Crafts: Crochet

  • Crocheted Flower Medallion Stool Cover, The Perfect Winter Accessory!

    Wow, look what showed up at our back door, a crocheted flower medallion stool cover, that’s quite simple to crochet, and turns a simple stool into a fabulous decorative (and useful) item in your home! Of course, the stool didn’t really just show up, I had to do a little research to come up with…

  • Granny Hexigon Project In Progress And Almost There!

    A crocheted granny hexigon project that has been occupying most of my crafting time, is at long last almost finished! I have just two full hexigons to crochet and then five half hexigons, and then, it’s on to the border, or possibly weaving in all those ends before working on the border. It’s been a…

  • Crocheted Doily Stool Cover Pattern, Go For It!

    Ready to crochet yourself a fetching crocheted doily stool cover? Highly recommended for just and hour and a half or so of work, and it makes any stool look ready for winter! My husband couldn’t stop raving about my creation, which means I can crochet covers for the next two stools in front of him!…

  • Crocheted Doily Stool Cover Is Quick And Simple!

    At long last I have whipped up a crocheted stool cover for one of our simple wooden stools, and it turns out to actually be a crocheted doily stool cover! Truthfully I bought this stool last spring because I just had to crochet a stool cover, really. And then we realized how handly these stools…

  • Weaving In The Ends While Crocheting vs. Weaving In At The End?

    While I can’t share with you my progress in my latest crochet project, as it’s a gift for Chanukah, I thought I’d share a little glimpse of what the back is looking like just about now, and multiply this by about ten, and you’ve got a sea of ends. Well, it could be worse, I’ve…

  • Crocheting On The Road…..

    Crocheting on the go is one way to fit some crafting time into a busy schedule! And especially small items that only take about 6 minutes each, so you really can make use of those spare moments here and there. And for those of you not familiar with crocheting, in my biased opinion, it is…

  • Connecting As You Go Crocheted African Flower Hex, And A Change Of Heart…..

    I’ve been wanting to try the technique of connecting granny squares or hexigons as you go for quite some time, so a huge batch of yarn that I purchased in the United States this summer certainly left me with no exucuses, except of course for lack of time! I shared with you a while back…

  • A New Crocheted Blanket Project: Test Swatches!

    In case you had any doubts, I returned from a month in the United States with a whole suitcase full of yarn. Yes, truly! (Just don’t mention it to my husband, okay?) The fact is that I can’t get quality acrylic yarn where I live, so I had to stock up. And while I wouldn’t…

  • Crocheted Giant Granny Square Baby Blanket Pattern

     Last week I shared with you my crocheted giant granny baby blanket, and now I’m going to give you what is hopefully enough details so that you can make one too! The blanket is made of four giant granny squares, using Pattern A and Pattern B, which are just color variations of the same design.…

  • Crocheted T-Shirt Yarn Granny Square Rug With 12 Squares

    Thanks to the prolific crocheter Anneke of South Africa, I have yet another crocheted t-shirt yarn rug to share with you! I don’t have a pattern for this one, but as you can see, you really can crochet just about any granny square pattern with t-shirt yarn and the results are just fabulous. Three colors…

  • Crocheted Giant Granny Square Baby Blanket Or Coverlet

    Here’s a simple granny square baby blanket (or any size blanket) that you can make any size, and in your favorite colors. I made this one as a scrap buster, and managed to find yarn in all the favorite colors of the baby’s mom. And since there are only four squares in this one, the…

  • Giant Crocheted Doily Rug, Crocheted By The Sea……

    Isn’t the idea of making a crocheted giant doily rug by the sea just heavenly? You might jump to the conclusion that my postings here have been more sparse as that’s what I’ve been up to, but no, this ahhh moment is brought to us by a reader Anneke from South Africa, who has been so…