my box of ornaments and made some quick crocheted ornaments.