Caron Cakes Fall 2017 Caron Cakes are one of the most exciting yarns to come onto the market in 2016 and still continues to be trending today. The presentation of the yarn ball switched to a flat cake idea where you can see the long runs of 5 colours that are balanced with each other...
Caron Cakes Yarn Patterns
Crochet Caron Cakes Patterns
Keep Bringing on the Caron Cakes! Hello, my name is Jeanne and I am a Caron Cakes addict. I sat down and counted and since the debut 9 months ago in August of 2016, to date I have crocheted with this amazing yarn: 6 afghans, 4 cowls, 2 scarves, 1 shrug and 1 shawl. Uncompleted WIPs......
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...
7 Free Crochet Prayer Shawls Pattern eBook
7 Prayer Shawls eBook This free Seven Free Crochet Prayer Shawls eBook has designs inside the book that I think are doable for the average crocheter. There is a mix of average stitches and some really neat lacework. If I were to pick my favourite inside this book, definitely the Cherry Hearts Prayer Shawl. I...
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...
15 DIY Crochet Scarf Patterns
15 Crochet Scarf Patterns This time of year, crocheters are looking for ideas for gift-giving. What is better than hooking up a fun, new scarf? I have found a few from around the internet that you might enjoy the stitching journey. 1. Corner to Corner Snowman Scarf - This fun project from Winding Road...
Crochet Winterberry Cowl Neckwarmer Pattern
Crochet Winterberry Cowl Neckwarmer Pattern I love a thick and textured cowl, so using the new Caron Tea Cakes yarn makes this Winterberry Cowl very easy and lush. With only using one ball, this will crochet up very quickly in just a few hours. The cowl will not only keep your neck warm but will...
Crochet Kids Poncho Pattern
Crochet Kids Poncho Crochet this adorable Crochet Kid's Poncho sized from 2 years, 4 years and 6 years of age. Using Bernat POP! for fun colour shades. Just playful. You can substitute using Caron Cakes if you wish. The yardage is the same and you may find other colours you wish to play with. More...
Crochet Lacy Shawl Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Lacy Shawl Absolutely gorgeous is the new Crochet Lacy Shawl from Yarnspirations. It just screams WOW from the minute you see the photo to the time you are crocheting your way through it. The pattern has the rows 1 - 12 on the diagram and once you really understand how this is being made,...
Love of Caron Cakes
I enjoy long slow walks down the yarn aisle. I love to touch Caron Cakes, dream and bring home these fantasy fibres and play all night long. Caron Cakes and their extension lines like the ones you see are exclusive to Michaels North America, made by our friends at Yarnspirations. Spring 2021, the bakers have...
Crochet Glacier Cowl Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet this simple Crochet Glacier Cowl to wear on an excursion to the top of a glacier or better yet, around your own community to keep warm this winter. This pattern uses only one Caron Cakes. I made mine with the color Cake Pop. The colours really did resemble the stunning beauty of the magnificent...
Crochet Weighted Marled Lapghan + Tutorial
The Crochet Marled Weighted Lapghan is a concept of using two strands at one time. Using Caron Cakes, the marling is addictive and really fun. I used Caron Cakes, Red Velvet is the colour. One ball you will use from the outside of the ball going inward to the centre. The second ball use the...
Beginner Crochet Textured Scarf + Tutorial
This stitch is known by a few names for this Crochet Simple Texture Scarf. It's called the Moss Stitch or even the Linen Stitch. This is a free pattern available on Yarnspirations featuring Caron Cakes Yarn, exclusive to Michaels. You will use only 1 ball of Caron Cakes. The colour transitions are as they come...
How To Crochet The Study of Texture Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN The Study of Texture Stitch Along If you love crochet texture, you may just fall in love with the Study Of Texture Afghan Pattern It is in 8 different sections using Bernat POP! yarn. Using self-striping yarn like Caron Cakes, you can let the colourwork itself out. It turns out lovely. Revision on...
How To Crochet Better Together Afghan Stitch Along + Tutorial
DOWNLOAD FREE PATTERN Introducing the Crochet Better Together Afghan, the first collaboration of Jeanne Steinhilber and Michael Sellick (me) in a blanket where two minds are better than one. This was our third attempt as I kept changing my mind. Honestly, frustrating the hell out of Jeanne with my stalling and finding time to throw...
5 Crochet Textured Patterns
5 Textured Designs by Jeanne I've only started designing a couple years ago, but I have found that I truly love adding texture whenever I can. I enjoy a pattern that is repetitive, but not so much that I get bored and want to put it down too quickly. Adding textured stitches seem to break...
Crochet Modern Granny Scarf Pattern
Crochet Modern Granny Winter Scarf This Crochet Modern Granny Winter Scarf hooks up super quick and the pattern design is perfect for the long color changes of Caron Cakes yarn. I used regular Cakes, just a bit over one Cake. My winter scarf weighs 9.7 oz, so I think it would work out great with using...
What's The Difference in Wool?
The Differences in Wool Have you been to a yarn shoppe and you look at the price of wool and your breath gets taken away with the price? You see an elevated price and think, "Is there gold mixed into it?" Look, I'm an everyday yarn user. I love sales. The cheaper the better and...
19 Crochet Caron Cakes Patterns
More Caron Cakes Please When the Caron Cakes first hit the stores back in August, I put together of project ideas that I thought would look great with this fabulous yarn. You can see the original list HERE. Since then, crocheters have come up with really great patterns and ideas for using this yarn. Now...
11 Caron Cakes Crochet Patterns
Caron Cake Craze So I have seen many, many photos of you yarn collectors who also ran out to buy this fun yarn. Have you picked out a project yet? Don't let this one gather dust! It is such a dream to work with so grab your hooks and get busy! Free Patterns ideas to...
How To Crochet 13 Greatest Hits Crochet Patterns by Mikey
I have about 180 free crochet pattern designs available. I like to fully design and finish the real sample of each of my patterns. In the yarn arts, it's not uncommon for a designer to have thoughts and farm it out to another person to write the pattern and crochet the sample. Some designers also...
Crochet Spinning Top Lapghan Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Spinning Top Lapghan The Crochet Spinning Top Lapghan is an adaptation from my original Peppermint Pinwheel Afghan. It's been adapted by my friend, Cathy Lund from Paisley Ontario. The adaptation is based on keeping the pinwheel a solid straight shot out from the center instead of breaking up the pinwheel like my original design....
Country Crochet Quilt Pattern
Crochet Country Quilt Crochet Entrelac Style can be a lot of fun with slowly transitioning yarn. Though the yarn depicted is discontinued, it was called Bernat Mosaic. For the colour transitioning effects it had, it was one of my favourite yarns. I crocheted this fantastic afghan. It was one of the highlights of my crochet...
19 Crochet Caron Baby Cakes Patterns
19 Crochet Caron Baby Cakes Ideas New to the family is the Caron Baby Cakes, a sister of the ever popular original Caron Cakes. Caron came out with a baby edition and considered the requests of crocheters and knitters to eliminate wool from the cakes. Now with 82% Acrylic with 18% Nylon. This yarn is...
Tunisian Tiles: Entrelac Afghan Pattern
Entrelac Afghan + Video Tutorial Entrelac Crochet is the art of creating gorgeous afghans that have boxed shapes that grow with each other. The concept is really easy once you understand the concept and stitch counts. I've filmed a video showing the step by step process of creating an Entrelac Crochet Afghan. In the original...
Crochet Self-Fringing Scarf Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet a Self-Fringing Scarf I really enjoy working with the Caron Cake yarn and wanted to try something different with the colors so I created this Self-Fringing Scarf. I see a lot of people talking about the abrupt color change so I thought I could change that by using the cake from both ends at...
Crochet Textured Cowl
Crochet Textured Cowl If you love texture, then this Crochet Textured Cowl is for you. The Caron Cakes yarn is so lovely to crochet with and I use a slightly bigger hook than suggested to ease the post stitches and give the textured cowl a bit of drape. I don't want the cowl to feel...
Crochet and Knit Patterns with Caron Cakes
Caron Cakes Projects Caron Cakes is a brand new yarn line by Caron this year. Patterns have been released on Michaels.com for this particular yarn. On The Crochet Crowd Facebook, you can see others using their own creativity and using this yarn on a variety of other projects such as shawls, afghans, cowls, scarves and...
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 Watercolor Ridges Afghan Pattern
Crochet Watercolor Ridges Afghan This Crochet Watercolor Ridges Afghan was made with 3 of the newest colors of Caron Cakes yarn. When I was done, it reminded me of when I took a watercolour painting class because of the gentle ripples of color this afghan created. It features a nice ribbed texture similar to the...
Crochet Happy Hexagon Afghan Pattern
Crochet Happy Hexagon Afghan Pattern This Crochet Happy Hexagon Afghan features post stitches for added texture and join-as-you-go to speed the assembly process. You can make this blanket as small or as large as you like my simply adding more hexagons. I used 5 Caron Cakes of the new Mixed Berry colorway to make 24...
Wrap it Up: Easy-to-Do Crochet Tutorial
DOWNLOAD WRAP FREE PATTERN The Crochet Color Weave Wrap is similar to the ruana version but as a poncho structure. The video originally made for the other version has a front and back to it with a built-on scarf. The stitch structure is the same as the original. Only chain 94 to do this version...
7 Crochet Dog Coat Patterns
Crochet Petacular Patterns for Dogs I'm not a dog owner I love them but I don't have one right now, I have a bunny, but if she needed a sweater I would be all over this to make her one. sometimes dogs get cold too especially if they are shorter-haired or an older pup, they...