It's all in a Nutshell Crochet
crafting crochet magic, one stitch at a time
Granny Square Day celebrates us crocheters' obsession with squares, and to celebrate Granny Square Day I give you a free pattern for a quick to make, slightly textured, crochet square. I have named this square PopUp Square, because of the textured pops on the surface. In this post you find the free pattern and everything… Continue reading PopUp Square – Free Crochet Pattern
Stitch Story Crochet Along designed by Heather Gibbs from Keep Calm and Crochet on UK is finished. In this post you find all the information you need to make a blanket of your own. During the CAL we make 12 different row-based squares, in one or two sizes, after which we join them all up and… Continue reading Stitch Story CAL – video tutorials, yarn amounts and layout
The time has come to assemble all 35 of those fabulous squares making up Nuts about Squares CAL into one amazing blanket. I have purposefully taken two weeks for assembling our blanket because to my experience assembling a blanket is a LOT of work and needs to be done with care to ensure a fabulous end… Continue reading Nuts about Squares CAL – Joining the squares – Week 13 & 14
The video tutorials for Charlotte, designed by Dedri Uys, are finished (they have been for some time actually), but I have yet to give you an overview of the yarn amounts and colorway for my square. In this post you can find all the info in one place. UPDATE: Charlotte has been extended to a… Continue reading Charlotte – video tutorials, colorway & yarn amounts
Many happy weeks have come and gone, and it is amazing that we have already arrived at week 12 of Nuts about Squares CAL in which we will be making our last set of squares before joining our blanket. I have kept this square for last because it is one of my favorites for the CAL, this… Continue reading Nuts about Squares CAL – Week 12
Week 11 of Nuts about Squares CAL comes in like a little lamb but comes out roaring like a lion. You must be wondering what I am talking about! We are making In like a lamb, out like a Lion square by Margaret McInnes. Resources and useful links Add Nuts About Squares CAL on Ravelry Nuts about… Continue reading Nuts about Squares CAL – Week 11
Week 10 of Nuts about Squares CAL is all about rest and relaxation because this week you only need to make 2 squares. It gives those of you that are a bit behind time to catch up. This week we have 2 designs, so you are making one of each. The squares follow the rest and relaxation… Continue reading Nuts about Squares CAL – Week 10
We suddenly skip summer and head right into autumn with Week 9 of Nuts about Squares CAL. No, just kidding! I would hate to miss summer. The square this week is called Fall Blossom and is designed by Aurora Suominen. Resources and useful links Add Nuts About Squares CAL to your Ravelry queue Nuts about… Continue reading Nuts about Squares CAL – Week 9
We are at week 8 of Nuts about Squares CAL and this week you have not one but TWO fabulous squares to make. We are still making only 3 squares but we have 2 designs this week. First we make TWO Cat's Claw squares designed by Margaret McInnes; a fun and interesting square with long front… Continue reading Nuts about Squares CAL – Week 8
We are over the half-way mark already for Nuts about Squares CAL, how times just goes! The name of the square we are making this week kind of says it all... The square is called Fantastic and in my opinion it is just fantastic! Fantastic is designed by the just as fantastic Julie Yeager. Are those too… Continue reading Nuts about Squares CAL – Week 7