Flower Crochet-Along

Flower Crochet-Along:   *~Flower Crochet-along~* Three flower patterns with a video crochet-along to help you master them! It’s fall. It’s gray outside. what better time than to plaster your home with ~…

In my last video tutorial I promised a quick fun way to practice all the basic crochet stitches. Here it is! Crochet along with me step by step and learn how to do 3 of my go to crochet flowers! Check out the blog post to see the video and print out the patters! Get some symbol pattern practice as well!

Crochet Letters and Numbers for appliqueing and decor

Crochet Letters!

Everyone has heard of crochet hats and booties and blankets but what if you want to monogram something?? Or make giant letter pillows! Or write your babies name on a crochet blanket?? Here are some great patterns for how to do different kinds of letters~

2D Letters and Numbers

First let's look at stand alone 2 D letters, numbers, and punctuation.

This was posted by Moogly 
This is one of the best comprehensive patterns I've found out there. Not only are there written patterns for the letters but she includes some video tutorials for the tricky letters!

http://www.mooglyblog.com/the-moogly-crochet-alphabet/

http://www.mooglyblog.com/lowercase-alphabet/

http://www.mooglyblog.com/the-moogly-crochet-numbers/

http://www.mooglyblog.com/moogly-crochet-punctuation-set/

For those of you that prefer reading symbol patterns than written patterns, these were posted by ninenin sectikleri. I have tried these out and they look very nice especially for using them to applique or hand on a wall.

http://orguoyuncakcnine2.blogspot.com/2009/11/her-yerde-kullanilabilecek-tig-isi.html

Here is another symbol pattern set by fiberneed

http://fiberneed.blogspot.com/2009/03/whats-your-name.html

Embroidering/Crocheting on Letters

This post by Crochetnmore shows how to do surface crochet or surface slip stitch which can be used to add letters and numbers to a crochet work. Keep in mind this only works for solid tight single crochet rows but can be very useful when you do solid shirts or sweaters!

3 D Letters 

I found this free pattern for slightly 3D letters. The letters are just done twice and stuffed. Here is the link. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/alphabet-pillows

Here is a very nice pattern you can buy for making real fancy 3D letters. It's 2.50 euros per letter from Carocreated.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/one-3d-letter---crochet-pattern-pdf-pattern-for-one-letter-only

There is also a book on amazon done by bigunki which you can order which has patterns for all the letters.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/149420018X/

Just for fun while we're talking about letters I found this really cool DIY tutorial about how to wrap letters with yarn by catchmyparty.com! Since we have so much yarn hanging around check it out it could be a great project for that scrap yarn left over.

http://catchmyparty.com/blog/diy-how-to-make-a-yarn-wrapped-ombre-monogrammed-letter

Here is another done by landofnod. 

http://blog.landofnod.com/honest-to-nod/2011/10/yarn-wrapped-letters-2.html

Hope these come in use! Happy Crocheting~

Annnnd I'm Back!

Hi everyone!

 I can't believe we've hit the 1 million views mark! This started as a place to record my crochet references and has quickly grown to everyone's quick reference which is just great I'm so happy about that!

I haven't been posting for a while consistently really because I've been trying to figure out what I want to do really...I mean so many options! Well I'm back and with full vigour and determination to teach the world to crochet and sell some finished products on etsy!

So here's the big news!

Introducing Crochelina Patterns!

I am now selling my patterns on etsy! I have posted the 3 patterns from my most popular collection the Purple Baby Summer Collection to start off! I will be posting a new pattern in my shop every week so keep checking!

What's so special about these patterns?? VIDEO TUTORIALS!! Each pattern comes with it's own video tutorial because there's nothing more confusing than a written pattern or symbol pattern on it's own! Also included are full written patterns and symbol patterns so you can have as many methods as possible to make the learning process easier and more fun!

My Store

Let's Learn and Create Together~ 

Wait there's More!

For those of you wanting finished crochet products I have created a new line of 100% cotton 100% one of a kind because I only make one of each, Half Crochet Half Fabric Boutique Baby Dresses with Matching Headbands!! (Feel free to cheer!) I am super excited about this design because each one is totally unique and shows the beauty and diversification of crochet in a modern and exciting way!

Introducing the Vintage Collection~~**  In Store April 13!

A new collection in teal, aqua, white, silver, and grey! Perfect for that special occasion and for just plain showing off how cute your baby is! Each one packaged and ready to come straight home to you or to a friend! There will be 9 sets in every collection! Two Newborn, Four 0-3 Month, Two 3-6, and One 6-9 Month. I will always post when I introduce a new collection so you can jump on them!

I'm Still Not Done!

Introducing Biweekly posts here and Weekly Video Tutorials!

For those of you wanted to become better crocheters I am going to be posting atleast 2 posts a week adding new resources and adding 1 video tutorial a week to the crochetpedia youtube channel!! 

Many of you have watched my Quick Basics of Crochet for Beginners video and have learned from that. Now I am going to start a playlist of how to crochet from start to finish adding a new video every week! It will be jam packed with all you need to know to become a confident expert crocheter. It won't be your basic how to videos...for example for the "How to Chain Video", I'll show you how to make the best chains, consistent chains, include fun projects you can do with just chains, and show different methods of crocheting into different parts of chains to give different looks! So check in again in May for new weekly videos!

Why am I doing this?? I love crochet so much! It is my relaxation, my creative outlet, and I want to spread that hapiness around! 

So subscribe to my youtube channel to keep up to date!

Favorite my etsy store to stay up to date with patterns and dresses!

Like my Facebook Page , follow crochetpedia on Twitter  and Crochelina on Twitter, and follow on Pinterest to keep up to date with everything!

Last but not least have a wonderful day~

Border Patterns

I found some patterns for borders with respective pictures! Enjoy~
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I found a whole bunch of border patterns. These have so many uses from edging on clothing to open work design around the top and bottom of shirts, dresses, skirts, home decor designs for bordering pillows. You can never have enough border patterns. I know there are no pictures to see exactly what these look like but I thought I'd post them anyways. I got them from the link below enjoy.

http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/4285734/post245811127/