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Easy Clusters Baby Blanket

This reversible baby blanket is easy to make with a 2-row repeat. Because you work 2 right-side rows followed by 2 wrong-side rows, the white yarn is never finished off until the very end of the edging. This means less ends to weave in!

Use one main color and any number of contrasting yarn colors you like for a customized blanket. This can also be a great stash-busting project!

The pattern is written in US crochet terminology. Full written instructions are included, as well as a symbol crochet chart.

Watch my YouTube video HERE where I demonstrate how to crochet and finish off this baby blanket. I even demonstrate how to weave in the ends securely so they won’t come out! In the video, I crocheted a doll size blanket, just like the baby blanket, but smaller. The size of the blanket is adjustable with a 2-stitch repeat and a 2-row repeat.

Mostly basic stitches are used in the blanket: chains, single crochet, double crochet and slip stitches, with the exception of double crochet clusters, which I demonstrate how to crochet in the video.

SIZE:

Approx. 28” (71 cm) square

SKILL LEVEL:

Easy

MATERIALS:

Worsted weight yarn, 100% acrylic, 6 oz/170 g (315 yds/288 m) per skein

1 skein white (A)

Worsted weight yarn, 100% acrylic, 3.5 oz/100 g (185 yds/169 m) per skein

1 skein each mauve (B), pink (C), yellow (D) and green (E)

Size H/8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook or size required for gauge

Note: Photographed model made with Caron Simply Soft yarn in #9701 White (A) and Lion Brand Basic Stitch yarn in #142 Prism (B), #101 Baby Pink (C), #157 Lemonade (D) and #105 Frost (E). Almost all of the 185 yards of each of the contrasting-color yarn is used up for this size baby blanket. Less than half of the 315 yards of the main color is used. If a larger size is desired, more yarn would be needed.

Filet Home Sweet Home

What nicer gift could you give for a housewarming than this “Home Sweet Home” filet crochet piece! Any new homeowner would be thrilled to receive this gift! Customize the piece by coordinating the thread and/or fabric/frame/canvas to the recipient’s taste and home décor!

The pattern includes written instructions for the first 2 rows, then you’ll follow the Filet Crochet Chart to work the rest of the rows. Instructions are given for how to work the open and closed mesh that is used in Filet Crochet.

Three options/photos are given for finishing the piece the way you or the recipient chooses.

The finished piece fits great in a 16″ x 20″ frame (or other mounting materials).

SIZE:

After blocking: Approx. 16” (40.5 cm) wide x 12” (30.5 cm) high

Before blocking: Approx. 14 ½” (37 cm) wide x 10 ½” (26.5 cm) high

SKILL LEVEL:

Intermediate

MATERIALS:

Cotton crochet thread, size 30, 100% cotton, 50 g (515 m) per ball

1 ball white (or color of choice)

Size 12 (1.00 mm) steel crochet hook (Boye) or size 8 (0.90 mm) steel crochet hook (Tulip) or size required for gauge

16” x 20” (40.5 cm x 50.5 cm) frame or blank canvas (to decorate and hang, as desired)

Aleene’s Tacky Spray adhesive for mounting (optional)

Note: Photographed models made with DMC Cebelia #30 and a size No. 8 (0.90 mm) Tulip steel crochet hook.

Tapestry Thermal Stitch Potholders

What happens when you marry Tapestry Crochet with the Thermal Stitch? Designs with pizzazz, that’s what! These potholders really make a statement with the different designs on both sides! Take your Thermal Stitch projects to the next level with this pattern!

The thermal stitch creates a nice, thick fabric that is perfect for potholders. When using cotton yarn, these potholders will not melt and will protect your hands when removing hot dishes from the oven. The designs really show up nicely with the color changes and carried yarn!

These potholders make great gifts for many occasions! Choose the recipients’ favorite colors, or their kitchen colors, for a thoughtful gift! These are great projects to use up scraps of yarn!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Knowledge of how to work the crocheted Thermal Stitch and how to change colors is required to crochet this potholder.

YouTube video links are included in the pattern to learn how to crochet the Thermal Stitch, along with how to change colors to make this color-changing potholder, which combines the Thermal Stitch and Tapestry Crochet to great effect!

GET ALL 4 POTHOLDER PATTERNS FOR ONE LOW PRICE IN THIS COMBINED PATTERN! THE 4 POTHOLDER PATTERNS INCLUDE: ZIGZAGS AND DIAMONDS, CHECKERBOARD AND DIAMONDS, DIAMONDS AND ZIGZAGS, DIAGONALS AND LANTERNS. IF PURCHASED SEPARATELY, THESE 4 PATTERNS WOULD COST NEARLY $20.

SIZE:

Approx. 5 ¾” (14.5 cm) wide x 6 ½” (16.5 cm) high

SKILL LEVEL:

Intermediate to advanced

MATERIALS:

Worsted weight COTTON yarn

Approx. 30-40 yds (28-37 m), .65-.75 oz (20-22.5 g) dark color

Approx. 30-40 yds (28-37 m), .65-.75 oz (20-22.5 g) light color

Size H/8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook (or size required for gauge)

Notes:

Models made with 1 skein of Hobby Lobby I Love This Cotton yarn in #101 Deep Turquoise and Peaches & Crème yarn in #1708 Happy Go Lucky (large cone from Walmart) -OR- Models 1 skein of Lily Sugar ‘n Cream yarn in #19130 Shaded Pastels and #01742 Hot Blue.

Two skeins of yarn are used throughout.

Zigzags and Diamonds Tapestry Thermal Stitch Potholder

What happens when you marry Tapestry Crochet with the Thermal Stitch? Designs with pizzazz, that’s what! This potholder really makes a statement with the different designs on both sides! Take your Thermal Stitch project to the next level with this pattern!

The thermal stitch creates a nice, thick fabric that is perfect for potholders. When using cotton yarn, the potholder will not melt and will protect your hands when removing hot dishes from the oven. The design really shows up nicely with the color changes and carried yarn!

This potholder makes a great gift for many occasions! Choose the recipients’ favorite colors, or their kitchen colors, for a thoughtful gift! This is a great project to use up scraps of yarn!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Knowledge of how to work the crocheted Thermal Stitch and how to change colors is required to crochet this potholder.

SIZE:

Approx. 5 ¾” (14.5 cm) wide x 6 ½” (16.5 cm) high

SKILL LEVEL:

Intermediate to advanced

MATERIALS:

Worsted weight COTTON yarn

Approx. 30-40 yds (28-37 m), .65-.75 oz (20-22.5 g) dark color

Approx. 30-40 yds (28-37 m), .65-.75 oz (20-22.5 g) light color

Size H/8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook (or size required for gauge)

Notes:

Models made with 1 skein of Hobby Lobby I Love This Cotton yarn in #101 Deep Turquoise and Peaches & Crème yarn in #1708 Happy Go Lucky (large cone from Walmart).

Two skeins of yarn are used throughout.

Checkerboard and Diamonds Tapestry Thermal Stitch Potholder

This potholder makes a great gift for many occasions! Choose the recipients’ favorite colors, or their kitchen colors, for a thoughtful gift! This is a great project to use up scraps of yarn!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Knowledge of how to work the crocheted Thermal Stitch and how to change colors is required to crochet this potholder.

SIZE: Approx. 5 ¾” (14.5 cm) wide x 6 ½” (16.5 cm) high

SKILL LEVEL:

Intermediate to advanced

MATERIALS:

Worsted weight COTTON yarn

Approx. 30-40 yds (28-37 m), .65-.75 oz (20-22.5 g) dark color

Approx. 30-40 yds (28-37 m), .65-.75 oz (20-22.5 g) light color

Size H/8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook (or size required for gauge)

Notes:

Models made with 1 skein of Lily Sugar ‘n Cream yarn in #19130 Shaded Pastels and #01742 Hot Blue.

Two skeins of yarn are used throughout.

Diamonds and Zigzags Tapestry Thermal Stitch Potholder

This potholder makes a great gift for many occasions! Choose the recipients’ favorite colors, or their kitchen colors, for a thoughtful gift! This is a great project to use up scraps of yarn!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Knowledge of how to work the crocheted Thermal Stitch and how to change colors is required to crochet this potholder.

SIZE:

Approx. 5 ¾” (14.5 cm) wide x 6 ½” (16.5 cm) high

SKILL LEVEL:

Intermediate to advanced

MATERIALS:

Worsted weight COTTON yarn

Approx. 30-40 yds (28-37 m), .65-.75 oz (20-22.5 g) dark color

Approx. 30-40 yds (28-37 m), .65-.75 oz (20-22.5 g) light color

Size H/8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook (or size required for gauge)

Notes:

Models made with 1 skein of Hobby Lobby I Love This Cotton yarn in #101 Deep Turquoise and Peaches & Crème yarn in #1708 Happy Go Lucky (large cone from Walmart).

Two skeins of yarn are used throughout.

Diagonals and Lanterns Tapestry Thermal Stitch Potholder

This potholder makes a great gift for many occasions! Choose the recipients’ favorite colors, or their kitchen colors, for a thoughtful gift! This is a great project to use up scraps of yarn!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Knowledge of how to work the crocheted Thermal Stitch and how to change colors is required to crochet this potholder.

SIZE:

Approx. 5 ¾” (14.5 cm) wide x 6 ½” (16.5 cm) high

SKILL LEVEL:

Intermediate to advanced

MATERIALS:

Worsted weight COTTON yarn

Approx. 30-40 yds (28-37 m), .65-.75 oz (20-22.5 g) dark color

Approx. 30-40 yds (28-37 m), .65-.75 oz (20-22.5 g) light color

Size H/8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook (or size required for gauge)

Notes:

Models made with 1 skein of Hobby Lobby I Love This Cotton yarn in #101 Deep Turquoise and Peaches & Crème yarn in #1708 Happy Go Lucky (large cone from Walmart).

Two skeins of yarn are used throughout.

Tapestry Thermal Stitch Coasters

Take your Thermal Stitch coasters to the next level with this brand new pattern!

The Thermal Stitch creates a nice, thick fabric that is perfect for coasters. When using cotton yarn, the coaster will protect your wood furniture from liquids. These 4 multi-color designs really show up nicely with the color changes and carried yarn! Choose between the solid front and back or a design on the front with a solid back.

These coasters make great gifts for many occasions! Choose the recipients’ favorite colors, or their home or kitchen colors, for a thoughtful gift! This is a great project to use up scraps of yarn!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Knowledge of how to work the crocheted Thermal Stitch and how to change colors is required to crochet these coasters.

YouTube video links are included in the pattern to learn how to crochet the Thermal Stitch, along with how to change colors to make this color-changing coaster, which combines the Thermal Stitch and Tapestry Crochet to great effect!

SIZE: Approx. 3 ½” (9 cm) square

SKILL LEVEL:

Intermediate to advanced

MATERIALS:

Worsted weight COTTON yarn

Approx. 13-15 yds (12-14 m), .25-.28 oz (7-8 g) dark color

Approx. 13-15 yds (12-14 m), .25-.28 oz (7-8 g) light color

Size H/8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook (or size required for gauge)

Notes:

Blue models made with Lily Sugar ‘n Cream yarn in #1742 Hot Blue (dark) and #2746 Summer Prints (light diagonals and checkered coasters) or Bernat Handicrafter Cotton Culinary Colors in #33216 Lavender Ice (light solid coaster #1). Orange models made with Crème de la Crème yarn in #252 Brite Orange and Lily Sugar ‘n Cream yarn in #19130 Shaded Pastels.

Back and Forth Overlay Mosaic Crochet Swatch Chart

If you’re like me and you don’t like all the ends that are created on each row of traditional Overlay Mosaic Crochet, I’ve come up with another new technique to combat those ends/tails! I call it “Back & Forth Overlay Mosaic Crochet”.

With this FREE CHART download that accompanies my YouTube video, you’ll be able to eliminate virtually ALL the ends in your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects! This will save not only time, but yarn (which equals money)! You won’t need to cover all the tails/ends with a double border, weave all the tails/ends in or turn them into fringe. With the addition of a simple edging to straighten out the left and right edges of your rows, your project will look fabulous!

Watch my YouTube video where I demonstrate step-by-step how to crochet “backwards” stitches (sc and dc/Adc) with your dominant hand to create all right-side rows in your Overlay Mosaic Crochet project. I also go through reading the FREE swatch chart and working the edging. And I compare several styles of Mosaic Crochet in the video.

Give this new style of Overlay Mosaic Crochet a try today!

Easter Egg Potholder

What a great addition to your Easter decorating! These double thick potholders are quick and easy to make using worsted (#4) weight yarn. They’re worked in rows of single crochet throughout, with increases and decreases along the edges for shaping. Then a single crochet edging is added to smooth the edges and to form the hanging loop. With the use of 100% cotton yarn, these potholders won’t melt (like acrylic yarn will) when removing something hot from the oven.

The pattern includes full written instructions for the multi-colored potholder. A link to my YouTube video for doing an invisible join is also included, as well as my YouTube video to crochet this potholder along with me.

SIZE: Approx. 6 1/2” (16.5 cm) wide x 8” (20 cm) high, plus hanging loop

SKILL LEVEL:

Easy to Intermediate

MATERIALS:

Worsted weight (#4) cotton yarn, 100% cotton, 2 oz/56.7 g (95 yds/86 m) per skein

1 skein multi-color

Size H/8 (5 mm) crochet hook or size required for gauge

Tapestry needle

Coordinating yarn colors for embroidery (optional)

Notes:

Photographed multi-color model made with Peaches & Crème Original in #12754 Fleur de Lavande. Embroidered model made with leftover 100% cotton worsted weight yarns I had on hand.