A new year is when we all make some new goals and resolutions. But have you ever thought about having some crochet goals for the new year? If you have not, you should definitely consider setting some crochet goals. Here are the list of interesting and different crochet techniques you can learn this year and set them as your crochet goals.

Why learn different crochet techniques?

If you are the type of person that enjoys the repetitive stitches of crochet, good for you! But if you ever feel like spicing things up and take your craft up a notch, learning new crochet techniques can really come in handy. Because, who doesn’t want a spicy kick in life? Get to know the benefit of crocheting and build a sustainable crochet habit.

In this post, I will be sharing a list of 7 crochet techniques you can try and learn with some accompanying resources to where you can fins some interesting patterns. Remember, all the crochet techniques mentioned here does not require any additional fancy requirements. Your yarn in stash and your crochet hook you have on hand is more than enough to try out these crochet techniques. 

1. Filet Crochet

Filet Crochet, arguably, is one of the most easiest crochet techniques. This techniques forms figures with blocks created by double or treble crochet stitches and meshes formed by the chain spaces. 

By using basic of the stitches, you can create marvels in your crochet project. With a little bit of math logic and lots of creativity, you can turn any picture into a filet crochet project.

Get to know the Fundamentals of Filet Crochet and also make yourself some amazing accessories. Because who said filet crochet is only for home décor?

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4. Tapestry Crochet

 Tapestry crochet technique, like filet crochet, forms different figures in the project. It also uses basic crochet stitches, mostly single crochet, working the stitches either in back-loop only or both loops. Two or more colours are used in tapestry crochet projects and yarn is carried along with the stiches being worked and changed only when the figures shapes are bring made. In contract to filet crochet, the fabric created here is a solid one.

 Once again, Lilla Bjorn crochet has step-by-step instructions on how to do Tapestry Crochet along with a free crochet pattern in her website. Do check it out if you would like to experience this crochet technique. Here is a beginner’s guide for Tapestry Crochet

5. Fair Isle Crochet

Fair Isle crochet is quite similar to Tapestry crochet, except that you do not carry your contrasting colored yarn up until the colour change. Meaning, the contrasting colored yarn will be visible in the wrong side of your work and therefore the technique can be used only when crocheting in the rounds. 

Here are some useful resources on Fair Isle Crochet guide and step-by-step instructions to understand Fair Isle Crochet.

Resources to learn the crochet techniques

If you want to try out the different crochet techniques, the Winter Scandi Make-a-long would be the best place to start as you get make three patters with three different crochet techniques.

Apart from that Outstanding Crochet and Lilla Bjorn Crochet are the best places to try out most of the skills. They have amazing collection of designs

In addition to the above mentioned techniques we do have Irish Crochet, which essentially is a motif crochet. But these crochet techniques would definitely take your crochet skills to next level. Which one among the seven in the list, would you like to start off with this year?

Holidays is the season where we express our love through gifts. Handmade gifts elevate and bring out the love and joy on another level. But, finding the write patterns and actually getting time to crochet them can sometimes be a hectic process. In this eBook/Crochet-a-Long, you will find 15 quick crochet patterns that are gift-worthy for you and your loved ones.

Get to know about the book

15 days of Crochet Quickies was conceived, designed and drafted with a mission to bring out as many crocheted gift ideas to give yourself and your loved ones. All your nears and dears, when receiving these gifts handmade with love by you, will be actually receiving a part of you. Lovely isn’t it! Gifts, when handmade is always special, whether small or big!

If you are yet to start making holiday gifts, HERE are some tips that will help you.

Secondly, if you are looking into getting back to crocheting, quick crochet patterns can give you quick wins and get you into the habit. By the end of your holidays you would have completed 15 projects and developed the habit of crocheting.

Read THIS POST if you are looking to find time to crochet everyday.

The Core value: having purpose behind these quick crochet patterns

You will find that each of the projects/patterns is given the name of a good virtue. This eBook/Crochet-a-Long is originally compiled for the Holidays of 2021. Each of the patterns are named after virtues is for us to remind ourselves the value of those virtues, practice and make it a part of us, and become a better version of ourselves for 2022.

Even if you get hold of this eBook in the later days, it is never late to take in the good virtues as you crochet these patterns.

Holiday Crochet-A-Long: How it works?

Every weekday from December 6 to December 24 you will gain access to one pattern everyday. You can still access the previous patterns when new patterns are updated. Since new patterns are updated only during the weekdays (Monday to Friday, three weeks), you can use the weekends to catch up on any unfinished projects. These patterns are so simple and quick to make, that most of them took only a movie-time to design and wip it up.

By Christmas, you will have 15 finished objects/beautiful items worthy of gifting yourself and your loved ones. And guess what, they make great stocking stuffers!

Let’s get to the good part! The Giveaway

How can we have a Holiday Crochet-A-Long without a giveaway. At the end of the CAL, on the day of New Year 2022, two winners will be randomly picked, and each of them wins a Scheepjes Whirl and a copy of my Helena Shawl Pattern.

How to enter the giveaway

To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is share as many finished objects from this 15 days of crochet quickies collection on Instagram and tag me. Use hashtags #15daysofcrochetquickies and #yarnnmemakers while doing so. Every tag of the finished object counts as one entry.

On the evening of January 1, 2022, two people will be randomly selected for the giveaway. At the most, you can have 15 entries for the giveaway.

Holidays is the season of sharing love through gifts. And handmade crochet gifts make them extra special. Unfortunately, not all of us are blessed with the luxury of time to crochet gifts for our loved ones, let alone give them precisely on time. But I see you girl. Here are my tips and tricks for you  on how to crochet gifts last minute for your loved ones for this holiday season.

How to crochet gifts last minute: Follow step by step

Here are my 6 step-by-step tips on how to crochet gifts last minute. At the end of the day, I want you to enjoy the process of gift making and bring joy to your loved ones when you gift them your handmade with love.

Come join me in 15 days of crochet Quickies (coming soon) where you make one quick crochet project every weekend until Christmas for you and your loved ones.

Have you crocheted a filet crochet pattern before? When you search for filet crochet patterns, do you find innovative contemporary designs other than age-old table runners and napkins? Are filet crochet patterns meant only for home décor pieces? In this post you will find all your answers!

What is filet crochet?

Filet crochet is an ancient needle art of making fabric with solid designs against a mesh background. Most filet crochet designs use only the basic stitches like double crochet and chains to form the pattern. Designing starts form a grid chart, where the desired pattern is first pictured for it to be translated into stitches.

Is it that intricate?

Though it looks intricate, filet crochet patterns are among the easiest diagrams to follow and can produce simply stunning results.

To learn the fundamentals of filet crochet, I would highly recommend the eBook, ‘You can Filet Crochet too!’.

Filet crochet is not only the easiest of all the crochet techniques but also the most underutilized of all the other crochet techniques. When using the right kind if yarn, filet crochet patterns create the lightest weight fabric, suitable for wearables in the tropical region.

Let’s talk yarn

Filet crochet produces its best result when a thins cotton yarn is used for its design. Therefore, fingering weight or light fingering weight yarn is used for all designs. It is always best to stay away from fuzzy yarn while making filet crochet patterns.

All the 5 filet crochet patterns use cotton or cotton-blend yarn depending on the type of the items. For instance, the tote and pouch require sturdiness and yarn that does not stretch much. Therefore a 100% cotton yarn was used. For cardigan and shawl a cotton blend yarn was used because the final product needed to be light as well.

Prerequisite knowledge

All patterns designed with filet crochet technique, where every solid block is a 3-dc and open block, dc,ch1,dc. While placing the stitches in the ch1-sp, place them below the chain and not into the chain. To learn the fundamentals of filet crochet technique, read THIS post.

Get a copy of You can Filet crochet too! to master the fundamentals of filet crochet

Every row begins with a chainless double crochet, to have a clean edge. This will not be mentioned in every row in the instruction and is understood that the first dc is a chainless double crochet stitch. For Pomona tote and Arabella Pouch, every row is ended by joining to the first stitch using slip stitch.

Some unique stitches used in the above filet crochet designs to enhance its aesthetics:

• Foundation single crochet 
• Foundation double crochet
• Chainless double crochet
• Foundation cord
• Reverse single crochet or crab stitch

An ode through crochet

This is totally on a side note, but very close to my heart. Filet crochet beyond home décor is my ode through crochet to the unsung female characters in the Happy Potter wizarding world. If you have not noticed yet, all the five filet crochet patterns in named after one of the female characters that played a vital role and deserves more spotlight. This is the Potterhead in me coming out to pay my tribute!

Is that all?

Filet crochet beyond home décor is a continuous venture, where the eBook is going to be updated with new filet crochet patterns as they are released. As of now, there are two more designs in the pipeline, one being the Luna Poncho.

But one thing is for sure, if you get this eBook now, you are going to get new patterns without additional cost of course!

The Ultimate Filet Crochet Bundle

If you want to learn filet crochet technique from its alphabets and make the filet crochet patterns, you need to get this ultimate filet crochet bundle from my shop now. Trust me, it’s a steal to get this bundle.