Category: Crochet
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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…
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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,…
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A Perfect Yarn Storm
This past week has gone by way too quickly! I can’t believe it’s Friday already! Last Saturday my newly founded knitting circle made a yarn bomb in our village. The concept of yarn graffiti is pretty unknown in this rural part of the world, but everybody I heard comment on it, loved it. “At least…
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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.
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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 …
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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!
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Shamrocks and Soda Bread
I’ve never tasted Irish Soda Bread until a few days back. There was a tasting at my local natural foods store, I tasted it and I liked it! The first thing I did coming home was to do some research into its history and to find a recipe similar to the one I had tasted.…
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Freeform Crochet Basics: The Spiral
Back in October I introduced you all to freeform crochet. Since then I’ve had a lot of fun exploring freeform techniques. Starting today I’m going to walk you through a few simple stitches and techniques to get you started in your own freeform crochet projects. We’ll be starting off with the spiral. A spiral is made…
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Crocheting toys for cats
We have a never ending need for cat toys! The other day I learned to crochet a ball. I was very pleased with the result, placed the ball next to the computer and thought it might be a fun cat toy. I had barely finished the thought when I saw a black cat face with…
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Keys to My Heart
Valentine’s Day is a lot more than just a pile of greeting cards. It’s a happy, fuzzy holiday all about appreciating the ones we love. But don’t let it fool you, heart and love related crafts are appropriate year round. Here are quick and easy instructions to make some of my favorite heart crafts: a…
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Crochet Pattern: Baby’s Dino Hat with Cape
Photos of naked babies on sheepskins is sooo yesterday! But of course it had to happen, now that I got real sheepskin for my second grandson Dexter. Now, all the rage is to use props of various kinds. They can be cute or funky or silly or geeky or anything that catches the parents’ fancy.…
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Sneak peek …
My grandson is now three weeks old. He’s such a sweetie! I’ve been helping out with night feedings and holding him due to his tummy aches. Poor little one. But I seem to have some granny magic because he calms down and feels better. As long as I hold him! I haven’t been able to…