#crochet samples

[samanthalanetextiles]

crochet material experiments ft. textured yarns, beads, straws, recycled materials and embroidery

[baylornonwovenstructures]

Crochet Samples

Happy Tuesday! I hope you each had a fun crochet filled weekend.

You were each assigned to explore the crochet process for at least 4 hours over the weekend regardless of your skill level. We will check in today via zoom to see how it went. Have your samples with you for the zoom at 3:30pm.

Before Thursday, I would like you to work an additional 3 hours with crochet. Part of this time can start after our zoom check in session ends today, which will not take the full class time.

To get credit for your research with crochet, please post images of your research into the crochet process. I want to see your best examples of crochet that demonstrate your understanding of how the process works.

If you are new to crochet, start with the YouTube videos to build your skills and work to gain competence in the techniques in bold in this post. If you are already familiar with the crochet process, it is your responsibility to continue to deepen your skills. Find your own YouTube videos and tutorials to explore new stitches and possibilities of the crochet structure.

So far I have linked a pair of YouTube videos last week that describe the following crochet techniques to create flat rectangular panels of crochet:

slip knot, chain stitch, single crochet stitch

additional stitches: half double crochet, double crochet, and triple crochet

I added a new video this week showing you how to:

crochet in the round, crochet shaping basics (increasing and decreasing) to make a form get bigger or smaller as you need it to

Please post examples of your best examples of crochet.

Use your crochet sample post to demonstrate with swatches any other crochet stitches or techniques you have learned in your own crochet research (if you want credit for other stitches you have learned, please show me what you know!)

Have your first set of crochet samples posted to your blogs by the beginning of class on Thursday 2/2.

image above:

week 2 & 3 crochet practice samples

[interlockingpatches]

Cathedral Radio. Interlocking / double filet crochet. #3 (tan) and #10 (black) cotton crochet thread, 2.75mm hook.

I did this in a marathon session yesterday, which I wouldn't exactly recommend! That gauge is also not perfect. Doing it again, I would either size down for a stiffer fabric or size up for smoother lines and more "relaxed" fill areas, but this would look perfectly nice with proper blocking and/or hanging rods.

Post stitches forming the outlines around the speaker holes make a really nice recessed texture, though I wouldn't use them again on the leftmost edge, where they just make things muddy.

[crochetpiece]

*I'm following a crochet pattern for a little potion bottle, which has ~350 stitches in color in the body which i'll be taking the percentages of this poll to color it! I'll be following the pattern for Amor the Love Potion from Melanie Morita's book "Hooked on Amigurumi" if you're interested in following along

[thyandrawrites]

Tfw your fixation with color accuracy made it so you bought yarns in every kind of different and mismatched weights for your project all just to make sure you stay as close as possible to the one (1) colorized illustration of the character you want to crochet

That being said, shark hoodie!kurona is coming 💪💪

I'm hype hype to make a little 🦈🦈

[sergle]

i will definitely delete this in a sec BUT!!! does anyone have An Opinion on what stitch would be nicest for this throw? it’s a chrimmis gift for my sister. here’s a basic sketch of how the blanket is going to be 

[sensenotsense]

As a kpoppie that crochets I finally hit the rite of passage of crocheting a pc holder. This is my test one, but pretty happy for my first attempt 😋

[king-carnivore-creations]

Crocheting again!

I'm using this pattern from Mijo Crochet

[viciousewe]

*sighs* can’t make anything easy for myself can I?

I was sliding around the internet and saw this skirt from SHEIN.

And immediately thought I can make that better! In beautiful linen! With massive pockets! So I got to work. Step one. I’ve been wanting a wrap circle skirt for a while so cool let’s do that. So I cut out the half circle, easy peaky. Well. I did not have enough fabric for the flounce after that. (Literally the time between seeing this pic and measuring fabrics was like. 15min lol) so I went on the website I got the linen from and they no longer offered it in the weight I needed!! Ok well. I do have a heavier linen in my stash already and I didn’t really want to pay more for shipping then for the fabric anyways. So I will use that. A waistband with the thicker fabric would be better anyways and the ruffle would have some nice heft plus I was gonna leave the edge raw and the thicker fabric would ravel just a little nicer imo.

But then.

I saw some cotton lace at the back of my stash. That would be hella cute!!! Only it was only 2 in wide. But that got me thinking about lace and um. Crocheted lace. That’s insane tho right? I already have a perfectly good solution and I haven’t crocheted a full piece in like 6 years….

Anyways I spent the morning before work sampling/relearning lol. I’m gonna have to make like 3 yards since I want a 2x times gathered ruffle.

[orchidrabbit]

i have recently started learning how to crochet and do the magic circle technique but i was curious about how popular and well used it is. i have my own opinions about it but i dont want to skew the results.

[malevolententity]

i want to watch some aop tonight/tomorrow but i dont know what to make so can yall pick for me? i have ideas on what yarn id use for each project i just dont know which to start.

all these patterns are free on ravelry!

ghost chicken coaster dragon egg bandana bookshelf

[coridallasmultipass]

Halloween costume hint:

(The stitch marker and the word that describes this colour-pattern of yarn [or fabric] are 2 more hints.)

[squittenchet]

I wanna make something cursed.

Let’s start with a base animal.

[interlockingpatches]

okay! let's take a look at the Halloween Hootenanny samples and the yarn, thread and hooks I used to make them:

These are all #10 cotton thread (both colours in all cases), all made with a 1.40mm hook except Witch, who got 1.50 because that orchid thread is a bit fine and tends to work up tight. Witch also has a Pinstripe Blanket border with rounded corners, plus an extra sl round (blo), again to make up for the finer thread. Jack-o-Lantern has a Pinstripe Blanket border with square corners; Cauldron Bubbles has Classic Pinstripe, and Eyeball Jawbreaker has Quick "Borderless."

Both of these use #3 cotton thread for Colour B (backgrounds) and #10 for outines. Flying Owl used a 2.10mm hook and has a Pinstripe Blanket border. Black Widow used a 2.75mm hook and has a Floating Border (Colour A only), which didn't work amaaaazing with the finer thread, but I think with repeated washing it'll sort itself out.

Moving up in heft, these both use a lighter-weight cotton yarn for background colours. Scaredy Cat uses fine weight wool for Colour A, was made with a 4.0mm hook and has a Quick "Borderless" border. Witch Finger has #3 cotton outlines; it was made with a 3.75mm hook and has a Classic Pinstripe border, which I have to say just always looks kinda shabby in yarn.

Last are the heavyweight samples. Both have dishrag cotton for Colour B and worsted-weight wool for outlines. Both have Pinstripe Blanket borders, with Ms. Frankenstein modelling rounded corners and Wax Fangs sporting square. 4.0mm hook for both.

[savage-rhi]

✨️Kinda magenta?✨️

[beenovel]

"you'd never know I was autistic if I didn't tell you" says the girl (me) who takes crochet to restaurants to show my mom what I'm working on. Literally like twenty sample pieces of different stitches I've learned. Just stuffed loose in my pockets.