Free Crochet Patterns

	Free Crochet Patterns Looking for a vintage pattern or a new design, these sites offer their own creations and those of others to provide some of the best free crochet patterns on the web. All the website owners have also included their favorite crochet tips.
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Great Free Crochet Patterns Websites

Free Crochet Patterns by Dot
	Free crochet patterns for adult and children's apparel and accessories. All of the patterns on my site are my original creations. I truly enjoy making hat patterns and feel confident there's a crochet hat pattern for every member of the family. New free crochet patterns are added as they are developed with the newest patterns on top. Editor's Note: The site is no longer being updated and most of the photos are no longer online but the patterns themselves are still available. Crochet Crafty Tip Using a smaller or larger crochet hook will allow you to change the size of the finished item if it's a bit too big or too small.
1630 Visitors Since Aug 23, 2006 Additional Details



Thread Flowers
	A collection of 4 free thread crochet flower patterns Patterns are for a lily, iris, rose, and tulip. Editor's Note: There are only a few patterns here, but they are the prettiest crochet flower patterns we've seen. Craft Wire to Shape Crochet Crafty Tip A bit of fabric covered craft wire is the trick to shaping the flowers and could be used for any crochet project requiring shaping.
1014 Visitors Since Dec 30, 2006 Additional Details

Craftdabbler
	Free pattern for crochet earflap tassel hat. Check out craftdabbler for the matching scarf and other knitting and crochet patterns and a wide range of craft books. Articles of interest to crafters, gallery, and chance to submit your own reviews of craft books. This website is growing all the time. Crochet Technique Crafty Tip When working the foundation chain in crochet, try using a larger size hook just for that. You will find it is much easier to work the pattern stitches into it when you come to start the pattern.
546 Visitors Since Jul 14, 2007 Additional Details

Free Crochet Patterns Using Recycled Materials
	Lots of free crochet patterns for projects using recycled plastic bags, denim, rags, vcr tape, cassette tape and other reclaimed materials. Our list contains links to some of the most interesting crochet projects we've found that make use of recycled materials. Recycled Crafting Crafty Tip Recycling plastic bags is easy and makes for a very frugal craft project. Your materials are free and during this time of economic concerns for all, why not create bags, purses, hats, scrubbies, totes, and other useful products from recycled materials. Plastic bags, old jeans, rags, sheets, cassette and vcr tape are but a few of the free "yarns" that can be made from these otherwise trash materials.
432 Visitors Since Apr 26, 2009 Additional Details

Free Original & Vintage Crochet Patterns
	The Crafty Tipster shares a variety of original and vintage crochet patterns. From vintage baby clothes to original flowers and Amigurumi patterns, this site has something for every level of crochet artist. The patterns are free to use and site visitors are invited to share their finished creations based on the crochet patterns shared on the site. Crochet Pattern Crafty Tip Crochet patterns almost always seem overwhelming when you read them. It is much easier to simply take up your hook and yarn and give it a try without worrying about doing it right. Quite often, I end up straying slightly from the pattern and am still able to come up with something nice and as a bonus the finished piece is more unique.
317 Visitors Since Dec 20, 2009 Additional Details



Antique and Vintage Crochet Patterns
	Antique and vintage crochet patterns from 1850 to 1950 - free crochet patterns, bi-weekly newsletter, contests, and more. If you love to crochet, you will enjoy this site! Crochet Crafty Tip Stitch markers are useful in many situations. For example, when working in the round, you can mark the beginning of the round by placing a marker in the first stitch. You can buy stitch markers designed for this purpose or improvise with scraps of yarn or even earrings. When crocheting a garment, use stitch markers to indicate the placement of increases and decreases for shaping.
129 Visitors Since Oct 23, 2010 Additional Details

MaryM's Original Easy Crochet Tatting Mary Marcontell's wonderful crochet tatting tutorials and patterns will have you inspired and diving for your crochet hook and thread to give this technique a try. The finished items look much like traditional tatting but are done using simple crochet techniques. You'll find patterns for bookmarks, doilies, snowflakes and a variety of other beautiful crochet tatted items. Crochet Tatting Crafty Tip Read crochet tatting instructions carefully. Some patterns utilize the first beginning anchor loop and others ignore it. 135 Visitors Since Dec 20, 2009 Additional Details Is this your site?