International Talk Like A Pirate Day - round up of great Pirate Patterns

Ahoy ye land lubbers! It's International Talk Like A Pirate Day on the 19th September and I thought I'd do a quick round up of some cool Pirate Patterns from me and others:

Starting from the top right:

- Free Pirate Eye Patch Tutorial I designed last year, which can be found here,

- Roger The Pirate Softie Pattern, designed by Abby Glassenberg, which I featured on the blog a couple of weeks ago (here) and can be bought from Abby's website While She Naps,

- Then there is my son's favourite - the Pirate Sword, which is another of my free tutorials, found here,

- Next up is this seriously cool Pirate Hide Out pattern, by Miss Pretty Pretty on Etsy and can be bought here,

- The crochet Pirate Ship Pattern is amazing - I just wish I could crochet! It's by Sky Magenta (also on Etsy) and can be found here

- And lastly is the Pirate Treasure Map that can be found in my Etsy shop here

Hope you have some fun making Piratey things this week and that your little ones enjoy playing with them!

Pirates Ahoy! More Pirate Patterns - Pirate Treasure Map

Ahem. I know you probably all think that it's me that's the pirate addict in our house, but I promise it's not - it really is Patrick, actually and Seren... Oh go on then, and ME!

We all love Pirates and a while ago I was badgered to make Patrick a Treasure Map:

This was to go with his Pirate Sword (tutorial here) and his Pirate Eye Patch (tutorial here)

And after a slight time lapse (good intentions and all that!)....... I have finally made the Treasure Map into a PDF pattern which can be bought from my Etsy Shop here

Whilst creating this pattern I discovered that by fantastic coincidence the lovely Abby Glassenburg, who writes the gorgeous blog While She Naps was also creating a Pirate Pattern - for Roger the Pirate, a soft doll, who looks SO much fun! You can buy the pattern from Abby's website here and how cute is he?!

Picture by Abby Glassenburg - While She Naps

I think as soon as my two see this chappie, I'll be dispatched to make them both one of these too!

How to Entertain your kids on Rainy Days - Treasure Maps

Predictably for the UK, the Whitsun half term has started with rain.

So to keep the kids entertained this afternoon and using the Treasure Map that I'm making for Patrick as inspiration, we've been on a treasure hunt!

The map I'm making for Patrick is for his wall (and to be taken down ans played with) as he has a pirate themed bedroom in the making. So far I've got this done on it:

Which Patrick is over the moon with (phew!) And Seren helped him make this treasure map after lunch:

Once they were suitably distracted, tidying up (wonders will never cease!) I hid two kinder eggs and they happily spent the next 35 minutes being pirates on an expedition.

Their reward? Well, I captured Seren before hers disappeared, but wasn't quick enough to get a snap of Patrick!

You may remember last year I shared a Pirate Eye Patch and a Pirate Sword tutorial on the blog, have fun with those for your little pirates' adventures!