apparently i started a project just assuming i knew how to do it.
I have googled, and maybe I am not googling correctly or something, but either way!
I am making a blanket for my friend of a jeremy fish print using this http://www.microrevolt.org/knitPro/index.php site, and i..dont know how to do the color switchery. Please help =[

Heya!

Years ago, before I ever attempted to crochet, I used to receive face washers and tea towels from a family friend that had a crocheted edge. I've also seen these for sale at markets. I would love to know how to do it but my "how to" google search has come up all but empty except for links like : http://craftblog.com.au/2008/07/16/crochet-tea-towel-edging-tutorial/

This instructs that you crochet the edge free of the towel/washer and later sew it on but I'm sure (?) that our friend used to crochet it straight onto the fabric.

Does anyone know how to or of any instructions for edging that I don't have to sew on later?

Thanks a bunch!

Hey guys!
Me again....
This is baby Alki!



A belated christening pressie for my friend's ADORABLE baby boy!!
Can't wait to show them!
(he'd better not get his gorgeous little fingers on it!!)
xox

P.S. If you've got a family photo you'd like to have a go at converting into a beautiful crochet keepsake, head on over to crochetbynumbers.com
xox

My Mom has requested two baby blankets for people she knows since she can't crochet anymore. I also decided to make a hat to go with one since the baby will be born in the fall. I made the hat last night but when my Mom saw it this morning she thinks it's way to small. I just measured and the top of the hat is 3 inches across and I think its 44 stitches around. Does this sound alright to anyone? Does anyone know a standard size for an infant hat? Thanks so much.

I made a comment in my last post that I wanted to whip up a pair of Hobbit baby booties for my little one (because I'm totally not going to foist all of my fandoms on her before she's old enough to sit up... *shifty eyes*...) but the best pattern I found was a knitting pattern, and... well... I don't knit. The booties were so cute that I almost considered buying one of those "Teach Yourself To Knit!" kits they have at the craft store, but then I started thinking that it couldn't be too difficult to knock something together with a basic crochet booty pattern and some fun fur yarn.

And so a couple balls of yarn and a bout of insomnia gave me these:



( More details and pattern under here )

so I crocheted it a 'domo' sweater....

( Read more... )

this was very much by the seat of my pants. All in sc, and I have no idea what the yarns are, they were my mother's. The face was embroidered on after. Crocheted all in one piece, making things up as I went along.

I finished this project a while ago, but only recently got around to loading the photos onto my computer. It was a late birthday present for my boyfriend, who requested a walrus hat with an eye patch.



( Eye patches make everything ten times as awesome. )

Speaking of walruses, does anyone know of a free pattern for a crocheted (or knit, or sewn - I'm not picky!) walrus toy? My boyfriend has said he'd like it if I made one for him, but so far I've only found a couple patterns on Ravelry that are either not free or not to my liking.

Holy crow, I feel like I started on this so long ago (it was only about seven or eight weeks ago), and that I had so many stumbling blocks to conquer along the way (running out of yarn, broken tapestry needles, head cold...). But I finally finished it, the very first project that I started for my baby-to-be, a Tetris baby afghan.



( The rest of the journey lies below... )

hubby has gotten me into climbing in the gym and outdoors, and wanted me to make him chalk bag.  he already has one for loose chalk, but at the gym you have to have a chalk ball so i made him one in colors he requested and then made me one too!  they are the first things i have ever lined, and i must say i am quite tickled with them. hubby loves his, so that is a victory in itself as well

( pictures )

I need help! My cat peed on a bag of yarn that was holding a project that i was working on! it doesn't look like any of the yarn actually got peed on, because none of it is discolored, but it smells awful! Its a mohair blend yarn... what should i do? febreeeze the crap outta it? Wash it? I'm so pissed at her for doing that and at myself for leaving the bag where she could get to it. I've got a half finished pineapple shawl in there that's been taking me FOREVER. please help!!

Does anybody know what happened to the free pattern of the day at Annie's Attic? The link was http://www.anniesattic.com/free_pattern_day/index.html but that is just redirecting to the home page. I thought perhaps the address had changed but there doesn't even seem to be a link for the free pattern anymore. Are they just on vacation or is the free pattern gone forever? :(

Can anyone translate this for me? Or tell me where to go to do it? I know someone on ravelry had posted ( awhile back) about copying and pasting the info and then finding a program online that would do it....

Thanks!!

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/27-28-37-linked-ring-tawashi

Does anyone have any idea where I can find a pattern to make this:

( Picture under here )


The hood and the scarf are attached.

I'm not sure if it's even crocheted (is that a word?) but I would love love love to make one.

I read about using tennis tape to make your hook more comfortable for use but I didn't really like how it felt. I decided to try out something that I have been thinking about for a long time: using those things that slide over a pencil to make the hooks more comfortable to use. So anyway here is how they look now, after their $2 makeover:


I posted about it on my blog here:Red Paper Umbrella but its a pretty self explanatory, easy process: wrap masking tape around hook, slide comfort grip thingy over it. I used 2 grips per hook so that the whole handle would be covered but if you had to make one package go a long way you could probably just use 1 per hook.

I was wondering if anyone has any free patterns for unusual projects. I guess I'm just looking for some out of the ordinary stuff. I've looked for things on ravelry, but most interesting things turn out to be knitting projects. Also, if anyone has any ideas for something to make to decorate a college dorm I would love to hear them.

And some stuff I've made...

( Summer has left me with far too much time on my hands. )

I just found a really good video resource for crocheting and I thought I would share.

http://www.youtube.com/user/theknitwitch

She does both knitting and crocheting.

Hi there,
I am just learning to crochet and I have a couple questions.

1. When you start to crochet from the foundation row, where exactly are you supposed to insert the hook? I was doing it so there were two loops on the hook, but someone told me there is supposed to be three (this is before any YO's are done).

2. I am trying to make coasters and the pattern calls for this:
ch 4
rnd 1: 11 dc into fourth ch from hook. join with slip st to top of ch-3 (12 sts)

How do you do 11 double crochets from the one ch?
I am a bit confused.

3. Are there any good online crochet help/tutorials with videos? I searched but have not found a great one?

Thanks

I've been trying to look for tutorials online on how to make cylinder shaped liners for bags and couldn't find what I was looking for! However, I know what to type in google if I need information on car parts.... >.>; Google comes up with interesting results....

Could anybody help me out in this area? :(

<3! Thanks

okay I know we have this in one of the tags but for the life of me I can not find it. I am looking for the photo tutorial for Beth's Little Star Afghan. I have the link on my laptop.... but right now my laptop is being tortured by the Computer Tech dudes of Future Shop since it melted some vital chips... So if anyone has the Link handy, I will love you LONG time. Like really. I will.