Anemone © 2005-2016 Drew Emborsky aka The Crochet Dude® Finished size: Approximately 10” Materials: Worsted Weight Cotton Crochet Hook: Size H Ch 5, slip st to first ch to form ring. Rnd 1: Ch1,*sc in loop, ch2* 8 times. Slip st to beginning sc(8 ch 2 loops) Rnd 2: Ch1, sc in same st.…
Giveaway Let’s Start Crocheting Kit!
Are you wanting to learn to crochet or know someone who is? My Let’s Start Crocheting kit is a great introduction. I designed it to make it as intuitive as possible for right or left handed crafters! Enter to win one of seven kits that I have to give away (more about that below) Each…
Book review & giveaway: Sereknity
The nice folks at Running Press sent me a copy of this AMAZING new book to review. And they also sent me TWO copies to giveaway! Details on entering the giveaway are below. Free Serene Pattern: Ming Tree This is probably my all-time fave project that I’ve designed that definitely helped me feel centered…
16 FREE patterns for Tunisian Crochet
I really love the way Tunisian crochet looks. Maybe you’ve heard it called “afghan crochet” but they are essentially the same – they use a long crochet hook and you pick up many stitches in one direction, then work them off the hook on your way back. These Tunisian crochet patterns that I’ve found…
10 Free Crochet Patterns With Stripes
It’s really as if crochet were invented for stripes! The graphic nature of crochet stitches just lend themselves so beautifully to creating striped projects. Here a few of my FAVE striped crochet patterns from around the web. Just click on their names to get the pattern (login in may be required on some of…