The Crochet Bath Pouf is super quick and easy to crochet. Even with Red Heart Scrubby, fast to follow to finish. This is actually a long row that consists of 100 stitches after the first row. In row 2, we are creating loops in which the hanging chain is fed through to form the pouf....
Lily Sugar'n Cream Yarn
Crochet patterns using 100% cotton yarn with Lily Sugar'n Cream products. Primarily used for cleaning and home decor crochet patterns to try.
Crochet Covered Rocks
From Painted Rocks to Crochet Rocks - Let's Join the Movement! Sometimes I must be living under a rock. I just found out that there has been a fun and crafty movement spreading across the county. Painted Rocks. I was invited to join a local Facebook group in my hometown called Hebron IN Rocks. I...
Crochet Roll & Go Placemat Patterns
Crochet Roll & Go Placemat Compliment your picnic, patio table and/or indoor decor with American Inspired Crochet Placemats. These crochet placemats are simple enough for beginners of crochet to enjoy. A simple stitch back and forth. Changing colours strategically to give your project the fabulous stripes!
Crochet Large Miniature Pumpkin + Tutorial
Crochet Pumpkin Miniature Crochet the larger size of the miniature pumpkins that are used on this wreath. Both pumpkins are easy to do and are super quick. The pattern makes for great Amigurumi ideas for home decor for your fall, Thanksgiving and Halloween decor. I have video tutorials for both sizes but this article features...
Crochet Argyle Pumpkin Pattern
DOWNLOAD PUMPKIN FREE PATTERN The Crochet Argyle Pumpkin Pattern is a unique-looking pumpkin. It's supposed to loosely resemble plaid for the look. It's a neat idea, and one thing I love about home decor crochet projects because you can put it away at the end of the season and bring it back year after year. ...
17 Free Crochet Dishcloth Patterns
17 Free Crochet Dishcloth Patterns Crochet dishcloths seem like too simple of an idea for a new crocheter but I stand by the idea that it's the best projects to start. I feel new crocheters get so excited by crochet they could jump to a blanket immediately and quit as the project is bigger than...
Canning Jar Top Crochet Patterns
Canning Jar Tops Most of our audience know that Diva Dan is a foodie. He prepares every meal and is adventurous when it comes to pulling recipes from magazines and the internet. Truthfully, most of the time I have no idea which vegetable or whatever is in the food. It just tastes yummy! Daniel loves...
12 Crochet Organizers
12 Crochet Organizers Crochet Organizers for the Fiber Artists is just that! These organizer projects will help you keep organized with handy little helpers for your crochet tools, and knitting items! Choose from a variety of hook cases, hook holders and those organizers to keep your tools in reach! I hope you enjoy these as...
Crochet Cute Apple Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Cute Apple Have a favourite teacher in mind or want to decorate for fall or Thanksgiving? Check out this cute Crochet Apple. A simple to follow a pattern where the shaping comes naturally as you crochet. At first, it resembles a lemon until you do the final touches with the tails to force the...
Crochet H&K Water Bottle Holder Pattern
Crochet Hugs & Kisses Water Bottle Holder When I posted a sneak peek of my Cell Phone Sling, several people thought it was a water bottle holder, so naturally, I had to crochet one up to match. So here is a Hugs and Kisses Water Bottle Pattern for you. This time I chose to use...
Crochet #MG Modern Granny Bag Pattern
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. With an easy to form handle for the person on the go. Made using Lily Sugar'n Cream. This design is...
Crochet Key Card Holder Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Key Card Holder A project that takes about 10 minutes is a Crochet Key Card Holder that can attach to a lanyard or whatever. For cruise ships, the key card is your most important identification. For personal and crochet cruises I attend, I wear lanyard so I can keep an eye on my key...
Crochet Strawberry Dishcloth Pattern + Tutorial
Strawberry Dishcloth Learn how to crochet a simple strawberry dishcloth. Cute and easy to do. This will wipe up fast. It can be used as a washable dishcloth or a decoration for your kitchen. But makes sure you use 100%Cotton as cotton is fantastic for dishcloths! Get this free pattern, it's called Granny Strawberry Dishcloth....
What to do with Caron x Pantone Bamboo Yarn
Caron x Pantone Bamboo Introducing for spring 2019 is the Caron x Pantone Bamboo exclusively at Michael Stores in Canada and USA. Originally, the Caron x Pantone was part acrylic and merino wool with precision colour due to partnership with Pantone. So there were a couple changes to Caron x Pantone. Now available is the...
6 Crochet Hop Into Spring Patterns
Crochet Hop Into Spring Patterns Let's hop into this spring with some really fun Easter patterns. Bunnies are so cute and there are so many fun ways to spread Easter cheer with them. I have loved all things bunnies for as long as I can remember. I myself have a Lion-Maine bunny, her name is Patience and...
How To Crochet 6 Christmas Tree Patterns + Tutorials
The art of gift-giving is being lost with commercialism, while crocheters have the ability to make gifts that have meaning and thought. What comes to my mind the most are the people who have everything they want but something handmade is more thoughtful and unique. For myself, I appreciate handmade a lot. I understand the...
Crochet Pumpkin Dishcloth Pattern
Some of us get into Halloween, and we like to decorate for the occasion. Here, we have a Crochet Pumpkin Dishcloth pattern. An easy-to-follow pattern that is geared for the spooky event. Maybe I am old, but I used to love going out for Halloween. I live in the country, so the opportunities for vast...
Crochet Valentines Heart Dishcloth + Tutorial
With a swish of the hook and a quick colour change, introducing the Be My Valentine Dishcloth. I have to say, though, that giving a dishcloth for Valentine's may not be equivalent to flowers or a big box of chocolates. So, if you are going to gift a dishcloth, be sure there are no dishes...
Crochet Shamrock Dishcloth Pattern + Tutorial
The Crochet Shamrock Dishcloth is made of 4 pieces sewn together to form the shamrock. Wishing you the luck of the Irish. A free tutorial is included below for this cute, more decorative, dishcloth. It consists of tree triangle motifs and one ring. The leaf motifs are pretty straight forward of 4 rounds. The first...
Crochet Easy Dishcloth Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Dishcloth This easy to crochet dishcloth is using the moss stitch which makes it very quick and easy to crochet. What is the moss stitch? It's very simple, it consists of 1 single crochet, chain 1. You crochet within chain one spaces. Though it appears like a solid unit, it's actually like a granny...
2 Natural Crochet Dishcloths + Tutorials
A blast from the past is the Lily Sugar'n Cream Naturals dishcloths. One is a traditional granny, and the other is a solid granny. It was updated to 2023 with other options, such as the Lily Sugar'n Cream original yarn and Lily Sugar'n Cream Scrub Off. It's always nice to have handmade items for everyday...
Crochet Mitered Dishcloth + Tutorial
Are you looking for a dishcloth that is unique in the way it's done? This Crochet Mitered Dishcloth isn't what I thought it would be. I thought I would have to change colour every other row, and to me was a deal breaker. I thought, okay, film this and say don't change the colour. But...
Crochet American Beach Bag Pattern
Ah... a day at the beach with your new Crochet American Beach Bag. This is a beginner-oriented beach bag featuring Lily Sugar'n Cream Yarn. It is 100% cotton to be perfect for this use. Cotton doesn't stretch and can handle wet conditions, such as a bathing suit or damp towel, after you are done at...
6 Crochet Amigurumi Toy Patterns
Now that most of us have tested the amigurumi waters with the Fat Cat Crochet Stuffie and have learned that it's not as hard or scary as once was thought. In most cases, if you have made a hat at some point you have the basics idea of amigurumi already figured out. Working in rounds,...
Crochet Daisy Diamond Rug Pattern
I made one of these Crochet Daisy Diamond Rug Patterns for our cats. Cats are attracted to circles, and we strategically placed this in our home. I made mine with a T-shirt yarn about the same thickness as 4 plies of Lily Sugar'n Cream yarn put together for the thickness. Riverstone loved her rug. It was...
5 Different Sizes - Crochet Bucket Hats + Tutorials
The Crochet Bucket Hat Trio is new for 2022, using 100% cotton with Lily Sugar'n Cream yarn. Of the three, I love the stripes version as the shaping and look remind me a lot of a gift show version type of hat. It's carefully designed, and I think it's incredible. There is now 5 free patterns...
23 Lovely Crochet Lace Patterns
23 Patterns to Show Off Your Love for Lace We hand-picked our favorite crochet projects from Yarnspiration's collection of Lovely Lace patterns. Crochet lends itself to lace: open stitch work meets repeating patterns to create the beautiful textures that drew us into working with yarn. Crochet had never been more in fashion, from 1970's nostalgia...
Crochet Social Textures Dishcloth
Crochet Social Textures Dishcloth Are you loving how easy the Social Textures series is yet? Well, here is the quickest project you can crochet with this simple, yet textured design. I have a Social Textures Dishcloth, or washcloth if you prefer, using the newest cotton yarn, Lily Sugar'n Cream Scrub Off. This is really the...
Crochet Mosaic Stitch Dishcloth Pattern + Tutorial
The Crochet Mosaic Dishcloth is an entry crochet pattern for the mosaic concepts. Using Lily Sugar'n Cream cotton yarn. You need two colours of yarn and in the Lily Sugar'n Cream size of yarn, 1 ball of each colour can do two dishcloths. However, you will see my sample having a single crochet border with...
Crochet Roll Down Baby Booties + Tutorial
These popular crochet roll-down baby booties use Bernat Handicrafter yarn, which is 100% cotton yarn. Grown in the USA and processed for colours in Canada. You can substitute easily with Lily Sugar'n Cream or Peaches & Cream yarn. 100% cotton is important for this application for a baby to wear. The upper cuff of the...
Easy Textured Knit Dishcloth with Tutorial
DOWNLOAD PDF FREE PATTERN This is an easy-level knit dishcloth that uses knit and purl stitches for ease of pattern repeating. For a determined beginner and beyond. This is the Easy Textured Knit Dishcloth. Remember with dishcloths that the tightness of the stitch matters. So be sure not to substitute the needles for something bigger,...
Crochet Scalloped Dishcloth Pattern + Tutorial
Introducing the Scalloped Dishcloth that is simple yet practical. You have a choice on the types of yarns used to make this. However, you must use 100% cotton if you are using this for cleaning and in the kitchen. Acrylic yarns will not work for washing dishes and everyday use. You can use Lily Sugar'n...
Does Cotton Matter in the Kitchen: The Experiment
Coming up shortly is the new "Crochet for the Kitchen Series". If you have been following along with my crochet tutorials and ideas over the past 8 years, you will know I haven't got into cotton much. There are some reasons for that or should I say excuses. Many years ago, I made a dishcloth...
19 Gagging Jacob's Ladder Patterns + Tutorials
The crochet ladder-stitch could also be called Jacob's Ladder. It also looks like the braiding of chains that interlock with each other. The way this stitch can puzzle together has me gagging in excitement. Daniel did a project called the Crochet Polish Star Pillow with this type of concept. Just stuns me half to death....
Dish Soap Crochet Apron for the Kitchen + Tutorial
Ridiculous ain't it! haha, Make your kitchen more personal by hiding the soap bottle in a cotton apron that can be changed out between the bottles. Very easy to make and even craft fair worthy for little novelty gift ideas. Wait until Daniel finds the one I did in the kitchen. He's going to say...
Crochet Reusable Mop Pattern + Tutorial
DIY Crochet Floor Duster Mop Learn how to make your own reusable cotton floor duster mop for your cleaning kits. The cover for you dusters is made of cotton, which means it can be machine washable in between cleanings and quickly attaches back onto the duster due to the design elements I have made to...
Reverse Wave Stitch Coaster + Tutorial
The Crochet Reverse Wave Stitch Coaster is a new design that has a unique border edging. I've seen edging like this before but never knew how it was done. I've learned something new in this free pattern. This is using Aunt Lydia's Cozy 3 thread yarn. . . Tutorial Choose Another Coaster The Crochet Spring...
Fuzzy Like a Peach Colour
In the realm of colour, Pantone has just revealed Peach Fuzz as the colour of the year for 2024, setting the tone for trends in fashion, design, and various industries. As someone who has seen the ebb and flow of these colour choices over the years, you can't help but raise an eyebrow at times...
46 Crochet Patterns Celebrating America
Independence Day's almost here, and it's time to celebrate your pride in The United States of America. These projects show off your skills, as well as your patriotism. See lists below, and they are clickable links to the patterns. American Waves Blanket The Crochet American Waves Blanket is a lazy wave 1-row repeating blanket throughout....
Woodsy Crochet Flower Dishcloth + Tutorial
Decorate for fall and possibly craft tables in the shows. This is the Crochet Woodsy Sunflower Dishcloth. This dishcloth came in as a request from a crocheter. Dishcloths don't always have to be used but just part of your decor. These would make create doily-like decorations for a table as well. In the tutorial, I...