Somehow everythings comes back again, also old, but beautiful crochet edges ;-)
Links:
Beautiful Crochet Edge (No. 60 – Wide Canton Lace) => where there stands ‘Target’, click ‘p. 65’
via: Home Work, 1891 (1)
Tag: Crochet
Crocheted Wine Charms
Hmm, first I don’t think much of wine charms and now two tutorials in a short time ;-)
Well, I thought that it’s soon New Year’s Eve and you have possibly a lot of people there who must be able to tell their glasses apart and then the crocheted ones are quite nice.
I think ;-)
Links:
You can get Crocheted Wine Charms in three ‘formats’:
American instruction: Crochet DROPS flower to decorate a glass in “Cotton Viscose”.
English instruction: Crochet DROPS flower to decorate a glass in “Cotton Viscose”.
German instruction: Kleine DROPS Rosen für Gläser in “Cotton Viscose”.
Here at unikatissima:
Wine Charms
wine glass identifier
Crochet Hat Patterns
Well, I don’t wear hats, but because it’s the season for hats I thought that’s it’s suitable anyhow to present the patterns for crochet hats ;-)
Crochet Doily
I find this doily very interesting, too – to work, not to put anywhere ;-))
On the other hand it should give a great jacket, if you sew together several of them?!
;-)
The instruction is in German, but charted, so I translated the meaning of the symbols.
At the links below I added links to tutorials on how to make the stitches for you to see what I’m talking about ;-)
Links:
Crochet Doily (Zauberhaftes Deckchen) (German) => there is a PDF download (~ 2,3 MB)
- If you click the stitch names here, you can see how these stitches are worked:
- Chain stitch (ch)
- Slip stitch (sl st)
- Single crochet (sc)
- Double crochet (dc)
- Treble crochet (tr)
- Treble cluster (tr cl)
=> in this tutorial they are working 3 tr for a tr cl,
for the doily you must crochet 4! - Triple treble crochet (trtr)
- Picot stitch (p)
=> in this tutorial they are working 3 ch for a p,
for the doily you must crochet 5!
Here at unikatissima:
Clothes From Crocheted Medaillons
Knitted Advent Wreath
A nice idea to encase the Advent wreath with knitted or crocheted wool ;-)
Links:
Knitted Advent Wreath (“Der Liesl” – Adventskranz im Strickkleid) (German)
Google translation of the article
If you want to know more about Advent wreaths in Germany and perhaps even want to make one yourself, check out Christmas Craft Projects – Advent Wreath and How to Make Natural Green Wreaths on the same site.
Filet Crochet Doilies
I really like the chart for a filet crochet doily :))
Links:
Filet Crochet Doilies (Zählmuster für runde Deckchen in Filethäkelei) (German)
Heart Bead Crochet Pattern
I think that I will never crochet this bracelet, but I find it cute anyhow ;-))
Links:
Heart Bead Crochet Pattern (Free Pattern: Love and Kisses Bead Crochet Pattern)
Here at unikatissima:
Beaded Crochet Rope
Crochet Techniques with Tools
I never realized how you can make crochet more interesting with tools.
Personally I’m rather a purist and prefer to stick to my common crochet hook ;-)
Freeform Crocheted Sphere Lamps
I find the lamps funny ;-)
Especially because you don’t do anything else than freeform crochet on the spherical lamp frames.
But I won’t make them because my ceiling is very low and I had always to go round the lamps ;-))
But I have more lamps ‘on offer’ ;-))
Because the instruction is in German, here a (very short) translation:
You need: sphere lamp frame, different yarns (funky yarns, cotton, wool, ribbon yarn and so on, all in white or nature colours), big crochet hooks (5 mm and 7 mm (for conversion of crochet hooks see links below)) and if you like some big paillettes.
Patterns: They say that it looks best if you use a lot of patterns.
You can find inspiration in their PDF file, where they use the following stitches:
= ch (Chain)
= sc (Single crochet)
= dc (Double crochet)
= V st (V-stitch)
= ps (Puff stitch)
= shell (Shell stitch) with 4 dc, 3 ch, 1 dc
If you click the stitch names here above, you can see how these stitches are worked.
How to: Begin on top: crochet a chain ring to lay around the top opening. Crochet rings of patterns around the lamp, but they say that it looks great, too, if you change the pattern often by e.g. working crochet medaillons and adding them into your patterns.
They suggest to best crochet directly on the lamp frame so that you always can see whether it still fits.
They say that it was better to work too narrow than too wide and that they often worked with a couple of threads at a time with 7 mm needles.
Finish: Sew everything on at the top and bottom of the lamp frame. Cut from all threads fringes of about 1,60 m/4,5-5 inches and add to the bottom edge. If you like to, add some big paillettes.
Links:
Freeform Crocheted Sphere Lamps (Umhäkelte Leuchtkörper) (German)
Stitch descriptions:
ch (Chain)
sc (Single crochet)
dc (Double crochet)
V st (V-stitch)
ps (Puff stitch)
shell (Shell stitch)
Possibly helpful sites:
Crochet Hook Sizes And Conversions
Converting a pattern from US terms to UK terms
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘box’
Entries with the tag ‘lampshade’
Magic Ball
I wrote about leftover needlework before, however I find the magic ball, a yarn skein from yarn rests knotted together, so great that I wanted to mention it again.
It doesn’t matter there whether you knit it or crochet it or both, it looks greatnearly every time. Some use it for freeform work, some crochet only half double crochets or knit in stockinette or garter stitch.
I think it would also look great if you used the magic ball for weaving.
Many people like the loose ends to be seen, in the instruction someone even suggested to add beads on the tails, which have to be long enogh for this (entry of mbriz).
Links:
Magic Ball (Tips and Tricks: Magic Ball Knitting)
Here at unikatissima:
Leftover Needlework
Freeform Needlework
Entries with the tag ‘knitting’
Entries with the tag ‘crochet’
Entries with the tag ‘freeform’
Entries with the tag ‘weaving’
For your inspiration:
Google search result for ‘Magic Ball Knitting’
Google search result for ‘Magic Ball Crochet’
Google search result for ‘Magic Ball Afghan’