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How to Crochet Shells and Post Stitch

01/08/2020

Here’s a fun crochet stitch pattern that consists of shell stitches and front and back post stitches. This works great for a scarf, shawl, blanket, handbag, and more. The key to mastering this shell stitch pattern is to remember what side is the “front.” And that is easily accomplished by marking it with a safety pin, paper clip, stitch marker, or just a scrap piece of yarn. […]

How to Crochet a Candy Cane

12/11/2019

Here’s a quick and very easy candy cane to crochet. With just 2 rows of single crochet stitches, this crochet pattern is perfect for a beginner. A glue and water mixture then help the candy canes keep their shape. Once completed they are about 8 inches tall and 3 inches wide. […]

How to Crochet a Snowflake Christmas Ornament

12/02/2019

A crochet snowflake ornament is so much fun for Christmas or the winter season! This crochet pattern is easy to make with worsted weight 100% cotton (the type used for a dishcloth). So it works up very quickly! Because medium weight cotton yarn is used, it retains some stiffness. What that means is you really don’t need to further stiffen it with a stiffening product like glue and water. […]

How to Crochet the Chain Loop Border Edging

11/27/2019

Here’s a fun, simple, and easy crochet chain loop border edging. This works great on a scarf, blanket, shawl, and more. The basic stitches of crochet are used, so this is a great beginner crochet border edging. […]

How to Crochet the Winter Park Scarf

11/20/2019

Here’s a lovely and warm crochet scarf pattern that is an infinity scarf and large enough to be worn as a head scarf wrap. The ribbing along both edges makes for a nice texture. The middle section consists of a modified granny stitch. […]

How to Crochet the Open Shell Stitch

11/13/2019

Here’s a neat crochet open shell stitch pattern that has two alternating shell stitches within it. This shell stitch works nice for a scarf or a blanket. It can also work nicely for any other crochet item as well such as a hat, shawl, skirt, and more. […]

How to Crochet an Easy Winter Hat

11/06/2019

Here’s an easy winter hat you can crochet using the crunch stitch and a single crochet ribbing. It’s a nice and warm hat that works great especially in the cooler weather. It can work great for a child, teen, woman, or man. The pom pom is optional, but I think it’s a cute addition. […]

Crochet Puff Flower

10/30/2019

Here’s a cute, quick, and easy puff flower that’s about 3 inches in diameter. It is perfect to attach to a hat, scarf, shawl, blanket, bag and more. I call it a puff flower, mainly because the edge of the petals are made with modified puff stitches. […]

Wavy Shell Stitch Border Edging

10/23/2019

Here’s a nice 3D wavy shell stitch border edging. This crochet pattern works great on the edge of baby blankets, afghans, shawls, scarves, and more. It is created by making a shell stitch on top of a solid double crochet border. The shells form a 3D wave or ripple effect. […]

How to Crochet a Baby Penguin

10/16/2019

How about making a cute crochet baby penguin for this upcoming winter? This little guy is adorable and relatively easy to make with worsted weight yarn and a size F 3.75 mm crochet hook. […]

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