Patterns, Tips and Video Tutorials for Crochet
For me, inspiration in designing comes from many areas – many times from the yarn itself. In the case of the Evalin Shawlette, inspiration came from both the yarn and the names of the yarn. Explorer Knits and Fibers released these two colors – You Do Not Yield and Fireheart, inspired by the Throne of […]
The Starburst Shawl is a fun, beginner friendly Tunisian crochet shawl. This shawl has a fun meditative repeat and only uses 2 skeins of fingering weight yarn. For this sample, I used yarn from The Frosted Stitch in her colorways December’s Eve and Gingham. My testers also had some excellent color choices – you can […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]