Felted crochet

Crochet projects are so versatile, especially when it comes to crochet bag patterns, DIY clutches, or even crochet basket patterns. These products are great at carrying your essentials, but to beef up their capacity, felting is a great technique to seal up those stitches a little tighter. Learning how to felt can be a little overwhelming, though, especially when the number one rule all your life was to never, ever put wool in the washing machine. How to Felt Crochet Projects is a page that…

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Have you ever tried felting a crochet project? Felting, aka fulling, is what happens when you accidentally toss your favorite wool sweater into the washer and dryer... and it comes out a whole heck of a lot smaller. Tragedy! But not when it's done on purpose! You can felt your wool crochet items to make them more solid, more rebust, and give them a whole new look! Here are 10 free felted crochet patterns to get you started. 10 Free Felted Crochet Patterns Click on the names of the patterns…

Crochet is a wonderful hobby! But you still have to begin at the beginning. And that means patterns that are 'easy' skill level, so you can learn not only the stitches, but how to read the patterns. So here are 10 easy crochet patterns for beginners to love - as well as more advanced crocheters who are looking for something to relax with - all made with Lion Brand Yarn! 10 Easy Crochet Patterns for Beginners to Love Click on the names of the patterns you like to go to their pattern pages…

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Find the free pattern right here! www.purlbee.com/the-purl-bee/2010/10/10/whits-knits-felte...

Felted Bag: Here are instructions on how to make your very own felted/fulled bag. For those of you who aren't familiar with the term "fulled", it's basically shrinking wool. You know that sweater you accidently shrunk in the wash? You fulled it.

I've had one or two requests, so here it is, how to knit your very own 'pod'. Oh, I really hope you do. This is the first time I've written a pattern, simple as it is. Please let me know if you find mistakes. Concept: Knit top-down in the round, starting with a smallish opening, and increasing regularly at four points, with plain rounds in between the increase rounds. The number of increases per round, combined with the number of plain rounds in between increase rounds, determines the angle…