Welcome back to our Learn How to Crochet for Beginners series! Did you catch the free Cake Slice Coaster crochet pattern that I posted yesterday? It’s our project that we’ll be working on for the rest of this tutorial series, and I can’t wait for you to be able to make it. This next part in our series teaches you how to do the single crochet stitch, which is the go to basic crochet stitch that other crochet stitches are founded on. Knowing this stitch will give you the ability to make all sorts of projects: coasters, scarves, hats,...
Cake Slice Coaster: Free Crochet Pattern
Don’t you just love cake?? I’m in love with these Crochet Cake Slice Coasters that I’ve designed for the Learn How to Crochet for Beginners Series! The bright yellow and pink capture the fluffy texture and fun color of a slice of strawberry cake. Makes me want to make enough to put on every table in my house. This pattern was designed to be a simple and easy crochet project that is perfect for a quick gift or treat for yourself. It is a sampler of sorts of the main basic crochet stitches such as single crochet, double crochet,...
Learn How to Crochet For Beginners Part 2: Holding Your Yarn & Hook, Slip Knot, and Chain Stitch
Welcome back to our Learn How to Crochet for Beginners Series! The first part of our series covered what yarn weights are and the different aspects of crochet hooks. Today we’ll be learning all of the starting basics for stitching: holding your yarn and crochet hook, the slip knot, and the chain stitch. These are the things that help you know how to use the tools you use in crocheting, and how to start each crochet project. Let’s get started! Holding Your Yarn & Crochet Hook Before you begin stitching at all, you first have to know how to...
Learn How to Crochet For Beginners Part 1: Yarn Weights and Hook Sizes
Have you been wondering how to crochet? It’s time for a new and exciting How To series again, and this time I am going to be teaching you the craft I’ve been doing the longest, crochet! Crochet was the craft that sparked my love of all things crafty and fiber when I was seven years old, and I’ve been hooked to it ever since. Now I’ve been doing it for sixteen years, and love it more and more as I keep learning new techniques or work with new yarns. This series is perfect for you if you’ve wanted to...
Learn How to Cross Stitch Part 5: How to Backstitch
Welcome back to our learn how to cross stitch series! In today’s post I will be teaching you how to do the backstitch, which is a basic embroidery stitch that is used in cross stitching to add a border or other details. This simple stitch can be used in almost every needle craft, and will be an essential addition to your stitching repertoire. Let’s get started! (Learn better with video tutorials? Check out my Youtube video demonstrating How to Back Stitch below or on my channel E’Claire Makery!) The Backstitch Backstitching will appear in a pattern as...
Learn How to Cross Stitch: Part 4 – Danish Cross Stitch Method
Welcome back to our Learning How to Cross Stitch series! So far we’ve learned what supplies you need, how to prepare your fabric, and how to do the English Cross Stitch Method. In this post, I will be teaching you how to do the Danish Cross Stitch Method. This cross stitch method creates a complete stitch individually instead of in rows at a time. It is a great method for doing a color that only requires a few stitches, or that involves a varying pattern in one color. Let’s get started! Learn better through videos rather than pictures? Here’s the...
Learn How to Cross Stitch: Part 3 – English Cross Stitch Method
Welcome back to our Learning How to Cross Stitch series! So far we’ve learned what supplies we need, and how to prepare our fabric. Now it’s time for part 3 where you finally begin stitching. In this post I will be teaching you the English method of cross stitch, where one line of diagonal halves of the stitches are worked and then the other half worked back across. This method is great for working a large portion of rows that are the same color. Let’s begin! (Learn better through video tutorials rather than pictures? Here’s the full length video of...
