Pol-Eng crocheting blog / Pol-Ang blog o szydełkowaniu

Using further leftover cotton thread, I decided to make a different type of pot-holders. Here they are! Aren't they lovely, are they? An English version of step-by-step video tutorial you can find here . The same video tutorial is also available in German and in Polish .  I used just over a 50 g of a 100% cotton skein (Drops Paris - col. 35 vanilla, 39 pistachio, 43 green, and 5 mm hook) to make a single pot-holder. You may wish to explore this pattern by playing with colours, e.g. single, double or treble. I like this pattern very much as it is very easy to follow and very quick! Especially, if you do not have much time and budget, but you would like to make a small gift for your family or friends. Two-colour  pot-holders are slightly larger as I have done one row more, comparing with a 3-colour one. Only the basic crochet skills are required, i.e. , to make a chain, a slip stitch and single crochet (double crochet - UK).  You start with croch...

Once the first dress has been finished, I started working on the next. The following pattern I have chosen. This pattern comes from a book titled "The crochet block Bible" written by L. Roberts and H. Lodinsky (Search Press, 2015, p. 134-135), where you can find many more interesting designs. The electronic version of diagram I found on the blog that belongs to the Candida International and also at the Ravelry . The size of dress I am planning to make is 14/16 UK (42/44 EUR, 12/14 US). The size of the sample is 10 cm (4 inches). I am using a 100% mercerised cotton thread (Scheepjes Maxi, col. 750 - donkerrood, 100 g = 560 m) and 2 mm size hook (although recommended size is 1.25-1.5 mm, US 6-10). A 100 g ball translated into 32 ready elements. So far, I have used 300 g and I have got 96 elements. To be very honest with you, this is not the end of my work but since I was very curious how the dress will look, I have already started joining the elements. Initially,...

One of my this year new resolutions was (and still is!) to make 3 crochet dresses, for my mum, my sister-in-law and myself. I have recently finished a dress for my sister-in-law, which overall took me about a month to make. I used a pattern published in a Russian journal, which luckily for me, had an easy to follow diagram of a round motif. The size of a motif is 8 cm (before blocking), and it gets extended to 9 cm (after blocking). The original pattern is designed for the size of 14/16 UK (42/44 EUR, 12/14 US, 46/48 RUS). Since my sister-in-law is a tall and slim lady, thus, I needed to modify the original motif set up. For the size of 10/12 UK (38/40 EUR, 8/10 US) I made overall 116 of motives, which later on I sewed together manually using a yarn needle. I used 100% mercerised cotton (Rico - Essentials crochet, col. 18 - silver) and a crochet hook of 2 mm size. I added a border around the neck using a shell stitch (escalope). Overall, I used 6,5 skeins of 50 g we...

This is an example of very popular corner-to-corner throw / blanket/afghan designed by Catherine Watson for the yarn producer Red Heart, where you can find a detailed description available free of charge. Mike from the CrochetCrowd has also uploaded a step-by-step tutorial on YouTube. I must say that this tutorial is very good, even for the absolute beginners. Thanks to Mike I was able to make this afghan by myself. If you would like to make this blanket by yourself, then only 3 basic techniques you should know, i.e. chain, slip stitch and double crochet (US; treble crochet - UK). The Polish translation contains also a description of the pattern since it is not made available in this language. After a month of work in the evenings and weekends, whenever I found some free time, I finally completed this blanket. The final measurements are following: 50 x 75 inches (with border), and 48 x 73 inches (without border). This size is perfect for a teenager or a small adul...

Today I would like to present an interesting pattern for kitchen pot holders made using a filet crochet method. Pot holders were made with the leftover 100% cotton yarn (Drops Paris - col. 35 vanilla) from a different project. The recommended size of the hook for this yarn is 5 mm (US - size 8/H; UK - 6). However, I found it easier to work with 4 mm hook (US - 6/G; UK - 8) instead. To crochet a single pot-holder without a border and decorations a 50 g of yarn is just perfect. To make 2 pot-holders overall I used slightly less than 150 g of yarn. The pattern I followed comes from a blog of Marifu6a. The author has also provided a full step-by-step photo tutorial, a diagram and description in English. A slightly modified pattern you can also see on the YouTube presented kindly by Oana. The border was done in the following manner - V stitch - double crochet (US; treble crochet - UK), single chain, double crochet in one "window", then a single crochet in the ...

Dear Reader, My journey with crocheting has started when I was 10 years old. Simultaneously, I was introduced to the art of embroidery and later knitting, but above all I prefer crocheting which became my ‘yoga’. I am a very modest person who enjoys simplicity and practicality in life. The same are the fruits of my hands - they are all functional and meaningful. I consider myself as an eco-friendly person, and thus, I am using organic and natural fibres in all of my projects. This results in slightly higher prices for the items available for sale. I have personally tested different materials, and the natural fibres are not only breathable but very comfortable to wear and most of all durable. Overall, it is a better value for money for a long-term use.  Thank you for visiting my blog. This is the first blog of mine, which I would like to dedicate to the crochet projects I have already done or I am currently working on during my leisure time. I will try to provide a throug...