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practice crochet stitches to make a garland and more

on request i made a tutorial for a project that is not very complicated, so it is suitable for beginning crocheters and anyone who likes to join. i assume that you can make all the basic crochet stitches and the magic loop, but practice makes perfect, right :)

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this tutorial is intended to practice and based on that to make cute little things.

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during this project, you practice the following:

the magic loop
threads neatly weaving in

stitches (terms in american english):
- chain = ch
- slip stitch = ss
- single crochet = sc
- half double crochet = h dc
- double crochet = dc
- treble = tr

you will make:
- triangles
- squares
- heart-shaped motifs
- an edge

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used materials

for crocheting these motifs, i used an average cotton yarn and a crochet hook size 3 mm, but you can use another type of yarn.

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let's start with the first triangle

> see for a great tutorial how to finish your crochet work neatly: seamless + symmetrical ..

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make as many triangles as you want, i have made a total of 24

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the making of the garland

for the garland you just have to crochet a lot of chains. i counted all the chains at the beginning and end of the garland and between the triangles. if you do not like to count, just use a measuring tape.

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in this tutorial there are two ways to attach the triangles.

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method 1.

you make slip stitches or single crochets along one side of the triangles, in the back loops only. see photo.

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methode 2.

i find it more fun when the motifs dangle. for this i made a single crochet in the middle dc of a corner. see photo.

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and in this way you can turn your little triangles with many chains into a nice garland.

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small variations

1. sharper corners
if you want to have your triangles sharper corners, you can replace the middle of the five dcs by a treble. how to make the edge, i'll tell you later in this tutorial.

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2. heart-shaped motif
of these triangles you can quite easily make a heart-shaped motif.

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triangle to square

this triangle you change in an instant to a square.

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making the edge

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note ***
= you can make a ss but it is better to cut the yarn and weave in the ends the same as explained in the making of the first triangle. see the tutorial of sarah london: seamless + symmetrical

larger

both triangles and squares you can make larger by repeating row two. you start row 3 and all subsequent rows the same as row two, you just make - the bigger your motif gets - each time more stitches between the corners.
you make a corner by crocheting 5 dc into the middle of the 5 dc of a corner of the previous row.

blocking
if you crochet larger squares and triangles, they can be a bit bumpy. how to bring them beautiful into shape, you'll read in this spray-blocking tutorial.

this is the end of the tutorial. hope you like it! see you next time!

keep crocheting!

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a sign of life

how are you doing?

i'm doing pretty good, with the usual ups and downs.

to those who have written kind and encouraging words, messages, mails and more: thank you, thank you! it has really done me very well!

i have not taken a final decision on whether or not i continue doing blogging, but it must be said .... i tend more towards yes. the problem lies mainly in the fact that i myself impose/force too much and thereby the writing and taking pictures for my blog feels like something i have to do instead like something that i love to do. i must stop this behavior.

frankly, i'm already working on making a tutorial for not so experienced crocheters because there were some requests for a 'not so complicated' project. a tutorial is in the making.

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in the spotlight

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jeannette

for all her support i would like to put jeannette in the spotlight. she and her husband are dutch but they live in ireland. if you love to see their impressions of the country in words and pictures, their website is certainly worth a visit: dutchyonwalkabout.

and if you like i'm crazy about crocheting, jeannette's pinterest boards together form an encyclopedia. also certainly worth a visit! pinterest.com/jeannette

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pearl of the beading gem's journal

a while back i got a few emails from people who wanted to publish my work on their website. after one or two mails i usually hear nothing about it anymore, but pearl of beadinggem.com mailed me this week:

“Hi Elisabeth,

As promised, here is the link to my blog post which featured your awesome tutorial!

http://www.beadinggem.com/2012/05/more-great-yarn-crochet-bracelet.html

Many thanks,

Pearl”

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many thanks again to you pearl!

if you next to crochet also love making jewelry, beadinggem is loaded, so there can be found something to your liking.

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direct link to: tutorial-flower-bracelet-necklace

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this is it for now, i'm back soon. wishing you a fantastic week!

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shall i stay or shall i go?

hello everyone!

for a while i think about to stop blogging. i started this blog when i could no longer work and i still wanted a sort of task. it was until a month or two ago super fun to do, but then i found that writing about crochet was only a bit of a commitment and i had and have the feeling that i was/am not doing it very well.

posterous was then taken over by twitter and that's very good news for these parties, but not for the bloggers because this platform in this form will cease to exist. on the advice of a friend i would switch to wordpress, but … i opted for posterous because it is so incredibly easy to work with. i love posterous and what will entail working with wordpress?

last week i saw on a blog i regularly visit similar reflections. there are so many blogs about crochet, why should i continue? do i add something nice, handy, useful, inspirational? i love to crochet but do i love to write about it? do you like to read about all these stitches i make?

now my brother has left our world this week everything feels a bit heavier, so maybe i wait with taking a decision. will i continue blogging or not and will i switch to wordpress or do i wait until posterous comes with news about this blogging platform?

i am of course busy crocheting: the large purple pouf, the yellow bag, two other bags, the summer blanket is waiting for me and so there are more half-finished projects. i'll keep you informed.

wish you a very nice weekend!

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tutorial for the gerry flower

to decorate my cushion cover, i created this little flower. it is named after my brother and i hope you will crochet many of them. it's not hard to do, so good luck!

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