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Throwback to one of my early patterns that is already 11 years old - Zimtstern Mitts, fingerless gloves started from the thumb with surface crochet added as you go. The free knitting pattern is available from my blog:

https://knitting-and-so-on.blogspot.com/2013/11/zimtstern-mitts.html

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DIY Crochet Hat Patterns from the Mind of The Twisted Hatter

Are you looking to crochet something more adventurous? Natalie Allen, The Twisted Hatter, has a bunch of projects for you.

Top Photo: $8 Pattern Twisted Kraken Hat on Ravelry here.

Here is the help video on the Twisted Kracken Hat here. 

$7 Pattern Gas Mask Gone Twisted on Ravelry here.

$7 Pattern Twisted Unicorn Hat on Ravelry here.

$6.50 Pattern Luna Rae Dragon Hood here.

$6.50 Pattern Twisted Jellyfish here.

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Crochet Birds / DIY Patterns

Tanya Zhylyayeva on Etsy

See our #Etsy or #DIY tags

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pics of a recent(ish) project!! pattern is sweetheart sweater by Fran Lopez on ravelry 💕💕

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F.O. Friday

Sweater thing! This has been on the needles since September. My knitting is much slower right now due to starting Grad School last fall. Idk how many large projects I'll get done this year.

Pattern is the Slava Ukraini Sweater by Zanete Knits. Yarn is Miss Babs Intrepid.

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The Stacktangle Blanket Crochet Pattern will turn your expectations of the well known granny stitch on their head. This pattern uses stacked increases and decreases to turn simple stripes into complex looking colorwork. It isn't much harder than a regular granny stitch afghan, we've provided photo tutorials of the unusual stitches in the pattern.This project can be made in many sizes and is well suited for crocheters who are familiar with basic stitches and are ready to take on some new skills.

Patrick T. Stewart wrote the instructions and I ( Xandy Peters) made the charts. Whichever way you prefer to get your crochet patterns, you are covered.

Sizes: Baby (Throw, Twin*, Full*, Queen, King)

Finished Dimensions: 23" x 28" (57" x 50", 91" x 72", 91" x 94", 91" x 116", 108" x 116") / 58 x 71 cm (145 x 127 cm, 231 x 183 cm, 231 x 239 cm, 231 x 295 cm, 274 x 295 cm)

*Twin and Full size are turned 90* to fit on a bed.

Yarn: 4 Colors of worsted weight (#4 Medium) blanket yarn such as:

Loops & Threads Soft Classic, 354 yards (324 m) per 7 oz. 100% acrylic. Color A - Raspberry, Color B - Wine, Color C - Clay.

Red Heart Super Saver Solids, 364 yards (333 m) per 7 oz. 100% acrylic. Color D - Orange.

More yarn info is in the image below.

Hook: Size I (5.5mm) or size needed to obtain gauge.

Gauge: 20 sts x 10 rows = 6 x 6" (15 x 15 cm)

Other Materials: Tapestry needle for finishing.

This pattern uses US notation

Find the pattern on Ravelry or on xandypeters.com

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Jeny’s interlock cast off exactly mirrors the long-tail (and the backward loop) cast on AND is a very good stretchy bind off.

This baby sweater is knit bottom up, but I made the sleeves top down, picking up stitches around the armhole, so to get the same edge on the ribbing, I did the long-tail cast on on the body and the interlock cast off on the sleeves.

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Crochet Flower Patterns // Tanitka Lace

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Beaded Flowers // Beadwork Store Art

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I finished sewing in the last button a whopping six minutes before we were due to leave for our Christmas dinner (I would have worn it even if it didn't have all the buttons) and have been living in it ever since.

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Personally I mostly make jumpers/sweaters and usually use either DK or aran/worsted weight for those. DK as well for hats and scarves as I prefer that weight to anything that much finer.

I don't think I've ever bought a whole jumper worth from an indie producer, but I have bought contrast colours to go with a main body colour from a commercial brand.

Been a second since I’ve done a poll so here’s something I’m curious about (that will also help me when ordering stock)

I know yarn weights have different names all over the place, I’ve put the names here that I am most familiar with and that I hear used most often in the craft community

It would be helpful to me if you chose what yarns you do or would buy from indie dyers rather than commercial brands. For example, you may buy a lot of worsted from commercial brands for sweaters and blankets but get fingering yarn for socks from indie dyers.

So far I have been focusing more on lighter weight yarns for my shop because as a customer I’m more likely to buy indie yarn for smaller projects like socks and shawls than for big projects like sweaters, because a sweaters quantity of indie yarn can be rather costly

But if people are wanting heavier yarns I would love to know! (I do have some aran/worsted yarn that came today to dye). Ideally I would love to be able to offer my colourways on multiple bases but I just don’t have the finances to buy that much stock at the moment, that’s really a goal I am aiming towards.

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just saw a gifset from only murders in the building and i recognize this knitting pattern selena gomez is wearing!!

it's the fika pullover by sari nordlund! this is so cool!!! i knew this was a knitwear show but didn't know they were hardcore like that. whoever made this changed the neck ribbing from 1x1 to 2x2 tho

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calling all fiber crafters!!

i've been having Thoughts™ about creativity and crafting and art and artisanship and skill, and i'm curious about what the rest of y'all think, so please have this poll:

The yes/no/sometimes/NUANCE is in direct answer to the "Do you feel creative" part of the question; the stuff after the semicolon is just a General Statement of How You Generally Craft. (full disclosure: i knit, so i think in terms of patterns, but if you partake in another fiber craft and there's a better word for "following someone else's design/instructions," insert that there instead!)

~feeling creative~ is defined however you want it to be. (this is why i'm asking the internet at large this in poll form--i'm trying to untangle some of my own thoughts about what makes me feel creative, and what that looks like across my life/hobbies.) if you'd like to elaborate in reblogs/tags/replies, please do!

assumptions i made with these options: if you design your own patterns, you probably also have done quite a bit of making other people's patterns. if you mostly follow someone else's patterns, you may have dabbled in trying your own, but not enough to feel like you're qualified to claim "pattern designer" (hi, it me). please answer with your heart regardless! you can explain as much or as little as you'd like, i'm just after General Trends and Vibes, here!

please reblog! i want to hear from as many people as are willing to play!! thanks y'all!!!

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I use two of the little row/stitch counters that slide onto your needles.

One for the row number of the pattern repeat (e.g. for cables that repeat every x rows) and another in a different colour for the row number of the whole pattern for tracking where shaping is due to go.

Tradwife weirdos or whatever don’t touch this post made by my very transgender hands.

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I have been knitting for over a decade and I have never used any of these (and I've only even heard of a couple!)

a question for you, knitting folk

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reblog and tag your favourite halloween cozy cabin sweater 🎃🦇👻🐈‍⬛🍁