Free Crochet & Knit Patterns, many with free tutorials.
We love a stitch library to expand our crochet skills. We have an extensive library on YouTube as well. Try some of these crochet ideas.
Single Compress Stitch This Single Compress Stitch appears in a free pattern called the Textured Crochet Blocks Afghan. It is 2 Motifs of 6 motifs that are required for that pattern. The two motifs that I am referring to is that two motifs are identical in stitches but done with different colours to add variety…
Reverse Single Crochet aka Crab Stitch The reverse single crochet is a relatively new stitch Mikey learned in 2014. Grabbing onto the fundamentals of doing this stitch in reverse is a bit of a trick to how you rotate your hook. It is meant for borders and final trim work. You can see it on…
Crinkle Stitch This Crinkle Stitch appears in a free pattern called the Textured Crochet Blocks Afghan. It is 1 of 6 motifs that are required for that pattern. This pattern combination gets rid of the typical straight lines you see in crochet to make your project look more solid. The combination combo is strictly single…
Nesting V-Stitch The Nesting V-Stitch is simply the V-Stitch but the placement of the next row higher has the middle of the next V-Stitch directly in the middle of the one right below. The advantage of this type of stitch is the nesting quality. Due to the stitches positioning, when the project is not stretched,…
Side to Side Stitch This Side to Side Stitch appears in a free pattern called the Textured Crochet Blocks Afghan. It is 1 of 6 motifs that are required for that pattern. This stitch strongly resembles the look of a corner to corner stitch but without being a corner to corner. It is worked up…
Popping Bobbles Stitch This Popping Bobbles Stitch appears in a free pattern called the Textured Crochet Blocks Afghan. It is 1 of 6 motifs that are required for that pattern. The Popping Bobbles are extremely 3D. It’s really quite cool! To complete this pattern, there are a total of two sets of bobbles that are…
Puff Stitch The Puff Stitch is exactly what the title says, it causes the stitches to be together which pushes them out like a puff. Puff stitches can be a combo of a number of posts being brought together to form the look. You will need to see the special instructions of any pattern to…
Broomstick Lace Stitch Yes… You really do use a Broomstick or something like a huge dowel or knitting needle to master this stitch. It’s a bit cumbersome at first but once you get your own style and flow, it gets much easier. Best of all, because the lacy part is such tall, making this goes…
Wave Step Stitch This Wave Step Stitch is a bit tricky to master in the very beginning but comes easier as you start to identify the stitches and recognize how the pattern comes together. This creates a horizontal wave across your work in a stepping up and stepping down visual appearance. It’s pretty neat if…
Corner to Corner Stitch Corner to Corner also known as C2C is really popular. The idea that it builds up from 1 corner and gets bigger. It then gets it’s maximum size, decided by you, and then you start decreasing to get to the other corner. It creates a diagonal look to your afghan when…
Wave Stitch The typical wave stitch has a beautiful raise into the hill tops and lowering down to the valleys. Getting started is usually what stumps a crocheter. Keeping the edges straight is pretty easy once you start to identify the repeat pattern. Video tutorial is also available to show you how to do this….
Triangle Granny Crochet Triangle Grannies are similar to square grannies but obviously there is only 3 times instead of 4. Turning the corners are slightly different as the corner needs to be more than 90 degrees. Getting started is the trick, once you get beyond the beginning, turn on the TV sit back and relax….
