This vase starts as a 7 round spiral circle; approximately 2.75″ in diameter. It is about 4.5″ in height, with an approximate 1.5″ diameter opening at the top. Materials Yarn: Cotton – medium; approximately 38 yards Gauge: 13 st(s) by 14 rows = 4” x 4” Hook: H/8 Stitches Used Sc – single crochet Sl […]
This pattern was created almost 2 years ago. I made the purse pictured above left, but never tested the pattern. I decided to do that recently. OMG! What a lot of corrections. I will never publish a pattern again without testing it at least once. The test purse I made (on the right) is mostly […]
I am always looking for free knitting and crochet patterns. I saved the pattern associated with the photograph to the left on my Crochet x Knit Google+ page. I was captivated by both the pattern and the plaid sofa. As you can see, there are plaid curtains to match the sofa and a hot pink […]
I have crocheted a bunch of rugs for my Etsy shop, Crochet x Knit, over the past couple of years. Despite performing daily stretch exercises on my arms, I still experienced pain in my right arm to the point where I needed to stop crocheting to allow my arm to heal. One of the issues […]
finished a third potholder today. I used the thermal stitch to make this potholder as I did with the second potholder. It didn’t take long for me to determine that the thermal stitch is the best stitch for a potholder. When I used the first two potholders to remove a heavy hot pot from the […]
I decided to try the thermal stitch. After the first few rows I began to realize that the fabric was so dense, a back layer was not necessary. One thing I needed to be careful of was picking up the buried stitch at the end of the row. I finished the piece with a slip […]
Kaye James 