Once the sun starts shining and the blooms start to poke out I always get the urge to make a summer garment! I knew I wanted it to be meshy and airy as well as having a cute tie feature in the front. The Ocean Tied Cardi crochet pattern quickly came to life!
I played around with a bunch of different mesh stitches and decided to combine a whole bunch of them into one design! It actually came together pretty easily with very minimal swatching and frogging! It’s like it was meant to be. The majority of The Ocean Tied Cardi uses double crochet stitches and chains so it works up quickly. It’s also easily adjustable if you want yours longer or shorter. Just add or remove rows to the end of each panel before fastening off.
I think its sooo cute with the little tie in the front, it really makes the design in my opinion! However, if you want to keep it off and wear it as an open cardigan, then you can easily do that! Just add the final trim and don’t follow the instructions for the tie at the end.
I had so much designing The Cade Crossbody. Why? Because it’s part of a collab with my yarn bestie Meghan from Meghanmakesdo! I made the crochet version and she made the knit version! It’s always nice to have options so maybe if you are seeing this but you are a knitter, than be sure to check out her blog!
The Cade Crossbody crochet pattern is actually pretty simple. It’s 2 rectangles sewn together and a long strap added last! You’ll add the strap on with a unique twist to give it the slanted fold over look. To give your bag some shape, you will be tacking/sewing the corners up into a triangle point when you add the strap. Once side is sewn further up than the other. That’s it!
When Meghan showed me the knit stitch she was going to use for her bag, I knew I would have to do some swatching and figure out how to get my crochet version looking similar! I tried a bunch of different stitch combinations. Finally I settled with a combo of Sc, Sl St and surface stitches to give the look you see here! There will be some ends on your rectangle panels. But don’t worry!! Most of them you will crochet right over, so don’t let the ends scare you! Just check out the notes section or watch the video tutorial!
I was sooooo excited to see that shrug and bolero style sweaters were starting to become popular again! They are one of my favorite styles so I knew I had to design one, which is exactly what I did! I’m so excited to share The Tilda Shrug crochet pattern with you all!
I stepped out of my comfort zone a bit with this one in terms of shaping. You’ll find some short rows around the opening of the shrug as well as increase shaping within the rows of the sleeves! The Tilda Shrug is worked in 2 separate mirrored panels. You will then do a small seam up the back as well as under the arms.
I used wool ease recycled yarn for this project and loved it! This was my first time using it and it worked up so well. The Tilda Shrug crochet pattern is a kit so if you need yarn I recommend checking it out! If you are intimidated with making the Tilda Shrug crochet pattern be sure to check out the video tutorial! Thank you guys so much for subscribing!
If you love this design be sure to check out some of my other cardigans and sweaters free here on my blog!
Let’s kick off the new year with a brand new crochet design, The Star-Crossed Cardigan Crochet Pattern! I wanted to start off strong with a cardigan design using Heartland yarn. You might remember my Stony Shore Cardigan and my Kiah Cardigan, both are very popular and well loved and both use Heartland yarn! I knew I needed something to add to the collection of my popular cardigans!
The Star-Crossed Cardigan crochet pattern is very beginner friendly and uses basic shapes. Once you nail the “double crosses spike” stitch you will work this cardigan up easy peasy! It’s basically a combination of all double crochet stitches with the ribbing using single crochet. You will work the panels from the bottom up and sew together.
Did you notice the Star-Crossed Cardigan crochet pattern has pockets?! The best part is that the pocket swatch is your gauge swatch. So feel free to jump ahead in the pattern and make a pocket swatch before starting. You will then use that swatch to measure 4×4″ within. Save it for later when you are required to seam to the inside of your cardigan!
It’s finally time for my last crochet design of the year, The Arctic Jewel Throw! I’m very excited to share this blanket pattern with you guys and I hope you love it just as much as I do!
I was vacuuming my dining room rug one day and instantly got inspired for this project! My rug has different textures where the design is fluffier and sticks out more than the main portion of it. I tried different stitches to achieve a similar look and finally settled on doing a loop stitch. I knew I wanted to do this blanket in Hdc so I ended up altering your typical single crochet loop stitch into a Hdc Loop St. It worked out perfectly after some swatching and I went right into designing what I wanted the blanket to look like.
The Hdc loop St in this blanket takes a tiny bit of practice but I know you can do it! Take a look at my video tutorial where I show you exactly what you need to do! Once you have that stitch down the only other stitches you will be doing are regular Hdc and a small bobble! You do need to know how to change colors at the end of a row, as well as mid row. I show this in my video too!
The best way to make this blanket is to separate your CC (contrasting color- stucco) into multiple balls. That way, you don’t have to cut and join your yarn a million times. You don’t need to worry about doing this until you reach the vertical stripes and diamond portion of the blanket. Once you reach this area you will use 7 separate balls of the brown color. Do not cut and join these, simply work your stitches needed, then drop the color and leave it there for when you need it in the next row, then just pick back up!
I can’t believe it’s already November and cold enough for my annual Beanie and Mitt set! Last winter I released The Winter Moonlight Set and this year is The Stonebridge Set crochet pattern!
I wanted to do something a little bit different than your typical beanie. I decided to construct it in more of a “bonnet” style and add a tie with little poms on the ends! You’ll start the beanie by creating the ribbing in rows, then crocheting your first row into the sides of the ribbing rows made. You’ll continue the first several rows back and fourth before joining the piece together and crocheting the remaining beanie in joined and turned rounds. Don’t forget the turn! It’s very important to do so within the pattern.
The fingerless mitts uses the same stitches but worked up slightly different. The ribbing is made the same as the beanie but you will immediately join together and worked in turned rounds throughout the entirety of the main body of the mitt. Take note of the thumb hole round! This will be slightly different for the left vs. the right mitt. Other than that, both left and right will be the same!
I used worsted (4) weight yarn for this set. The main color A is Lion Brand Skein Tones in “Ivory or Basic Stitch Anti-pilling in “ecru” (these are the same colors and either one will work) and Color B is Ferris Wheel in “Morning Java”. If you want your fingerless mitts to have the same color stripes, be sure to start on the same color within the ferris wheel skein. You’ll have to pull the yarn out and cut so you can start at the same point! Other than that, no need to worry about rearranging the colors as they stripe on there own! You can find this yarn in the Lion Brand kit along with a free copy of my PDF pattern!
You know I wasn’t going to leave you hanging! The Foggy Shores Pullover crochet pattern is here! One of my biggest requests I get when I make a popular cardigan design is to make a pullover version or vice versa. So when I released The Foggy Shores Cardigan a couple weeks ago I already had the pullover ready and waiting!
I did use a different yarn for the pullover version, Lion Brands Basic Stitch Anti-Microbial! It has some really cute colors and was very easy to work with! This is an Anti-Allergen yarn which I thought was pretty cool. It has long-lasting freshness for your projects while preventing odor, bacteria and allergens. You can grab this yarn as part of the kit with Lion Brand! The kit comes with all the yarn you need to make your Foggy Shores Pullover plus a FREE copy of the printable PDF pattern! You can also swap out your yarn colors.
The Foggy Shores Pullover crochet pattern is worked in separate panels from the bottom up. You can easily adjust the length of your pullover by adding or removing rows to the front and back panel. If you made the cardigan than you should already have the easy row repeat memorized! You’ll be using a mix of lemon peel stitch and hdc stitches!
I love a good blanket project that is mindless, don’t you? There is just something about being able to curl up with it, put on whatever current binge worthy show and crochet without having to think about what i’m doing! Even better, The Fairy Floss Throw uses yarn held double. So not only does it work up quicker, it gives a beautiful but effortless look!
The Fairy Floss Throw uses two different yarns, both of them Lion Brand. First is Pound Of Love which is a worsted weight and the second one is Mandala String which is a super fine weight. The Mandala String yarn does allllll the talking in this pattern. It creates a beautiful stripe effect with zero effort on your part.
There are so many different color combinations for this blanket. I used vintage white (but you can also use Vanilla or White for the same look) and Jazz for the mandala yarn. I wanted to see what it would look like with a darker yarn and I totally love it just as much!! Check it out below! You can use Charcoal or Black to achieve this look.
If you want more of a neutral look you can swap out the Jazz color for the color Ballad. I think this would look amazing! I’m so excited to see everyones blankets! If you plan on getting yarn I recommend grabbing the kit from lion brand which comes with a free copy of the printable pattern!
You already know I had to make ONE more summer design before the chilly weather arrives. The great thing about The Sailor Cardigan is that it’s perfect for layering! Toss it on while in the office or better yet, while relaxing out on a boat in the ocean with the cool breeze blowing in your hair…one can dream right?!
My favorite thing about The Sailor Cardigan is that it is made from side to side! It only requires one tiny section of seaming on each side of the cardigan. The vertical rows give it a really pretty striped look. The sleeves are super oversized, they remind me of a sail! See what I did there? haha!
If you are a beginner and need a little extra help or you just prefer a visual, be sure to check out my video tutorial on YouTube! I’ll walk you through step by step on how to crochet your Sailor Cardigan.
I couldn’t make a Poppy Pullover without making a Poppy Cardigan crochet pattern! The Poppy Pullover was a fan favorite and the Poppy Cardigan has the same design details so I hope you like this one too!
I used the same type of yarn for The Poppy Cardigan- 24/7 Cotton DK, except this time, I used the “prints” version instead of a solid color! I think the prints are so pretty and give it a little bit more pop of color and detail. I wasn’t sure how the yarn was going to work up with the distribution of color but I am loving the result! If you are more of a solid color kind of crocheter you can totally substitute out the yarn, they have lots of options! I used the Seaglass color for mine.
The Poppy Cardigan is worked up the same way as the pullover, from the bottom up. Again, we are using a larger hook than what you normally would use for a DK yarn to give it that loose, mesh look. When you are crocheting, make sure you don’t tug down too tightly on your stitches! If you are prone to a tight tension just make sure to pay attention to that. This is also a really stretchy stitch so when you wear the cardigan it will stretch and has great drape! Once all your panels are made you will give a light block ( I like to steam block mine) and sew together!
