Tag: crochet

Crochet Patterns, Free Patterns

The Wrought Iron Wrap

There are certain projects that are a labor of love, and this was one of them. I finished this shawl about a year ago, but life happened and I wasn’t able to put this pattern into testing or work on the video tutorial until now. This is an intermediate crochet pattern and I hope you […]

Crochet Patterns

The Crossroad Shawl

I love texture – I’m not sure if you can tell from my shawl pattern, but texture is one of my favorite design elements. I also adore post stitches – they can provide such rich detail to crocheted items. In designing this shawl, I wanted to use post stitches but somehow get them on the […]

Crochet for Beginners

How to Make Tassels!

I love tassels! They are a fun and cute finishing touch to so many shawl patterns. Initially when I started making them for shawls, I found them so intimidating! I was worried that they would be uneven, or lumpy-bumpy. I finally found a hack I really liked that makes making them fun and easy! The […]

Crochet Patterns

The Corinthian Shawl

Sometimes as I’m designing, I fall in love with a certain detail or texture and I try to figure out how to add it my design. In this case, I was working with linked stitches and discovered how much I liked the Linked Double Treble (LDtr). This stitch is worked over two stitches and creates […]