Category: Freeform Crochet

  • Freeform Crochet Basics Part 4b: Bigger Spirals

        I am overwhelmed by the huge response to my humble spiral tutorials! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart! One request from many of you is to learn how to make the spiral bigger. It’s done the same way as making a normal round shape bigger, by adding one more stitch…

  • Freeform Crochet Basics, Part 5, The Nautilus Shell

    The nautilus shell is a popular motif in freeform crochet. It’s made in the same way as the spiral, or two-colored spiral, except the height of the stitches progressively gets higher, creating a widening of the spiral towards the end.   The pattern is based on the actual living sea creature commonly called nautilus shell,…

  • Freeform Crochet Basics Part 4

      In my previous tutorials about Freeform Crochet I showed you how to make a spiral and how to make a spiral with two colors. Here’s a few more ideas for making spirals.

  • Freeform Crochet World

    I’ve been searching for freeform crochet on the internet. There’s a lot out there! Try searching for images, or search on Pinterest and Etsy, and you’ll find lots of beautiful amazing works of art. But I wanted to interact with others. Not finding anything on Facebook, I decided to start a new page there …

  • Freeform Crochet Basics: The Two Color Spiral

    In this series on freeform crochet basics I’m showing you different techniques to get you started. Don’t miss out on my introduction to freeform crochet or the basic freeform crochet spiral tutorial before you continue. Today we’re making a two-color spiral in double crochet. You can use this technique to add more colors, too!