Today’s pattern is the Beginners Festive Dishcloth. Today is June 1 and before we know it the holiday season will be here. So I’m starting early on some “Festive” crocheted items. The Beginners Festive Dishcloth was crocheted with Sugar ‘n Cream cotton yarn in the Holiday Stripes color – a variegated white, red and green yarn. This yarn is great for creating the stripes in this dishcloth. Of course, you can make the dishcloth in any solid or other variegated yarn. The stitch for the Beginners Festive Dishcloth is the Even Moss Stitch. This is an easy stitch to crochet and is great for beginners to learn a new crochet…
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Beginners Easy Summer Dishcloth Crochet Pattern
Crochet Beginners Easy Summer Dishcloth. Simple pattern for beginners to learn the Moss Stitch ( chain 1, skip 1, single crochet)
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Simple Tote Crochet Pattern
Hello crochet friends! Today’s pattern is a Simple Bamboo Handle Tote This is a quick tote to crochet and doesn’t use much yarn. The tote will hold all your necessary items (wallet, phone, credit cards, hand sanitizer and more). I didn’t line my tote, but I might make another and line that one. If you would like to line your bag, there are several good videos on Youtube with great instructions on how to line crocheted bags. The Crochet Crowd video is here Materials: 1 skein (8.8 oz., 317 yds) Bernat Maker Home Dec in Cream or other #5 weight yarn Crochet hook 6mm, L, size 10 Bamboo handles (purchased…
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Welcome to Crochet Bags & More
My name is Kathy and welcome to Crochet Bags & More offering modern and classic designs. I’m here to share crocheting ideas and patterns with you. I’ve been crocheting forever – my grandmother and mother both crocheted so I naturally followed them. Over the years I have tried knitting, but found crocheting offered more creativity and less angst. When I am not crocheting, I’m reading, making greeting cards, sewing and trying new craft projects. With the recent pandemic keeping me at home, I’ve done a LOT of crocheting. One day while making a tote bag I realized I seemed to always change the pattern or I would combine two or…
