Author: Rachele Carmona

2018 VVCAL Reboot Edging Border – Free Crochet Pattern

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Hello, everyone! It is finally time to present you all with the 2018 VVCAL Border. I am quite obsessed lately with flat and neat borders that have a subtle ruffled look, like when you create slight ruffles with a serger in sewing. So here’s what I created for the reboot! It’s a great contrast to the original border, so if you want something ornate and very Victorian, you can use the 2016 VVCAL border, and if you prefer something simpler and sweet, you can use this one. I just fell in love with the sugary simplicity! 2018 VVCAL PDF Now available in the 2018 VVCAL PDF – the entire 2018 VVCAL pattern (35 squares, join, and this border) all together in one place! Get it today: ETSY or CRAFTSY Check out the 2016 border pattern – you can see the original is very ornate and Victorian, and made in several yarns from my stash . I wanted to give a couple of options, especially one that was still very wide, but more simple – less fancy. …

Crochet Book Review: Cutest Crochet Creations, by Alison North

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Hi, y’all! I am super honored today to be participating in Alison North’s (KornFlake Stew) book tour / blog hop, for her recent release of Cutest Crochet Creations. I’m sandwiched in between two of the greatest in the biz – taking the baton from the great Sarah Shrimpton of Annaboo’s House who gave a wonderful review yesterday – find it here, and handing it off to the talented amigurumist, Lauren Espy of A Menagerie of Stitches, who will be giving us her perspective tomorrow. Can’t wait to see! Even Alison’s banner for the blog and IG tour is adorable! I shamelessly lifted this image off of her gorgeous Instagram feed, because I just had to show you all. What a precious representation of her book! [Related: Find Cutest Crochet Creations on Amazon.com – affiliated but I love Alison’s work and highly recommend the book!] A Confession Okay, I must confess something: I have never amigurumi’d! I’ve never, not even once made a stuffie, because as you all know, I am blanket obsessed. This has made me intimidated …

Scheepjes Namaste Yarn – Plus free “Shavasana Hexagon Motif” crochet pattern!

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In case you haven’t seen the new beauty by Scheepjes Yarns, I wanted to show it off! I had the pleasure of testing out a ball of Namaste before it was released, and of course I could not resist creating a crochet hexagon motif right away. A mondo hexie crochet blanket has been on my list for a while now, and Namaste was the perfect yarn for it. So let’s check out the yarn, and then the free Shavasana Hexagon Motif crochet pattern is ready for you at the end of this post! Here’s the teaser image from Scheepjes for Namaste. Gorgeous! The tagline for Namaste is that “crafting is the new yoga,” and this resonated with me because my eldest daughter and I have been doing yoga together four days a week for the past two months. It’s such a sweet moment of connection for us when she gets home from school, and a great time for us to both work on our balance – mental, physical, and spiritual. Plus added bonus, we hold …

Whip Stitch Join for Hexagons

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Whip Stitch Join for Hexagons You may use this joining method for any project, but it is originally featured in the Dutch Rose blanket pattern. Video Instruction Written Instruction: Join motifs to make blanket body Lay out motifs according to blanket schematic if you are working Layout 1. For Layouts 2-5, choose a motif placement that suits you. Whip st motifs together as follows: Hold 2 motifs with wrong sides together, and use the long tail of one of the motifs. Using your hook, pull the long tail through the center sc of both motifs, back to front. Insert the hook front to back through both loops of the next st to the left, on both motifs. Grab the long tail and pull it all the way through to the front of the piece, allowing the whip st to rest flush against the top edge of the motifs. Repeat steps 3 and 4 across, inserting the hook through both motifs from front to back in the next st to the left, and pulling the yarn through …

Tiny Garden Crochet Blanket Pattern

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Update: This pattern now has a yarn kit at my storefront on Deramores.com. Check it out and get the yarn in just a few clicks! Hi, y’all! Did you miss my new Ravelry ebook release, ShadeTree? Hit the pause button on this post, go read all about ShadeTree Artist Collaboration, Issue 1, then come right back. Okay, you back? Fab! In that post, I gave a glimpse into the blankets of Issue 1 and the artists that I worked with to produce it. In this blog series, I want to tell you more about each piece and its inspiration, as well as reveal progress photos and extras. Here are the six parts that you can expect:

Crochet Motif: Pecan Tree Square

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Pecan Tree Square VVCAL Pages 2020 VVCAL Main Page 2018 VVCAL Main Page 2016 VVCAL Main Page Pin Me! Introduction Each of the VVCAL 2018 Squares were dedicated to a tree by one of the members of my CypressTextiles Tree Huggers Facebook group. (Ravelry Link) Materials and Measurements Yarn: Scheepjes Softfun (affiliate link) – (60% Cotton, 40% Acrylic); (140m/50g) Color: If using the Warm Neutrals palette, make 5 square each of 9 colors, and 6 squares each of 3 colors, leaving the cream out for joining and border. Hook: US Size 4.5mm Size: 6 inches Key Stitch Descriptions beg beginning beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc chN chain N number of times dc double crochet lp loop MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook sc single crochet sp space (chain space) ss slip stitch st stitch yoh yarn over hook Video Instruction This video tutorial includes information on how to: Make the beg dc and join rounds neatly Create chains behind a “petal” to make a flower Weave ends as you go …

Crochet Motif: Scots Pine Square

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Scots Pine Square VVCAL Pages 2020 VVCAL Main Page 2018 VVCAL Main Page 2016 VVCAL Main Page Pin Me! Introduction Each of the VVCAL 2018 Squares were dedicated to a tree by one of the members of my CypressTextiles Tree Huggers Facebook group. (Ravelry Link) Materials and Measurements Yarn: Scheepjes Softfun (affiliate link) – (60% Cotton, 40% Acrylic); (140m/50g) Color: If using the Warm Neutrals palette, make 5 square each of 9 colors, and 6 squares each of 3 colors, leaving the cream out for joining and border. Hook: US Size 4.5mm Size: 6 inches Key Stitch Descriptions beg beginning beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc beg tr (sc, ch2) – counts as 1 tr chN chain N number of times dc double crochet lp loop MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook sc single crochet sp space (chain space) ss slip stitch st stitch tr treble crochet yoh yarn over hook Video Instruction This video tutorial includes information on how to: Make the beg dc and beg tr and join rounds …

Crochet Motif: Arbutus Tree Square

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Arbutus Tree Square VVCAL Pages 2020 VVCAL Main Page 2018 VVCAL Main Page 2016 VVCAL Main Page Pin Me! Introduction Each of the VVCAL 2018 Squares were dedicated to a tree by one of the members of my CypressTextiles Tree Huggers Facebook group. (Ravelry Link) Materials and Measurements Yarn: Scheepjes Softfun (affiliate link) – (60% Cotton, 40% Acrylic); (140m/50g) Color: If using the Warm Neutrals palette, make 5 square each of 9 colors, and 6 squares each of 3 colors, leaving the cream out for joining and border. Hook: US Size 4.5mm Size: 6 inches Key Stitch Descriptions 2dccl 2dc cluster: (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through 3 lps 4trcl 4tr cluster: * yoh 2 times, insert hook in st, yoh, pull up lp, (yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, rep from * 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through 5 lps beg beginning beg 2dccl beginning 2dc cluster: (beg dc, dc) in st/sp – dc counts as top of st when joining round beg 4trcl beginning 4tr cluster: …

Crochet Motif: Crabapple Square

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Crabapple Square VVCAL Pages 2020 VVCAL Main Page 2018 VVCAL Main Page 2016 VVCAL Main Page Pin Me! Introduction Each of the VVCAL 2018 Squares were dedicated to a tree by one of the members of my CypressTextiles Tree Huggers Facebook group. (Ravelry Link) Materials and Measurements Yarn: Scheepjes Softfun (affiliate link) – (60% Cotton, 40% Acrylic); (140m/50g) Color: If using the Warm Neutrals palette, make 5 square each of 9 colors, and 6 squares each of 3 colors, leaving the cream out for joining and border. Hook: US Size 4.5mm Size: 6 inches Key Stitch Descriptions 2dccl 2dc cluster: (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through 3 lps 2trcl 2tr cluster: * yoh 2 times, insert hook in st, yoh, pull up lp, (yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, rep from * 1 time, yoh, draw yarn through 3 lps beg beginning beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc beg pcorn beginning popcorn: (Beg dc, 3dc) in same st/sp, release lp, insert hook front to …

Crochet Motif: Wattle Tree Square

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Wattle Tree Square VVCAL Pages 2020 VVCAL Main Page 2018 VVCAL Main Page 2016 VVCAL Main Page Pin Me! Introduction Each of the VVCAL 2018 Squares were dedicated to a tree by one of the members of my CypressTextiles Tree Huggers Facebook group. (Ravelry Link) Materials and Measurements Yarn: Scheepjes Softfun (affiliate link) – (60% Cotton, 40% Acrylic); (140m/50g) Color: If using the Warm Neutrals palette, make 5 square each of 9 colors, and 6 squares each of 3 colors, leaving the cream out for joining and border. Hook: US Size 4.5mm Size: 6 inches Key Stitch Descriptions beg beginning beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc beg dc4tog beg dc, (yoh, insert hook in next st, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps on hook) 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through 4 lps on hook chN chain N number of times dc double crochet dc4tog (yoh, insert hook in next st, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps on hook) 4 times, yoh, draw yarn through 5 lps on hook …

Crochet Motif: Golden Ash Square

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Golden Ash Square VVCAL Pages 2020 VVCAL Main Page 2018 VVCAL Main Page 2016 VVCAL Main Page Pin Me! Introduction Each of the VVCAL 2018 Squares were dedicated to a tree by one of the members of my CypressTextiles Tree Huggers Facebook group. (Ravelry Link) Materials and Measurements Yarn: Scheepjes Softfun (affiliate link) – (60% Cotton, 40% Acrylic); (140m/50g) Color: If using the Warm Neutrals palette, make 5 square each of 9 colors, and 6 squares each of 3 colors, leaving the cream out for joining and border. Hook: US Size 4.5mm Size: 6 inches Key Stitch Descriptions 2dccl (yoh insert hook into st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through 3 lps on hook beg beginning beg 2dccl (beg dc, dc) in same st/sp – beg does not count as a st here beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc beg dc3tog beg dc, (yoh insert hook into next st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through 3 …