Crochet Wavy Shell Afghan The wavy shell afghan was one of the first videos ever filmed for YouTube back in 2008. This design looks ultra hard but in fact, is really simple. There are technically only 2 lines of stitches used within this afghan. TIPS: This pattern looks more effective using 3 colours. You can...
Designs by Michael Sellick
These are designs created by Michael Sellick, aka Mikey of The Crochet Crowd. From the Study of Texture Afghan to other trending ideas. From Michael's brain to you. These are his designs.
NEW Bean Stitch Corner to Corner C2C Stitch
Looking for a stitch that looks like a bubble wrap? The Bean Stitch Corner to Corner feels just like it. The stitch that Mikey has developed creates thick beans between the gridwork of the corner-to-corner concept. The bean stitch used has 5 steps, but you can reduce your bean stitch that is talked about in...
NEW Corner to Corner C2C Crochet Brush Stitch
Mikey developed a stitch combination called the Brush Stitch. Crochet diagonally with lines going in the opposite direction. The stitch is similar to the corner-to-corner with different anchoring points. The stitching causes space to appear, and the space is going in the opposite direction, which looks like eyelets. Very easy to understand once you get...
How To Crochet Conversation Shawl + Tutorial
You know how it is, you get gabbing or watching TV and the only thing you finish in the end is the dessert tray. This shawl was designed for more conversation and less concentration. This is my Crochet More Conversation Shawl. There is an easy repeat pattern involved. The Criss Crosses give it a tad...
Crochet a Frenzy Bun Hat Pattern
Crochet a Frenzy Bun Hat Ponytail hats, Messy Bun Hat, whatever you want to call them have been around for a while. But now they are hitting the internet in a frenzy! Yarnspirations has the Pebble Texture Hat and Mikey has a tutorial for it. Laura Jean's goal is to modified their pattern so you...
Crochet Warm C2C Shawl Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Warm C2C Shawl This Warm C2C Shawl is done differently than conventional C2C. C2C means Corner to Corner for anyone confused at this point. This is doing with clusters instead of the conventional way. You could actually do this shawl the other way but be cautious as the other way will use up more...
Crochet Pyjamas Toddler Blanket
Do you have odd balls of Bernat Blanket lying around and don't know what to do with them? I sure do. Introducing the pyjamas concept. You know how you buy yarn thinking, "oh, that's a cute colour!" and you get it? Days, months, or years later, it's still in your collection, and the cuteness is...
Crochet Diagonal Spikes Blanket Any Size Square + Tutorial
The Crochet Diagonal Spikes Square Blanket can be made to any size and repeats two rounds until you are done. First seen on the Study of Ombre Stitch Along. I wondered what this would look like if the entire blanket were the diagonal spike stitch. You can see it's in the 4th week we do...
Small Crochet Foyer Basket Bowl for Keys + Tutorial
The Small Crochet Foyer Basket Bowl is the right size to toss keys, wallets, spare change and even a dog leash into. Are you like me and inconsistently throw your keys in random spots? Usually the same spot but without thinking, you toss it somewhere else like a dresser, countertop or foyer table. It drives...
Textured Crochet Center Piece Bowl + Tutorial
The Large Basket Crochet Bowls are a great project to hook out on a rainy day. Marled with three yarns of Red Heart Roll With It Melange in the colour of Showtime. I had a lot of fun making this basket. It was raining the day I designed this. I was obsessed with the bead...
Crochet Baby Blanket Star Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Baby Blanket Star This Crochet Baby Blanket Star measures about 43" across the tips and is using the basics to create the shape. It's made with Bernat Baby Blanket Yarn that is really thick and easy to work with. Due to the thickness, a blanket like this is very quick to make. I don't...
Crochet Wool Hat & Cowl Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Wool Hat & Cowl Crocheters are asking me, what do I plan on wearing on the Alaskan Crochet Cruise? I've known we've been going to Alaska for a long time so I have prepared my items already. For someone like me to show up and have pre-made hats, scarves or cowls on, I think...
Contoured Crochet Headband + Tutorial
DOWNLOAD FREE HEADBAND PATTERN Crocheters requested a contoured headband that can go over a ball cap or use as normal, featuring 4-ply medium-weight yarn. Mikey took on the challenge, which took about 8 hours to design. This is the Contoured Medium Weight Crochet Headband. Made for adults with adjusting options, as discussed in the tutorial....
Crochet Butterfly Stitch Infinity Cowl Pattern
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Butterfly Stitch Infinity Cowl This is the Butterfly Cowl Infinity Scarf created using the Butterfly Stitch. This is so quick and easy... it's not even funny! I used a transitional colour yarn with this to really kick this scarf into an amazing concept. Some yarns really can make you look creative, even...
Crochet Suspension Stitch Cowl
DOWNLOAD PDF FREE COWL PATTERN Mikey designs the Crochet Suspension Stitch Cowl. Easy stitch repeating once the setup is complete. I used 80% of 1 O'Go with Caron Colorama that was available at JOANN in 2021. I had some yarn left over and decided to play with it. The stitch multiple is in sets of...
Crochet Family Pumpkin Hat Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Family Pumpkin Festival Hat Designed for newborns to adult men sizes. There are 9 sizes provided in this free pattern. Here in Nova Scotia, fall does cool down and Halloween can be cold. The fall festivals are a huge deal here and at a lot of family fun. These are the Crochet Family Pumpkin...
Tunisian Basket Weave Cowl
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Tunisian Basket Weave Cowl Introducing Mikey's pattern called the Tunisian Basket Weave Cowl. This cowl is a mix of stitches that include the Tunisian Knit Stitch and Tunisian Purl Stitch. The Basket Weave portion is a result of doing the same stitches over top of each other for 4 rows and then...
How To Crochet Study of Transitions Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Crochet Study of Transition & Texture Afghan The Crochet Study of Transition & Texture Afghan is a simpler textured-based project. As an educator, sometimes I just want to crochet for myself without the pressure. So I looked at the Red Heart Colorscape and thought to myself, what can I do with this...
Crochet Mermaid Bag Tag Pattern + Tutorial
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Crochet Mermaid Bag Tag The Crochet Mermaid Bag Tag is just a fun accessory to add to a bag or luggage to identify it easier. I think it's a bit too big to put through luggage handling of an airport though. I would attach something like this to a carry-on or...
Hexagon Christmas Tree Skirt Pattern + Tutorial
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Try my Christmas Tree Skirt I have designed a Christmas Tree Skirt that is a hexagon with opportunities to grow to infinity. In my design, I get you started with a generous size hole space for the middle of the tree. You can use this for real or artificial trees. I have...
5 New Designs with Ombre Crochet Patterns
Five patterns have been released featuring Red Heart Super Saver Ombre yarn. This yarn is really popular in 2022 and it may be difficult to find because the colours and transitions it can do are really neat. Below are 5 new patterns that may interest you if you have this yarn or are interested in...
Cuddles'n Clouds Hexagon Crochet Baby Blanket
DOWNLOAD PDF FREE PATTERN The Crochet Cuddles'n Clouds Hexagon Blanket is a super-fast baby blanket. Starting from the center and going out. I intentionally used 2 different Bernat Blanket yarn balls that were oddballs. I didn't know what to do with just one ball of the variegated colour and I thought a fast baby blanket...
Cuddles'n Clouds Star Baby Blanket
DOWNLOAD PDF FREE PATTERN The Crochet Cuddles'n Clouds Star Baby Blanket uses just two balls of Bernat Blanket. The middle colouring is Moonbeam Lavendar followed by Vintage White. I have oddballs of variegated yarn that I don't know what to do with. So I created a mini-series where I can get away with just using...
Cuddles'n Clouds Stripes Blanket
DOWNLOAD PDF FREE PATTERN The Crochet Cuddles'n Clouds Stripes is heavy in texture. I used four different Bernat Blanket O'Go colour strategies. I had four individual Bernat Blanket O'Gos that I really cannot mix easily with other items to keep the colour control. So I wondered about putting the four random balls that each have...
Cuddles'n Clouds Square Baby Blanket
DOWNLOAD PDF FREE PATTERN The Crochet Cuddles'n Clouds Square Blanket is made up of 2 balls of Bernat Blanket. I intentionally went to my yarn collection and said to myself, "I have this silly ball of yarn that I have nothing more of it. What can I do with just 1 ball and pair it...
Crochet Child Latte Poncho Pattern
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Girl's Latte Poncho Crochet a Girl's Poncho using Caron Latte Cakes. This is a quick and easy project. My goal for the design was to use only 1 ball of Blueberry Caron Latte cakes. This is an easy pattern to repeat. It works out so lovely and lightweight. It's great for your...
Basket Weave Crochet Pillow Pattern
Create your own pillow using this design. This is simply a basket weave pillow. They are not hard to crochet and I thoroughly enjoyed making them. In fact, I made a set of 4 of them. This was originally filmed back in 2012 for our very first Stitch Along with AllFreeCrochet.com. Pattern Suggestions Pillow 1...
Crochet Interlocking Beginner Pattern Tutorial + Tutorial
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Introduction to Mosaic Crochet Mosaic Crochet is an old technique that has a useful purpose for today's crocheter. It is the art form of putting two filet meshes together to form intricate mosaic designs. To me, the sample baby blanket I did reminds me of a floor mosaic I saw in a...
UPDATED: Spring Mom and Me Poncho Set Crochet Pattern
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Made as a set, the adult and matching baby poncho are fresh for Spring 2022. Titled as Spring Mom and Me Ponchos. Using Red Heart Super Saver Ombre yarn for the smooth transition of colouring to give it the highlighting, these ponchos are an easy 2 round repeat. Both ponchos are the...
Tunisian Alaskan Cowl + Tutorial
Alaskan Cowl Inspired by the next Crochet Cruise to Alaska in August 2016, I wanted to make a cowl that was heavy and inspired by the colour of the glaciers. This is the Crochet Alaskan Cowl. I really wanted to play with Tunisian as it's a relatively new skill set for me. I am mentored...
How To Crochet Rainbow Star Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
Introducing my Crochet Fluffy Unicorn Afghan featuring the brand new yarn line called Bernat Blanket Brights. This is a 6 point star afghan that took me seriously 9 hours to crochet. Due to the thickness of the yarn, these types of afghans crochet extremely quickly. I used the colours of the rainbow to inspire me....
Tunisian Knit Stitch Dishcloth + Tutorial
Tunisian Knit Stitch Dishcloth Learn to do the Tunisian Knit Stitch and do this simple dishcloth as your testing sample. You can use the Simple Stitch Dish Cloth instructions but substitute the stitches to the Tunisian Knit Stitch. I cannot emphasize how much I love this stitch. This stitch is brilliant and makes me look...
Crocodile Stitch With Free Pattern + Tutorial
Crocodile Stitch Learn how to do the Crocodile Stitch. This stitch is really popular and creates a thick project. Yes, it's a yarn pig... I won't deny that! Ensure you plan ahead to check to make sure you have enough yarn on hand for the project you want to do. Download the written instructions to...
Crochet Sweeping Waves O'Go Scarf
The Crochet Sweeping Waves O'Go Scarf is my own design based on deep plunging waves with texture. My first design using this yarn to test to see how far 2 O'Gos could take me. I was so surprised as this scarf measures 88" long. It's generous considering it's chunky #5 yarn. With the colour play...
Crochet Over the Body Sash Pattern + Tutorial
The Crochet Over the Body Sash is something that can be a novelty item but a great little pattern just in case you have a baby shower, bridal shower or special occasion that could use something creative. Using the moss stitch, the pattern creates a 4" wide sash and the length is generally 60 -...
Crochet Baby Sun Hats with Hugs and Kisses
The Crochet Baby Sun Hats are featuring the Hugs and Kisses Stitching Concept. Versatile from beanie format to brimmed sun hats. These are sized for newborns and 3-month size using the textured stitches. The texture can be coloured for standing out or you can keep the entire hat solid and it will still be really...
Crochet Adult Sun Bucket Hat Hugs and Kisses
The Crochet Adult Sun Bucket Hat using the Hugs and Kisses Stitch concept. With a textured band that is part of the structure to stand out. Starting at the top of the head, it fits the average female head. The brim is intended to be sturdy and lean downward to help keep the sun off...
Mikey's Chimney Swift Tower
I made a Chimney Swift Bird Tower in Spring 2021. Basically, a faux chimney to give Chimney Swift Birds a safe sheltering place. They are an endangered species of bird. While visiting Wolfville, Nova Scotia at the farmer's market. I noticed a chimney structure that I thought could be a pizza oven exhaust. It's in...
Crochet Study of Fire and Ice Blanket + Tutorial
Study of Fire and Ice Blanket The Crochet Study of Fire and Ice Blanket is an adaptation based on The Study of Transition Blanket done in 2019. Since 2019, Red Heart Colorscape was discontinued and the type of yarn it was and was stunning to look at but also pricey to crochet. Instead of letting...