…stmas morning receives a special gift. Glass-blown pickle ornaments have become commonplace, but we think this crocheted one is just perfect! Materials Required Ella Rae Classic is the yarn used in the sample: Green (50 yds). This pattern can be used with any weight yarn, but plan on using more yardage for bulkier yarns. Skills Required Blog posts you may find helpful for this pattern How to start working in the round with no hole (aka The Sloppy…
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Free Hearts Crochet Pattern
Crochet these fun hearts! What’s better than hearts for Valentine’s Day? This pattern contains instructions for 3 sizes of stuffed hearts! The small measures 2.5 inches tall, the medium is 5 inches tall, and the large is a whopping 7 inches tall!! These hearts are adorable plush decorations on their own… but the medium size is specially designed to turn any FreshStitches amigurumi into a Valentine’s Day amigurumi! Materia…
Continue ReadingYarn Bombing + Free Crochet Flower Pattern!
Did you know that this week is World Wide Knit in Public week? To kick off the week, my LYS had a yarn-bombing event to decorate the parking meters and trees in front of the shop. Want to know what makes a yarn-bombing party ROCK (besides kettle corn)? Adorable crocheted flowers! I’ll share some easy patterns for crocheted flowers with you… they’re so easy, even newbie crocheters were making their own! Easy Crochet Flower New to…
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Meet Howie the (sometimes holiday) Penguin Looking for a great pattern to begin crocheting amigurumi? This cutie is for you! You can make the basic Howie… or if you’re feeling festive, follow the instructions for adding an adorable hat! This little cutie is ready to bring some cheer into your life! He’s round, he’s a little bit waddle-y, and definitely hug-able! You can even make him without a hat, for all-year-’rou…
Continue ReadingThe sad, the bad and the ugly…
…ll get into on Craft School Saturday! And don’t forget… Today is the last day to enter to win a set of the new Knit Picks Crochet Hooks! Click here to enter… you just need to leave a comment for a chance to win! You have until 11pm EST to enter!…
Continue ReadingHow to Write your First Pattern in 6 Steps
…icult to read, so keep the fun stuff to headers and titles. Step 6: Make a PDF PDF stands for ‘portable document format’, and it’s called that because it’s a file that shows up exactly the same on every computer. You’ll want to convert your document into this format before it’s ready for distribution. Fortunately, this is easy! In the old days, you needed fancy additional software, but now, it’s as easy as…
Continue ReadingUpcoming Yarn Events & Holiday Cuteness
…pattern sale on December 31st! Mark your calendars! Everyone will receive a 24% discount on all of my pdf patterns, and Ami Club members should hop on over to the Announcements forum for a coupon code for an even bigger discount! Yarn-y Events Oh. My. Goodness. You can enter to win a VIP Experience at Stitches United, here. It’s worth over $5000! Trust me, you want to enter. There is a lovely new duo of retreats happening in Switzerland, Kni…
Continue ReadingHow to transfer pdfs to your Kindle
…-plug from your cord: Next, plug the USB end of the cord (the bigger one) into your computer: Then, plug the other end (the tiny one) into your Kindle. It should plug in on the bottom, to the left of the ‘on’ switch: Your kindle will come up with this screen: And your computer will come up with: Click on ‘open to view files’. Now, click on the ‘documents’ folder: To transfer the file, simply drag your file (your…
Continue ReadingZoomigurumi 5 Review + Giveaway!
…k doesn’t take any of those shortcuts. The patterns are delightfully complex (not overly complicated, but have significant character) and the pattern pages feature step-by-step photos of advanced parts. The introduction covers all of the basic stitches and skills (with illustrations!) and the patterns are well-written and include the specific rounds in the attaching instructions. And a beautifully illustrated table of contents and biographie…
Continue ReadingKit Club shipments are on the way!
…the club, you should sign up as soon after July 20th as possible! You can enter your email on the Kit Club webpage to receive a notification or sign up for the FreshStitches email newsletter on the sidebar. Either way, you’ll get emailed a reminder when new signups open. What was the last shipment? Okay… now I can spill the beans about the last shipment! It was an exclusive pattern: an adorable tiny snowman with all the fixin’s…
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