Jonah Larson, aka Jonah's Hands, the youngest stitch ambassador of Yarnspirations, has a new crochet stitch sampler blanket named after him. Yarnspirations asked me to step in and film this series to add to our stitch library on YouTube. Jonah collaborated with the Yarnspirations Design Team to find out which stitches he loves; the Yarnspirations...
Red Heart Crochet and Knit Patterns
Designed for the everyday crocheter and knitter. Focused on value and easy access in many retailers as well as online stores. Red Heart Yarn is America's Number 1 yarn brand.
Knit Collective Sampler Blanket
Yarnspirations has requested I film a series for this Knit Collective Sampler Blanket. Using Red Heart Super Saver, this has nine sampler squares. The squares include the following: I'm a slow knitter so that this tutorial series will take some time. - - Another Knit Blanket The Knit Honey Comb Knit Baby Blanket isn't too...
Discontinued: Red Heart Sashay Yarn + Tutorials
It was rumoured that this yarn, called Red Heart Sashay, saved the Red Heart brand from 2009 to 2015. The easy-to-beginne-with nature of the Yarn attracted new crocheters and knitters to the craft. Like anything that comes to market, the heat simmers and goes cold in time. Many extensions of this same brand came to...
Craft Halloween Pom Pom Wreath Pattern + Tutorial
Is your deadline for Halloween decorations frightening you? Create this Halloween Pom Pom Wreath. Or, the thought of weaving in the ends of your afghan sends shivers down your spine? Treat yourself to a simply sweet craft project: Red Heart's Halloween Wreath. Create pom-poms from Red Heart Super Saver, and arrange them around a wreath...
For America: Red Heart Super Saver Crafter's Kit
From an outsider's perspective like mine, being Canadian, the United States has intense patriotism for colouring. You see it across America with homes and businesses displaying flats, other projects, and finished goods with American colours. These are the America Version of Red Heart Super Saver Crafter Kits. One thing that appears true for me is...
America's Leading Brand: 120 Colours Red Heart Super Saver Yarn
Red Heart Super Saver is America's leading brand of value-based acrylic yarn on the marketplace. It's been around a very long time and is a staple yarn, meaning a regular yarn many people have in their yarn collections at home. There are over 120 colours of this yarn, though your retailer may carry a handful...
Lower Commitment: Red Heart Super Saver Craft Kits
Are you indecisive about getting into the yarn arts and want to try the colours without buying full-size balls without really knowing your future? Red Heart Super Saver Craft Kits are a solution to get 12 colours, including Shocking Pink, Cherry Red, Pumpkin, Saffron, Spring Green, Jade, Royal, Lavender, Soft White, Gray Heather, Black, and...
Patriotic Pillow Crochet Pattern
New Americanized Crochet Pillow pattern has just been released by Red Heart. The free pattern is available at Patriotic Pillow Crochet Pattern. Use your Red Heart Super Saver for this pillow. Simple design but really stylish too. Celebrate July 4th in style another great pattern to check out for your celebrations is the Patriotic Party...
Crochet Fanny Pack Bag Pattern + Tutorial
Check out this new pattern, the Crochet Fanny Pack using granny squares. The lack of pockets in our garments makes this a great accessory to go out with. This bag uses Red Heart Super Saver. You can wear it around the front or back of your body, whichever you prefer. There is a strategic fold...
What To Do With Red Heart Super Saver Bitty Stripes + 1 Pattern
Red Heart Super Saver Bitty Stripes is new for late spring 2024. It's so new that I contacted Yarnspirations to ask more about this fabulous eye candy. For the last two months, this yarn has been launched at Walmart Canada as a unique promotional yarn for a limited amount for January and February only. The...
Crochet Colour Block Dishcloth + Tutorial
Do you need a break, or are you on the go? The Crochet Colour Block Dishcloth is an easy, quick project for that needed rest. Use any combination from Red Heart Scrubby to create your own Crochet Colour combo. Cassandra Bibler designed the lovely Crochet Color Block Dishcloth, playing with texture and colours. You'll be hooked....
Crochet Color Block Dishcloth in 2 Ways + Tutorial
A tutorial request came in for this Red Heart Color Block Dishcloth pattern. I provided secondary options, resulting in another pattern based on this one that you can also download. It's the Lily Sugarn Cream Extended Double Crochet Dishcloth. The tutorial covers both. Knowing this is hard to see in tutorial format. I used Lily...
Crochet Perfect Pixel Blanket Pattern
The Crochet Perfect Pixel Blanket is a brand new design that has the shell work that we have seen before in other designs. I'll show you another sample that's similar to it from 2013. The new version is mixing Red Heart Super Saver Stripes and Red Heart Super Saver Brushed yarns together. The colouring of...
Juicy Fruits & Whipped Throw Pattern + Tutorial
Customize your new Juicy Fruits and Whipped Creme Crochet Throw. You can make this as a lapghan or even up to a bedspread. The details are provided below to customize. This is using Red Heart Super Saver yarn. The Sizing below is based on the Gauge Size of the Written Pattern itself. This was not...
Crochet Classic Striped Scarf Pattern
It's getting colder out, so it's time to make things to keep warm, this fun Crochet Classic Striped Scarf will keep you nice and cozy at those football games, or playing in the park. Made the wonderful new Red Heart Heat Wave, pick any combination of your favourite colours they have and make up this...
6 Crochet Blankets For Baby Patterns
Crochet Blankets For Baby Patterns I've noticed lately there has been some requests of suggestions for baby blankets from a few of our friends on The Crochet Crowd Facebook page as well as on the stitch social, so I thought it would be a good time to put together a fun little collection of a...
Crochet Cable Your Love Baby Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Cable Baby Blanket has 2 cable panel sections to try. It's an advanced-level crochet pattern and really satisfying to crochet up. If you enjoy the texture and the challenge, you may just love this blanket. Due to the panels being narrow across, the memory work needed for the stitchwork is minimal at best. You...
30 Crochet and Knit Fab Five Inspired Patterns
Crochet and knitting are back in trend with major celebrities and fashion-oriented TV Shows like Fab Five, from Tan France, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, Antoni Porowski and Karamo Brown. Yarnspirations has put together 30 Free Fab Five Inspired Patterns that may inspire you with style and coloured. Some of the patterns are brand new...
Crochet Saint Patrick's Day Clover Leaf Hat Pattern
May the luck of the Irish be with you as you possibly drink green beer in style earing your outrageously fun Crochet Saint Patrick's Day Hat. Grab your Red Heart Super Saver and have some luck making this fabulous hat. . . This hat uses Red Heart Super Saver and is pretty easy to make....
2 Beginner Crochet Hat Patterns for School Programs
A crocheter is getting involved in teaching others to crochet and was looking at the newest hat in white with the big pom pom but was wondering if there was another version done that wasn't chunky yarn but in the medium 4-ply weight yarn. She wants to inspire others to crochet but works with a...
They Want to Hear From You! Yeah, They Do! Seriously
Have you been going to a yarn store and noticing that the yarn that you used to buy is gone and has been replaced by a substitute? Suddenly, my videos suggest yarn that you cannot buy locally but used to be able to. You are not alone. Complaining online about stock makes little difference for...
Discontinued: Red Heart Colorscape Yarn + Patterns
Red Heart Colorscape was a roving-based yarn that effortlessly transitioned in the colourways. It was like eye candy, and you couldn't wait for the new row to be completed to watch it change. Gorgeous acrylic yarn with phenomenal colour effects. The colours move from one to the next in a painterly fashion, creating a beautiful...
12 Animals to Choose Crochet Amigurumi Kits + Tutorials for All
In 2023, Yarnspirations created 12 Amigurumi Kits for crochet stuffies. They are called the Red Heart Amigurumi Crochet Kit. Seeing the kits in person, I was surprised to see that they were bigger than they looked in the photographs on Yarnspirations. Each kit contains one character; the yarn is 100% recycled cotton. These would make...
What To Do With Red Heart Scrubby Sparkle Yarn + Patterns
Red Heart Scrubby Sparkle yarn is made of the same material as Red Heart Scrubby yarn but uses filaments that sparkle. This yarn can be hard on the hands when crocheting, as its intended purpose is to scrub walls, dishes, and more. You may want to wear food-handling gloves on your yarn-feeding hands to avoid...
What To Do With Red Heart Scrubby Yarn + Patterns
A love-hate solid relationship is the Red Heart Scrubby yarn. Like its name implies, this uniquely textured yarn is great for knitting or crocheting dishcloths! Scrubby cloths clean dirty pots more quickly than cotton yarn dishcloths. Since Scrubby is polyester, it will dry a lot quicker! It exfoliates as well, so you can use it...
Beginner Loom Knitting: Adult Ribbed Hat Pattern + Tutorial
The Loom Knit Adult Ribbed Hat is a quick loom knitting project. The entire hat is loom knitted with the built-in brim that is formed after round 17. The tutorial will give you loads of extra tips for speeding up and quick ways to count. The free pattern download also gives the instructions as the...
Beginner Loom Knit So Soft Baby Hats
The Loom Knit So Soft Baby Hats were an original pattern by me in 2012 that was changed in 2020 to be better in sizing and also update the tutorial made for it. The original video was still up but in hidden mode so people couldn't search for it. Originally, I was just going to...
6 Beginner's Loom Knitting Hats + Christmas Stocking
Today, we are focusing on easy, near beginner-level loom knit hats. It's hard to go wrong with these great charity builder hats. As a child, I got hooked on the yarn crafts with the concept of corking or spool knitting. It's the same concept but much bigger and creating practical use items to fend off...
Stay Organized with Yarn Colours Crochet Tip
When working with multiple colours in one project, I get paranoid that I will insert the wrong colour in the wrong place when following a pattern. In patterns, colours are represented by letters of the alphabet. I show the idea on my Red Heart Soft labels below. Example Red Heart Soft, 141 g/5 oz, 234...
Crochet Granny Christmas Tree Skirt Pattern
I looked all over last year for a tree skirt pattern, I wish I had found this Crochet Granny Tree Skirt pattern. I love it. Although the Crochet Granny Tree Skirt is considered an intermediate project, if you have basic knowledge of the granny, you won't have many struggles with this. You can use the...
Crochet Adult Granny Hoodie Sweater Pattern
The Crochet Adult Granny Hoodie Sweater is sized from extra small to 5 extra large. Using Red Heart All In One Granny Square yarn. The different sizes require different ball counts. This is a casual slip-on garment for crocheters to make. Make sure you read the pattern notes before starting. I have provided a tutorial...
Easy XS to 2XL Crochet Granny Pants Pattern + Tutorials
Crochet a snazzy pair of granny pants for adult sizes from extra small to 2 extra large. The pattern is called Crochet Smarty Pants. The pattern is uniquely written for beginners to have great success with this pattern. For those who use Yarnspirations, you will see that the free downloadable version differs from what you...
Crochet Field of Dreams Baby Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
This gorgeous raised flower is part of the Field of Dreams afghan. Its large flowers make for incredible statements, leaving endless opportunities for the exploration of colours. This is the Crochet Field of Dreams Baby Blanket. There is a strong demand for granny squares like this as it's a bit traditional but many people love...
Field of Daisies Crochet Flower Blanket
Wrap yourself in daises and cheerful colours featuring Red Heart Super Saver yarn. This is the Field of Daises Crochet Blanket. There are 120 crochet flower motifs but you can customize this for your own sizing as the border works regardless on how many you have. I thought the blown-up daisies in the corners were...
What To Do With Red Heart Unforgettable + 4 Patterns
Red Heart Unforgettable is a smooth transitioning yarn. There are 11 colours for this yarn, with some colours discontinued over the years. Red Heart Unforgettable yarn is loved for its bold pastels and vivid colour combinations. The unbelievable softness of this roving yarn results in luxurious garments and accessories, making it one of the most...
Utterly Cute Crochet Cow
Sarah smacks it out of the park with this ridiculously adorable crochet cow. Sure, it looks cute here, but I have this remarkable gift of really screwing up stuffies! I'm sure it would look like ground beef if I did this! The shaping is really simple, and in Sarah's classic, super cute finished finishing. Grab...
Crochet Bright Stripe Textured Cowl
What a great evening project, and one that gave me a lot of self-satisfaction. I had Red Heart Super Saver Jumbo in Bright Stripe on hand. I used just over half of a ball to make this delightful crochet cowl. I used an existing pattern called the Bernat Cowl, which originally used Bernat Premium yarn....
What To Do With Red Heart Comfort Yarn
Red Heart Comfort yarn really surprised me to death! If you have played with Red Heart Comfort in the past, you will know that if you made a blanket, the blanket probably could stand on its own, it was rough and really stiff. This yarn can be found in select Walmart Canada stores and online,...
What To Do With Red Heart With Love Yarn
Red Heart With Love yarn was a must-have when we used to go to the shows to sell yarn and showcase examples of knitting and crochet. It's a premium-grade acrylic and is a step up from Red Heart Super Saver. Joking, but not really... People online can complain about the feel of Red Heart Super...
Discontinued: Red Heart Chic Sheep Yarn
Red Heart Chic Sheep yarn was developed for Marly Bird, an educator, pattern designer, and other industry professionals. Years ago, 24 shades were developed, and the remaining stock is on clearance for a fantastic price on Yarnspirations. Grab it while you can if 100% merino speaks to your stitching vibe. Yarn Specifics As you can...