New (to me) Crochet Techniques
June 12, 2011
Learning new crochet stitches and techniques can be frustrating, but it opens up doors to all sorts of possibilities. A new technique can become inspiration for an entire project, give you a fresh perspective, renew your enthusiasm, and give you confidence. I’ve been needing a motivational push lately, so I’ve been poking around, looking for new techniques that inspire. Most recently I learned the crocodile stitch, and before that, hairpin lace. What new techniques have you learned? Did you like them? I’ll give you my list, and let me know if there is anything else I should add on to it!
- Broomstick lace at Crochet Cabana and Kootoyoo
- Irish crochet at Knitting and Crocheting Smart
- Crochet curlicues at Nezumi World
- Bruges lace at Beads and Handworks
- Larks foot stitch
- Crochet cats stitch
- Crochet ric-rac at Foxs Lane
- Crochet i-cord with Planet June
- Tunisian crochet at Abundance
- Making T-shirt yarn at Craft Passion
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Dear Heidi,
Just love your blog: a lot of ideas and beatiful things! Take a look at this link and see how easy is to make those littles cats (I already did a blanket for a kitten..) http://gingerschatz.blogspot.com/2010/04/kitties-in-row-afghan.html
As yours, this blog have a lot of beautiful things, ideas, patterns, and very funny stories. Go check it out!
I’ll thank you for you generosity to share your crafts, ideas and thoughts,
xx
Claudia
Beautiful! Thanks, Claudia!
Thanks for this, I hadn’t come across Bruges lace before and it’s lovely. I’ve added them to my “master crafts list” http://thecraftersapprentice.blogspot.com/p/challenges-for-2011.html
Have you tried:
http://www.crochetspot.com
http://www.favecrafts.com/Crochet
both are chock full of techniques and patterns
Thanks, Wendy! I’ve come across Crochet Spot before, but now I’ve bookmarked it for further investigation
I’ve found a couple of other crochet techniques I want to try. One is Interlocking Crochet (http://www.interlockingcrochet.com) and the other is Siberian Stitch (http://www.siberianstitch.com/). There’s so many different things to hook!
Oh, wow. I’ve never heard of those techniques. Bookmarking!