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Creative Crafts: Tips & Free Patterns

Discover tips and free patterns for creative crafts – Crochet ✓ Knitting ✓ Sewing, and more. Expand your crafting skills and bring new projects to life.

Decrease Single Crochet

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Everyone that is not so familiar with crochet then the decrease will be a complicated part. If you do it wrong you will get a hole there. You can go a few ways to decrease with single crochet. The easiest way is to connect two single crochet. Alternatively, you can just skip the stitch. Read more

Elephant knitting pattern

Friday, April 26, 2024

All parts are worked with 2 knitting needles. First Row - Purl. The first row you knit from start to end in purl. Second Row – garter stitch (K). You work every ST with a garter stitch. So you have to follow that pattern till the end: the purl rows are odd numbers (1. row, 3rd row etc... Read more

Crochet a snowman bottle cover

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

The snow has at least been delayed here until now. However, a few flakes are finally falling, and they reminded me that I want to share a quick crochet Christmas gift with you. This should definitely be doable before Christmas and is sure to bring a smile to the recipient's face. Read more

Slip stitch (US) / single crochet (UK)

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

The slip stitch is the shortest, closest and tightest stitch with crochet. You use the slip stitch to: - crochet borders - crochet elastic cuffs - To connect other stitches to each other Border: Turn your work and go into the first stitch and get the yarn over. Read more

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