In Trend Yarn Colour Combination For 2020 I have been really attracted to the beach colourings of the seafoam meets the sand versus the colouring of blues of the water. Being a host of the Crochet Cruises, I get my fair share of oceanic views only while on vacation. I'm also in the Maritimes in...
Free Crochet Patterns
Discover a wealth of crochet patterns curated from designers such as Mikey, Yarnspirations, Red Heart, and others, all with a primary emphasis on being freely accessible. Whether you're a seasoned crocheter or a novice, these diverse patterns cover a range of styles and skill levels, ensuring a rich collection of free resources for the crochet community. Explore the creativity of renowned designers without any cost constraints and embark on your next crochet project with an abundance of inspiring patterns.
Crochet Tournament of Stitches with Marly
Crochet Tournament of Stitches Marly Bird is hosting the Tournament of Stitches for both crocheters and knitters. The project is a sampler scarf using Crochet Mosaic Stitches. Marly has weekly prizes for this tournament. The patterns include stitching diagrams for your convenience. This fun idea runs until April 16th. Should you have any questions, Marly...
Randomize by Color for Crochet Motifs
How to Randomize Colours in Crochet Motifs To be truly random must allow your mind to open and for possibilities of colour combinations to unfold before your eyes. For many of us, this is where we struggle when we see colour combinations that are not working together so well. The true struggle is to figure...
Caron Cakes Fall 2017 New Colours
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...
Online Colour Generator Program: Canva
Online Colour Generator Program Are you like me and struggle with colour matching? Introducing Canva. Canva is a colour generator program that allows you to insert your colours and the program does it's magic to show you colours that go with the colour you have selected. As a person that matches the colour, sometimes I...
How to Make Your Own Custom Graphghans
How to Get Graphs for Graphghans With Graphghans being the rage for crocheters. Crocheters are constantly looking for ways to create their own graphs. There are different resources out there such as websites that will allow you to make your own graphs to websites that do it for you. The price ranges of the websites...
Crochet Cruises Free Pattern Book
Crochet Cruises Free Pattern Book The Crochet Cruises had a free pattern book that was designed by our very own Diva Dan. Pattern collaboration with Yarnspirations, Jeanne Steinhilber and myself, Michael Sellick. The free pattern book for crochet cruisers was printed by JOANN Fabrics and Crafts. The concept of the pattern book was to give...
Crochet Granny Square Colour Pattern Generator
Crochet Granny Square Colour Pattern Generator A fun finds online is the Crochet Granny Square Colour Pattern Generator by Melissa Avery-Weir. It is so easy and interesting to watch it generate the next newest pattern you may have kicking around in your head. You will tell the generator how many squares you want in the width...
Lookbook: Mindful Making Crochet Patterns
Mindful Making Lookbook The newest lookbook in the Yarnspirations Family is called Mindful Making. I think if you are looking for something that is a step above ordinary, this lookbook is up your alley. As always, each pattern inside the lookbooks is free. You just need to click onto the pattern picture and it will...
Crochet Book Reviews Project Gallery
Crochet Book Reviews Project Gallery Sometimes we want to make something, our crochet hook is just itching to be used but no ideas as to what it is we want to make. Try checking out some books for some inspiration. Or if you are like me collecting patterns is part of the crochet addiction. It...
Understanding Knitting Gauge
Understanding How to Find Knit Gauges Gauge and Tension are both related to each other. Those instructions can be found in two places depending on the yarn brand you have selected. Most of the major yarn makers provide this information on the ball band. Though many people gloss over when they turn over the ball band...
Knitting Slip Knots
How to Make Slip Knots To start a knitting project, you have to start with the first slip knot that is slid onto your knitting needles. A knot is needed to prevent the yarn from unravelling from the start of the project. When you think knitting or crochet, you are making loops that link to...
Knitting Yarn Placement Tips
Yarn Placement Tips Yarn placement is a really important key tip for ease and speed of knitting. If you are already a crocheter, you have to think opposite to where your yarn should rest when feeding into your hand. Most people knit or crochet with their dominant hand. There are a few people who are...
Introduction to Knitting
Knitting with Mikey In recent conversations with our sponsor, Yarnspirations, the term knitting came up. The Crochet Crowd and knitting seem polar opposites. For me, the word knitting means high-end yarn, fancy, hard, impossible, difficult and much more that aren't truly inspirational words. If you want me to lie, "It's all fabulous!", there you go....
Knitting Pinch Throw Yarn
How to Hold Yarn - Pinch & Throw The Pinch and Throw Method is the way my mother taught me as a child. There are many ways in which to knit and this is used by many people. I couldn't help but think of crochet when learning. The exaggerated motion of a crochet hook can...
Knitting Hold Yarn with Throw
How to Hold Yarn with Woven & Throw Style This is the method of holding yarn that I am teaching myself going forward with knitting. To save hand motion and control my tension better, I am practicing with this method. The term 'throw' is referred to as wrapping the yarn around the needle. Unlike the...
Knitting Between Loops Cast On
Cast On Between Loops When it comes to knitting, there are many methods to casting on. Casting on means to start a new strand of yarn. This is the very beginning of the project where you have to create the loops on the knitting needle to be the foundation. In this method, you start off...
Knitting Long Tail Cast On
Cast On using Long Tail Method Casting on with a Long Tail requires you to not start your slip knot close to the end of the strand. It will require you to use two strands that intertwine with each other. This technique takes a bit of getting used to and isn't very difficult. With your...
Knitting Cast Off
How to Cast Off Are you ready to finish off your project? Casting off isn't too complicated but there are a few things you can watch out for. In the example, you can see I refer to casting off in the garter stitch because that's what the sample is. When casting off and having your...
You Are My Sunshine Crochet Afghan Pattern
You are My Sunshine Afghan Ripping through the crochet community right now is the You are My Sunshine Afghan by Jody Pyott. We have seen this happen with Jody's designs before and another pattern of Crochet Horse Scarves. For unexpected reasons, patterns like this come out of nowhere and the crochet community is rocked off...
History of Crochet
History of Crochet Crochet is one of those hobbies where the starting point is unknown. It's a morphing of hobbies clashing together such as knitting, tapestry, rug hooking and weaving techniques. Croche is the Middle French word hook. While the word most likely originates from the French and English speakers have picked it up to...
Difference of Being Authentic
I was thinking about the role of social media host and their responsibility to call things for what they are. Labelling content with authenticity. Indulge me in some free form thinking. Social media hosts can get into hot water if they are using statements that may not be accurate to define a situation, skill or...
Stitch Paleeze! Rebranding Ahead
Ever seen people who bitch about things not changing but don't change themselves to create the change? While negativity is easy to generate, a positive change is so much harder but who's responsibility is that? Look in the mirror, that's who. Canadian YouTube Creators, big fish, like me, have been assigned a YouTube Representative to...
Crochet Persuasion Patch Scrap Throw Pattern
DOWNLOAD PATCH THROW FREE PATTERN The Crochet Patched Persuasion Throw is a fantastic scrap yarn throw. There are several types of squares to try. One of the squares intrigued me with the light green and pink center. I haven't seen anything like that before. Some of the squares are modern granny, and I also like...
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,...
Authentically Broken with A New Plan
I have just returned from my yearly break. I was counting down the days, unlike any other year. My trip was almost cancelled a few days before I left due to circumstances beyond my control. I realized that if I don't break and get out of the house, I will not be able to reset...
10 Best Short Form Videos of 2022
This year, I tasked myself to learn how to make videos under 60 seconds. I hired a contractor to show me the tricks to the trade plus did many trials to see what crocheters would enjoy. The shorts require a bit of personality with a quick story that is relatable. Here are the top performer...
Mystery Boxes Being Replenished with SECRET
I have a secret tip if you to sneak in to gather a box before the rush of the crowd. Some mystery boxes are scheduled for replenishment, as many people missed the opportunity. Some people had their orders cancelled due to the speed at which items are sold. SECRET If you keep checking the links...
Easy Travel Crochet Project: Sun Shine Throw
DOWNLOAD LET SUN SHINE THROW The Crochet Let the Sun Shine Through Throw is an easy piece-by-piece motif afghan. New sew motif throw. Flower or sun centre that allows you to have amazing colour options in case the orange and yellow isn't suiting your fancy. This uses Red Heart Super Saver yarn and is in...
Knit Twist & Transfer Cast On
Cast On Using the Twist & Transfer Another method of Cast On with your knitting is the Twist & Transfer. Originally, my mother showed me a similar method but I didn't twist. Until I saw a Bernat.com video from many years ago, I hadn't realize I should have been doing the twist. Without the twist, my...
Mikey's 10 Most Recommended Yarns
Mikey's Most Recommended Yarns My yarn tastes change in time and based on trending ideas that are circulating on the internet. As much as I inspire the ideas, I am also inspired by everyday crocheters, like you. With Red Heart joining in with Yarnspirations in 2019, the world of more yarn opportunities opened to me...
Bernat House Warming Pattern Book
Bernat House Warming Pattern Book Another fine pattern book by Bernat with a lovely hexagonal afghan on the front to entice your creativity. The book is divided in half between Crochet and Knitters. I have to say when the cover says House Warming... I get the sense throughout the coloured pictures inside about making these...
Mikey's Crochet Designs
Mikey aka Michael Sellick is the creator of The Crochet Crowd. Generally speaking, he prefers projects that have texture to keep himself mentally interested. He is forever learning about new stitches and how to incorporate them into designs. Mikey is generally a slow designer as he balances a great deal of time on YouTube in...
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...
Summer 2021 Crochet Bag Challenge + Tutorial
New for summer 2021 is the summer bag challenge. Get the pattern when it becomes available and then decorate the bag (just 1 side minimum) to a theme. 10 random winners will receive an Official Crochet Crowd Tote. My example is called Patches and it resembles, very loosely, a scarecrow. Squint really good. The original...
Elegant Floral Granny Square Crochet Pattern
Elegant Floral Granny Square Try this Elegant Floral Granny Square that plays with two yarns at the same time to pull off a pinwheel floral look. This square is part of an afghan called the Patons Decor Elegant Floral Afghan. You can get all of the information for yarn colours and quantities to make that...
Knit Long Tail Cast On
Cast On Thumb Long Tail Cast on The Thumb Long Tail Cast On is very similar to the regular long tail cast on. It's just a difference of holding the yarn. This method is pretty straight forward without anything too complex. If you remember, the long tail cast on has you wrap the yarn around your...
Make Miniature Crochet Crowd Book + Tutorial
Make a miniature Crochet Crowd Book for your miniature library, or to have something small as a keepsake. This is officially a 1:12 Scale that fits modelling for doll houses and vignette scenes you may want to create. My tutorial below will show you how to use my template to produce your own. Download You...
Craft Retailers Shift to Offer Curb Side Pick-up
Michaels and JOANN Shift to Curb Side Pick-up Both Michaels and JOANN are shifting to call your attention to the Curb Side Pick-up option. This allows you to shop online and select your items and then head to your local store to pick up the items you ordered. Once you place your order, a personal...
Crochet By Numbers by Todd Paschall
Crochet By Numbers I learned of Todd Paschall through a friend, Veronica, who was working on an heirloom portrait of her parents at the dinner table at their wedding. The picture dated back to the 50's. She was crocheting a replica as an afghan and using a pattern created by Todd. Crochet By Numbers is...