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....
Tutorials
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...
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 Prickly Pear Cactus Flower Pot Pattern + Tutorial
The prickly look without the worry of being stung by a Cactus! Introducing this super adorable Crochet Cactus. This cactus comes with the pattern to create the soil and then two sizes of plants that attach together. The soil has two different sizes in the pattern so you can change it easily to match the...
Crochet Twist Stitch Messy Bun Hat + Tutorial
The Crochet Twist Stitch Messy Bun Hat is the sister of the Cable Twist Hat featured in early 2016. This spectacular is one of the most popular hats in the tutorial format on The Crochet Crowd. This hat is exactly the same stitch pattern for the cable twist that is done. The difference is that...
Crochet Deep Ridge Scarf Pattern
Using 2 Balls of Caron Chunky Cakes, you can make this Deep Ridge Scarf. A great substitute is Caron Anniversary Cakes. The scarf is a Mikey original that combines sets of front posts and back posts to create deep ridging. Materials 2 Balls - Caron Chunky Cakes. Colour shown is Mystic Chip. You can use...
Check Please Blanket... Spring Stitch Along
Coming in late March 2023 is the next Stitch Along with our friends at JOANN. For the first time, a knitting stitch-along will be hosted by Marly Bird. Both projects are not in the same category of the finished item as each other. Knitters will have a unique experience, but they go together in the...
Crochet Baby Blocks Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
If you enjoy C2C, Corner to Corner, crocheting the C2C, aka Crochet Baby Blocks Blanket, may be up your alley. This is using Caron Kindness yarn. The instructions say increase using the Corner to Corner technique until it's 32" wide and then start to decrease. The tutorial below will help you get started and does...
How To Crochet Mile A Minute Throw Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet this Pop-A-Minute Baby Blanket as a cute little gift for a baby shower or for someone close to you for your baby or grandbaby. This baby blanket plays off the long colour stripes in the Bernat POP yarn. The blanket is crocheted in stripes and attached. I am using the solid colour from Bernat...
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 Fair & Square Blanket + Tutorial
The Crochet Fair and Square Blanket by Yarnspirations is a simplistic granny square with a twist. You will definitely see two colours are being used in this blanket. Those are not cut and added on to make it feel like a project that goes on forever. Instead, the yarn is carried up along a corner....
Crochet Flying Geese Baby Blanket Pattern
In celebration of Canada 150, Yarnspirations has the Crochet Flying Geese Baby Blanket. This is a small rectangular baby blanket. There is a strip of Tapestry Crochet Work making triangles along the one edge. You will then make the body of the blanket. You will join both sections together with single crochet using both panels...
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...
Crochet Mock Cable Blanket + Tutorial
The Crochet Mock Cable Blanket uses the Jacob's Ladder concept and is adjustable for regular yarn use as well. This is a combination of moss stitch or granite stitch with the looping chains that create the look. I found at first it as a bit getting used to but once I came to understand the...
Crochet Cablework Afghan Pattern + Tutorial
Don't let this design scare the daylights out of you because this Crochet Cablework Afghan is really easy if you look at this afghan row by row. The wonderful and coolest thing about this design, once you start the main pattern after the 1st - 3 rows are done, every other row is just straight...
Crochet Cable Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Cable Blanket There was a demand for a style of Crochet Cable Hat but to have it as an afghan instead. Yarnspirations listened and delivered with an ultra-plush Crochet Cable Blanket featuring Bernat Blanket Yarn. In preparing for a tutorial. I sat with this pattern to run a test of the design. I substituted...
Crochet Misty Vines Cable Baby Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
This is the Crochet Misty Vines Cable Baby Blanket pattern where there are beautiful ribbing and spaces with bobbles added for visual appeal. The pattern has the bobbles change positions so the ribbing switches too. There is a set repeat pattern that allows the ribbing to work seamlessly together. The multiples to change the size...
Crochet Soft Neutrals Cable Afghan Pattern + Tutorial
There is a mix of two panels that make up this Crochet Soft Neutrals Cable Afghan. It's a visually appealing afghan with a bit of challenging concepts for the crocheter to master. It's considered an intermediate level which gives me a lot of hope. One panel has the double cabling braid while the other panel...
Crochet Here and There Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
The Crochet Here and There Blanket is highly textured using Bernat Blanket yarn. The blanket can be used in regular yarn sizes. To change the size of the chain, keep the chain in an odd number count to make this work. The beginning of the blanket starts off with ribbing and then changes to half...
Crochet Striping Shells Shawl Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Striping Shells Shawl The Crochet Striping Shells Shawl is a very simple repeat of two rows. The Caron x Pantone Bamboo is precisely coloured and strategically placed within the shawl for really elegant looks. To change the look, you simply can change the colours that are suggested to something more your flavour. I would...
Crochet Lace Fans Shawl Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Lace Fans Shawl The Crochet Lace Fans Shawl is made of up of individual fans that are attached to each other as you crochet. It takes 3 Caron x Pantone Bamboo braids to make this. There are two options for strategic placement for this. There is also the Colorplay Tool with this shawl to...
Easy Crochet Shells and Clusters Shawl Pattern + Tutorial
The easy-to-follow pattern for the Crochet Shells and Cluster Shawl uses Caron Blossom Cakes, providing a fabulous, playful colour appearance in this shawl. . . Tutorial The pattern below is using Caron Halo Cakes and uses the exact same pattern. See how the different yarns lend themselves to wonderful opportunities.
Crochet Blossom Shawl + Tutorial
Using Caron Blossom Cakes, this is a simple crochet shawl to crochet. This is the Blossom Cakes Shawl. The fringe at the ends of the shawl is elegant for this. It provides a drape and flows as you walk. ... - The fringing is similar to the Crochet Garden Flowers Blanket. There's a tutorial for...
Beginner Tunisian Rib Stitch Hat Pattern + Tutorial
This Tunisian Ribbed Stitched Hat comes in two sizes in the pattern that includes child and adult. It's really simple and gives you the look of knitting with your afghan hook. The hat starts off at the brim and works it's way up before we start the decrease. I found this pattern much easier than...
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...
Just A Phase Crochet Modern Granny Blanket
The Crochet, Just A Phase Modern Granny Blanket is a typical modern granny blanket made with the new Bernat Blanket Perfect Phasing yarn. If you were doing this as a modern granny, you would change the colour when doing the single crochet and chain spaces. . . The blanket is made similar to this below....
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...
Crochet Baby Tiles for Miles Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet the Baby Tiles for Miles Baby Blanket using Caron Baby Cakes Yarn or equivalent yarns. This is easy to follow the pattern, in fact, I have put a tutorial out there for you to use if you need extra help. The tiles are made up of 4 trebles grouped together. There is a half...
Loom Knit Santa Hat Pattern + Tutorial
The Loom Knit Santa Hat is a fun and easy accessory to have to wear at a parade or close to Christmas time. The brim uses Bernat Pipsqueak, which is double-stranded for thickness. It's the iconic look of the fluffy white brims that Santa would wear. The body of the hat is also double-stranded of...
Loom Knit: Differences of Flat Knitting Looms
The differences between the flat looms and how to consider using them. Use a portion of a large loom or use the full loom for bigger projects. These looms can be used in different ways. More Ideas Tutorial
Beginner Loom Knit: How to Turn Heels + Tutorial
Turning the heels of a stocking or sock in loom knitting is easier than you may think. It's a back and forth motion to decrease and increase. This is demonstrated on a small loom knitting ring where the ring is divided almost in half, peg-wise. You will only use half of the loom for the...
Loom Knitting Christmas Stocking Pattern + Tutorial
The Loom Knitting Christmas Stocking was written by me in 2009. Using 5" loom knitting tool, eWrap a Loom Knitting Stocking. This is a free loom knitting pattern. This is using the twisted knit stitch that is achieved through eWrapping concept. The example picture is the first one I ever did. This pattern has been...
Beginner Loom Knit Adult Striped Alpaca Hat + Tutorial
The Adult Loom Knit Striped Alpaca Hat is using Patons Alpaca Blend yarn. We will have tutorials linked below once they are ready for the concepts in this free pattern. The yarn is a roving yarn with 22% wool, 10% nylon, 60% acrylic and 8% alpaca. This means, it's incredibly soft and will be warm...
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...
19 Free Assorted Loom Knit Patterns
There are a handful of YouTube Hosts that can take you beyond the basics of Loom Knitting. We talked about before on Loom Knitting for Beginners on What to Buy, now it's time to experience some patterns that are above the absolute basics. We have the absolute basics of Loom Knitting within our YouTube Channel....
Loom Knit: Stretchy Striped Comfort Wrap + Tutorials
The Loom Knit Double Ribbed Stretchy Wrap is my latest 22" flat loom creation. It uses a double-ribbed wrapping technique. Sizing The wrap is 76" long unstretched. It is 13" wide unstretched but will stretch to 20" once put on. It's the Double Ribbed Stitch that causes the wrap. The stretch is what is using...
Loom Knit: Double Wrap VS Double Stranding
The 4-ply Woven Yarn, with double stranding, is required for loom knitting on large peg looms. Double wrapping keeps the yarn transitions. Yarn like Bernat Wavelength has a slow transition between the colour changing. if you are double stranding, and yes it's faster, the transitioning will be lost if you double-strand versus double wrapping. Double...
What Are the Loom Knitting Ring Sizes?
Usually, the loom knitting rings are sold as a kit. Up to 4 sizes are in one package but which one do you use? I made the assumption that the smallest was for babies, the next size for kids, the next size adults and the largest size for things bigger. The room looms can be...
Loom Knitting for Beginners - What to Buy
Loom Knitting is the art of knitting with a tool instead of knitting needles. There are a variety of looms on the market, and you need to make the decision to select the right looms for your application. There are companies that specialize in loom making only and the quality difference. For example, Looms by...