Honeycomb Pop Basket
Honeycomb Pop Basket – a free crochet pattern from Make My Day Creative If you follow me on facebook, you’ll have seen that this project has been near completion for a while. One of the problems I...
View ArticleNautical Baby Hat
Nautical Hat – a free crochet pattern from Make My Day Creative Items for babies are so quick and easy to make. Which is fortunate because it seems like all my friends are having babies at the...
View ArticleSummer Sprigs Scarf Award
Summer Sprigs Lace Shawl Free Crochet pattern I have some exciting news. Those of you who follow the Crochet Awards may have seen that my Summer Sprigs Lace Scarf got nominated for a Flamie (Best...
View ArticleHow to Design and Alter Crochet Patterns Part 1: Stitch Patterns
I still feel like I’m only just getting started with crochet designing, particularly if judged by the number of my projects which get started and scrapped. But I wanted to write this series because...
View ArticleHow to Design Crochet Patterns Part 2: Pattern Repeats
Last time I looked at selecting the right stitch pattern for your project. Well what’s next? Once you’ve selected your stitch pattern(s) and identified what you’ll make with it, it’s worth having a...
View ArticleHow to Design Crochet Patterns Part 3a: Shaping in Crochet Stitch Patterns
Increasing and decreasing in pattern is, in my opinion, one of the hardest things to do when designing a pattern. So if you can master it then nothing can stop you! I’m going to cover shaping in this...
View ArticlePacific Rim Shawl
I’m interrupting my series on How to Design Crochet Patterns to bring you my latest project. Don’t worry though, I’ll be continuing this next time, I just thought it was time for a new crochet...
View ArticleHow to Design Crochet Patterns: Triangular Shawl Bonus
How to design Triangular Shawls – A tutorial by Make My Day Creative. This tutorial works for knitting too! Triangular shawls are a great way to place to start with designs involving increasing and...
View ArticleHow to Design Crochet Patterns Part 4: Selecting Yarn
Which yarn for which crochet project? A tutorial from Make My Day Creative Choosing the right yarn for your project (or project for your yarn) is usually what makes or breaks your project. When...
View ArticleBaby Barefoot Flower Sandals
Baby Barefoot Flower Sandal – super adjustable free crochet pattern from Make My Day Creative Ah baby toes. They are just the cutest, so why cover them up? A good friend of mine recently had a...
View ArticleMoroccan Motif Cushion
Moroccan Hexagon Motif – Free Crochet Pattern by Make My Day Creative – use this to make a cushion or blanket or scarf Do you find Arabic geometry as interesting as I do? It fascinates me how a minor...
View ArticleFancy Broomstick Lace Stitches
My Indian Summer Lace Top uses a variety of broomstick lace stitches. You may have come across this technique before – but for those who haven’t – don’t worry, I plant to upload a video showing how to...
View ArticleIndian Summer Lace Top
I thought it was about time I made an item of clothing since it has been a while since I did my Chevron Sweater. This one is called Indian Summer Lace, because I’m hoping for an Indian summer...
View ArticleCluster Yoke Baby Cardigan
Cluster Yoke Baby Cardigan – a free pattern from Ravelry Another baby gift :) As we didn’t know if it was going to be a boy or a girl I used this pretty green shade of yarn with contrasting cream. I...
View ArticleLinen Stitch Cowl
I have had these two yarns in my stash for a while. I wanted to use them together but have spent a while thinking it through because the red and white/cream colour combination can look very...
View ArticleLinen Stitch Fingerless Gloves
Linen Stitch Gloves and Cowl set – Free crochet patterns from Make My Day Creative I had quite a bit of left over yarn from making my Linen Stitch Cowl so it clearly was meant to be a matching set!...
View ArticlePlaid Cowl
Plaid Cowl – A super easy free crochet pattern from Make My Day Creative I’m glad to be back in blog land after a few weeks away on holiday – more on this later! I’ve seen a few plaid or tartan effect...
View ArticleChristmas Crochet
Isn’t it great how so many Christmas projects lend themselves to stash busting? I think it’s because Christmas items tend to be smaller and involve using lots of colour. It’s great because we can...
View ArticleLinen Stitch Cowl Mk 2
Linen Stitch Cowl and Gloves – Free Pattern from Make My Day Creative I have been wearing this Linen Stitch Cowl and Linen Stitch Gloves set a lot so far this winter. It seems to go with a lot of...
View ArticleWinter Buds Scarf Pattern
Is it too late to wish you all a Happy New Year? I hope not! Somehow time seems to have gotten away from me more than usual recently. This post was actually intended as a pre-Christmas bonus post,...
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