You may have noticed the new spring diorama grants us a rare look through a garden of crocheted flowers onto Hodge and Podge enjoying a picnic. It will be an ongoing project throughout this spring and summer to update, revise, amend, and polish it. By the end of the summer, I’m hoping that every item in the diorama will be knit or crochet. Keep checking in each month to see how it’s changing. I’m planning on adding birds, butterflies, and a few more flowers. What else do you think I should add?
Easter or not, Hodge and Podge still had to do their laundry yesterday. To make the chore a little more interesting, they decided to hide plastic eggs with quarters in them for their fellow laundry patrons to find.
Happy Easter!
Daisies are one of my favorite flowers. They’re simple and cheerful and the ultimate symbol of cute. Just name something Daisy and its cuteness rating goes up exponentially. Take for instance Daisy the world’s cutest cat, Daisy Duke, Daisy Duck, Daisy Buchanan, Daisy Fuentes… the list goes on. But my favorite Daisy moniker is Daisy the Pterosaur, named for the nine-year-old girl who found this dinosaur’s bones in the sand while on a family visit to the beach.
Okay, daisies are cute: you get the point. Now you know why I included daisies in my spring diorama for Squirrel Picnic and why I have to restrain myself from embellishing everything within arms’ reach with these little flowers. If you too would like to add a little cheer to a headband, spring sweater, or Easter table setting, whip up a few of these easy crochet daisies.
A friendly little squirrel by the name of Stoney stopped by Squirrel Picnic on his way from the East Coast.
He had traveled 1,500 miles from North Carolina (that’s 8,025,600 squirrel hops!) to come to Colorado in search of adventure. And he says so far it’s the best place he’s ever been. He especially loves the city and all the fun people he has met.
Within minutes of arriving in Denver, he met a very nice lady who was so taken with him that she offered him a job as a mascot for her company, Keep It in Colorado. What luck!
He was very excited and anxious to wrap up his journey and get to his new job, but we couldn’t let him leave without a party. It wasn’t the same as the barbecues back home, but he said that it was awful kind of us. This fella really does like barbecue. He wouldn’t stop talking about how the first thing he’s going to do at his new job is to find the best barbecue in Denver.
Best of luck, Stoney! And welcome to Colorado.
“Frogs are really leprechauns. That’s why you always see so many of them after it rains — we’re all out looking for rainbows and pots of gold.” – Mayor Snack Frog
Your days of sloshing through puddles in search of rainbows and pots of gold are over. Whip up your own pot o’ gold and every day can be your lucky day.
Finished size 3 inches tall
Small amount of black worsted weight yarn
Small amount of gold lace weight yarn
Small amount of green worsted weight yarn
Polyester fiber fill
Size G-6 (4.00 mm) crochet hook
Size C-2 (2.75 mm) crochet hook
Tapestry needle
Crochet the Black Pot
With a size G-6 hook and black yarn, ch 2
Round 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook
Round 2: 2 sc in each st around (12)
Round 3: *Sc 1, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * 6 times (18)
Round 4: *Sc 2, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * 6 times (24)
Round 5: *Sc 3, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * 6 times (30)
Rounds 6-10: Sc 30
Round 11: *Sc 1, decrease, repeat from * 9 times (20)
Round 12: Sc in the FL of each sc around, slst into the 1st st of the round
Round 13: Crocheting in the FL again, *sc 1, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * 9 times, slst into 1st st of the round (30)
Fasten off and weave in end.
Crochet the Gold
With a size G-6 hook and gold yarn, ch 2
Round 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook
Round 2: 2 sc in each st around (12)
Round 3: *Sc 1, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * 6 times (18)
Round 4: *Sc 2, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * 6 times (24)
Round 5: *Sc 3, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * 6 times (30)
Round 6: Sc in each st around
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Crochet the Shamrock
With a size C-2 hook and green yarn, ch 3. Join with slst to 1st ch to form a ring.
For the petals: *Ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2, slst in ring. Repeat from * 2 times.
For the stem: Ch 4, sc in 2nd chain from hook, and slst in remaining 2 chains. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Assemble
Sew the shamrock to the side of your pot of gold.
Stuff the pot with fiber fill.
Using the long tail of gold yarn and your tapestry needle, sew the “gold” to Round 11 of the pot.
Fiercely guard your gold from leprechauns.
