20 crochet ideas you can finish in an evening

Some nights you don't want to start a blanket. You want to cast on, hook for two hours, and put something finished on the table. Here are twenty ideas that fit inside an evening.

Home

1. Face scrubbies in cotton: a 6-round circle, make a stack.
2. Mug cosy with a button loop, 12 rows of sc in worsted.
3. Plant pot cover in jute or cotton, worked in the round.
4. Coasters in double crochets-only granny circles.
5. Hanging basket for a small plant, bulky cotton, a circle then straight sides.
6. Jar cosy for a candle or pens.

Wear

1. Ear warmer headband in a rib stitch (sc in back loops only).
2. Bulky cowl with a 9mm (US M/13) hook and super bulky yarn: 6 rows and done.
3. Fingerless mitts worked as a tube with a gap for the thumb.
4. Hair scrunchie over a hair elastic in silky fingering.
5. A single bold flower brooch with a safety pin sewn on.

Gifts

1. Keyring hearts from scraps.
2. Bookmark in a filet or lace stitch, blocked flat.
3. Baby bib in cotton DK.
4. Reusable gift bow to top a parcel.
5. Bottle sling for a wine or water bottle.

Seasonal

1. Star bunting in 5-point stars.
2. Baubles worked as small balls around a polystyrene shape.
3. Pumpkin in orange bulky: one rectangle, seamed and cinched.
4. Snowflakes in cotton fingering, stiffened with a sugar solution.

Pick one, set a timer for the kettle, and post what you made. Tag it quick make so others can find it.

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