Once the air turns crisp and the sweaters come out, that means it’s time for pumpkin everything! I love the time of year when everything is flavored pumpkin from drinks to baked goods to candles. Give me all of the pumpkin! That also means that it’s time to start making all of the crochet pumpkins too. This year I wanted to try something different and make some crochet velvet pumpkins with bobble accents. Who knew pumpkins could look even prettier?? Soon you’ll fall in love with this free crochet velvet pumpkin pattern and will be filling your house with all of the crochet pumpkin decor. Inspiration Three of my favorite things are: Bernat velvet yarn, pumpkins, and crochet bobbles. So of course the only logical thing to do is combine all three and make some crochet velvet pumpkins! This year these are all the…
If you love flowers, the May Flowers Blanket is the perfect blanket for you! It’s like having a flower garden in your living room, made from beautiful crochet flowers. This crochet flower blanket pattern is a free crochet pattern that is made from 9 tapestry crochet flower blocks. It’s a beautifull and unique crochet graphgan pattern, that is a fun beginner crochet color work pattern. Inspiration Flowers are one of my favorite things, but since I have lots of seasonal allergies, I often can’t have any flowers in my home. However, it can be solved with crochet! I wanted to create a tapestry crochet blanket that would capture the beauty that flowers have, while creating crochet color work pieces that were pictures of flowers. It’s a flower garden that you get to cuddle with! Love this pattern? Save it to your favorite…
Do you ever feel like you need more storage, but don’t have anything to put your items in? I know I do! My favorite solution for that is to crochet a basket! It’s a basket made of yarn to hold more yarn or other knick knacks. I’m so in for that! I love using t-shirt yarn to make a nice chunky crochet basket. The featured pattern of the week is even a crochet basket with handles, and includes a chunky crochet coaster pattern as well. Today’s guest blogger of the week is Irina from KnitzNPurlz. She creates her very own t-shirt yarn, and simple quick projects to make using her fabulous yarn. I’ve got a pattern in the works with it, and absolutely love it! Be sure to check out her Etsy store where she sells all of…
Whether it’s time for fall, or back to school, apples are a fun accent to your home decor! The Apple a Day basket is a free tapestry crochet basket pattern that you’ll love making. Its simple apple motifs would be perfect to add to a teacher’s classroom, or as a set of cute fall crochet baskets! It’s an easy tapestry crochet pattern for beginners that you’ll want to make again and again. Inspiration As a big lover of fall, apples are one of my favorite things to put on something. I love how they add splashes of color, and apple flavored anything tastes amazing! So because of that, making an apple basket for fall seemed like the perfect crochet basket pattern to make! I also wanted to create a pattern that would make a wonderful teacher gift during back to…
The crisp fresh smell of pine trees is one of my favorite things about the holidays. There’s something about it that makes me want to curl up by a fire with a hot mug of tea, and watch snow fall outside. Growing up by the beach, I always had to travel to be in the forest surrounded by pine trees. So that means that I have to bring the pine trees a little closer to me by crocheting my latest free crochet pattern, the Pinewood Pillow! This tapestry crochet pillow pattern is made using Faux Fur yarn and chunky yarn to give all sorts of amazing texture to this pillow case. I’m pretty much obsessed! My Inspiration I’ve always had a drawn to the outdoors and the mountains, and have been finding myself inspired by nature in most of my designs lately. Also being…