Reading Time: 5 minutes Inspired by Crochet Blocks As children, we learn the essentials of building through stacking blocks and puzzling things together. Myself, I was addicted to LEGO®. I played with lego until I was about 12 years of age. While we never had the fancy sets of LEGO, the basics of the blocks were all I needed […]
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Inspired by a new stitch combo as we call the Modern Granny. These are projects that feature this stitch and are pretty popular. Complete your projects using this great quick stitch concept.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mitered Modern Granny Afghan I hope you enjoy this new twist on the Modern Granny. I’ve crocheted this project starting in one corner and building it similar to the corner to corner technique. You start by building a mitered square, then when you have the preferred width, you continue just working your rows back and […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Crochet Tranquility Trinity Shawl I’d like to introduce a shawl today using the new yarn, Caron Latte Cakes. The design is 3 large triangles joined together to create a large, flowing shawl. This crocheted project is fast and easy as I have used the Modern Granny stitch for these triangles. The yarn is very soft […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Jeanne Steinhilber: Crochet Designer Jeanne Steinhilber is the community chaperone and a team member with The Crochet Crowd. She learned to crochet as a child from her mom, but has only recently dived into the world of design, inspired and mentored by Michael Sellick. She joined the team after Crochet Cruise with us on a Crochet Cruise in […]
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Crochet Latte Lapghan Have you tried the new Caron Latte Cakes yet? It’s a really soft yarn and the colors are very gentle. I decided the Persimmon Blue Cakes I picked up would make a really nice comfort lapghan for a friend of mine in need of some love. This is really just another #MG […]
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Crochet #MG Modern Granny Bag Introducing the #MG Modern Granny Bag, another fabulous design by our Jeanne Steinhilber. This bag consists of 3 Modern Grannies that are attached together to strategically to form the base. An easy to form handle for the person on the go. Made using Lily Sugarn Cream. This design is in […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Triple Mitered #MG Baby Blanket I love projects that are easy to take along and this ones really fits that category. This blanket is worked in 3 separate panels using the Mitered Modern Granny technique, then is quickly single crocheted together. I made this quick blanket in just a few hours using Caron Chunky Cakes […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Crochet Marled Modern Granny Afghan Mikey challenged me to crochet a marled afghan, so I went straight to my favorite go-to pattern to create this super easy blanket. While holding 2 strands of the Caron Chunky Cakes together, this lovely piece went really fast. I used 8 Cakes to crochet this 52″ square blanket. Besides […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Crochet Modern Granny Hat #MG Hook up my Modern Granny #MG Hat and be warm and trending! I used less than half a cake of Caron Sprinkle Cakes for this hat, but it would look great with Caron Tea Cakes and Caron Chunky Cakes. When I was scrolling through the fabulous pictures on The Crochet Crowd […]
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