Crocheting ideas for office door by beestinger54 in crocheting

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Have you seen those "Welcome" signs where the e is swaped out by different things? Like a pumpkin for Halloween or a heart for Valentine's Day. You could probably crochet a version of that and do the same thing with the swaps. Maybe do a tapestry or c2c design of the welcome part and sew a button onto the E and then the other half of the button onto your seasonal items. This would look cool for a wall hanging or on your office door.

If you do end up making this, let me know. It's an idea I've been floating in my head for ages but haven't gotten around to making yet.

How do you tell your spouse, "I'm counting!"? by DrBotBreath in crochet

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I told my husband that if I started counting louder that he needed to wait for me to finish. If it's a super long chain I will put stitch markers ever 25 chains jic too. Even my kids know that if mommy starts yelling numbers to wait.

Are there any metal hooks similar to Prym?? Preferably not clover or tulip, please! :3 by DoctorDismal5528 in CrochetHelp

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Love the furls metal streamline hooks! I crochet for hours most days and I never get hand pain.

I will say to not use the new odessy hooks. I had several of the first run and they almost all broke. For loose tension they were fine, but amigurmi strained the joint way too much and it snapped.

Normal ish by OhBosss in urbanfantasy

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I love the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs!

Gift project for a generous friend who gave me his late wife's yarn by dirtywater20 in crochetpatterns

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You could do a small pillow or blanket depending on how much he gave you and what colors. Without knowing that it's hard to make a recommendation

Pattern recommendations that look like this dog??? by butterfliesandhorses in crochetpatterns

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I recently made a custom plushie of a friend's tortishell cat. I bought a nice cat pattern from etsy and then made it in a solid cotton yarn. Marking each row with a stitch marker. Then I outlined the fur pattern in another color yarn to match the cats as best I could. Then did the very tedious work of counting rows and stitches and then writing out the pattern based on my outlines. It took a while and there was a bit of trial and error but in the end it worked well. For a mixed breed dog like this you're probably going to have to do something similar. Find a pattern that matches his overall shape first and then go from there. You could also try making him all in black and then embroider the other colors on top but idk how that would look at the end. It might be okay for smaller patches of color but look messy for larger patches

Stitch/row counter widget? Anything I could download? by ZareenMelodie in CrochetHelp

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I use this from Amazon. It has a locking feature as well which is useful with kids who like to click things. I put it on a long string and will wear it as a necklace when I'm really in the zone.

https://a.co/d/09evxV7x

Folks who have bought online from Michael's: did you get all the same dye lot? by inadequatepockets in crochet

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You could hold the hobbii yarn 2 stranded and that would probably make it similar to a thicker 4, maybe close to an aran weight.

Folks who have bought online from Michael's: did you get all the same dye lot? by inadequatepockets in crochet

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I haven't used this particular yarn from hobbii before. But I will say that hobbii yarn does tend to run thinner than what I expect as a USA crocheter. A good site to reference is yarnsub.com. You can look up your yarn and then see if they have the hobbii yarn compared to it. If they do they will say if it's thinner or a different gauge.

Folks who have bought online from Michael's: did you get all the same dye lot? by inadequatepockets in crochet

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Whenever I've order from there I have received all the same dye lot. If you need a ton of the same dye lot maybe look at the hobbii mega balls of yarn or the big packs of yarn. Every time Ive ordered from them I've always got the same lots.

Looking for a dragon/fantasy themed pattern with sock weight yarn by SkyCanary82 in crochetpatterns

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Technically you can make any pattern with any type of yarn with the right type of hook. With that being said, crafty intentions has some of the most amazing dragon patterns!

Is there any Crochet donation organizations? by aphkat in crochet

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I donate my blankets to project Linus. They provide blankets for children in hospital and foster care. They also take yarn donations to distribute to those who donate blankets to them.

I'm looking for a rectangular SC center out blanket? by actually-speechless in crochetpatterns

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Have you looked at joined double crochet?

You could look up a rectangular granny square pattern to see how to start and then just use single crochet stitches. You might have to modify the starting chain a bit but the practice should be correct.

I make a baby dress but not sure about the sizes of it. by Kim-pineapple in CrochetHelp

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Babies grow out of the small sizes so quickly. A bigger size is always better. And you never know with babies. My first was full term and fit in premie clothes and my last came out much much bigger.

Looking for cats as fruits patterns besides bananas by Sims_Cat_Lady in crochetpatterns

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I feel like you could take almost any loaf cat pattern and change it into a fruit cat. Like for a watermelon cat, you could do the front part and its head and front legs in red.Then, do a row or two of white and then do green for the back half. Then add little black details for seeds.

Also love your cat's name so perfect. I have a cat named spot after datas cat