As you would have seen if you have been following, my first attempt at filling the custom order that came in my Etsy shop was posted yesterday. Those crochet ninja turtle hands weren’t exactly what he was looking for, so these crochet tortoise hands were my second attempt and he loved these ones.
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Crochet Tortoise Hands Project Info:
Craft: Crochet
Made For: Custom order on Etsy 😊
Size: Child 3-10 years old
Started: September 29, 2014
Completed: October 1, 2014
Hook sizes: 4.0 mm (G) ; 5.0 mm (H)
Pattern Info:
Here is the pattern for my Crochet Turtle / Minion / Alien Hands. As it turns out, all three of those creatures have very similar hand styles. ha ha. This pattern is complemented by my Ninja Turtle Newsboy Hat and/or Beanie Pattern.
Yarn used for the Crochet Tortoise Hands
Lion Brand Wool Ease in the colorway Clove I’m not sure you can find this colorway anymore, but wool ease still has some great color choices.
A few other good substitutes would be: Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice , Red Heart Soft, Bernat Softee Baby and Caron Simply Soft, to name a few.
Great yarn websites to check out would be: LoveCrafts, Lion Brand, Knitpicks/We Crochet , Mary Maxim and Knitcrate.
Crochet Hooks and tools
For this project I used U.S. Size G (4.0 mm) and H (5.0mm) hooks.
Furthermore, something else that comes in handy if you decide you’d like to stitch these sets up for yourself is a good set of crochet hooks. Undoubtedly my favorite brand to use are the Knit Picks brand.
I also have a cute little set from Amazon that I love too. You can buy this one fairly inexpensively and it comes with some tools and notions that will be helpful too. Several buying options to choose from and I don’t think you can go wrong with any of them. 🙂 Additionally I have the light up set pictured below. I love that it’s rechargeable!
Make it even more fun and get the whole beginner crochet kit.
Additional Tools for when your wrists and/or hands ache
If you are like me and you knit and crochet a lot, something that I have found is useful at times is a pair of stress relief gloves. I own a few different kinds, but I do think any of them is better than not using anything at all if your hands and wrists are bothering you. In fact I’ll include a few links for you to check out.
Need a little more help?
That should be about all you need if you want to try this one out. If you feel like you might need a little extra assistance and want online classes to help you, check out the links below for Crafty and Annie’s. Both have numerous classes to choose from to improve your skills or teach you something new. You can always learn something new!
Please let me know if you have any questions or need any help. However if you are more interested in custom ordering one already made, you can contact me for that as well. I still sell the finished items. You can contact me here or find me in my Etsy shop: Stay@Home Stitchings
Happy Stitching!
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~Mindy~
