I love beautiful baskets, and spring is the perfect time of year to make a Crochet Easter Basket. I’m using Red Heart® Super Saver® yarn from my large yarn stash to crochet this versatile yet beautiful basket. The basket is worked as one piece: Crochet the bottom first followed by the basket’s sides. One round is reversed for a long…
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My granddaughter has waited patiently for me to crochet a scarf and hat for her to wear this winter. She asked if she could pick out her own color of yarn, which, as you might guess, was not in my enormous yarn stash. She’s only 4 years old and her favorite color is pink followed by all of the colors…
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Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to start thinking about replacing linens and towels with fresh new designs and patterns. This pattern for a crochet easy textured cotton wash cloth is a simple pattern, but the result is a piece of beautifully textured fabric. The pattern is made by hooking a sc/hdc/dc in the first stitch of each row, skipping…
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We’re going to my parents house for Thanksgiving dinner, so I thought I should make them a little something. I have a six-pack of jute in my craft stash, so I thought I would crochet a few jute coasters over the next couple of days. Jute, a natural plant fiber, is made up of many threads. It comes in several sizes…
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Make your vintage Halloween party complete with these Tunisian Crochet Halloween Placemats. Black and orange machine wash and dry cotton yarn and simple pattern changes alter the striped rows to create an old fashion Halloween look. Tunisian crochet, also known as the afghan stitch, creates the look of knit except only one crochet hook is used. These two patterns, Stripes…
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