Crochet Caps Made With Love Most of us enjoy making hats, sometimes though we make them without really having a purpose, other than the joy of making something quick and easy. A suggestion I have is to check out you're local Hats For Cancer Chapter seeing if they need hats, or with your local hospital...
11 Crochet Projects Celebrating Canada
11 Crochet Projects Celebrating Canadian Pride (+2 Knitting Patterns to try) Canada Day is around the corner, and it's time to hook up your pride in our true north, strong and free. The warmer weather is perfect for smaller, portable home decor projects, or to learn new techniques. These are 11 of our favourite free...
6 Crochet Wedded Bliss Patterns
Crochet Wedded Bliss Patterns I really wish I had of known how to crochet when I got married, there are so many fun patterns I have found that I would have loved to have made for my wedding. I pulled together a collection of a few of my favourite wedded bliss items that I would...
Crochet Rainbow Dreams Patterns
Crochet Rainbow Dreams Patterns I have recently seen a few requests from people looking for patterns for a Rainbow Baby Blanket. I have a rainbow baby and I thought gathering a collection of Rainbow Patterns is a great way to celebrate all Rainbow Babies everywhere. Today we celebrate our little rainbow babies and envelop them...
20 Reusable Crochet Shopping Bag Patterns
Reusable Crochet Shopping Bags In today's society, we must strive hard to cut down on items that are temporary in use. Items such as plastic shopping bags. It's estimated that globally, we use one trillion shopping bag. It's not just grocery stores contribution to this but also department stores and take-out restaurants that use plastic....
13 Crochet for Children Doll Patterns
Meet Lily Lily will be going back to school shortly and joining the rest of her friends. Did you know there is an entire collection of free doll patterns by Yarnspirations that feature Lily doing different tasks and outfits? On the right is the Lily as she is preparing to go back to school. Let...
200 Adorable Crochet Applique Patterns
Adorable appliques by Nella's Cottage were a hit on the Bermuda Crochet Cruise. Need to turn your yarn into impossibly cute appliques? Nella's Cottage offers dozens of creatures and characters in her adorable pattern collections. Each about 7" tall, you can personalize any afghan, sweater, or pillow with Jen Mitchell's patterns, which she designs in...
Crochet Raised Star Stitch in Rows Tutorial
Create the fabulous texture called Crochet Raised Star Stitch in rows. Originally was done in rounds, but now you can do rows. There was a request to figure out how to do this stitch in rows so it could be done for blankets. It's a 2-row repeat and easy to maintain stitch. You could do...
Crochet Flower Stitch Tutorial
This is the Crochet Flat Flower Stitch Stitch. The combination with the right colour change can resemble a row of flowers. The stitchwork is very easy to maintain, and with a relief of rows between the rows, it can give a visual break. You can put more rows between the flowers, so you don't have...
Corner to Corner C2C Basketweave Stitch Tutorial
Learn how to do basketweave with corner to corner. With suitable yarn, this stitch is like paint strokes. I loved how this turned out. This creates the stitchwork to be thick as well. You probably could get an excellent weighted blanket in a bigger blanket. Tutorial Try another concept for Corner to Corner Try the...
Crochet Keyhole Wave Stitch Tutorial
The crochet keyhole wave stitch has spaces on the tops and bottoms of the waves that are visually appealing. These are easy-going waves. Once the pattern is established, you can easily do this stitch. I show in the tutorial doing the regular stitches or favouring the back loops for texture appearance. Get started right away...
14 Crochet Patterns to Wear
Casual Tops to Wear An avid knitter once said to me, when you love your hobby, you find a way to wear it. For myself, most designs are meant for women, so I don't have the luxury of everything under the sun to wear. Am I envious... just a tad! On the Crochet Cruises, we...