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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 ... |
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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. |
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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 ... |
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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 Katelyn Moll on January 12, 2023
Submission Themes Over at WeCrochet we are planning our August collection for 2023! We have one collection for submissions and all details are below. Keep reading to the bottom of this post to see more information about submission dates, rates, yarn support and other important information. August Submission Call-Long Sweaters for Leggings Getting ready for a casual meet up with friends for brunch you grab your favorite leggings and need the perfect sweater to pair with it. ... |
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by Katelyn Moll on December 19, 2022
Submission Themes Over at WeCrochet we are planning our July collection for 2023! We have one collection for submissions and all details are below. Keep reading to the bottom of this post to see more information about submission dates, rates, yarn support and other important information. June Submission Call-Crochet Bags Warm days strolling through the shops of your favorite beach town should inspire the bags that are in this collection. Bags can be large to hold all ... |
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by Katelyn Moll on December 1, 2022
WeCrochet prides itself as being a community driven brand. One of the best ways that we know how to serve our crochet community is to provide outstanding yarn, tools, patterns AND to show you crochet designers that we love. Our Featured Designer-Sara Dudek: |
