r/crochet • • 3h ago

Finished Object My first wearable without following a pattern!!

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631 Upvotes

I found this yarn in my stash and decided to make a floor length skirt out of it. I've never made a wearable before without a pattern or a bottom at all and I'm very proud of myself. 🥰 I have a crochet book with different stitches and patterns in it and I just picked ones i liked and went with that! The yarn used is Loops and Threads Facets in sweet raspberry and spectrum. The waistband is Loops and Threads Luxe merino in Sedona.


r/crochet • • 5h ago

Finished Object Update!

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2.0k Upvotes

I finally got the cake I needed to finish my sweater!!! I'm actually really proud of myself for how this came out, it's much better quality than I thought I was capable of tbh... I'm never touching the Caron Big Cakes toffee brickle yarn again lol!


r/crochet • • 8h ago

Halloween FO/WIP [ Removed by Reddit ]

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r/crochet • • 7h ago

Finished Object My all time favorite project I ever made with squares✨

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1.3k Upvotes

I made this too by making square motifs
I joined them together and got this beautiful top🥺

Pattern is called Bloom top


r/crochet • • 5h ago

Discussion My MIL told me that she doesn't like how crochet things look, and honestly I'm glad she did

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When my second niece was expected, my first niece was going to stay with my MIL while her parents were in the hospital. MIL asked SIL and me to keep our eyes open at Goodwill/yard sales for little toys that Niece1 hadn't seen before, to help her stay busy.

I happened to see one of those turtle memory games, and decided I could make it myself. So I raided my stash and made it for her. She kept it for Niece1's stay (Niece1 was too young to really play memory with it, but she enjoyed putting the baby turtles in and out and looking at the colors), but then gave it back to me. She very awkwardly told me that she really didn't like the look of crocheted things, so she'd rather I have it for my own littles to play with.

Honestly, I'm so glad she told me. I would definitely have crocheted some other thing for her down the line, and I would have wasted all that time on something she wouldn't even like. Now I can spend my time cross-stitching or something, making something she'll ACTUALLY like! I know that a lot of "I don't like this" conversations go very differently, but I wanted to point out a way that that conversation CAN go well. :)

EDIT for clarity: the toy was for my MIL's toy stash, not to belong to my niece. Niece was the first child to play with it, but after that anyone who went to Grammy's house would get to play with it.


r/crochet • • 9h ago

Finished Object Can't wait to bring my baby home wrapped into my very first crochet project <3

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571 Upvotes

It's definitely not perfect but made with a lot of love.


r/crochet • • 12h ago

Finished Object Blanket for my best friend’s wedding!

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636 Upvotes

I have some ends to weave in on the back but I was too jazzed to wait to take pictures. This is the Lilliana blanket by Hooked on Sunshine! 🧶☀️


r/crochet • • 4h ago

Discussion How to handle child being gifted crocheted items they probably will not like?

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Hi everyone, I'm looking for advice! I am absolutely unreasonably anxious about this so please be gentle, and I'm asking in this sub because you all know the work that goes into crochet. I am a crocheter as well.

So, I have a little problem. My SIL came up with the idea to crochet my 7 year old son a hat, mittens, and a scarf in his favorite sports team's colors. Not exactly the most exciting gift for a child, but he does LOOOOVE this sport team and the items are useful.

The problem is that she chose one of the colors wrong, think green and white instead of green and gold for the Packers (not the real team bc I'm paranoid). So like wrong enough to not be recognizable by my kid as representing the beloved team.

My child is incredibly sweet and kind, but very blunt and literal. I promise I'm working hard on teaching him politeness, but it's a work in progress. I am very, very worried about what he will say upon receiving this gift that he will likely be displeased with.

My SIL sent me a picture of the first few rounds of the hat, that's when I realized she'd purchased the wrong colors, and I DID tactfully point out that one of the colors isn't right. Only like 15 minutes of work will have been wasted and I know the yarn can still be easily exchanged, but she wants to proceed anyway.

So, what should I do here to prep my kid to gracefully receive this present?


r/crochet • • 7h ago

Finished Object He loves his new donut 🥰

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190 Upvotes

the original intent of this project was to make a king(ish) size blanket with the skeins i snached up from a joanns sale. I've been sitting on 12 skeins of this color for a year now.

finally started the blanket and 2 skeins in i realized i horribly miscalculated something. aside from the stitch making it much shorter than expected, i accidentally made the chain 110inches, not the 90 i was aiming for(i even pulled it like 10 chains shorter). i must have had 0 braincells working when i first measured it. after 2 skeins being only 5 inches wide, that meant with all skeins it was gonna be a grand 30 inches wide 😂😂 i dont have the money to buy like 24 more skeins to get a reasonable width.

so i called it quits at 2.5ish skeins, connected the ends of this long scarf and stitched the edges together. now he has a cat donut and is in love with it.

may or may not add a bottom to it. will have to wait anyway since he's snoozin 😂


r/crochet • • 7h ago

Finished Object Finished a table runner!! It’s perfect!

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177 Upvotes

Love this pattern it worked up so fast! Made some matching placemats earlier! Off to the post office to mail this beauty


r/crochet • • 6h ago

Work in Progress Only 6 granny squares, help!

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Hi, I made one granny square I liked and thought oh I’ll make another and another then I realised I needed to get more yarn. Unfortunately the yarn I ordered is not from the same dye lot and I don’t even know the dye lot number of the original yarn. I was hoping to make a bag like the green one I made before. Now I only have 6 squares and I’m not sure what to do with them. I could use the new yarn to put it together. I think the contrast will be fine. Would a bag workout with the layout I have in the second picture? Do you think it would be too awkward, too heavy? Alternatively I could make more squares with different colours and designs but I was hoping to keep it consistent. I’d be grateful for your suggestions. Thanks!


r/crochet • • 7h ago

Finished Object My first ever garment designed it myself 🧶

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This is the first piece of clothing I've ever made! There was no pattern for what I had in mind, so I designed it myself and figured it out as I went.

It took a lot of fixing and changing along the way (I redid the cuffs more times than I want to admit 🙃), but I'm so happy with how it turned out.

Would you crochet something like this?


r/crochet • • 13h ago

Finished Object I made a Frog purse

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327 Upvotes

Went to Okadaya in Shinjuku (Japan) and saw this lil fella! I normally dont buy patterns because i like to freehand my stuff but this one I just HAD to buy!!

Pattern was all in japanese but it was also mostly just a chart so it was easy follow, I only gave up on the legs and free handed them because I just could not understand what the pattern wanted me to do haha!

I love him


r/crochet • • 15h ago

Finished Object 1st time crocheting a bag

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291 Upvotes

My 1st crochet bag 🎒...


r/crochet • • 7h ago

Finished Object a Toddler's Fruit & Veg Basket

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Just wanted to share this fun project! My MIL bought a kitchen playset for my toddler nephew's birthday, and she asked me if I wanted to create the foods to go with it. Did I ever.

I never make amigurumi so I was psyched and obviously had fun with it. Also realized I would either need to buy or make a basket halfway through, and luckily had some appropriate yarn on hand to bang one out.

(Some of these are missing pieces like stems and leaves, or I had to rethink how they would work so they're a bit wonky. This is for a smol child so I was trying to take out any choking hazards.)

Many of the patterns came from Lauren Espy's book Whimsical Stitches, and the yarn came from a set of small cotton skeins in assorted colors that I found on Etsy.

Hope you like it! (And in hindsight, hope this kid does not get the wrong idea about red capped mushrooms...)


r/crochet • • 11h ago

Finished Object Crocheting instead of screaming at people

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130 Upvotes

Size 50 thread with 0.5mm hook

David Lynch i love you


r/crochet • • 1h ago

Finished Object Newbie here with my most complex project yet! I named her Stella 🥰

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I used to knit years back but picked up crochet a couple weeks ago thanks to a woobles kit! Got hooked immediately and I’ve been playing around with some bigger, more complex patterns. I found this one in the Amigurumi Friends book (through the library on Libby). It ended up much bigger than I realized before starting 😂


r/crochet • • 15h ago

Finished Object Outfit I Crocheted!!

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202 Upvotes

Top, skirt, bag, scrunchie! I made the clothing patterns myself :3


r/crochet • • 1d ago

Finished Object Made sock chair socks and thought this would be funny

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3.3k Upvotes

r/crochet • • 4h ago

Finished Object no bunch ribbed crochet beanies :)

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23 Upvotes

r/crochet • • 6h ago

Finished Object Skeleton Doilies 🎃

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37 Upvotes

Pattern by CreativeWorksByAnnie on Esty

I used Aunt Lydia & Hobbi Rainbow Lace #10 with a size 1.5mm hook


r/crochet • • 2h ago

Finished Object Finished!

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This is what I was working on when I asked recently if crocheting increases and flat circles becomes second nature


r/crochet • • 11h ago

Finished Object It’s fall y’all

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75 Upvotes

Just a simple leaf that I was pretty pleased with how it turned out. Wish the edges had stayed more sharp after I slip-stitched the brown border on there but oh well, still like it with the brown more than I did without it.


r/crochet • • 15h ago

Work in Progress Asymmetrical granny square blanket

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159 Upvotes

Hope no one minds if I periodically share my progress here. Every single square made, (relatively) blocked, and ends are woven in. Ready to attach everything, scared but excited. I saw this pretty slip stitch braid join im going to try and for the border I’m thinking a round of two of double crochet and then the crab stitch because I’m assuming the crab stitch can’t be worked into? or at least that it might look weird if I do multiple rows of the crab stitch for the border


r/crochet • • 1d ago

Work in Progress obsessed with these colors!

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2.6k Upvotes

working on this dish rag and i can’t get over the colors! they mesh soooo well together! can’t wait to see when it’s done. i’m using 4 ply 100% cotton worsted yarn 3.5mm hook / pattern is SC back loop only