Inspired by season three of the Bridgerton Netflix Series is the Flower Headband and Hair Clips pattern. Everyone, my dearest stitchers, the court now has some floral projects for the warmer season ahead. The flowers can be made into a headband or even individual hair clips. . . More Inspiration for the Bridgerton Inspired group...
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Crochet Bridgerton Inspired Hair Bow Pattern + Tutorial
Inspired by the Netflix series called Bridgerton, this Crochet Hair Bow can be quickly done using the moss, granite or linen stitch concept. The free tutorial will take you through the growth to start this hair bow, then through the body and decrease down the other side. It's a lovely pattern to try. This uses...
Bridgerton-Inspired Knit Hair Bow Pattern + Tutorial
Inspired by Bridgerton, the Netflix Series that is a historical period that is trending in 2024 is the Knit Hair Bow. This uses Red Heart Roll With It Melange yarn for this amazing coloured wearable. For casual occasions or whatever your heart's desire may be. The tutorial will take you through the complete growth of...
Crochet Mobile Alert Cell Phone Holder Pattern
The Crochet Mobile Alert Cell Phone Holder is a great gift and tabletop accessory. Angled for sitting at a desk and getting facial recognition without strain. Sit in front of your keyboard or a surface for quick glancing without having to pick up your phone. Should you need to see an alert in more detail,...
Knit Tricks: How to Keep Perfect Stitch Edges + Tutorial
As a new knitter, your edges can look like hell. The tension can create horrible edges, and you may question whether knitting is right for you. There's a simple trick you can do—it's too simple to be true. BUT IT WORKS! Just slip-stitch the first loop purl-wise onto the other needle without doing anything to...
Crochet Big Granny Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
This beginner crochet project is called the Big Granny Square Blanket. If you love the granny square like I do you will fly through this blanket. If you haven't made one yet, you need to add this lovely basic pattern to your repertoire. It's essentially 1 massive granny square that goes in a complete square....
Crochet Granny Rectangle Afghan Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet your own Granny Rectangle Afghan. You may love this rectangle version if you love Granny Square Afghans as one big solid granny square. Once you get this going, going around the rectangle resembles a giant granny square. More Ideas to Share Based on the free pattern provided, the afghan will measure approximately 60" wide...
Crochet Rectangle Thick Granny Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
This thick Crochet Rectangle Granny Blanket uses Bernat Blanket Extra yarn. It uses 7 balls in total and is 56" x 58". It's considered a beginner-level project. Crochet in the round to make it work. It's a great project to work up if you are just learning the granny and will work up quickly with...
Free Crochet and Knit Bridgerton-Inspired Patterns
The next season of Bridgerton is coming up. Oh, the drama in this popular Netflix series. There are so many questions. Personally, I love the cultural diversity of the cast in this series. Those cute guys with accents give me a fan... I'm overheating here! Miss Featherington is trying to find her way into the...
Crochet Baby Blanket and Booties Set Pattern + Tutorial
Blanket and Booties Set This is a combo free pattern set featuring a delicate crochet baby blanket and baby booties for 6 - 12-month sizes. The blanket is an open lacy stitch which I think would be appropriate for very special occasions and certainly would be well received as a gift at the baby shower....
Crochet Chevron Stripes Blanket Pattern
Crochet Chevron Stripes Blanket The Crochet Chevron Stripes Blanket are stripes of chevrons put together using Caron Cotton Cakes yarn. There is a crochet diagram available and you will see it's almost like the moss stitch but there are half double crochets ever other rows to help speed up the growth of this. The moss...
What Happens to The Tutorial Samples Shown on The Crochet Crowd?
Mikey teaches crochet on YouTube and constantly releases free patterns. People often ask what happens to the samples. Does he sell them? How can they get their hands on one of Mikey's samples? The quick answer is Donations. Mikey lives within a community of outreach, whether it's women's shelters, search and rescue, school programs, day...
How to Crochet Calico Flowers Scarf Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Calico Flowers Scarf This incredible Crochet Calico Flowers Scarf is not as hard as it looks. There is an extensive diagram with a lot of detail but if you dissect it, you will see the commonality between the half motif shapes. The yarn changes colour on its own. I've never seen a pattern transition...
Crochet Graduate Gift Jar Pattern + Tutorial
The Crochet Graduate Gift Jar is a meaningful crochet gift. The jar can symbolize pride and be loaded with sweet or savoury treats. You can use Lily Sugar'n Cream or even Red Heart Super Saver or Bernat Super Value yarn for these. Originally, I would put loonies and twoonies with some bills and gift cards...
How To Crochet Modern Chevron Afghan Pattern + Tutorial
Back to the basics, well sort of with this Crochet Modern Chevron Afghan that I designed. A beautiful play on those squares I love so much combined with my other favourite stitchwork of doing the chevron design. This is actually my second attempt at the same design. The first design, I LIKED it... but didn't...
UPDATED: Crochet Criss Cross Chevron Baby Blanket
Why buy a baby shower gift when you can crochet something special and unique? I made this Crochet Criss Cross Chevron Baby Blanket for a co-worker who is soon to have a baby girl. I was so attracted to the soft-look of Caron Jumbo Rosewood, then highlighted it with 2 neutral shades. When you upload...
Little Baby Granny Square Vest Crochet Pattern
Granny square clothing items are currently in trend. I know some of you may be triggered back to the 1970s, but it really does look fun. This is sized for 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months baby sizes, Using Bernat Softee Baby yarn. This is the Baby Granny Vest pattern. Both the front and...
One Skein Baby Criss Cross Blanket + Tutorial
A superfast two-row repeating baby blanket for the person in a rush. Great for charity box building. Using just one ball of Caron One Pound, this pattern is set to delight crocheters and receivers of this finished project. This is the One-Skein Baby Blanket pattern. One row is just single crochet and then is a...
38 Stellar Crochet and Knit Patterns of 2019
Our friends at Yarnspirations has sifted through and located the top-rated patterns as decided by you based on visits and downloads for 2019 thus far. Visit 38 Stellar Crochet and Knit Patterns to see the entire list. In the list, there are several that I have filmed tutorials for as well. There could be a...
3-Hour Finger Crocheted Thick Throw + Tutorial
The Three-Hour Finger Crochet Thick Blanket was designed by Moogly, aka Tamara Kelly, for Yarnspirations. It's a craft because no knitting needles or crochet hooks are needed—you crochet this with your fingers. Inspired by Lauren, a contestant on a reality show called 'The Circle,' I wondered what else can be done when a hook is...
14 Alaskan Crochet Hat Patterns
Recommended Crochet Hats Now is your time to shine Crochet Cruisers for Alaska. Now is the time to begin working on your crochet hats to wear on the cruise. We are entering Alaska early as the creatures of the north are coming out of hibernation. While days can be warm and even hot, it will...
100 Caron Cakes Patterns
100 Caron Cakes Patterns Caron Cakes came to be in celebration of 100 years of Caron Yarns. Now, designers have officially hit over 100 crochet and knitting patterns designed for this yarn. Initially, this yarn was to be a three-month promotion but it took crocheters and knitters by storm. It completely caught Yarnspirations and Michaels...
Crochet Autism Awareness Blankets
Crochet Autism Awareness Blankets Autism to some is represented in the puzzle symbol. Like other communities of like-minded social or medical issues that have their own symbols. In writing this roundup, I don't know much about Autism; however, I know so many people who either have Autism or the family members care for people in...
What is Lauren LaChant on The Show 'The Circle' Making?
Lauren LaChant, a contestant on The Circle, has worked with yarn in many side scenes between activities. She's bi-crafted in that she crochets granny squares and finger-knits a blanket on the floor. While I cannot accurately identify the brand she uses to finger-knit her blanket, it appears to be Bernat Blanket Extra Thick yarn. Reality...
What To Do With Bernat Blanket Extra Yarn?
Introducing Bernat Blanket Extra yarn, a step above Bernat Blanket yarn as you know it. In the mid- to late 2010s, the craze of increasing the thickness of the yarn began. Crocheters know that more material per inch will increase the cost of the product, but there is a strong demand for it. There is...
19 Entrelac Patterns
19 Entrelac Crochet Projects Entrelac Crochet is really a favourite of mine but it took me a bit to get the pattern concept into my head. You don't always need an afghan hook to create Tunisian as many of the Entrelac ideas use a regular crochet hook. As you can see from the projects, the...
Crochet Round Dish Puff for Scrubbing Dishes + Tutorial
You may see these projects as quick projects for a craft table, gift giving, Welcome To The Neighbourhood Baskets and much more. It is super fast to make and oddly satisfying, too. These are the Kitchen Dish Puff Scrubbies. These are made like a ball shape and then flattened at the end by sealing both...
Crochet Face Scrubber Pattern + Tutorial
The Crochet Face Scrubber uses Lily Sugar'n Cream yarn for a fast project. Great for craft tables or gift-giving. The pattern is only four rounds, and it's really easy to keep counts as you go. Remember to use 100% cotton yarn, such as Bernat Handicrafter, Peaches and Cream, or Lily Sugar'n Cream, for this type...
My First Knitted Vest Stitch Along
Loaded with a slew of tips and teaching you from the ground up to make a wearable knitted garment, Marly Bird will have you in stitches as you begin your process. This is the My First Knitted Vest Stitch Along. This stitch-along was designed for 2020 and is still available today. It includes the videos...
Crochet Puffy Petal Pillow Pattern
New to Yarnspirations is the Puffy Petal Pillow pattern, which features three-dimensional small flowers that form the casing for a generous pillow of 20" x 20". This pattern uses Caron Jumbo Twirl yarn, the latest fashion craze in maximalism. This reminds me of Yo-Yo Crochet, a craze when I started teaching on YouTube in 2008...
Is Michael Sellick, aka Mikey, Gay?
The quick answer is yes, but there are limits, which I will discuss below. Daniel and I have been together since 2009 and built a life together. We brought each other out of the ruins of our lives at that moment and formed a bond to hold onto and share a life with each other....
NSFW: Duck You Crochet Amigurumi Stuffie
At first, I didn't get it but after it was explained, I need one of these ducks in my life. Currently trending as a healthy laugh at my local stitch group, our friend Michelle made my friend Karen a duck. I suggested that a duck wearing rubber boots would be really cute, too! To my...
How Yarn is Made from Plastic Bottles + Video Demonstrations
In 2023, we had an introduction to one of the stitch-alongs with our friends at Jimmy Beans Wool. The crochet blankets were available in two different formats. First was the Metropolis version, which was 75% Extra Fine Merino wool and 25% Nylon, but the other was called Scrumptious, which was 50% recycled bottles and 50%...
Mood-Boosting Throws and Pillow Pattern
As 2024 approaches the halfway mark, we are seeing a dynamic shift as the next trend, the maximalist, is coming on strong. The colouring and mood of the following theme of colouring are revealing itself. Click the VIEW COLLECTION on the picture below to go see the latest free pattern additions. Caron Jumbo Twirl lends...
How To Crochet Granny Triangle Dishcloth Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet a Triangle Granny Dishcloth Let me show you how to make a simple triangle dishcloth. This dishcloth is just like a granny square but it's only three sided. The corners are slightly different as the corners must turn more than 90 degrees as it's a triangle. Keep in mind that anything for the kitchen...
Crochet Mesh Vest Pattern + Photographic Tutorial
Get ready for the warmer weather or jet-setting to the warmer weather. The pattern is called Crochet Mesh Vest and its PDF is in beginner format. Styled for casual wearing using Caron Simply Soft yarn. Sized for adults of XS to 5 XL. You will find step by step photographic tutorial provided with this to...
Crochet Granny Shorts
A nice pair of Crochet Granny Shorts may be hard to find online. Yarnspirations just released a free pattern. There are several sizes that include in the adult sizing of extra small to 4 extra large. Depending on the size, they are all just granny squares that are attached to form shorts. You can see...
How To Crochet Beginner Spectrum Blanket + Tutorial
Are you looking for an easy afghan but also one where the colours are mixed in a way that doesn't get you bored with repeating the same colour lines repeatedly? This Spectrum Afghan is simple; it is just half double crochet. It's generous, measuring 54" x 60". Try this afghan; it's using 6 colours of...
Crochet Beans & Bobbles Mitered Afghan Pattern
Crochet Beans & Bobbles Mitered Afghan This Beans & Bobbles Mitered Afghan in the #CrochetBB series. This afghan features a large, mitered square, that is then easily turned into a rectangle after the width is established. Similar to C2C afghans where you work the width, then the length, but the mitered crochet square makes it...
Crochet Beans & Bobbles Chevron Afghan Pattern
Crochet Beans & Bobbles Chevron Afghan I'm excited to introduce the Beans & Bobbles Chevron Afghan. My favorite afghan will always be a chevron style, no matter what stitch is used. I grew up with a chevron afghan draped over the back of the sofa, so to me there is nothing more comforting. This #CrochetBB...