24 Household Yarn Bowl Alternatives - Heart Hook Home. To use a yarn bowl or to not use a yarn bowl, that is the question. Actually, whether or not you use a yarn bowl is a personal preference and makes no real impact on your finished work. That being said, yarn bowls can be beneficial for many reasons, like preventing pet hair from covering your WIP (work in progress), to keep the yarn from flopping around your crafting space, and they can even help to prevent yarn barf.
See if you’ve got any of these options sitting just around the house! Whether you’re using a beautiful, fancy yarn bowl or one of these awesome household yarn bowl alternatives, crocheting is much more fun when the yarn behaves. When thinking of yarn bowl alternatives, we want something that has a bit of weight to it, possibly in a cylindrical shape, or something that allows the skein to spin freely. First, let’s think about the size and shape of a skein/ball of yarn. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 6-bottle wine carrier – works great if you’ve got multiple colors! 11. 12. 12 Best Free Crochet Apps for People Who Love Crochet. If I had to come up with ONE thing that would make crocheting easier, I’d say organization. Whether that’s organizing my yarn stash, keeping track of my rows or stitches, or keeping track of my patterns, I NEED IT ALL! This list of the Best Free Crochet Apps will get those creative juices flowing, and help to keep them flowing!
When I am not busy designing new patterns, I generally like to browse patterns on the computer rather than my mobile phone. Pinterest? Sure. Facebook? What about those times you just need help keeping track of your stitches, your rows, or patterns you haven’t gotten around to yet? As with just about everything that is free, you’ll find ads displayed on these apps. 1. Stash 2 Go is the most recognized Ravelry app, as Ravelry does not have their own. If you’re looking for apps that link to Ravelry specifically, they have already compiled that list for us! Kntd: Discover does connect to your Ravelry account. 3. 4. 5. 6. This app is a yarn hoarder’s dream. 7. 8. 9. 5 Of The Best Places For Selling Your Crafts Online - Yarnbending. For many of us crafters, selling our finished crafts and making a living off of them is sort of the dream goal.
But how do you actually do that? While it may not feel like it, there are options to accomplish this. The most common and well known one being at a craft fair. This is a valid option and does work. Also, depending on where you live, you might not have a lot of options for selling your handmade goods at craft fairs. This is where the internet has really expanded options. If you’re a pattern designer, check out my post on 5 Of The Best Places To Sell Crochet Patterns. **This post contains affiliate links, if you choose to buy something from this page, I may receive a small commission at no cost to you. All of these sites work no matter what crafts you’re selling, and are not yarn item specific.
For this list, I’ve sorted it alphabetically. Aftcra.com This marketplace specializes in handmade items made in the United States. Aftcra Particulars: Amazon Handmade Etsy.com Etsy Particulars: How To Start A Business & Make Money Selling Crocheted Items - Yarnbending. If starting a business and making money by selling your crocheted items is one of your goals / resolutions in the new year, you’re in the right place. When I started thinking about actually turning my hobby into a business I had no idea where or really how to start. Last year after months of careful research, I finally took the terrifying leap and registered my business with the IRS, and opened a business bank account. Today, I wanted to share the resources that I found that have helped me to make a reasonable attempt at the whole business thing.
I still sometimes feel like I have no idea what I’m doing, but these resources have helped me a lot and to be honest still do. Starting a business and making money by selling crochet can be as simple as opening an Etsy shop, but to grow and be successful there is a little bit more to it than that. Many of these resources will work for any kind of business, but most are more tailored to selling physical items rather, than running a blog/website.
How to Finger Crochet. What is Finger Crochet? Do you know how to finger crochet? Finger crochet is a great way to enjoy crochet when you don’t have a hook on hand (or, when your hook isn’t the right size for your yarn). It’s also a great way to teach crochet, since your fingers only have to focus on the mechanics of the stitches and not on how to hold the hook. Since your fingers are probably relatively thick when compared to crochet hooks, start with bulky or super bulky yarns. Get this special collection of 3 FREE baby blanket patterns from I Like Crochet right now! Once you have your yarn selected, start with a slip knot on the forefinger of your dominant hand (i.e., with your right hand if you’re a righty or your left hand if you’re a lefty).
Leave the slip knot loose. Make a foundation chain With your other hand, wrap the yarn over your forefinger from back to front. Bend your forefinger and draw the yarn through the loop already on your finger. You’ve made a chain! Make single crochet stitches. Foundation Half Double Crochet Basics. These foundation stitches are worked from both the top and bottom to create a rectangular shape. This shape is then expanded in the round to create a flat motif. It might sound a little counter-intuitive, but keep reading to see just how it’s done and then apply what you’ve learned to the Mid-Century Motif Cowl.
I have used a thick roving yarn for the visual portion of the tutorial, just because it’s easier to see the stitches made with bulkier yarn. At the end, I also show the beginning of a motif using the actual yarn from the sample cowl, Patons Lace Sequins. Get this special collection of 3 FREE baby blanket patterns from I Like Crochet right now! To start the process, Attaching the yarn to the hook with a slip stitch, chain three stitches. Yarn over the hook, and place the hook into the first chain.Yarn over the hook and draw a loop through the stitch. Yarn over the hook and draw through one loop on the hook. Repeat steps 4 and 5 above.
Here is what this looks like in chart form: How to Crochet Broomstick Lace. Broomstick lace rows are worked in two “passes” – the Loop Pass and Return Pass – both made from the right side of the fabric, without turning. In some patterns, the broomstick lace rows will be written as two rows in the pattern, one for each pass. In others, only the Return Pass is written out as the Loop Pass is almost always the same. The Return Pass is where the variations typically occur. How to Work the Loop PassNote that in many broomstick lace crochet patterns, the Loop Pass is worked in the back loop only; however, in the Spring Lace Infinity Scarf, the Loop Pass is worked under both loops. Get this special collection of 3 FREE baby blanket patterns from I Like Crochet right now! At the end of the previous row, do not turn. Moving from left to right across the row of regular crochet, skip the first single crochet and *insert the hook through both loops of the next single crochet, yarn over and draw up a loop.
How to Work the Return Passes in the Spring Lace Infinity Scarf. Zippers 101: Sewing Zippers onto Crochet. Let’s Get Started! Picking your Zipper When you are shopping for your zipper it is best to bring a swatch of your fabric in the color yarn you are going to be using for your final project. You will want to match the color zipper to the yarn, if there isn’t a zipper available in the exact shade of your yarn color it is better to pick a color slightly darker instead of lighter.
You want to use the same criteria when picking out the color of sewing thread to use. Get this special collection of 3 FREE baby blanket patterns from I Like Crochet right now! Be sure that the zipper you have purchased is an “invisible” style zipper. Measure and cut zipper Your zipper package will come with instructions on how to shorten the zipper. Baste opening with single crochet stitching Now that your zipper is the right size you need to prepare your project.
Placement of the zipper Lay the closed zipper facing down on the wrong side of the basted seam. Hand sewing the zipper. Foundation Half Double Crochet (Fhdc) Photo Tutorial. To make the That’s A Wrap Shirt by Karen von Kluge, you’ll need to know how to do the Foundation Half Double Crochet to get started. Follow along with this photo tutorial to help you make the perfect shirt! Foundation half double crochet (Fhdc): Ch 2, yo, insert hook into 1st ch, yo, pull up a lp (3 lps on hook), * yo, pull through 1st lp on hook to create the 1st ch st (pinch this stitch between the thumb and forefinger of your non-hook hand to hold it open and make it easier to work into; it is the space below the 1st and 2nd lps on the hook), yo, pull through all 3 lps on the hook to complete the 1st foundation hdc. To begin the 2nd foundation hdc, yo and insert hook into the ch st you were pinching, repeat from *. First, chain 2. Then yarn over and insert hook into first chain.
Next, yarn over and pull through the first loop on the hook to create the first chain stitch. Yarn over and pull through all three loops on the hook to complete the first foundation hdc stitch. Pattern notes. How to Weave in Yarn Ends. Finishing is something that most crocheters don’t take much time to think about, but it can really make or break a project. One important aspect that every crochet project includes is loose ends. There is nothing worse than spending hours on a project only to rush through the finishing and have ends sticking out. I’ll never forget the first scarf I made in more than one color. It was a striped scarf in super bulky yarn and I simply tied the two colors together at every color change, tucked them in, and snipped them off. You can imagine how embarrassed I was later when I saw my friend wearing it and there were about twenty ends sticking out!
After that I set out to find the best technique for weaving in ends and tried out several before finding the one that I regularly use. After finding that you can’t just cut the ends off and hope they go away, the next thing I tried was crocheting over the ends. Get this special collection of 3 FREE baby blanket patterns from I Like Crochet right now! Foundation Half Double Crochet Basics. Crochet Girl Hairband. Yarn: Acrylic Yarn in DK, Sport or Fingering Weight. The hairband shown is crochetd in Red Heart Acrylic Yarn, 4-ply. Two skeins of yarn are used totalling about 20 grams of yarn. The hairband is crocheted in gray colour yarn. Hook: 3.5mm crochet hookMeasurements: Motif measures about 3 inches square. The hairband is made up of a square motif in the centre, with the ties crocheted at opposite sides of the motif.
InstructionsSquare Motif: With yarn and 3.5mm hook, chain 8. Round 1: Chain 1, single crochet in ring, *chain 2, 5 double crochet in ring, chain 2, single crochet in ring, repeat from * 2 times; chain 2, 5 double crochet in ring, chain 2, slip stitch in the first single crochet to join. (4 petals made) Now join the yarn with a slip stitch to one of the chain-3 loops at the corner of the square motif.
Row 2: Single crochet in the first single crochet, (chain 2, skip 2 single crochets, single crochet in next single crochet) 5 times. Rows 4-7: Repeat rows 2-3. Row 12: Repeat row 10. A Baby Camel Hairband. Here is another hairband made from a hat pattern. The pattern I selected resembles the interlocking shell stitch pattern. This is also a pattern with a decrease by reducing the number of shells in the row.
In the previous hairband project, I selected a shell decrease that reduced the number of stitches in each shell. Refer to the pattern below. Methods of increasing and decreasing are important in crocheting. It certainly seems that one can crochet any shape with good methods of increasing and decreasing. For this project, I used DK weight baby camel yarn and I used a 3.5mm hook. Like this Hairband, this one tapers near the top. I decided to decorate the hairband this time. The pattern for the leaves and berries are described below. Berries (make 8 and sew together to form grape bunch shape): Begin with a Center Ring.
Center Ring: Leave about 6” tail, wrap yarn into a ring around your finger like a slip knot. Make 10 sc in circle, sl st on first sc to join. Leaves (make 3): Ch 12. Chopsuey. In “The Gift of Crochet III – Use of Multi-Color Threads for Crocheted Jewelry”, I designed a necklace called “The Litmus Test.” From that particular piece, I decided to make several more designs that explored the idea of the small crocheted motif and simple hand sewing. The 5 necklaces Mountain Gold, Forest Candy, Seaside Butterfly, Dinosaur Eggs, and Chopsuey, represent my love for hand-sewing, for the sublime combination of crocheting and sewing. Somehow, I yearn for the repetitive, meditative act of sewing and I know that there are many crocheters out there who feel similarly. Sewn seams have functions other than just making joins.
I find that sewn joins have useful rigidity and can be adjusted to desired flatness or curvature of the crocheted fabric. Join the motifs with pins, then turn over and sew at the back. Hence, these necklaces explore the Crochetology problem of shape and sewing at a very simple level: covering/adornment to go around the neck.
Fatima Lasay Crochetology.net. A Baby Camel Hairband. Pretty Lace Bookmark. I wrote this pattern in 2012. It has been lost and now I am able to repost it. Please let me know if you find any errors in this pattern. Enjoy! From a lace pattern, you can make a pretty bookmark just add a tassel or fringe with decorative beads. Errata: Row 4 should read: Double crochet in each of next 4 double crochet, chain 3, single crochet in 3-chain space, chain 5, single crochet in next 3-chain space, ch 3, double crochet in each of next 4 double crochet, chain 5, turn. Special Stitches:Double crochet together over next 3 double crochet dc3tog: [Yarn over, insert hook in next stitch, yarn over and pull up loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops] 3 times (4 loops on hook), yarn over, draw through all loops on hook.
Pretty Lacy Bookmarks Instructions: Chain 7, slip stitch in first chain to make a ring. Free Pattern: One-Ball-of-Yarn Flower Headband » Crochetology.net. This Project may be found in an older blogpost. I place the pattern here for people who cannot access the PDF pattern. With one ball of fingering weight acrylic yarn, in this case, that's less than 25 grams, you can make this flower headband. One-Ball-of-Yarn Flower Headband Skill Level: EasyDesigner: Fatima LasayWebsite: Finished Measurements: Approximately 14 ½ inches long x 2 ¼ inches wide (excluding ties). Approximately 32 inches long with the ties. Yarn: Acrylic yarn, fingering Color: One ball of yarn (25g) Ochre, small quantity of Black (for ties of headband) My mother's latest bargain find - a packet of colorful fingering acrylic yarns made in China.
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