Crochet Reversible Cowl Using 1 Ball of Caron Chunky Cakes, colour is called Blue Moon. Diva Dan created the Crochet Reversible Cowl that has a really unique look. He's pretty proud of the design. You are actually looking at the wrong side of the project. Yeppers, that's why it's called reversible. The backside of this...
Exclusive Crochet Crowd Knit and Crochet Patterns
These are the exclusive patterns that Michael, Daniel, Jeanne, Anita, and Wendy designed for The Crochet Crowd. Please enjoy. Most are free patterns other than the ones listed in our book. Mikey and Jeanne's patterns are also separated into multiple categories.
Crochet Christmas Candle Cover Pattern
Crochet Christmas Candle Cover Pattern I picked up this dollar store jar candle that had a nice vanilla scent. I was looking at it while crocheting and thinking there's not much charm of the candle being in the glass. Instinctively, I grabbed my crochet hook and some thread yarn and made a cover for it....
Crochet 2 Cake Shawl Pattern
Crochet 2 Cake Shawl This simple Caron 2 Cake Shawl is a variation of the Nightberry Shawl that I crocheted last month. My friend Megan McHugh really enjoyed the stitch pattern of the Nightberry, but preferred a rectangular-shaped stole design. Megan reworked the pattern and crocheted hers using 3 balls of Bernat Pop yarn. I like crocheting with Caron...
Easy Baby Crochet Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
Easy Baby Blanket Crochet this easy 42" square baby granny square blanket using Bernat Pipsqueak Yarn. This is the Crochet Easy Baby Blanket. Our assistant, Colleen, loves to make baby blankets for anyone in her life whether it's for family, friends or even co-workers when she learns someone is having a baby. It's her GO...
Crochet Pattern Testing Exercise
Crochet Pattern Testing Exercise The Crochet Crowd testing team goes through a lot when testing one of our patterns and does a significant amount of revisions. It could be a number of factors that are wrong with a pattern. The goal is to find as many pattern issues as possible and let the team work...
Crochet Study of Texture Poncho Pattern
Crochet Study of Texture Poncho There was interest in having the Study of Texture original afghan converted to a shawl. So I put my thinking cap on and created a shawl. This ended up morphing into a demand to have the Study of Texture Poncho. Cora Morrison, a fellow crocheter, took up the challenge to...
Crochet Cookie Bag Tag Identifiers
Crochet Cookie Bag Tag I prefer my crochet bag and even my carry on luggage when I travel to have a tag that is added to it to identify who I am. Yes, I do put on an official tag with my name and address but I add a secondary crochet bag tag to my...
Crochet Simple Baby Blanket Pattern
Crochet Simple Baby Blanket Using Bernat Baby Coordinates Yarn, you can make this easy Crochet Simple Baby Blanket. If you are looking for something easy to do in front of the TV, this is a solid granny square that is only using 2 balls. You can get 30" x 30" square baby blanket out of...
Crochet Hot Air Balloon Pattern
Crochet Hot Air Balloon Create this Crochet Hot Air Balloon that is intended for cute whimsical decor. This balloon was designed for my own Yarn Studio. It was a design never intended for me to share with the audience. However, there was something I needed to do, I had to create 6 identical panels and...
Crochet Old Records Coaster Pattern
Put Those Old Records on the Shelf Coasters Inspired by my new friend, Michelle, from the Loosey Goosey Stitchers of Nova Scotia. She was looking for quick and easy ideas for craft table displays to sell. We were discussing the old records. We wondered if the coaster needs some overlay to give the illusion of...
Insect Hotel
Mikey's Insect Hotel For summer 2020, I'm building things for the yard to pull me out of the house to get some fresh air, move my body and to have personal creativity. Daniel has a personal interest in gardening and landscaping. In watching him build the grounds up with trees, scrubs and a variety of...
Birdhouse Condo
Birdhouse Condo For Summer 2020, I am trying to get out more with a sense of purpose to enjoy the fresh Nova Scotian air. This project was spawn from the Insect Hotel. While finding branches and logs on the property, we stumbled across a fallen and dried out tree. We have been collecting birdhouses from...
Chickadee Towers
Chickadee Towers For summer 2020, I'm trying to get out more. We have created the insect hotel and then the birdhouse condo, I wanted to have more birdhouses but with COVID-19 and isolation, the only way I can collect them quicker is learning how to make a bird house. Truth be told, I have never...
Garden Arch Bridge
Garden Arch Bridge The Garden Arch Bridge is another summer project for the garden. Arching over a dry river bed where the runoff from the property travels. This part of my summer 2020 journey of adventuring into woodworking as a side hobby when time allows. Daniel said he needs a bridge to go over the...
Mission To Change Cheerleading in The Yarn Arts
The unwritten divide in the yarn arts between crocheters and knitters baffles me. Yes, I get it; people have a preference for hobbies and material choices. Why is there a wall between the hobbies? You can leave me a comment at the bottom of this blog. I don't understand this need to be exclusive when,...
How To Crochet Hexagon Baby Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Hexagon Baby Blanket For some reason, hexagons really appeal to me. I was inspired to create this Hexagon Baby Blanket based on the blanket Mikey did earlier this year. The one he did was a pentagon-shaped blanket. I decided to see if I could stretch it out to six sides and I think it...
Make Your Own T-Shirt Yarn
Variegated T-Shirt Yarn One part of Spring cleaning that I actually enjoy is organizing my closets. Getting rid of old clothes means that I can make room for some new ones. I will take most of the clothes to the local clothing bank in our town, but this time I decided to keep some of...
Crochet Ballerina Bag
Crochet a Ballerina Bag I made this Ballerina Bag for my 3 year old granddaughter because she loves to twirl and says she is a ballerina. She also love to play dress up and so this little bag is the perfect size to hold a few of her treasures. I used an old, scratched CD...
Crochet Alaskan Blue Cowl Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Alaskan Blue Cowl I wanted something new to wear on the upcoming Alaskan Crochet Cruise so came up with this quick blue crochet cowl using Bernat's new Dazzle yarn. I found this Lacy Mesh stitch that I'm using today from The Big Book of Crochet Stitches. Alaska Blue Cowl by Jeanne Steinhilber 1 ball Bernat...
Flying Fish Joy: Balloon Pattern
Crochet Flying Fish Water Balloons Unlike real balloons, you won't have the latex of balloons that some people are allergic to. You don't have broken balloon rubbers to find and pick up. So you don't have to worry about your pets eating leftovers or even your children swallowing parts of balloons. Try the Crochet Flying...
Crochet Candy Baby Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Coconut Candy Baby Blanket Using thick yarn by Bernat Pipsqueak Yarn, Mikey came up with a really soft baby blanket. The blanket doesn't sit flat so that there's more blanket to wrap around the baby without having the blanket is huge. This is a very quick and easy project too. There is also a...
Crochet Bee Happy Flowers Pattern + Tutorial
Bee Happy Flowers Learn how easy it is to crochet bee happy flowers. The possibilities are unlimited. Needed Materials Size 5.0 mm - 5.5 mm or J Size Hook Bernat Super Value Yarn, 4 Ply Worsted Yarn The picture has two yarns mixed together. Bernat Super Value and no name Glitter yarn to add some...
Crochet Dusting Mitt Pattern
Crochet A Dusting Mitt I must say that Spring Cleaning is not my thing. My retired husband does a pretty good job at keeping the house clean most of time, but the one thing he doesn't like to do is to dust the furniture. When Mikey and Diva Dan challenged me to crochet up with...
Linked Shell Shawl Pattern
Warm & Cozy Shawl I made this shawl for myself as my office is always a bit chilly and I'm tired of working while wearing a coat. I made this shawl in just a couple of days. It's an easy shell pattern with just a little bit extra. I worked this one from the center...
Mikey's Beehive
Daniel has always wanted to have a beehive. He wanted one back in Ontario but being in a neighbourhood, we felt it was too close to a population of people to responsibly do it. Moving to Nova Scotia, game on! A Bit of Where We Live We live on the south ridge of the Annapolis...
Crochet Cosmetic Bag Pattern
Cosmetic Bag: Inspired by Orange is the New Black TV Show I started watching Season 3 of Orange is the New Black TV Show last night and I noticed one of the inmates had a crochet cosmetic bag sitting on the counter of the bathroom. Of course, the crocheter in me kicks and I have...
Crochet Candy Afghan Pattern + Tutorial
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Candy Afghan Another favourite yarn by new mothers is Bernat Baby Blanket Yarn. Very thick to the touch and projects whip up so quickly. It's called Candy-ghan due to the colours reminding Mikey of Candy Floss. There are a lot of different colours to choose from in this yarn line. Candy-Afghan-Mikey Rev...
Crochet Christmas Wave Afghan Pattern
Christmas Wave Afghan Pattern Want a new afghan for your holiday decor? Look no further as this Christmas Wave Afghan is really quite lovely. Easy to follow along directions are included below. Here's a little secret though, you can change the yarn and colours and come up with other concepts for the same pattern. Creativity...
Crochet Flower Luggage Tag
Crochet Flower Luggage Tag Crochet a luggage tag to quickly identify your luggage or special bag from a distance. The yarn is cotton so it's strong and durable. This is the Crochet Flower Luggage Tag pattern. Designed by Jeanne Steinhilber I made this in prep for the upcoming Crochet Cruise. Materials Small amounts of cotton...
Scrap Yarn Draft Blocker Pattern
A simple idea to block drafts in your home. This is called a Crochet Draft Dodger or Draft Blocker. I used Caron Cakes to crochet this. I didn't want to overcomplicate the design as this will sit on the floor. Using two yarns together as talked about in the tutorial, can hide the dust better...
Crochet Dark Rose Baby Blanket Pattern
Crochet Baby Blanket This easy crochet baby blanket is inspired by doing double crochets in the gap spaces between the double crochets in the row below. Inspired by our Trendy Baby Blanket. This is a very similar design but without changing the colours. This afghan has 2 rounds of single crochet in white. Bernat Blanket...
Crochet Felted iPad Carry Case Cover Pattern
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Crochet Felted iPad Carry Case Cover This is the felted version for this fabulous Crochet iPad Bag. Follow the directions below for the sizing and then felt it afterwards to size it nicely to your iPad. Definitely a great pattern to work up for keeping your tablet nice and safe when it's not...
How to Crochet Market Bag Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet a Quick Market Bag or Five! It's almost time for my annual girlfriends' retreat. Every year, we meet in a different location of the country to scrapbook, craft and basically just have a lot of fun. This year's retreat is in Houston, Texas. I am very excited because we are actually staying in a...
Crochet Beach Bag Pattern
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Create your own oversize beach bag using an inexpensive yarn. The straps of this bag were designed to be extremely long. Usually, when people go to the beach they are lugging with them a beach chair and other miscellaneous goods. This design allows you to throw the bag over your shoulder and...
Garden Screwballs DIY
I was really inspired by Facebook in seeing a garden design of screws that can resemble Alliums Flowers. During my non-crochet time, I enjoy being creative with garden art. I'm not talented but I am determined. I posted on Facebook that I was interested and friends chimed in on the execution of doing these. Some...
Dream Time Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Dream Time Baby Blanket This Dream Time Baby Blanket has two major concepts to bring this together. Firstly, the centre has an amazing spiral effect that eventually forms itself into the perfect square. Once the mail spiral is completed. We then use traditional granny square techniques to make a thick granny circumference...
Crochet Twiddlemuff
What is Twiddlemuff? A twiddle muff is a hand muff that can give comfort to dementia and Alzheimer’s patients. You can purchase machine sewn muffs, but as crocheters, we know that we have no limits to express our creativity by making these thoughtful items. These patients often have restless hands and the muffs can offer...
Crochet Scarf within A Scarf Pattern + Tutorial
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Create the scarf within a scarf crochet scarf. Mikey created a scarf where another pre-made or store-bought scarf could be fed through the centre. This was very popular in the winter of 2012/2013. See how to make your own scarf within a scarf. The Scarf Within A Scarf concept was developed by...
Crochet Button Flower Pattern + Tutorial
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Crochet Button Flower Button Flowers are so very cute. They used real buttons in the middle of the flower. It gives an artistic homemade appearance that I find very appealing. These types of flowers require a bit of practice to get used to using the buttons as the centre but once...
Crochet Beachy Keen Tote Bag
Crochet a Beachy Keen Tote Bag When Mikey crocheted the Beachy Keen Cover-Up, I thought it would be fun to crochet a matching tote bag. I used the same Bernat Maker Home Dec yarn in Aqua. Get the Beachy Keen Tote Bag pattern. My finished bag measures 12" x 12", not including the handles. I...