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How to Crochet The Crocodile Shawl

Crocheted Triangle Crocodile Shawl

Dear Artsy Craftsy Friends,

There are many variations to the crocodile crochet stitch and even more applications and ways to use it to make all sorts of items, from blankets, pillow cases, hats, mittens, shawls, cardigans and so many more. I am currently experimenting with these variations to create patterns for small items just to keep my hands and imagination busy. Let me remind you that I lost my sight in November 2013 after suffering a stroke that I wrote about on my personal blog. You can read the story here. But let’s go back to the crocodile stitch. I put together a video tutorial on how to crochet the crocodile stitch that you can follow bellow. read more

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How to crochet a super colorful sweater with a solid Granny square

How To crochet A Super Colorful Sweater Using Solid Granny Square
How To crochet A Super Colorful Sweater Using Solid Granny Square

Dear Artsy&Crafts Friends,

In today’s photo tutorial I am going to show you how to crochet a colorful sweater using the Traditional Solid Granny Square, as shown in the picture below.

You might think it is hard, but that’s not the case. So let’s get started.

Abbreviations:

ch- – chain
ch-X-sp – chain X space
dc – double crochet
sc – single crochet
sl st – slip stitch

Level: beginner

Size: L, 40

Tips:

1. To make your sweater as colorful as possible, you will need a variety of colors. So make an inventory of all the leftover yarn or buy new ones. Or you can make it with as many colors as you want, even two or just one, in which case you won’t have to cut the yarn and fasten off the yarn as much. The instructions will be the same. All in all, you will need about 800 grams ( approx. 29 ounces) of yarn in total. read more

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How to crochet an Urban Slouchy Beanie

How to crochet an urban slouchy beanie, written instructions

Dear Artsy Craftsy Friends,

Winter has come and my mom was looking to make a few beanies for me and my sister and she didn’t know where to start. She used to be an avid crocheter, but since taking a break for a few years, she doesn’t remember patterns and things like that. I remembered I had written a pattern on how to crochet an urban slouchy beanie last year, but never got around to write then down on the website, so I told my mom to start with this beanie first.

The beanie will fit most adult sizes. Our beanie is 29cm long (approx. 11,4″) and 23cm wide (approx. 9″). We don’t know the measurements of the beanie for a child. read more

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How to crochet the Moss Stitch

How to crochet the Moss Stitch, written instructions

Dear Artsy Craftsy Friends,

Today’s written instructions will show you how to crochet the Moss Stitch. It is a fancy stitch that looks complicated, making you wonder: “How do you do this?” In reality, it is a very simple stitch and to make it, you will only need to know how to slip stitch and how to make half double crochet stitches. In combination, the two stitches will look like a bobble where the yarn will lay across the bobble on the diagonal.

Let’s get going.

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How to crochet The Slip Stitch

How to crochet the slip stitch

Dear Artsy Craftsy Friends,

In today’s photo tutorial, we will show you how to crochet the slip stitch. It is a very easy technique in crocheting and it is very useful when finishing a crochet project, or joining parts of a crochet project, like granny squares for a blanket, for example. We could say, it is the equivalent of sewing in the art of crocheting. The slip stitch is abbreviated SL ST in crochet patterns. Image 1 will show you that the slip stitch is used to join the beginning and the end of a small foundation chain in a small ring, in case of a crochet circle or a traditional granny square. Image 2 will show you that the slip stitch is used to join the end with the beginning of a round in case of a circle; image 3 will show you that this stitch is also used to finish a traditional granny square. The examples can continue. read more