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Tutorial – Crochet Star Stitch
Add a bit of sparkle to your crochet with star stitch! The big, bold stitch looks great in stripes, and is much easier to make than it looks. Each crochet star stitch is basically a cluster stitch, building off of the previous star stitch. Learn how in this tutorial.
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Free Pattern – Knit Me Baby, One More Line – Harmony Blanket Square #24
Knit Me Baby, One More Line is pattern #24 in the 2018 Harmony Blanket Knit Along. Normally, color changes in garter stitch need to be worked on the right side of the fabric in order to get a clean line. With this square, a simple shift in the garter stitch pattern allows the stripes to be worked neatly out from…
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Free Pattern – Loopy Flower Square
Brighten up your day with this fun, Loopy Flower Square. Use it as a blanket square, trivet, or just for decoration. Twisted loops give the center flower a 3-dimensional pop, and add a textural border element as well. In addition to the written pattern, there is a full video tutorial that takes you step by step through the entire square!
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If You Try to Find a Hook
If you try to find a hook, you'll stumble across that WIP that needs blocking, so you'll stop to block it. You'll run out of pins, and take them out of the larger project that's done blocking...
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Scrappy Stitchers Link Party #42
Our May Scrappy Stitchers Link Party was very active, with more clicks than usual. The link that got the most clicks was this Bean Stitch Beanie by Meladora's Creations - congrats! It's such a fun texture, and I love the detail on the brim.
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Free Pattern – Serrana the Mermaid
Meet my new friend Serrana! This sweet, 19-inch doll is sure to delight mermaid fans and amigurumi enthusiasts alike. She's a little bit sassy, completely adorable, and a whole lot of fun to make.
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Tutorial – Adding Hair to an Amigurumi Doll
Adding hair is often one of the last steps of an amigurumi project. For me, this is when the doll really takes on a personality of its own. Just like styling human hair, doll hair can be a great way to express your creativity. In this tutorial, I'm using a crocheted doll and adding long hair with a center part…
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Tutorial – Needle Sculpting an Amigurumi Doll Face
In amigurumi, needle sculpting is a way to add contours to an otherwise smooth surface. Carefully placed stitches are pulled tightly to draw the fabric in and make it pucker. This is a particularly useful technique for sculpting facial contours. This tutorial will show you a few basic steps to create eye sockets and a nose.
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Deluxe Bonbon Love Project Kits – Review & Giveaway
Global Backyard Industries has new, t-shirt / jersey yarn kits available! As if that wasn't exciting enough, this time I got to be a part of it. I designed the Boho Fringed Trivet pattern for one of the kits. Read all about it and Enter to win an enamel pin! (Giveaway ends 5/30/18). This review is sponsored by Global Backyard Industries, but…
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Free Pattern – Message in a Bobble – Harmony Blanket Square #19
Message in a Bobble is pattern #19 in the 2018 Harmony Blanket Knit Along. Puffy bobbles are a fun texture and work really well to create raised shapes and letters. They also remind me of the raised bumps used in braille. This 12 inch blanket square uses bobbles to spell out the word "Love", in both braille and English versions!
