Well, I did try a couple! I wanted them lightweight, so I cut pieces of styrofoam(from a pkg), into circles, covered them in muslin circle, hot glued edges together, then took strips of checkered homespun(red) and brought it around in 2 directions to make the stripe..turned out good...did it before i went to work yesterday, so not done yet.....didnt get it tea stained yet.....will try to post pics if and when i get them completed thanks for your help

See if this is what you want...you can do it as is, or in stockinette stitch http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/baby-child/puffin-hoodiepullovr.html

I believe you are looking for Leisure Arts Booklet 777, New Crochet Basics.

I found this one: http://www.karpstyles.com/catalog.html?item=1859&catid=Out%20of%20Print Good luck.