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by Jen Burt on April 30, 2024
When we saw the Hummingbird Cardi, featured in the Aviary Collection, we immediately fell in love. The simplicity of the knotted double crochet stitch creates the perfect backdrop for the colorful granny squares, letting the simple motifs shine. Several of us wanted to make our own version, and we decided a crochet along was in order. We all recently gathered at the office to take photos of our finished sweaters and love how unique each sweater turned out. The ... |
Category Archives: Crochet Alongs
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by Jen Burt on April 23, 2024
Like all crocheters, our team has found they don’t always have the time to stitch (who else wants more stitching time?) and now that we are several weeks into our CAL for My First Sweater, it seems our Rosie stitchers and our Chelsea stitchers are having varying degrees of success. Ranielle has had ... |
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by Jen Burt on April 5, 2024
While we are all enjoying the extended single crochet stitch , the stitch used in both the Rosie & the Chelsea, we are all having different levels of success finding time to stitch. Kate is cruising along and has made a lot of progress. She seems to be making the quickest progress and said |
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by Jen Burt on March 8, 2024
Although we narrowed the CAL sweater options from My First Sweater collection to Rosie & Chelsea we gave everyone complete creative freedom with the color and yarn selections. Because we all are such huge fans of Swish, it was an easy choice to choose to use the original yarn. But for many of us our similarities to the original sweaters stops there. Both sweaters feature a seamless top-down construction beginning with the ribbed neck and yoke. ... |
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by Jen Burt on February 23, 2024
Crocheting a gauge swatch is not always the most exciting part of starting a new project, but it is one of the most important parts. This is especially true when stitching a garment. It is important to match both the stitch and row gauge to ensure that your finished project will match the dimensions provided in the pattern. In addition to that, crocheting a swatch is the perfect opportunity to confirm that you like the fabric created by your chosen ... |
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by Jen Burt on February 7, 2024
After deciding which sweater to stitch, the team still had the difficult choice of picking their yarn and colors. Luckily, this team has strong preferences making the decision a quick and easy one. The original samples were made in Swish Worsted, a super soft and squishy 100% Fine Superwash Merino Wool. ... |
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by Jen Burt on February 1, 2024
Get your favorite hooks and your Swish Worsted, and crochet along with us! Here’s the Hook: What: Crochet the Rosie or Chelsea Sweater along with us When: February 7th – March 19th Skills to know: Extended Single Crochet, Single Crochet decrease Who: Everyone who wears sweaters, especially first time sweater makers |
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by WeCrochet on December 7, 2021
Are you participating in our Summit Slipper Socks Crochet Along? Well we are! We were able to get about 12 team members from WeCrochet and Knit Picks to stitch along with us, so we’re here to show off their handiwork. First of all, if you haven’t joined but would like to, you ... |
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by WeCrochet on November 23, 2021
You are cordially invited to join us in our new Crochet Along, featuring the Summit Slipper Socks pattern by Jennifer Olivarez. Get the pattern here: Summit Slipper Socks About ... |
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by WeCrochet on May 12, 2021
Hi Crochet-Alongers! How ... |
