I have been so excited for this pattern and giveaway! The Embrace Hand Muff crochet pattern is part of a collaboration with Knitcrate.

Knitcrate is a yarn subscription service where you get a box of wonderful yarn goodness shipped right to your door! They have several different monthly options available to choose from.

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The Knitcrate Membership box is a monthly subscription featuring an in-house premium yarn brand & 2 exclusive patterns (1 knitting, 1 crochet). Ships worldwide & shipping and handling are included in the price! Check out the video below as I uncrate the box that includes my pattern and the yarn that comes with it — gorgeous!

The Embrace Hand Muff pattern I designed is included in the Knitcrate Membership box as the crochet pattern for the month of January 2019! I was so excited and honored when Knitcrate reached out and asked me to collaborate with them to provide a pattern for one of their boxes!

This pattern is only available as an ad-free, printable PDF! You can purchase the individual pattern, or if you love PDFs, you might want to check out my Lifetime Membership. It’s an awesome deal! Never pay for one of my PDFs again!!

Purchase the ad-free pdf of this pattern for a small fee at HERE.  Thank you so much for supporting my work!

If you would like a chance to win the January box Knitcrate so generously offered as a giveaway to my wonderful readers be sure to enter below. You will receive the box shown in the video with the yarn and patterns included! Open to US residents only and ends 02/28/2019. If you are on mobile and have difficulty entering, please use a desktop computer to enter. Only the Facebook visit is mandatory – all other tasks are optional, for bonus entries only.  Good luck! Update: Giveaway is now ended

I really wanted to design something unique and eye catching. You don’t see a lot of crochet patterns for hand muffs out there and I just love how retro they look — and it really is super cozy and warm!

I decided on the Balloon Stitch for the hand muff and I am so glad I did — it really makes the muff! The Balloon Stitch is a very textured stitch using back and front post double crochet stitches. If you aren’t familiar with the front and back post stitches I have a video tutorial below which will help you with those stitches.

I will also be releasing the matching hat pattern as a free pattern which will also have a video tutorial so if you want more help with the Balloon Stitch pattern be sure to subscribe to my YouTube Channel to get notified when it gets released! Update: Link to Balloon Stitch Hat HERE. Link to Balloon Stitch Hat Tutorial HERE.