Creative Crafts: Tips & Free Patterns

Sweatbands are making a comeback—and rightfully so! They’re not only practical but also a stylish accessory. With this free pattern, you can easily knit your own personal sweatband with any yarn you want, as I explain to you how to calculate the stitches needed with a gauge swatch. Read more »

The chamomile in love. Materials: - Yarn of your choice. Cotton, acrylic will do. - Colors: white, green, red, for flower pot yarn color of your choice. The consumption of yarn is small My flower is crocheted from 200m / 50gr "Baby" yarn. The height of the flower is 13cm - A crochet hook, I have 1,25 mm crochet hook - Hollow fibre for stuffing - A sewing needle, red threads for sewing - A piece of cardboard or plastic for the bottom of the pot Read more »

I love patchwork and quilting. There are so many techniques and ways you can sew your quilt, choose the method you like to sew your quilt. How about sewing your quilt by hand? I'll show you an easy way to hand sew the fabric pieces. Then you can sew small and large quilts. With my step by step instructions you will learn quickly because it is really extremely easy. Have fun and happy stitching! Chris Read more »

This Pattern includes the letters N to Z from the alphabet worked in the C2C Technik. The patches can be used as Washcloths, Potholders or Patches for a Blanket.  I would recommend to only use cotton yarn for the Potholders. The pattern contains a written row to row explanation and a Graph. If you want to work, it with the graph you should be able to read it as its not explained. Read more »

With these knitting instructions, I will show you how I work a top down pullover. A top down can be easily adapted to any size without having to make any major calculations. I wish you much fun working this top down. Read more »

Christmas Tree Toy Sleeping Bunny. Materials: Yarn of the same thickness for your choice (acrylic, cotton). The yarn colour is at your discretion. I used Alize Cotton Gold yarn, 330 m/100 g. My bunny is 7 cm high + ears. The consumption of yarn is small. - A crochet hook, I have 1,25 mm crochet hook; - Hollow fibre for stuffing; - A sewing needle, matching sewing threads; - For embroidery: a few threads of black and pink. Read more »

Free Crochet Pattern 2 in 1 Beanie and Loop. Materials: Yarn Polyacryl 100% (150m-50g) Crochet Hook 3,00mm Sewing needle Abbreviations (US): ch-chain sc-single crochet slst-slip stitch dc-double crochet Read more »

The little Mermaid. Materials: Yarn of your choice. Cotton, acrylic will do. I used acrylic yarn, 200 m/50 g. The size of my little Mermaid is 14.0 cm. Depending on the thickness of yarn a finished toy size may differ. Required yarn colors: nude, green, blue, pink, blue, lilac. - A crochet hook, I used 1,25 mm crochet hook - Hollow fibre for stuffing Read more »

Spider and web. Interesting decoration for Halloween. Materials: - For the web - a small amount of white yarn (I used Cotton yarn 600 m/ 100 g.) - For the spider - a small amount of black yarn (I used Cotton yarn 450 m/ 100 g.) - A crochet hook. I used 1.0 mm - Thin wire, its length will depend on the thickness of yarn. (I used 1 mm thick wire, about 32 cm long) - Needle - Hollow fiber - All purpose clear transparent glue, e.g. UHU - Beads for decoration (optional) Read more »

Bring some more Color in your Kitchen with this Peony potholder. This potholder is worked in the double sided knitting technique and is with that double as thick as a normal knitted potholder. The Free pattern includes loads of tips to how to work the double face technique. The pattern includes a row knit explanation or can be worked with the graph if you know the double face knitting technique. Read more »

Laughing Ghost. Fun decoration for Halloween. Crocheting level - Easy. Materials: White yarn. I used cotton yarn, 425 m/100 g. The consumption is minimal, approx. 15 gr - Black colour embroidery yarn/thread - A crochet hook, I used 1,25 mm crochet hook - Hollow fiber for stuffing - A piece of wire approx. 20cm long - A sewing needle, matching sewing threads - All purpose transparent glue - A piece of black felt - White beads (2 pcs) – for teeth Read more »

This washcloth is a perfect gift for any parents or friends which are parents. The Washcloth is worked with knit and purl stitches inly as well as slip as knit stitches and with that very beginner friendly. The pattern includes a row knit explanation or can be worked with the graph. Read more »

Would you like to put your small fabric remnants, your scraps, to good use? We sewing enthusiasts often have scraps of fabric lying around somewhere that are too good to throw away. I know many quilters who keep even the smallest scraps of fabric to use at some point. I'm going to show you one way to make good use of them in your next project. Have fun with it! Read more »

A third of the new year has now passed and most of us have already forgotten the good intentions we made on January 1st, or is it just me... 😉 Maybe you fancy a new challenge? How about your first patchwork quilt? The great thing is, you can make your first quilt as big or as small as you like: As a baby blanket or even just a teapot coaster or perhaps a cozy blanket for the couch that is much warmer than the fleece blankets you buy? Or perhaps a light summer blanket in view of the coming, hopefully warm summer months? No matter, you can decide spontaneously while sewing and, if you want, you can also change your mind. Read more »