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6 Knit and Crochet Advent Calendars

Everyone loves counting down for the holidays! Instead of buying a new advent calendar each year with generic gifts, you and your family can use the same one annually and add personalized items just for you! Don’t like chocolate? Add other sweets, or a small toy for kids. For adults, small treats like fancy buttons […]

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46 Princess and Prince Costumes, Toys and More

Princesses (and princes) are perennial favorites for costumes! Stitch these projects for Halloween or use them for the dress-up box anytime of year. Costumes Kids and babies will love these crowns and costumes to be a princess or prince! Snow Princess Dress Snow Princess Tiara and Wand Snow Princess Trick or Treat Bag Princess Crown […]

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Half Double Crochet Intarsia Sweater Free Pattern

Use Half Double Crochet Intarsia to create the beautiful landscape graphic with this free crochet sweater pattern.

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BiCrafty Bootcamp: Triple Threat Tunisian Crochet for Beginners – Lesson One

When I hired Cryssi and Kathryn, both of them mentioned they couldn’t knit. Being who I am, I insisted they learn! And Cryssi and Kathryn decided it would be great for all the other crocheters to join them in learning, and so, BiCrafty Bootcamp: Beginner Knitting Lessons for Crocheters was born. We had NO IDEA […]

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Marly Bird’s Most Colorful Knit Patterns

Ready to work with lots of different colors in one project? Here are my most colorful knit patterns for you to enjoy.

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What Is Overlay Crochet?

Overlay crochet is one type of mosaic crochet, which is one type of crochet colorwork technique. It uses one loop only stitches.

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Easy Stunning Dramatic Knit Fringe Wrap Free Pattern

You won't believe how easy it is to create this stunning dramatic fringe wrap. The yarn does all of the work and the fringe brings the drama.

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15 Free Knit Intarsia Projects

Intarsia is a colorwork technique where the color is grouped in small sections. You’ll wind small balls of each color, and the color stays at the section instead of being carried along the length of the row. Learn intarsia with Camp Colorwork! Don’t miss the free intarsia crochet projects! In Bloom Pullover Snowman Stocking Knit […]

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10 Free Crochet Intarsia Projects

While intarsia may be more associated with knitting, it can be done in crochet as well! In intarsia, you’ll make small balls of each color and work on the colors in sections, instead of carrying the colors along the length of the row the way many colorwork techniques do. Learn intarsia with Camp Colorwork! Don’t […]

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Mosaic Knitting and Mosaic Crochet Resources

Mosaic Knitting and Mosaic Crochet use different approaches to create geometric, intricate, often two-color designs.

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