After receiving lots of love for my Farmhouse Striped Kitchen Towel and Buffalo Plaid Kitchen Towel, I just knew I had to make a few fun, festive towels for the upcoming holiday season. The Gingerbread Man Kitchen Towel was the first in this new series of crochet kitchen towels for the holidays and I was smitten. He got a little lonely hanging around by himself so I made him a Snowman Kitchen Towel friend. You can find the free crochet towel pattern in this post below, or an ad-free print friendly version on Love Crafts here, Ravelry here, or on Etsy here.    >> CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP TO ..read more

Last year, I designed the Chevron Peaks Slouch for the Hat Not Hate campaign and I really loved the technique & crochet stitches that created the design and texture of the hat. I loved it so much that I came up with an argyle design for last year’s crochet Christmas stocking pattern. Then, after completing the argyle stocking, I knew that the design would make a great hat, but I ran out of time last winter to release the Argyle Beanie & Slouch. Everything works out the way it’s supposed to though, right? It did. It became the perfect project for a Mini-Mystery Crochet Along. Since then ..read more

The crochet spike stitch is an easy crochet stitch that is used to add visual interest to projects. You may have also seen it referred to as a long single crochet or elongated single crochet. It is worked like a regular single crochet with the exception of where you place your hook to begin the stitch.   > CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP TO RECEIVE OUR NEWSLETTER <     If you’ve never worked a crochet spike stitch before, I suggest working through my step-by-step spike stitch tutorial HERE. In the crochet spike stitch tutorial, I teach you all the basics of working crochet spike stitches ..read more

After receiving lots of love for my Farmhouse Striped Kitchen Towel and Buffalo Plaid Kitchen Towel, I knew I just had to make a few fun, festive towels for the upcoming holiday season. The Gingerbread Man Kitchen Towel is the first in this series of crochet kitchen towels for the holidays and I’m smitten. You can find the free crochet towel pattern in this post below, or an ad-free print friendly version on Love Crafts here, Ravelry here, or on Etsy here.    >> CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP TO RECEIVE OUR NEWSLETTER <<   This fall, I’ve been making new crochet kitchen towels, but I wanted ..read more

The On the Bias Square Afghan is the sister crochet blanket pattern to the On the Bias Rectangular Afghan. I’m not normally an afghan project kinda gal, but as I was crocheting away on the rectangular afghan, while binge watching Grey’s Anatomy, I was hooked and knew I had to come up with a few other designs like it! This square version is similar to the rectangular afghan, but it’s um…. square. It too can be customized to be any size imaginable.  You can find the free crochet blanket pattern in this post below, or an ad-free print friendly version on Love Crafts here, Ravelry here, and Etsy h ..read more

While I was working on my Centaur Mandala Afghan, my first crochet blanket using a self-striping yarn, I decided that it wasn’t going to be my last! I absolutely LOVED using simpler stitch patterns and watching the yarn do all of the colorwork for me. I found that it also motivated me to crochet more quickly so that I could see the next color change. You can find the free crochet blanket pattern in this post below, or an ad-free print friendly version on Love Crafts here, Ravelry here, and Etsy here.   > CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP TO RECEIVE OUR NEWSLETTER <   Beginners and seasoned crocheter ..read more

Welcome to the Linky Ladies Party! This is a fiber arts bi-weekly community party and is live from Tuesday at 12:00 am, ending on Saturday at 12:00 pm (PST). Show off your talent by linking up your finished crochet & knit projects! The five most popular links will be featured and shared on our social media. This post contains affiliate links.       In 2018 we decided to begin having a quarterly drawing and giveaway! For each valid link that you add to our link parties, you will automatically gain one entry into our quarterly prize drawing. The Prize will be a $25 Amazon Gift Card! You don ..read more