Crochet Spot & Blog Archive & Three Special Stitches for Your... A great way to add to your crocheting arsenal is to learn and implement special stitches.
With special stitches you can make a plain scarf, blanket or washcloth more interesting and special. It’s easy to apply the instructions for a special stitch into your upcoming project. Below are instructions for a few special stitches, some photos of the stitches and tips on using them in your project. Check out the crochet abbreviation chart for help with abbreviations and symbols. Crochet. Grocery Bag "Yarn". When people see the handbags some of us carry around they never believe that we’ve made them from regular grocery bags.
I bet I’ve been asked about 65,000 times in the last few years–”How can you possibly crochet with a grocery bag?” Consequently, this story has been told quite a bit, but never here on the blog. So, for those of you who’d like to know—this is how you do it. Take one innocent looking grocery–the thin, noisy kind–and smooth it out flat.