45 Crochet Patterns

HOLDING YOUR HOOK OVERHAND (KNIFE GRIP) This technique is also known as the knife grip, as you grip the crochet hook as if you’re holding a knife. Place your hand over the hook, then support the handle in your chosen palm. UNDERHAND (PENCIL GRIP) For this technique, hold the hook like a pencil (hence the name pencil grip). Hold the thumb rest between your thumb and index finger and then let the handle rest on top of your hand. HOLDING YOUR YARN THE LOOSE-YARN HOLD Holding the end of the yarn in your right hand and with your left palm facing you, weave the yarn in front of your little finger, behind your ring finger, in front of your middle finger and behind your index finger. THE PINKY HOLD Looping…

DIFFICULTY WHAT YOU NEED • 5mm hook (US H/8) • Yarn needle • Brooch back or safety pin • You will need to use Aran weight yarn in your chosen colours. We have used Rowan Kid Classic in: Colour 1: Victoria, 852 oddments Colour 2: Lavender Ice, 841 oddments Colour 3: Spruce, 853 oddments MEASUREMENTS The rose measures approximately 8cm (3¼in) across, excluding leaves SPECIAL STITCHES Triple treble crochet (ttr): Yarn over 3 times, insert hook in stitch, yarn over and pull up loop *yarn over and draw through 2 loops* 4 times. Quadruple treble crochet (qtr): Yarn over 4 times, insert hook in stitch, yarn over and pull up loop *yarn over and draw through 2 loops* 5 times. PATTERN ROSE With 5mm hook and Colour 1, make 35 ch. Row…

DIFFICULTY WHAT YOU NEED • 4mm hook (US G/6) • Yarn needle • Brooch back or safety pin • Sewing needle and thread • You will need to use Aran weight yarn in your chosen colours. We have used DMC Woolly yarn in: Colour 1: Orange Shade 10 (oddment) Colour 2: Cream Shade 03 (oddment) Colour 3: Lime Green Shade 81 (oddment) MEASUREMENTS Each flowers measures 9cm across PATTERN FLOWER With 4mm hook and col 1, make a magic ring. Rnd 1: ch 2 (not counted as a st), 16 htr into magic ring, skip the beginning ch 2 and sl st into first htr to join (16 sts). Pull the magic ring closed. Rnd 2: *ch 2, skip next st, sl st in next st; rep from * another…

DIFFICULTY WHAT YOU NEED • 4mm hook (US G/6) • Yarn needle • You will need DK weight yarn in your chosen colours. We have used Rowan Pure Wool in: Colour 1: Enamel, 013 (50g) TENSION 18 stitches and 10 rows = 10 x 10cm (4 x 4in) using 4mm (US G/6) hook MEASUREMENTS To fit medium female hand. Finished size: 18cm (7in) around palm, length 13cm (5in). Mitts can be adjusted to fit – see pattern notes PATTERN MITT (MAKE 2) Using 4mm hook, make 22 ch. Row 1: 1 tr in 4th ch from hook (counts as 2 tr), 1 tr into each ch to end, turn. (20 sts) Row 2: 3 ch (counts as 1 tr), miss st at base of ch, 1 tr in each st…

DIFFICULTY WHAT YOU NEED • 4mm hook (US G/6) • Yarn needle • For this project you will need DK weight 100% alpaca yarn, in your chosen colours We used The Big Scary Bear: 100% British Alpaca in: Colour 1: Pebble; 50g Colour 2: Cream; 50g TENSION 18 htr in the round measures 10cm. MEASUREMENTS 18cm long x 20cm around SPECIAL STITCHES Front post treble crochet (FPtr): Yarn over, insert the hook from front to back then to the front around the post of the next stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, (yarn over and draw through two loops) twice. Back post treble crochet (BPtr): Yarn over, insert the hook from back to front then to the back around the post of the next stitch, yarn over and…

DIFFICULTY WHAT YOU NEED • 5 mm hook (US H/8) • Yarn needle • You will need DK weight yarn in your chosen colour. We have used Mirasol Sulka Nina in: Colour 1: Coral, 7113 (300g) TENSION 15 sts and 20 rows = 10 x 10cm (4 x 4in) over treble stitch using 5mm (US H/8) crochet hook, or size required to obtain correct tension MEASUREMENTS The finished shawl measures 160cm (63in) along the top edge and 81cm (31¾ in) deep measured from the top centre to the bottom tip of shawl, after blocking. PATTERN MAIN SECTION Using 5mm hook, make a magic ring, then work 3 ch (counts as 1 tr), 2 tr, 2 ch, 3 tr into the ring, pull ring closed, turn. (6 sts – 2 groups…