Granny Cluster Decrease (GCD) – Video Tutorial
Quick video tutorial of how to do what I call a “granny cluster decrease” in my patterns that border blocks and/or blankets using the granny stitch.
Foundation Double Crochet – Written + Video Tutorial
FDC – Foundation Row Double Crochet: Ch3, yo and insert hook into third chain from hook, pull up a loop (3 loops on hook). *Yo and pull through 1 loop (this creates the base stitch (chain) for the next fdc), … Continued
Color Changing Part 3: Color Changing for the Initial Single Crochet Blanket Edging
This tutorial concludes my Color-Changing tutorial for filet crochet blankets by showing you how to change colors around your blanket as you add the initial single crochet edging called for in all of my patterns to set up for the … Continued
Color Changing Part 2: Color Blocking a One-Piece Blanket
In this tutorial, I continue from Color Changing Part 1 (with FDC) to show you how to color change to the next set of colors to create color-blocked blanket.
Color Changing Part 1: Foundation Double Crochet + Color Changing
EVERYTHING you need to know about Foundation Double Crochet AND changing colors in my patterns. Taught in this video: – FDC and how to color change in your FDC – Color changing the the middle of a row (RS and … Continued
Standing Double Crochet – Video Tutorial
Quick video tutorial of how to do a standing stitch – in this case, a standing double crochet. You can find my picture/word tutorial of this stitch here if you aren’t into videos. 😉
Reverse Single Crochet aka the “Crab Stitch” – Video Tutorial
I LOVE this stitch for the finishing round of a blanket! It looks awesome and is super easy – once you test it out for a bit. It does feel odd at first to crochet “backwards” but the result is … Continued
2022 Christmas Filet CAL Week 13 – Borders
Border Time! Both blankets are going to have a Granny Stitch border, but for the one-piece, you’ll finish off with some shells. Really, you could add the same shells to the block blanket, too. Joined Block Blanket Border <—- At … Continued
2022 Christmas Filet CAL Week 12
This is the last week for the blanket body! Next week I’ll share the borders for each blanket option. Before you dive into this CAL, please make sure you’ve read the 2022 Christmas Filet CAL Details Post to get the … Continued
Lovely Lines 2022 Filet Crochet Along Week 48
This is it – the END of the 2022 Filet CAL! I hope you enjoyed this year’s free filet CAL. Details for the 2023 Filet CAL will be coming in just a couple of weeks. This final border round is … Continued