Traced Hand Pattern – Free Embroidery Tutorial

As a mother, I have been keeping my child’s artwork with her handprints since she was born. I cherish those drawings. Here’s a unique way to capture those keepsakes from One Savvy Mom.

In this tutorial you will find a detailed supply list along with step by step instructions to help you with your project. The stitching is simple so it would be a good project for beginners. As you can see, there is a special added touch…a felt heart in the center. I love that design element, and think it ties the entire design together. The date is also a nice addition, since kids’ hands change so much over the years.

My daughter is too old for this now, but I wish I had thought of making this project when she was younger. This would be an ideal gift for a grandparent or mother or father.

Click here to get the free tutorial: Embroidered Hand Prints

[photo from One Savvy Mom]

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Still looking for more patterns? Check these flower embroidery patterns out on Etsy and these designs over on the DMC blog.

If your family is the sort to do a turkey trot for Thanksgiving, or even just to take family pictures, you’ll want to get started knitting up some Turkey Sack Hats with this pattern from Underground Crafter.

The pattern uses super bulky yarn and is rated easy. It’s knit flat but there are a few skills in here around the shaping of the eyes, which includes changing colors, working bobbles and doing a wicked purl 3 together decrease. Twice.

But that’s all in one row, and the rest of it is pretty simple. The beak is worked separately and sewn on, and the side of the hat is stitched up to make it into a hat.

What’s great about this one is that it comes in 10 sizes, ranging from newborn to adult large, so you really can make one for everyone in the family. And because it uses super bulky yarn you can knit a bunch pretty quickly if that’s a thing you’d like to do.

It’s also fun because you could use this base pattern to make different animals or for different holidays. Make it all in orange and stitch on a jack o’lantern face for Halloween, or make a white one that’s a snowman, for example.

In any style this would also be a fun gag gift for that person in your life who has everything or doesn’t want gifts, or if you do a secret Santa or white elephant gift exchange at work or elsewhere.

And make sure whether you’re making it a turkey or some other character that you include the pom poms at the top! They’re just so cure and a great way to add a bit more color to the project, and they’re easy to make. (See also: ways to make a pompom with yarn.)

You can grab the free pattern at the Underground Crafter website.

[Photo: Underground Crafter]

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