Advanced Crafters: Shop Challenging Craft Patterns Now

Dear users, dear authors,
here in this thread, advanced crafters will find exciting, beautiful, and challenging new craft projects. Have fun crafting. If you like, you can show / present your finished projects in the gallery, in the crafting group, or as a new thread in the forum.

@Authors,
you can each present 2 to a maximum of 3 patterns for advanced crafters here. These patterns should each have at least 10 sales / a CR of at least 3% and must not have been presented in the forum in the past 3 weeks. Please also remember to include images, information, and links.

Crocheting with several colors at the same time is a challenge for many beginners. But it’s really not that hard. If you already have a little experience with crochet, you can definitely try your hand at multicolored designs.


For the Mouse in a Balloon, the balloon is crocheted in 3 colors (here: mint, gray, natural white). The strands of the colors not being used are carried along and crocheted over (tapestry technique). It’s important to have the right yarn tension: not too tight, so the piece doesn’t pull in too much, and not too loose, so the carried strands don’t show through. But with a little practice, it works quite well. Since the balloon cover is crocheted around a Styrofoam ball, the round shape is maintained even with small irregularities.
The mouse looks great as a decoration in a window or under a ceiling lamp.



For the gift bag with crocheted-in heart pattern, the same technique is used with 2 colors. Here, the distances between color changes are shorter, so there aren’t such long strands to crochet over. This makes it easier to maintain the yarn tension. However, you do have to count more for this one. There is a chart for the pattern, but it is also written out in detail stitch by stitch.
With a diameter of about 9 cm and a height of 20 cm, the gift bag has the ideal dimensions for many gifts, including wine and sparkling wine bottles, for example.



This potholder with bat motif is a fitting little hostess gift if you’re invited to a Halloween party. Here, too, you can work the pattern from a chart or crochet row by row from the text. To avoid floats on the inside, the strands of the unused color are carried along here as well and crocheted over right away.

Would you like to broaden your horizons and try something new?
Then the figures with African Flowers are just the thing. First, the individual flowers are crocheted. Then the flowers are joined together to make a figure.
Here is Oskar, the scorpion. The pattern for Oskar is described in detail and richly illustrated.

Oskar the Scorpion




Emil is a baby elephant. He is also crocheted with African Flowers. He would make a great Christmas gift!

Emil the Baby Elephant


Have you already started your Christmas preparations? If not, now is the perfect time to begin!
You can crochet these colorful Christmas baubles in your favorite colors. Use glitter yarn or scrubby yarn and make the Christmas baubles an eye-catcher on your tree.

Christmas baubles with African Flowers

These pants made from sock yarn can be knitted for toddlers ages 1 and up. They’ll fit up to approximately size 92, as they grow with the child. The side cable pattern on the legs looks especially pretty.

The pants have suspenders and a perfect fit. This way, nothing slips down, and the body stays nice and warm all over.

To the knitting pattern

Have you already finished making your Halloween decorations? Then you might want to start on your Christmas decorations.



These beautiful stars are made from photo cardstock and decorated with printed paper motifs and glitter liner. You’ll get templates for stars in two sizes: the small star is about 16 cm tall, and the large star is about 21 cm tall. Printable motifs in two sizes are also included.

To recreate these stars, you’ll need nimble fingers and some crafting experience.

The challenge with this wonderful and magnificent doll dress lies in being able to read a crochet chart. You simply have to learn that, and then whole new worlds open up to you. So why not start with this dress here? It’s a beautiful and rewarding project.

The second challenge is that we sew the tulle by hand directly under the dress. This means it is sewn firmly in place, cannot slip, and gives the dress reliable, voluminous structure. So it takes a bit of patience and dexterity when sewing by hand. You’ll be rewarded with a truly great, wonderful, and unique dress. My most beautiful one :-))

Magnificent Ball Gown with Tulle Petticoat

Are you looking for a challenging knitting pattern? Then I have just the thing for you!

This knitting pattern for a stole with a lace pattern is perfect for advanced crafters and pros like you.



The beautiful Fanyamar stole is versatile and can even be worn as an elegant poncho.
The best part is that the pattern is currently reduced by half! 

So, what are you waiting for?
Get it now and start your next knitting project!