This Sugar Skull Themed Knitting Crocheting Craft Collection are beautiful projects that are very popular during Halloween and Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) even though they are two very different holidays. Plus there are so many people who just adore wearing decorative skulls styled in their clothing.
Day of the Dead is an interesting holiday celebrated in central and southern Mexico during the chilly days of November 1 & 2. Even though this coincides with the Catholic holiday called All Soul’s & All Saint’s Day, the indigenous people have combined this with their own ancient beliefs of honoring their deceased loved ones.
Sugar skulls represented a departed soul, had the name written on the forehead and was placed on the home offering or gravestone to honor the return of a particular spirit. Sugar skull art reflects the folk art style of big happy smiles, colorful icing and sparkly tin and glittery adornments.
Click here to read about how to create a full face Day of the Dead Mask:
http://superhappyfunknittytime.typepad.com/blog/2012/09/sugar-skull-winter-mask-pattern.html
Click here to read about how to create skull scarf and gloves:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/narrow-crochet-skull-scarf
Click here to read about how to make a FREE CROCHET SKULL PATTERN:
http://blog.darice.com/basics/crochet-skull-pattern/
Click here to read about Day of the Dead Bracelet:
http://www.insidecrochet.co.uk/patterns/day-of-the-dead-bracelet/
Click here to read about how to create Filet Skull Doily:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/filet-skull-doily
Click here to read about how to make a Day of the Dead Skull and Roses Mask:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sugar-skull-mask
Click here to read about Crochet Skull Scarf Shawl:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/narrow-crochet-skull-scarf
Click here to read about how to create a Day Of the Dead Skull Bracelet Pattern:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hybiscus-day-of-the-dead-skull-bracelet-pattern
Click here to read about how to make a lost skull souls scraf:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lost-souls-scarf
Click here to read about how to create a Crocheted Solid Body Skull Scarf:
https://stitchnoir.com/2015/03/17/crochet-pattern-solid-body-skull-scarf/
Click here to read about Double Ended Sugar Skull Bookmark:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lost-souls-bookmarker
Click here to read about how to crochet Skull trick or treat bags:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/trick-or-treat-bags
Click here to read about how to create a Sublime Skull Shawl:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/skull-shawl-doskallesjal
Click here to read about to make crochet Skull Snowflake Pattern:
http://warmerthanawitchsknits.blogspot.com/2014/02/erishkigal-skully-snowflak.html
Click here to read about how to make a Crochet Granny Square Skull Pattern:
http://crochetnirvana.weebly.com/blog/crochet-granny-skull-pattern