Crochet World Spring 2022

If you are like me, you have several single skeins of yarn hanging around from past projects, and perhaps stashed haphazardly around the house. Sometimes it is easy to use them in a scrap project or two, but what if there was a project tailored to just that one skein? That is what this issue is all about: ways to use that one remaining put-up, or unit, of yarn, be it a ball, a skein, a hank, a donut, a cake, a cone, etc. Whatever kind of put-up of yarn you have, you should be able to find a project in this issue that would work beautifully for it. If you enjoy using thread and have some balls of it lying around, then the Delicate & Lovely chapter is for…

INTERMEDIATE SIZE One size fits most FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 2 inches wide × 19½ inches in circumference, including elastic band MATERIALS • Omega #10 crochet cotton thread (173 yds per ball): 1 ball #146 off white • Size 6/1.80mm steel crochet hook • Stitch marker • Straight pins • Tapestry needle • 7½ inches of 1/4-inch-wide black elastic • Sewing thread in matching color GAUGE 10 sc = 1 inch; 10 sc rows = 1 inch PATTERN NOTES Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Join with single crochet as indicated unless otherwise stated. SPECIAL STITCHES Single crochet join (sc join): Place slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo and pull up a lp, yo and draw through both lps on hook. 3-double crochet cluster (dc cl): Yo,…

CONFIDENT BEGINNER FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 2¼ inches wide × 32½ inches long MATERIALS • Universal Bamboo Pop light (light worsted) weight cotton/bamboo yarn (3½ oz/292 yds/100g per ball): 1 ball #222 earth science • Size E/4/3.5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle GAUGE 5 dc = 1 inch; 3 dc rows = 1 inch PATTERN NOTES Weave in loose ends as work progresses. 4 ties can be crocheted from 1 ball. Chain-3 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated. HAIR TIE Row 1: Ch 4, 2 dc in 4th ch from hook (3 sk chs counts as first dc), turn. (3 dc) Row 2: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), dc in first ch of beg ch-3, dc in next st, 2 dc…

INTERMEDIATE FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 9 inches in diameter × 14½ inches high MATERIALS • Lily Sugar’n Cream medium (worsted) weight cotton yarn (14 oz/674 yds/400g per cone): 1 cone #2730 overcast • Size I/9/5.5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle • Stitch marker GAUGE Base: Rnds 1 & 2 = 2 inches in diameter Body: 4 pattern rows = 2 inches PATTERN NOTES Work in continuous rounds; do not turn or join unless otherwise stated. Mark first stitch of each round. SPECIAL STITCHES V-stitch (V-st): (Dc, ch 1, dc) in place indicated. Shell: 5 dc in place indicated. BAG BASE Rnd 1: Ch 4, sl st in first ch to form ring, ch 1, 8 sc in ring, do not join (see Pattern Notes). (8 sc) Rnd…

INTERMEDIATE FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 72 inches in circumference x 13 inches tall MATERIALS • Scheepjes Whirl super fine (fingering) weight cotton/acrylic yarn (71/2 oz/1,094 yds/ 215g per cake): 1 cake #784 watermelon hell raiser • Size B/1/2.25mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge • Stitch marker • Tapestry needle GAUGE In Lace Pattern: 4 shells = 5 inches; 8 rnds = 31/2 inches PATTERN NOTES There are many methods out there to achieve this twist, but the method used in this cowl might be one of the easiest. Here, a set-up row of double crochet mesh provides an easy start. The Moebius twist is created by lining up the first and last double crochet stitches as if to work in the round normally, but then the last double crochet…

EASY FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 7 inches × 7 inches MATERIALS • Bernat Maker Home Dec bulky (chunky) weight cotton/nylon yarn (8¾ oz/ 317 yds/250g per ball): 1 ball #111009 cream • Size J/10/6mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge • Size I/9/5.5mm crochet hook • Tapestry and sewing needles • Stitch markers: 2 • 7-inch zipper to match yarn • Sewing thread to match yarn • Cream 25mm wood beads: 2 • Brown 15mm wood beads: 2 • Brown 8mm wood bead • 40mm wood ring • 40-inch-long brown leather strand • 34-inch-long brown leather strand • 12-inch-long strand of monofilament illusion cord (optional) • Small key chain ring GAUGE With larger hook: 13 sc = 4 inches; 14 rows = 4 inches PATTERN NOTES Weave in loose ends…